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Showing posts with label Romania. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Romania. Show all posts

Monday, 3 October 2011

Romania 2 Budapest

Chapter 35 - Romania 2 Budapest






Dear Diary...

after all the Festival madness was time to return.

On our way out we have some very nice friends to come with us... Alice and Clive.

Was very funny to Travel with this friends until \Budapest where they stay until get a fly back to UK.

We manage to stopped by the first restaurant to eat a proper meal... muha muha muha  (this still was 1.000 high.)

Later, we stopped in a small but friendly Camping park in Aurel Vlaicu. It was in a small village !

From the street no one would of think that is a camping park but once we drove through the small gate there were some funny people singing and dancing.

Here we met some Scottish People
(is not Scottish, was Irish Freeka !!)
Imagine!!!!! In middle of Romania  meeting Scottish people..:)  small funny camping park but friendly:)
(is not Scottish, was Irish ..... Dawm !!)


A Part from the NOISY Scottish people (IS NOT SCOTTISH, WAS IRISH..... Bloody hell !!)
Dad, Mum ,Clive and Alice, manage to do a jam music session inside of ME !
I am not that big to host a stage or a Festival inside but they decide to make some music with a Kaossilator
 while Alice was drawing some riffs in her Guitar  ;)

Didn't take too long until they decided it was time to go to bed but it was a funny night !

Next day after a shower and fresh food we got back on the road to Budapest.
We made some stops in a way for a coffee or two ;)

The next night we were rumbling a bit looking for a place where to park and stay just for one night without having to pay for camping again, so we stopped outside of Csongrad
.
This was an allotment in a plot where i had AGAIN...(Mary and Jose) 4 people sleeping inside...

As this will be our arriving day to Budapest , we stopped and had a proper breakfast meal before make the last leg to Budapest.

Finally Budapest  !!!

we had stayed for a couple of hours looking at the place and find a hotel for our friends.

It was time so then we made our way to visit some family in Hungary..

Finally... I had some beauty treatment :):):)
Mum and Dad gave me a good clean up and washed my outside and hovered inside..
hihi, am tickles..@_@ ,anyway..^_^
Thank you :)

Now, but really... now:
INSERT COINS PLEASE :::: so then i can tell you my next story :)
until then...

Freeka, the real driver will come back soon!!!






Transylvania Calling

Chapter 34 - Transylvania Calling Festival


Dear Diary...


After I have climbed 1800meters high, I finally arrived to the F**** Festival
 !!
Jesus Christ , Harry !! What tha F*** was that !??
Who tha wek remember to make a festival this high plus with no road conditions at all !?
You must be Joking...


The road up to the mountains were so bad that took me 5 hours to drive 90kilometres.
Thats crazy ! (I still wonder how the wek the lorries and trucks managed to get there)

When we arrived it was already night so we couldn't see nothing. Again ,Dad managed to park me at the beginning of the festival (just in case we want to run away from the shit where we are in)

I mean... first day in the festival was raining and mud was everywhere. Mum and Dad was thinking to leave the place next day (ARE THEY F*** NUTZ !?)

After I managed to make a heroin act for climb 1800metres in the mountains , they decide to go back ?? NEVER !

Thanks to friends Darren and Maria, they ended up staying till the end of the Festival.
I will explain this with mum and Dad words to be more clear...

* This Festival was the most disorganized festival ever

* some PROFESSIONAL TECHNICIAN manage to blow the Mixer and Amplifier of the sound system whilst making the connections. (first day the music was only on the chill out. They managed to get a new amplifier and mixer next day )

* Before the festival started, the whole thing looked like it was finished already. (all the dancefloor`s deco was blown away by the wind)

* No food ,lack of water ... They were not ready to start the festival and we were now on the second day.

Everyone was angry and many people was requested their money back and left.

With rain, cold and all this good vibes, things didnt get better until the 3 day, when the sun came out and some locals come around to sell their  cheese, bread and all the bits and pieces they have in storage in their home at 1800metters high.

They really managed to make a small fortune with the misery conditions of the Festival.

As you know, the trance music scene is very unique and positive, so they survived all the bad conditions and join forces to make the festival work.

GOOD WORK PEOPLE !
THE ORGANIZATION SHOULD BE KICKED OFF AND BANNED TO MAKE MORE SHIT FESTIVALS LIKE THIS.

or

IF WE ALL HAVE TO MAKE A FESTIVAL WORK, WHY NOT MAKE A FREE FESTIVAL WITH A HELP OF EVERYONE ?

No bars, no famous djs, no restaurants, no pre made line ups... only the joy of  be together with the tribe !?

Each one bring they're own decos, food and drinks and we all shared our things.

THAT'S A TRIBAL FESTIVAL !
Yes, because PAY and have to make things to work, is not a good way to attract people to a place like this.

Even , I have to say, The place was beautiful and touching, the sky and the moon was amazing.

Anywayyyyyyyyy.... Lets stop moaning !

Ocelot (the artist) was the king of the party, he played as Ocelot (dark psy) , played as progclote (as progressive trace during the day) and Played in the chill out tent (god knows with what name !)

I mean, many of the names in the line up didnt play and last day  everyone was invited to give the name to play for free !!!

Jesus, Mary and Jose !

2 bars, half a dozen of shops , 1 chill out tent and a couple of nice people trying to make the festival a pleasant place to be.

Lots of  Security's and some police in very moder cloths !! :o/Sort of undercover, you know??:(

Before even the festival started,it was not possible to go in by car anymore as the mud was clamping the cars and campers on the way up.

(see the video and photos.... PLEASE)
The tractor was the hero of the festival :)

On this chapter, I will not make Good words and Bad words as I did on OZORA chapter, I think i have said enough of what Mum and Dad really think about Transylvania calling festival)

PLEASE UNDERSTAND... THIS IS A PERSONAL POINT OF VIEW !

Lets talk about the good things...

* Music was good.

* Vibe between people was better then it was on OZORA
(this is because was much less people and we all did our best for the festival not to be a fiasco)

* More eye contact and friendship connection as people shared food and other things.

* Beautiful views

Take your conclusions !

At the end , become a festival with a good vibe  and very nice people BUT.....
I leave here the video and the photos... Enjoy and do not miss the next chapter of...

Freeka

"The Camper-van from the mountains"
(by the way.... INSERT COIN !! Please ;)




The Video of the Trucks








Friday, 26 August 2011

Hungary 2 Romania

Chapter 33 - Hungary 2 Romania 



Dear Diary...

To be or not to be, that is the question !!

This chapter is called: 
Hungary 2 Romania but can be called, 
OZORA Festival 2 Transylvania Festival.
For this reason ,I will call:

Hungary 2 Romania VS Ozora 2 Transylvania

This was a slow drive up to the mountains, 1800 meters high but I DID IT:)
 Not only me but I will leave that gossip for the next chapter "Transylvania Festival" .


 After OZORA Festival finished , Mum and Dad started to drive me down (or I would say, up) with 2 other Friends, Darren Psy Punk and Ivy Maria .
Its always good to have friends around and is always helpful to share my alcoholic vicious with others as Mum and Dad can not support all my expensive habits alone ;o(

Darren and Maria are 2 good friends and was very nice to travel with them.
All good for a start and nothing to mention until we got up to the mountains but I leave that for later scripts on my diary ;o)

Crossing Hungary to Romania was a road chaos. Roads in this country's are not for any car and now I understand why we saw so many car service stations and tyers garages on the road. Not much places selling new cars but lots selling parts and wheels / tyers and pieces.

We did the usual stops in the petrol stations for a coffee and a pee and we spend the night in a friendly camping park for a good rest , shower and to replace our energies.
Before we stopped, we drove through Arad, which is a city and it reminded mum to old Budapest.
The style, the buildings, roads and everything else was very similar to how Budapest looked about 40 years ago.

This camping park was a bit out of the way but the only one we could find at that moment.
The place called Camping Route Roemenie in Minis village just outside of Arad.,It was a small but very friendly camping park, owned by a couple, and the wife was from Netherlands.
They also have connections with England and as they say its a Non-Profit Organizations where they help kids from abroad for summer work and help to local gypsies etc.
The man also have a vineyard and has his on local wine. So because of that, mum and dad, Darren and Maria  had a chance to try some local Romanian wine.

 and still a *long way to go* before we start to clime the mountains..........................

Lets ketchup...
Next day very early, we wake up and got on the road , this promising a long day on the Road in Romania.

VERY FUN NOTE:  for the first time( since I am with this new adoptive family)  I have 4 people sleeping in and all looks great. No complains ;o)

Many kilometers away, we stop again and we done some shopping. We will be on top of the mountains and we dont know what to expect, so we stopped in Deva in a  big super market and we done some shopping.
Deva was the last big town with proper shops and petrol station before the big scary mountain roads.
Back on the road, we started to drive up the mountains, the road was in construction and no signs to direct us to the festival PLUS... TomTom do not work in Romania although its in the EU since last year, and dad has a TomTom XL and even that doest recognize the Romanian roads. What a F**** is going on here???
So because they knew that, mum prepared with maps, and all sorts of directions to get to our destination.
(lovely joblly mumlly)

Anywayyyyyyyy.... From the last little town called Sebes to the festival, was only 90 km but it took us 5 hrs.

We arrived at the festival gates late and Dark, the last kilometers was nearly impossible to drive as this was very high in the mountains and no lights or any signals was show to direct us but we did it to the gates that same day. uuffff

On my next chapter "Transilvania Festival" you can read more about.
Thats all for now.
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Thank you for reading
Freeka
"The international gypsy traveler".