We were concerned about crossing into Serbia because we didn't have insurance for Serbia and the registration papers I had were close to expiring, but in reality it was probably the easiest and friendliest crossing we have had to pass through. To get into Serbia we crossed the Danube and planned to follow it as closely as we could all the way to Belgrade and we had been told the Serbian side was the best side. While the views of the Danube were quite special we were a little sorry for it, it didn't look as healthy as we had hoped, but then it wasn't unexpected and don't get me wrong, it was still very special to be able to ride next to a river with such a history and we look forward to seeing more of it as we move through Europe. Our first night was in a camp right on the Danube and it looked wonderful with the sun setting over it. We had high hopes for Belgrade too, it is one of those cities that you just keep hearing of, but it too was a little disappointing. Then after we had done a walking tour it became a little more obvious as to why there wasn't much to see, Belgrade over the centuries has been flattened by just about every army at some time, but then the tourist department and the city council could probably do more with what they have. North of Belgrade we passed through a very nice National Park with Mountain Bike trails through it on our way to Novi Sad where we looked at a well restored fortress overlooking the Danube and city. While they have restored the upper part of the fortress, the lower part is still very run down and we hope that in the future they will do something with this area also. From Novi Sad we had one more night in Serbia before crossing the border into Hungary. We weren't too worried about this crossing because we were leaving Serbia and it should have been more of a formality to see that we were leaving, and it was once we had got to the check point, we had to queue for over an hour, and that was after queue jumping! Getting into Hungary took just under an hour with queue jumping and they tell us in a car it can take 3-4 hours to get through! To those people that may question our queue jumping, I wouldn't normally do that, motor bikes are encouraged to move up and when we crossed it was 35° and we were sitting in the sun the whole time with all our riding gear on, we have never been so hot! So while it was a short visit to Serbia, it was a pleasant one and we enjoyed seeing it.