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60:39 Bulgaria: Bezbog Lake and peaks, including a peek beyond the water.

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Bezbog Lake with hotel/inn. The cable-car station is immediately behind the building. There are three methods of reaching the lake and hut pictured above, the commencement point of many fine hikes and treks. Of course, one can drive up as there is a very rough track for those who have faith in motor car manufacturers. The cableway is the most popular and predominant manner of reaching Bezbog hut—it's a two-part system meaning that halfway-up passengers jump (literally) from an open-seat and make their way to the start of the second system where they jump backwards onto the approaching seat. (By the way, it's quite dangerous as the system doesn't halt or even slow the seat to allow a person to alight or board). Finally, there is the good old faithful and reliable method, 'shank's pony'. We chose the latter only to ascertain that we'd be using two legs rather than the four we sought. We had walked up at least twice before.    On our return journey, aft...