http://www.travelblog.org/Bloggers/Darameja/ Travel adventures in journals and photos from Darameja en-us Mon, 16 Nov 2009 19:38:07 +0000 Mon, 16 Nov 2009 19:38:07 +0000 I know that the city you live in is often the last one you consider to explore. And I promised myself this would not happen to Warsaw... and I did not keep my promise. Of course I saw the city and you can see some things I have done in my Experiences in Warsaw blog post. However I could have done it much more and much better. Nevertheless I had my free last fullofsightseeing days and I want http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Poland/Masovia/Warsaw/blog-442013.html When I was writing my couchrequest to Tomasz I was in Krakow and not entirely sober. Just before I had two shots of good night sleep vodka with my host. But the request was successful and in few days I was in a minibus KrakowLublin. Going there alone gave me time to think and conclude my journey. I had been on road already around 18 days and Lublin was my last stop before coming back to Warsaw. http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Poland/Lublin-Province/Lublin/blog-435064.html I went to Vienna because of Vienna Calling the couchsurfing summer camp. It was really intense so I cannot write this all into a blog post there are just scarce memories and impressions. This will be more a photo blog. Living in apartment with 7 people. Beer drinking at first day BBQ. The huge park and finding the exact place there. The MUSHROOM. The huge party lots of lots of people. Meeting http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Austria/Vienna-State/Vienna/blog-433209.html ldquoSo maybe for a day you would like to go to Salzburgrdquo my hostess Jackie wrote to me. And the next day in the morning she dropped me off at hitchhiking point about 20 km away from Salzburg. I got my ride in just 5 min a truck driver from Bosnia stopped. We did not have common language so we did not manage to talk more but it was short ride anyway. I got off at outskirts of town http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Austria/Salzburg-State/Salzburg/blog-432918.html Burghausen was not anywhere in my travel plans. Before that I did not even know this town existed. The destination of whole trip was to get to couchsurfing meeting in Vienna and to visit a friend in Germany before it. So I managed to hitchhike to Prague where my friend picked me up and then I had to find some way to get to Vienna. Luckily for me there were few people offering a ride to Vienna for http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Germany/blog-430520.html It was early morning but the traffic was already rushing. Me and Edita met at the hitchhiking point in one end of Warsaw. She said she hasn't slept all night Erasmus party. Have you hitchhiked before I asked her. No. Have you couchsurfed before No she smiled. So it was going to be a double adventure for her. It was not my first time hitchhiking nor couchsurfing but still I had an http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Poland/Lower-Silesian/Wroclaw/blog-400822.html So I was on my way in a minibus to Chemerivtsy where my American couchsurfing host lived. Of course I got some attention from the driver as there are not so many travelers going to Chemerivtsy. But that was lucky encounter as he said he was going to Kaliningrad the next day so I can have a ride all the way to Warsaw. The mini bus was full of people and very warm. A woman nearby started talking http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Ukraine/blog-429649.html The overnight train was with no adventures. I was in same coupe with some construction worker we talked a little and he was surprised that I am traveling in Ukraine and alone. I even told him about couchsurfing and he was concerned if my host will really host me and even offered place to stay if by any chance I had none well it did seem like an honest offer with no other intentions so it was http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Ukraine/blog-427927.html Zheckov was quite different world indeed. The town itself has nothing special itrsquos a leftover of Soviet Union. The main sight of it is statue of Lenin. It has 3 huge factories around it 2 of them not working very typical town built for workers. I stayed there with Masha who is a friend of my grandmother. She has lived in my hometown Siauliai for around 20 years and then after the break http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Ukraine/blog-398985.html First impression arriving to Kiev was big ugly Soviet style and big but also very interesting. And that impression stayed for all the time. First experience was waiting in a huge irrational line by metro to get our zhetons. It took around 20 minutes to get them. Metro is one of really impressive things in Kiev it goes so deep down and has these shiny advertisements that it looks surreal a http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Ukraine/Kiev/blog-395128.html For Spring break I thought to make some bigger trip and to somewhere outside Poland. And idea came to me Ukraine. And so it was decided. Thursday evening I packed my backpack and went to Warszawa Centralna. 04.10 1.30 am Train WarsawKrakowThe journey started. I always have mixed feeling before trips excitement and also worry. I always worry if I am going to get on the right train if everythin http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Ukraine/Lviv/blog-394640.html Short factsParticipants Me Destination Torun PolandLength of the trip 3 daysDistance 183 km from Warsaw to TorunMusic Queen AdreenaReading Lonely Planet Eastern Europe Ryszard Kapuscinski Podroze z Herodotem cannot say that I really read this but I bought thisMarch 27.1630 Sitting in the train with Lonely Planet Eastern Europe in my hands. It is interesting and quite amusing to http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Poland/Kuyavian-Pomeranian/Torun/blog-386731.html Short factsParticipants Me and my mentor KatarzynaDestination Poznan PolandLength of the trip 3daysDistance 275 km from Warsaw to PoznanMusic Queen Adreena Nirvana and silence Reading National Geographic and Pravda Day 1I came to Poznan about 10 pm and my hostess from couchsurfing met me in train station. She lives not far from Katedra so the first small sightseeing was on a way home I t http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Poland/Greater-Poland/Poznan/blog-383916.html February 18This blog will be hopefully continuous entry about me exploring city of Warsaw. I am Erasmus student here ate University of Warsaw an gonna stay here till June. So plenty of time to explore. I came here February 16th and the same day we had first Erasmus party yay And today I started exploration not too much though it's freaky cold here now. In front of KINOTEKA I found this ten http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Poland/blog-374873.html Short facts Distance 400km from Warsaw to ZakopaneLength around 4 daysMusic Death Note soundtrack and Chinese audio lessonsI was considering for quite long either to go to Zakopane with Erasmus people or not. Main concern was what will I do there if I don't like skiing and trekking was not possible because of the snowfall. But eventually I decided to go. Me and other 3 people were late to h http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Poland/Lesser-Poland/Zakopane/blog-378491.html Short facts Participants Me and my boyfriend LivijusDestination SerbiaLength of the trip 14 daysApproximate distance there and back 2000 kmMusic Pink FloydQueen AdreenaBooks Master and Margarita started and finished during the long driving in cars The Bridge on the Drina started during trip finished at homeThe First Hitchhiking DaySo it was early morning of 12th of August. I woke up http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Serbia/blog-318031.html My trip to SE Asia was really unexpected fast choice. Instead of China travel which I was doing nothing for I decided to do ThailandCambodiaVietnamLaos trip. June 11 I got in to taxi and went to Tashkent airport. As expected it was a bit messy there. I had no lil shitty paper they gave me 4 months ago so I was already panicked that I wont get into the plane in first place. But it went out g http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Thailand/blog-293023.html So one nice thursday morning we head out to what is considered to be the most beautiful part of Uzbekistan Fergana Valley. First part was getting to to the place in Tashkent where taxies to Fergana leave. Me Roman and Vidmantas were just standing and waiting while Bekzod was negotiating the price with the swarm of taxi drivers. Typical sight in Uzbekistan. After some negotiation one of the swa http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Uzbekistan/blog-277831.html One nice day in Tashkent we were in a big hurry to go to train leaving for Urgench. Why such a hurry Well trip was planned long time before but plans changes and the final decision to go on a trip which will last about a week was made a day before. But we were able to come in time to train station and buy first class ticket 8220we8221 means me my Uzbek friend Bekzod and my Czech friend http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Uzbekistan/Qaraqalpakstan/blog-272152.html