The saga of a trip to Bulgaria

Having chosen a vacation in Bulgaria, I stopped on the bus route, not suspecting that it was possible to spoil all the impressions with the trip. The start of the journey was intimidating. There were no lists of the group, the bus was late. Instead of 7:00 we left at 8:00. Bus number BX 34 04 VK. The escort assured that the route was carefully designed, and the drivers were professional. But after a stop in Krivoy Rog, the bus drove along a road consisting of ditches and potholes. The bus chattered wildly. The escort ran around the bus and handed out pills for motion sickness, and when the bus began to roll from side to side, we began to seriously worry about our lives.

Instead of the promised several hours of driving to the Moldovan border, we were carried along the roads until the morning. Moreover, at 00-20 hours, messages began to arrive on mobile phones that Moldova welcomes us on its territory, although we did not cross the checkpoint. With great difficulty, overcoming obstacles, "professionals" drivers found the right path in the morning with assurances that "we will go the other way back." As a result, we arrived at Golden Sands around 19-00 instead of the promised 10-00 in the morning. Then there was a good hotel friendly Bulgarians, in short, a great vacation.But, like all good things, it quickly ended.Good Bulgarians even extended our stay as compensation for the lost time and on June 11, 2015, the transfer took us to the stop where we unloaded.By prior arrangement, our bus "Ukraine was supposed to pick us up at 18-00. But there was no bus. It turned out that he had not yet arrived in Bulgaria. And we sat at the bus stop until midnight. It was dark, cold. Fortunately, instead of a toilet, the forest was nearby. Expectations for a new developed route" by professionals "Nikolay and Slavk were unsuccessful. We again went a non-standard path. In search of a better road, we traveled all over the Odessa region, then for some reason rushed to Kherson and finally got lost Having got up, we began to consult with rare passing cars at night, but how can we get to Krivoy Rog in order to deliver three unfortunate tourists. By morning, the search was crowned with success. But the bus could not withstand the overload and broke down a few kilometers outside the city. And in the early morning, tourists who wanted to go home to Dnepropetrovsk and Kharkov ended up on the highway. Some Dnipro residents lost their nerve and left on a hitch ride, since there were 137 km left to Dn-ska. The drivers did not know what to do with the ill-fated bus. Toli return to Krivoy Rog for repairs, or wait for help from the agency ... They discussed for a long time, but then miraculously, seeing that the rest did not give up and did not leave on their own (since after the rest, not everyone had cash left for an unforeseen road) at a speed of 30- At 40 km per hour we arrived at the Dn-ska bus station. Accompanying Denis (special thanks to him for his efforts) bought us tickets for a scheduled bus to Kharkov. As a result, after almost 40 hours of travel, we are at home! The trip was "unforgettable". My review of the travel agency: NEGATIVE!

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