From Budapest we spent an entire day in the car on the way to Romania. It was a long stretch of driving but we finally made it to the town of Sibiu, and put ourselves in the perfect position to tackle the Transfagarasan!
I’ve seen the show Top Gear a few times, but not enough to know that they featured the Transfagarasan in an episode a few years back and labeled it the ‘the best road in the world.’ It’s pretty popular now, and a lot of Mongol Rally teams set out to conquer it.
We got a little lost trying to find our way, but before long our trusty little Hyundai was making the ascent towards the 6,600 foot pass. As soon as we started climbing, the road began to twist and turn, but it wasn’t until the final push to the top where things got really crazy. I mean, the road is called the ‘Transfagarasan’ because that’s what it appears to spell out in cursive from a birds-eye view. Just kidding.
Johannes drove up and Derick drove down. I sat in the passenger seat and enjoyed the view. Road trips can be pretty awesome when they involve a road like this. There’s nothing like connecting the dots on a map with a few squiggles!
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