At Paul's suggestion we signed up for the bear hunt - pay if you see any bears, be ready around 10pm were our instructions. Just after 10pm (literally minutes after sunset in this crazy hemisphere) we piled into the back of a very old stationwagon with out hostel owner and two other aussies (one of whom was a Victorian policeman - this is slightly amusing because "bear hunting" is now illegal in Brasov due to the treatment of people by bears and visa versa and the police patrol for people leading tourists or bringing food for the bears and we were forced to doge the police at various times during the night...) and headed out to surburban Brasov. As we approached a built up area with rows and rows of apartment blocks we started trolling slowly past the industrial bins. That's right. The bears are being forced out of the forest and into the residents' kitchen waste bins. in search of food. So a quiet cruise through the neighbourhood yields not only loads of tourists doing the same thing but also up close bear action. Gives an entirely new meaning to the "crusin' the 'hood".
[For the slow of wit among our (vast) readership, this is a photo of a bear. engaging in the acts described above.]
4 comments:
I love that you're now posting photos! Look we can see your happy smiling faces!
Bears in city streets? Yo, that's freaky! If I lived in Brasov, I'd be taming one of those bears and using it as a guard bear! No one would look at me the wrong way if I walked through the streets with a bear on a leash. Take that sidewalk hogs who refuse to get out of my way!
To say you're bearing up takes on a whole new meaning!
There is nothing wrong with THIS hemisphere.... you too can have a twilight zone if you travel south to an equivalent latitude. However, bears and twilight ...it must be like a fairy tale.
JKG
How are you bearing under the strain of travel? Does paul still love his honey? Have you thought of bearing your body on the nude beaches of eastern europe.
The above messages reflect my disappointment in the lack of bear-related puns in this post (other than the title). You can do better.
Also great to see the photos. PS Is there a winner in the "hobo" competition - I'm expecting my postcard for my entries.
Hi guys
Great photo - you must have done the same 'tour' as me when I was in Brasov.
J.
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