http://www.travelblog.org/Bloggers/Elin/ Travel adventures in journals and photos from Elin en-us Thu, 07 Jan 2010 22:59:46 +0000 Thu, 07 Jan 2010 22:59:46 +0000 Tonight will be my last hostel night for some time. I'm in western Berlin at another great hostel called JetPak with free internet and very friendly staff here too. Yesterday getting into Berlin the train from Prague was 2 hours late and was disappointed to find the warmly recommended hostel was fully booked for the weekend. I did get a bed in a pension a few streets away which was fine and http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Germany/District-of-Berlin/Berlin/blog-301932.html So to take up where I ended last time Balaton Sound. The last days were great all in the same atmosphere as the first few days. We lazed endlessly in the shade while listening to a house dj in the day we danced to Fatboy Slim in the evening what a funny guy... as he reminded us to be right here right now.. Sunday afternoon the heat was getting more and more stuffy while dark ominous clou http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Czech-Republic/Prague/blog-300955.html Am sitting in a lounge listening to some dj playing nice afternoon sun music. It's a bit too loud for conversation but who needs conversation when you can just chill out watching glorious lake Balaton it's shore line just a few meters away. Apparently the festival is sold out 120 000 tickets and the party is on till late into the night. Vanessa waking up at 4.30 last night said that the m http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Hungary/Central-Transdanubia/Lake-Balaton/blog-298755.html The Sahara Hotnights song got me inspired so now I'm at a hostel in Vienna and after two days of walking and biking around town my legs won't carry me any further. So I'm just staying in maybe I'll go for a beer in the hostel bar in a while.I left home Monday morning and after 23 hours of trainriding I walked out of Westbahnhof blinking in the Vienna sun. I'd then gone from Goteborg via Copenh http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Austria/Vienna-State/Vienna/blog-297610.html A quick stop at a internet cafe in Havanna to publish some pictures from my sailing trip. Enjoy http://www.travelblog.org/Central-America-Caribbean/Cuba/Oeste/La-Habana/blog-250059.html The previous weekend was the annual sailing race here on the west coast. From Skrhamn to Hunnebostrand one windy Saturday. I was on Hawila equipped with a major urge to sail and my camera so I thought I'd share some of the results...sail away with me honey http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Sweden/Vastra-Gotaland/Gothenburg/blog-94876.html I must admit that the location is a bit of a lie I've been home for more than a week already. But sitting at home in my apartment that I share with my very good friend Johanna after a long day of school and work I just felt I wanted to do something else. Something that isn't sleeping reading the very interesting but quite massive books for my class or just mindlessly surfing the internet. That' http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/China/Shanghai/blog-88209.html With less than a week left until I go back home I cant quite grip how fast the last couple of months have passed. But its always like that come halfway and the rest just rolls by. Before leaving two and a half months sounded like a fairly long time but Ive been meeting so many travellers that have been gone for five eight twelve months. I guess it always feels too short no matter how lo http://www.travelblog.org/Central-America-Caribbean/Panama/Bocas-Del-Toro/Isla-Colon/blog-61770.html Ive been here in this little surftown now for a week but I just cant seem to rip myself away. I just dont seem to get bored. Is it the waves The white sand The blazing sun The mesmerizing sunsets All the people at the hostel I like the tranquil chill of this place. You cant help but feel like the world is only here and now. Far away from time worries and cold. here the waves never stop t http://www.travelblog.org/Central-America-Caribbean/blog-57955.html Hi all Elin's taking a quick break while I update her friends and family on our travels together. For those of you who are unaware Elin and I found each other courtesy of this lovely website and came together upon my arrival in San Jose.The morning of the 16th of April she came up to me at a dark sketchy bus terminal in the Cocacola district of San Jose. An exchange of photos assured me that http://www.travelblog.org/Central-America-Caribbean/Costa-Rica/Puntarenas/Uvita/blog-55164.html Hey everyoneI'm on my way from Santa Elena to La Fortuna in a couple of hours and I'm not really keen on leaving... Santa Elena is a little little town close to the the cloud forest reserve of Monteverde. Four five hours with the steaming bus on rough roads from San Jose but so definitely worth it The cloud forest is amazingly beautiful I spent a few hours walking there yesterday in the mor http://www.travelblog.org/Central-America-Caribbean/Costa-Rica/Puntarenas/Santa-Elena/blog-52187.html Hola amigosIm still in San Jos as Ive been for a week now since we got back from Puerto Viejo. Not much is happening Im hanging around not doing anything in particular with Lisa most of the time. Today we strolled around in central SJ took a cup of coffee in the Caf Teatro Nacional went to el mercado central and bought some nice earrings and other stuff I dont really need for no money at http://www.travelblog.org/Central-America-Caribbean/Costa-Rica/San-Jose/blog-49242.html The sun is brilliant outside Im waiting for Lisa to call so we can decide where to meet. Today were going to el museo nacional with Jorge her boyfriend who has to go there for his school work. Hes studying to become an arquitect same as Adrin at whose place Im staying. His family has a very nice house with a beautiful outside patio and they are gracious enough to let me stay in their spar http://www.travelblog.org/Central-America-Caribbean/Costa-Rica/San-Jose/blog-48042.html My backpack is full not quite to the brim but close enough. It's going to feel really good tomorrow to be off again. The cold here is really starting to get to me I need to feel the sun on my backI'll be flying tomorrow at 11.40 and I'll be in San Jose Costa Rica ten at night local time. There Adrin Lisa and Jorge will be picking me up and I'll be staying with Adrin and his family who are http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Sweden/Vastra-Gotaland/Gothenburg/blog-46467.html So I'm leaving the day after tomorrow... But it's been raining ALL day today so it doesn't really feel that bad right now. I guess I'll be going from rain to COLD rain... Or snow I was out in the rain today Susann and I ate lunch at Onno's we're eating at all the favourite places for the last time and then I went to get my hair cut and by the time we'd walked from home to Onno's we were soak http://www.travelblog.org/Central-America-Caribbean/Dominican-Republic/Cabarete/blog-28471.html ...two weeks left and then I'm going home again. Which actually feels pretty good there have been problems with the course so we've been recieving really bad tuition so a lot of us are a bit worried that we won't make the exams. And also Cabarete is a bit too small for me too many rumours running around in a place like this... But I've had a wonderful couple of months and I'm planning on enjoy http://www.travelblog.org/Central-America-Caribbean/Dominican-Republic/Cabarete/blog-26545.html Hey everyoneWow they days are just flying over here. I canrsquot believe wersquove already been here for over a month. And I canrsquot believe that we barely have two lefthellip Today we had our first week of Spanish class after our little ldquovacationrdquo. We had last week off from school and it actually feels pretty good to be back. Wersquove been having a different Spanish tea http://www.travelblog.org/Central-America-Caribbean/Dominican-Republic/Cabarete/blog-22402.html HeyToday after class the other girls in Spanish 2 and I went to Puerto Plata to have a look. Cabarete is starting to get pretty small and we felt we needed a change of scenery. And to get a hold of shoes for surfing. Puerto Plata is a larger town not far from Cabarete and we got there by the local bus which is actually a minibus with room for ten people not including the driver. But the traffic http://www.travelblog.org/Central-America-Caribbean/Dominican-Republic/Cabarete/blog-19609.html Hola amigosIrsquom sitting here at the surf camp wondering if the internet connection will work tonight. Wersquoll see. And Irsquom also wondering if the power will go anytime tonight you never know but then again it doesnrsquot really matterhellip Here nothing really matters as long as yoursquore smiling and happyhellipWersquove had our sixth day of school and things are fall http://www.travelblog.org/Central-America-Caribbean/Dominican-Republic/Cabarete/blog-19210.html Today is the fifth day wersquove been here and it already feels like a month at least. But wersquove been doing so much wersquove seen so many new places and met so many new people. School starts tomorrow and Irsquom really looking forward to it. I found out today that I made it into the upper level and that feels great because Irsquod rather that the course is a bit too difficult than http://www.travelblog.org/Central-America-Caribbean/Dominican-Republic/Cabarete/blog-18360.html