Another day, another adventure.

This morning we left optimistic toward the Turda Gorges. From Mihai Viteazu village we continued until the crossroads leading to Cheia, than before entering the village, we took the road to the right, with the interdiction sign!!

After the stone and marble carrier the road turned into a rock/stone forestry road and we reached the edge of a hill reveling to us, right in front, the splendor of the Turda Gorge.

After a bit more driving we stopped at the Turda Gorges Cabin, then started climbing up on the ridge marking…

We stopped a few times to catch our breath on the abrupt pathway, and by the time we reached the ridge, a very hard and long cold rain has begun. Right there we met with another friend of Cosmin’s from Milvus NGO… After getting all soaked from the rain, we decided there was no point to continue the road. Needles to say that when we finally reached the car, the rain has stopped. It didn’t really matter because we were all wet anyway.

12:10 pm at the Aniesi Pond in Bistrita Nasaud county. Cosmin is unbelievably on a raft on this pond with one his biology friends.

Now what in the world are we doing here. We are here to collect and observe the Epitheca bimaculata dragonfly, this being the only place in Romania where it has been observed.

This pond is quite a nice place, with the exception of all the mud I had to walk through in my sandals. The place is surrounded by the Rodnei Mountains, and to get here we crossed the railway and a bridge over the Somes River, than followed a path to the left.

Next stop is the Turda Gorges, which means another place marked in my “1001 Natural wonders to see before I die”.