Somewhere over the clouds - mountains in Romania

[kibitz]

Hi,

The photos below are from Romania (in the Carpathians mountains - 20Km North of Horezu). The period was December 30, 2013 - January 2nd, 2014. There were about 0 degrees Celsius and the sun was shining, even though it was winter. Altitude was 1700m and we were above the clouds.
Together with some friends, also offroad enthusiats, we celebrated New Year's Eve there.


























Yours truly,


Sorin

[MEGOMONSTER]

Beautiful area. That's for sharing.
Great pics.

[happygu]

Nice pics Sorin,

What is the picture of the portico? Looks interesting in the middle of seemingly nowhere.....

Is the picture with the house in it, where someone lives for the whole year?

Mic

[threedogs]

I like the movie star pose lol what great country ,
is that pine plantation or natural forest?

[megatexture]

What an awesome place to live! got any action shots of the fourbys or is it too cold to stand outside long enough to get some lol

[kibitz]

Nice pics Sorin,

What is the picture of the portico? Looks interesting in the middle of seemingly nowhere.....

Is the picture with the house in it, where someone lives for the whole year?

Mic

That establishment is a private property and belongs to a medim-size company. It's not their headquarters but a place where management goes sometimes, and maye they do some teambuidings there... Not sure.

Most of the houses in that area are not occupied the whole year, even though there are people living in the mountain villages at higher altitudes than the one presented here.

[kibitz]

I like the movie star pose lol what great country ,
is that pine plantation or natural forest?

Most of the trees grow naturally. Unfortunately, may acres of forest are cut down without thinking. The concept of sustainable developement is just a buzz-word for may of our politicians. In the first picture you can see just the tip of the iceberg...

The offroad clubs here are involved in humanitary actions for planting new trees before the damage is irreversible.

My girlfriend asked for that pose; she thought it would be funny, and I gave it a try. Seems I'm cut for it

[kibitz]

Beautiful area. That's for sharing.
Great pics.

What an awesome place to live! got any action shots of the fourbys or is it too cold to stand outside long enough to get some lol

Thanks everyone for the appreciation.
I'll look for some action shots but I'll have to ask some friends for the photos as I don't have too many. This event was thought moslty for celebrating, eating and drinking and not so much for offroading as it was new years eve.

[Hodge]

Ahh beautiful winter/cold Europe. I grew up in a country not far from there and the only thing I miss is the cold winters and the snow!

[mudnut]

My kids saw your photos and are shouting at me to move to somewhere with snow