Stara Planina or The Balkan ridge hike

The Kom-Emine hike is among the most popular hikes in Bulgaria. It's a more than 600km long contiguous high mountain path that stretches from west to the east - terminating on the black sea cost on cape Emine along the ridge of the Balkan mountains (aka Stara Planina).
I hiked along the highest and most scenic part of the trail - from the town of Klisura up to Shipka pass. The whole hike took me four days, the first two days walking with my friends from Israel and the second two days walking solo.
This time I am just uploading the pictures, so you can appreciate the views and maybe get some inspiration to hike the area.

Day one: From town of Klisura to Kozya Stena hut (via hut Echo).

Near hut Echo

Day two: From Kozya Stena to Hut Dobrila

In the end of day my friends were so exhausted to they had to stop walking and after a stay at hut Dobrila - took the a ski lift down to the town of Sopot, and
from there to Plovdiv.

Day three - from Hut Dobrila to hut Tazha via Botev Peak
It was the longest and hardest day. Most of the high mountain pass was covered in snow, and most of the time I was either climbing up or running. I hiked in the beginning of may, after very snowy winter, the path should be much easier in the summer (then it should take about 12 hours according to local guidebooks).

Fourth day. From Tazha to Shipka pass
This part of the trail goes through the central Balkan national reserve

From Shipka pass I hitch-hiked to Karlovo and from there continued to Plovdiv to join my friends for another day and a half.