Had a fantastic few days in the wee village of Zalanpatac, with Emma, Ben and Matt. Nice walks, very peaceful, beautiful scenery and lots of wild flowers. We soaked our feet in the mineral water pool, we cautiously entered the small “mofetta”, and visited the very small museum. No light pollution and a fantastic view of the stars. We didn’t see any bears but pretty certain we heard one the first evening and definitely saw bear prints the following morning. We did see a little snake. Thank you Emma for introducing me to this lovely wee village.

The mofetta we went in, is tiny compared with the ones in this description – just a couple of steps down and 4 or 5 up turned logs to sit on. We were told not to go in for more than 3 minutes. https://visitharghita.com/en/places/the-miracle-of-mofettas-a-unique-phenomenon-in-the-world-cp3-6lhw6clljw#

The Mofetta