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Transfăgărășan Birthday – 3 of 4

My friend Florin knew of an amzing place for lunch…  Where?  Right next to the road, perched on the edge of the cliff!

Lunch at the edge of the world…

Yes, if you look to the left, and it looks like a looooooong way down – it is!!!

 

Bâlea Lake

This is Bâlea Lake, a glacier lake situated at an altitude of 2,034 m…

I love my zoom…  See these fellows on top of the mountain?

Still see them?

Still see them..?

This is full zoom on the same group…

In winter, the whole area is frozen over and ice hotels are created literally from blocks of ice carved from the lake!

…and now heading down the other side… and picking up where Jeremy Clarkson from ‘Top Gear’ pronounced “the most amazing road I have ever seen…”

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  ...complete with cable-car...  This is how, in winter, people get from the…

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