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The Road Not Taken
Shamim Ansary:
Transfagarasan – Romania
The Transfăgărășan (that’s the exact spelling) is the highest and most dramatic paved road from Romania. Built as a strategic military route by the former dictator Nicolae Ceausescu between 1970 and 1974, this road connects the historic regions of Transylvania and Wallachia, and the cities of Sibiu and Pitesti. The Transfagarasan represents 90 km of twists and turns run North to South across the tallest sections of the Carpathian Mountains between the highest peaks of the mountain in this country.
On top of the mountains this road provides access to Balea Lake, a glacier lake which has been here for thousands of years and it also has an almost 1 km long tunnel straight through the mountain’s top. The road was built at a high cost both financially and from a human standpoint with more than 6 million kilograms of explosive being used on the northern face and official records of 40 soldiers who lost their lives while building it. Unofficial records however mention that only the tunnel took about 400 lives.
The north end of the road is the most spectacular and it’s dotted with steep hairpin turns, long S curves and sharp descents combined with an absolutely stunning view! Between October and June this road is under the snow and usually closed so… that means only a couple of months in the summer it’s available to enjoy a pure driving pleasure. Top Gear also named this road as the best road in the world !
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irina:
It's a wondrous sight! I wish I could take the two roads at a time.Thanks.
ashiqbest012:
When I play games like NFS-V, Most wanted, I drive the car on these kinds of street. Now I realize that these streets are not made by computerized. All these streets are available in the world.
Nice pictures sir.
asma alam:
Dear Mr. Shamim, the pictures that you have attached here all are extremely beautiful. But none of them is taken from our own country. In this case, can't we attach some beautiful pictures of the unexplored areas of our country which are hardly visited by us but have aesthetic value? I am sure the pictures will tempt us to visit those places and help us to feel proud as the citizens of this beautiful country. thank you.
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