Kano from Motorcycle and Scooter Talk commented on my interview with motorcycle blogger Praveen from India that: “It’s always interesting to me to hear things from people around the world, it widens my perspective.”

So how does Romania feels and looks like? Well, Internet is not so developed around here, and it was hard to find a site that really show how things are like without being too commercial. I actually had a thought starting a site to show Romania in pictures myself, but never had time when this was cool to do. Anyway, as I was looking to find some info about the Slanic Prahova salt mine, I did find a site that it’s good enough to show places to visit in Romania. It’s called Romanian Monasteries - but its really showing more than the monasteries. So if you want to find more about my country, here it is.

A very long title, and it’s going to be a very short post. Last week I went about 200kms away just to find out that the Brasov bikers party has been canceled (my bad, I didn’t check for updates). Here is how this looks like… I think my face says it all :(

From Bucharest, the trip to Slanic Prahova salt mine it’s a nice Sunday morning trip. It’s about 100 kms going through villages and some twisted roads. From what I read, the salt mine is the biggest in Europe (you will get from the pictures how big it is, and that’s just the visiting area). First, you go down with the miner’s elevator (it’s really an authentic elevator they used while excavating for salt), around 200m. The temperature is 12-13 Celsius, no matter what season is outside. You can play basketball, soccer, or just sleep in the sanatorium (the mine is well known for it’s curative powers especially for asthma. It’s really an incredible experience:

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Interesting scultures in salt:

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2000 years ago, we were conquered by the Roman emperor Traian. Our king was Decebal.

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Some more bits about the Slanic Prahova Salt mine.