Author: Bjørn Heidenstrøm

Ralf, the German doctor and the best chef in Romani, his Romanian wife, Loredana, have this old beauty as a portal to their garden… You got the name ? From my Nokia. Im @heidenstrom on Twitter and @Rhine @Main or @Donau 😉

So I left my tent up the stream. Big mistake… Iv got new information, and I will sleep under trees for some more times. I like that a lot !!!! when I know what’s around. But I dont know what’s around now. But, again… Iv got my mosquito net in the village, and with duck tape and plastic, Iv made the best shelter in this universe. Its 2 x 2 meter and looking better than Buckingham Palace. No mosquito here, but when I come to the Delta… Then Ralf, my new mate, used a blend of diesel and mud o his skin. I go for my home made Buckingham. From my Nokia. Im @heidenstrom on Twitter and @Rhine @Main or @Donau 😉

Need to by mosqito nett, new maps, and Iv met Max (photo) , Ralf, super German, the Max owner, helps me to plan the next leg in to Iron Gate. From my Nokia. Im @heidenstrom on Twitter and @Rhine @Main or @Donau 😉

This is Romania, Donau. If you want a stone face… Call Daniel. It cost 10 million Euro 😉 and you have to pretty. Like me. Then… Serious; – any one with info about this very nice place? I could read “Rex” and knows thats king… But 25 degrees and after the boiling pot, so I went for Orsova.. Im There now. Rex Bjorn and Rex Kjakan From my Nokia. Im @heidenstrom on Twitter and @Rhine @Main or @Donau 😉

Lucky in the Boiling Pot. Not head wind and paddling was like a cold beer in Copenhagen or a soft evening with Marianne from Elevenrooms 😉 Thanks Bad Chef, super mate Mr Jugoslav, for giving me knowledge. Your St Peter was with me 😉 From my Nokia. Im @heidenstrom on Twitter and @Rhine @Main or @Donau 😉

If you ask a Norwegian. Anyone or me, how our nature is, we will say super pretty and beautiful. The fact; The sad record is 15 dead in one winter. The nature took them. The weather… So we made the Mountain Commands. I used them cycling to South Africa. I think you can cycle or paddle to China, nude and with a pink wig if you follow those commands. The most importante; ASK THE LOCALS WHOS BEEN THERE AND USE THIS NATURE ! And its about where, how, changes, weather, culture, hot spots, nice spots, lethal spots. Maybe you will hear that you have to put on trousers and remove the pink wig in Sudan. Maybe you will learn to keep left on the Boiling Pot. Maybe you will hear from Mr Mate Sir Jugoslav that there is hidden caves to seek shelter at 972 Donau. He past that info to me. Ill give it to the next man or queen who will try Donau…

So you and I could try the cool image, the; I know it all image, or we could respect, listen, and learn. And we can pass it on..

You have seen my first hero, Jugoslav from Novi Sad. He gave me Costin. Thats local information and help from those who realy now Donau. Like the boiling pot… Costin is a paddler in Olintea, Donau, at 430 km before the Black Sea. His nickname is “Olintea 430” and his first message today, when Im on the Boiling Pot. Super pretty, but dangerous on the wrong day with the spontan change of weather. They have already told me how to act there. Next info is about the next steps;

“IMPORTANT! Do not pass Orsova today. There are no places to spend the night after this”

Good information for a Norwegian whos never been here… Or the next 1000 km…

Then the next sms via Skype.

“Excellent weather for U tomorrow AGAIN. Almost 0 wind. ON SUNDAY: 30-33km/h with gusts of 48km/h blowing from WNW.Please confirm your KM 2night. Keep in touch”

Then the best one ?

“would be great if we could synchronize for the 19th of May evening for km 464. We will have fish soup and barbecue and many other goodies…”

Thats info! Thats local!

From my Nokia. Im @heidenstrom on Twitter and @Rhine @Main or @Donau 😉

Back up if to much front wind is Jeselinca. If storm 😉 then its Dubova. But this looks like a great day for me paddling and you looking and Goggling Twitter name @rodekorsnorge

From my Nokia. Im @heidenstrom on Twitter and @Rhine @Main or @Donau 😉

I have crossed boarders in 40 countries. Alone, dirty, sweaty, and thats with a cycle or a paddling board. The worst was Russia in to Estonia with second worst place; Sudan. Super people. Bad boarder control.. You have to have a smile, or the thought; hey, he is a visitor in my country. Lets check if he have a ton with cocaine or a nuclear bomb, but lets do it with style…

So, after you Google my 40 boarder crossings ( www.theshirt2010.com ) I therefore and now declare Romania, MoldovaVeke, for the best police and boarder controll on the planet.

And okay… I think Costin the TID paddler down the streams have taken some calls… 😉

From my Nokia. Im @heidenstrom on Twitter and @Rhine @Main or @Donau 😉

Elena Gabriela Udrea, I did see your signature and two nice stars on Kenik last night. I came in that evening with my smal ship. To be honest, its not a ship. Its a stand up paddling board, but classified as a ship in Serbia and now Romania. I want to suggest something, but first Ill be more honest. The sun went down when I paddled in to Moldova. I was lost, a bit alone, wondering where to sleep, eat, and be safe. So I asked the first five, but they could not speak English, and Im really bad in the Romanian language ( but will improve ) Then some good football fans pointed at “Kenik” I got a room in the back of the restaurant, then about stars… The chicken could beat any French restaurant (Iv been there ) The salad was a symphony from Grieg (,Norwegian good on piano ) and the Ursus was served with style and most important…, with a smile. Then after securing my ship, and a deep sleep. The breakfast; Stunning!!! And the icing on the cake, the best of the best. With signs in the air and pantomime I described the need to bring with me a lunch on my ship.. The owner asked “termos coffee”? – – same words in Norway, so I did the “I have no termos pantomime”….. So she made one ! Im not kidding you! She made a thermos !

So, Dear Elena Gabriela Udrea. You deliver stars, and as a happy visitor in your pretty country, I would highly recommend 7 stars, and 7 for the coffe Thats 14. Thank you, hope you read my blob, and Donate a small Euro for Red Cross, read Twitter #rodekorsnorge From my Nokia. Im @heidenstrom on Twitter and @Rhine @Main or @Donau 😉

If you put a bag over the head of any Norwegian and drop him where Im floating now, he will bett a truck with raki that he’s in a Norwegian fjord. He’s not. Im not. Im in Romania. Look on the 1001 km mark on Donau. Thats on the left in the photo. Thats where I found a bed. And a Ursus Regeli Berri, Fondat 1878. I bet that the Romanian Ambassador in Norway, Daniel now what that is. I bet that this will be the next place to go if the world sees what they have… Thanks Daniel for helping me. Thanks Costin The TID paddler for pulling some strings up the Stream.. 😉 From my Nokia. Im @heidenstrom on Twitter and @Rhine @Main or @Donau 😉