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Thursday Sept 12^th

I would not recommended anyone to stay at this site, but at

least we were “off the Road” Its charges were as others, we got goin

at 9.15 filled up with Petrol. As you get nearer towards Nis the

Lay bys appear to be a bit cleaner but the driving standards are

very low. You pass along this road & you see many Lorries & Cars

that have crashed off the road. The road all through the Country

is built up & on each side of you there is a drop of at least 6ft

The Coach drivers are the chief menace, they drive a excess of

60MPH & will not give way to anyone. Overtaking whilst

traffic is coming towards them is common, some vehicles cannot

get out of the way in time hence the wrecks that have left the road

& crashed, at some of these points you will see Flowers around

a post that signify the driver was killed, we finally reached

the Bulgarian Border & were there for nearly an hour. We had

to get Visas to enable us to pass through Bulgaria into Turkey

when one applies to the Bulgarian Tourist Office of London, it is

clearly stated that No Visa is necessary, but you must have a

Transit Visa, of which nothing is said. A young lady employed

at the Border was very helpful, Also you must change Currency

at this point, as it cannot be done by your Bank prior to you

leaving England we cashed £20 & our visas cost £4. The

Customs were searching all German Cars & that was the cause of

the delay. We got through & reached a site at Banka [Bankya], this