Australians In Serbia Felt As Though They Were Riding In A Travel Brochure

By Karl Haudbourg • on June 11, 2009

Last month, we wrote about a 25-year-old adventurer, Sam Williams, cycling across Serbia. The latest example is amazing. Two young Australian tourists, Don and Siggy Coopers, are visiting family in Sweden. They are not flying to Göteborg like the rest of us would – Don and Siggy love cycling. The epic trip will see them pedalling 3000 km between Istanbul and Göteborg. Sadly, they haven’t yet worked out a way to cycle on water, so they decided to make the travel to Turkey by plane.

This week, the pair was cycling across Serbia noting the absence of traffic “Serbia is not the most popular tourist destination.” Near the borders between Serbia, Romania and Bulgaria, Don and Siggy enjoyed an unforgettable ride through the magnificent scenery of Serbia. “After reaching the Danube, we felt as though we were riding in a travel brochure. The scenery was so stunning. The Danube in this part of Serbia is fiord like, with mountainous banks on either side. We had a lovely picnic lunch in Donji Milanovac, adjacent to the Danube.” Then a long ride brought the pair to Novi Sad, Serbia’s second largest city after Belgrade, located in the northern Serbian province of Vojvodina. “We arrived in Novi Sad early afternoon and were impressed with the vitality of the place so we decided to book into a hostel for two nights. At the hostel we met two Aussies cycling from Budapest to the Black Sea so we were able to share ideas over a few beers and great dinner in a fortress overlooking the Danube. Today we will be tourists, relax and look around town.”

Don and Siggy Coopers are now riding across Croatia. It’s worth following their blog if for nothing else but the beautiful photos from their trip.

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