Ever since the innocent arrival of Boonie at 25 Carlton Street in late 2005, I've felt an unexplainable urge to play ping pong, eat Monte Carlos and drink 52 cans on a plane.
I was also troubled with a strange desire to travel... to see the world through my own eyes, and to experience the things I had previously only read or dreamed about. Boonanza officially gripped it's plastic claws around my neck at Changi airport, when I realised with a faint glimmer of shock that I wasn't travelling alone.
Shit, was that Boonie making small talk with the Texan in the big hat?
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Hotel Suckeggs InternationalTen points for being as appallingly rude and unhelpful to a "backpacker" as anyone I've met yet. BOYCOTT THIS SORRY EXCUSE FOR A HOTEL.
Prague according to Stephen...Prague has such a fascinating history that I yielded and paid over my Czech Koruna to gain the benefit of this retired history professor's knowledge. Truly, what he didn't know, wasn't worth knowing.
Old jewish cemetery in Josefov, the Jewish QuarterCreated in the 15th century when Jews were forbidden to bury their dead outside their own district. Space was scarce, so bodies were buried on top of each other in an estimated 12 layers. Over the centuries, lopsided tombstones formed unruly, poetic groupings.
StarsailorBut he was unnaturally opposed to having his photo taken. I believe the cute white suit was a cover for something more sinister.
V.J. Rott - since 1813An impressive business history. The founder also has something to do with selling some of the first Tiffany pieces in the world? Outside America? I don't know...
Orloj - The Astronomical ClockHilarious. Watching people jostle for their place to watch the clock do its thing... which is about as interesting as watching paint dry. Legend has it the master clockmaker Hanus himself said the Old Town Councilors had his eyes burnt out with a hot poker, so that he would never build an instrument of such beauty anywhere else. Methinks this may be where the saying "Better than a poke in the eye with a hot stick" comes from.
The future is brightContained within this Jewish Synagogue were some paintings done by local Jewish children to reflect how they feel about their heritage (including the holocaust) and the future.
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Great pictures, it looks like you've had a blast in CZ. Man, I gotta get over there...