Following the excitement of my first day on the road, I continued my journey East from
a little town called Kučevo, where I stayed the previous night.
I was anxious and excited to see what rural Serbia had to offer. Little did I
know that I was about to have some of the most wholesome spontaneous interactions of
my trip.
Good morning from Kučevo! I am currently getting ready to head out to Negotin (121km).
Yeah it's been it's been warmer today, I think the weather is nice and bright. Hopefully
the the road will be more mountainous and more scenic. I need to pack things up into
this motorcycle, I'm actually hungry I haven't got anything since last night. but I had really
good sleep and managed to find a local accommodation for $15 because the other hotel that seems
to be the only hotel here costs $40, so I thought no not gonna pay that much.
This is the town of Kučevo one of these supposed to be a cafe that I
can
have my breakfast at.
Croissant?
Hvala (thank you)! Prijatna (Bon appetite)!
So I think when you say hvala which means thank you they say prijatna something like
that which means uh you're welcome?!
Zdravo (hello)!
The hotel owner that I was staying at last night texted me saying that
basically, I didn't get to see him and we didn't manage to say goodbye so I think I'm
heading back quite quickly just to say goodbye because that's exactly the road I am taking.
See if it's anyone around
so he said something about... oh
Ciao!
Hello, I want to thank you so much for your kind hospitality
and apologize for not saying goodbye
Sorry, my bad! I didnt see my phone when you called me.
Thank you, thank you!
I am at home. I unlocked the gate so that you can get the motorbike out.
Ah da (yes)!
Srećan Uskrs (Happy Easter)!
You speak German? No, no no! I am using (Google) Translator
Look at this train track next to me,
it's just that train is one of my favourite mode of transportation as well.
Say goodbye to Kučevo, bye!
Yesterday ride was worth it then to get to this point and this is just the starting point
I'm hoping for much better sceneries and riding.
I just want to appreciate this background behind me,
and the silent nature surrounding it.
ah, incredible!
Look at these trees and some houses surrounding it
this feels very idyllic and I think the spring colour makes it even more so like what you
would see on a storybook or a movie.
I think Eastern Serbia where I'm currently at,
is very much less visited
in comparison to Northern Serbia the probably even Western Serbia and
that's why I'm always drawn to places that are less-visited by tourists.
Look at this train track just got
off the road a little bit. I am actually quite thirsty and I'm running out of water and I
feel like if I can get across this train track to that house perhaps I can ask for water?
Let's try my luck! Look at this train track! This is the house perhaps they have water.
Oh no, the dogs are already yapping!
Zdravo (hello)! Hello, water?
Ah yes, yes, yes!
Majdanpek? (Nearest town) Indonesia.
Yes, yes yes. I think she was trying to explain that
the dogs are so noisy because they are so protective.
Oh wow!
Oh, look at this!
Wow! Oh wow, good good! Yes okay okay.
So you're taking the water from the well so it's a fresh spring water.
Reservoir, yes!
Wow, fresh water.
Huh, hvala (thank you)!
Oh very good! Oh fresh, fresh water.
Saying the Happy Easter but forgot..
Srećan Uskrs (Happy Easter)!
"Uskrs" (correcting my pronunciation) Srećan Uskrs (Happy Easter)!
Let's say, what do we say "my name is". Moje ime je Syifa
Danica. Danica?
Ja sam Jasminka (I am Jasminka).
Dragan. Dragan?
Burek? Hleb, bread.
Ah okay, okay. Wow!
Grill
I think we are grilling something
Hello, happy Easter!
They're grilling something right here. It looks like they're grilling fat?
Pork? Ah okay! So they're grilling this pork I think?
So now she's grilling the bread.
I am just lucky that I just stumbled upon the house and unexpectedly just looking at
this preparation of the Easter and especially it's very quiet and
I dont know, I love it!
Ciao ciao! Thank you!
Look at this beautiful garden!
She asked me to wait. Oh wow, these flowers!
Oh my god, the dogs.. Haha
Oh oh, easter eggs!
Oh thank you, thank you!
No, just one it's okay! No, one is okay.
Oh, look at this!
Motor, yes motor!
Serbia, good? Good, very good!
Oh, incredible!
Hello, ciao!
I can't help but stop to show you this very lovely yellow flowers all around when I was
riding I'm not so sure what are these flowers we are in a quite low altitude (30m) the last
time I checked, it sort of reminds me of my time when I was riding in Northern Thailand
in a sense that the road are also wide and good asphalt.
Look at this!
Wow, that's a lot of digging! Probably years and years of digging. Can you see behind me?
and the road that I'm heading hopefully it's not going to be as offroad. From the book
that I was reading looks like they're also trying to demolish this old way of digging
the mine and this is my loyal Vespa. That's massive! and that's where I'm heading to.
Wish me luck!
I'm in the city centre of Majdanpek I keep coming back and forth of understanding whether it was mining or whatnot
and yeah according to the direction itself it says copper mining, but yeah look at the church behind me,
I'm going towards that direction to Negotin.
So I was curious right where we are on the map because I know that we're so close to
the border of Romania, so these are Romania this is where we are. Unfortunately, I cannot
go to Romania because I don't have the right visa. If the borders aren't created by human
politicians, I can go easily cross the country but I suppose the vegetation and plantation
are pretty much similar to this region at the moment. I was riding right and suddenly
look what I found! A wild boar eating?!
Oh no no! Dont go away. Uh, sorry... :-(
Quite scenic! Haystack, woods beautiful blossoming flowers and the tree, traditional houses!
Oh wow, look at this landscape. Look at those mountains far from here!
I am so incredibly starving, and I'm gonna eat the egg
the Easter egg that I was given by Natascha? Jasmin! Yeah, that's her name. Where is it?
My Easter egg? Oh here, ta-da! I haven't found any eateries on the way, I think because these are
villages and the closest that I can get my food would be in Negotin which is the destination
itself. This is how I crack the egg
it matches the surrounding area. The green colour
even is absorbed by the egg so I hope it's not poisonous, I'm assuming that it's not.
so food colouring I think!
Bless her, bless her for giving me this!
It looks like we are sort of arriving at Negotin town.
Wow! Look at this monastery behind me this is the last leg of the journey and I think
The town is just over there. Looks so pretty! so I think the monastery is called as Bukovo
monastery
Lepo (beautiful)! Bukovo monastery? Da (yes)!
Zdravo (hello)!
Engleski? (English?)
The last leg of the journey and I think it's so very
rewarded, so happy!
Look at the architecture, even those!
Srećan Uskrs (Happy Easter)! Hvala (thank you)!
What year was this (built)? 13th century.
13th century? Wow!
I'm amazed by this behind me! I'm not sure what's that
probably monasteries as well part of the church.
Negotin, finally!
This looks like a pleasant small town.
This hotel behind me is called hotel Beograd (Belgrade)
I'm just going to check how much does it cost per night and there is a church overlooking.
I am not so sure if I can afford this but let's just try our luck.
Zdravo!
Engleski? (English?)
How much is the room? One room, two rooms? One.
One bed? Two beds? One bed.
Two thousand six hundred (2600rsd = $27) One room one night.
It looks like the city sorry, the town itself is tourist-friendly
because there is a park right there, several churches
and whatnot.
Hello!
Villa? Yes Room?
One person, yeah. Dinars?
One night? One night yes!
no breakfast, 1800rsd ($19).
Beautiful, beautiful.
I think I'm going to take the room for that not because okay perhaps it's slightly cheaper
but it's nothing much but it's brighter and wider so it's nice and I think the guy has
a bit of a character so I quite like it.
Anyway hope you enjoyed today's episode and
the journey in the Eastern part of Serbia.
Definitely let me know what you think down in the comment section below.
See you again next time bye!