Belgrade, Serbia August 17th, 18th 2010 Again, nothing exciting happened in Belgrade (apart from the haircut incident, see a couple of posts below, ‘Tip of the Month’). I guess I’m running a recurrent theme here (‘Nothing exciting happened …’) but you can’t really force things. That’s part of travel, just take things as they come….
Sofia, Bulgaria
Sofia, Bulgaria August 14th, 15th 2010 From Salonica, stopped at Sofia for two nights. Stayed at one of the best hostels, from my experience, in Europe thus far, Hostel Mostel. It had everything I could want in a hostel. Despite no A/C, it wasn’t that hard to fall asleep as the windows were open. It…
Tip of the month
When wanting to get a haircut in a foreign country… 1. Always bring a good printed picture of what you want. 2. If option 1 is not available, never let a drunk Serbian guy who speaks ok English translate what you want to a stylist that speaks no English whatsoever.
Athens, Greece
Athens, Greece August 10th, 11th, 12th 2010 (View of Athens from the Acropolis) Athens! Stepping out to a clean, organized airport, standing in a proper line for a bus ticket to downtown, walking on your quiet, safe streets where people obey traffic lights and drive in their lanes, into your wonderful (but Euro-pricey) hostels, oh…
Dahab, Egypt
Dahab, Egypt August 6th, 7th, 8th 2010 Took a 3-hour train back from Aswan to Luxor and stayed a night because I couldn’t possibly catch the next bus to Dahab. However, I found out that the Luxor-Dahab bus was sold out and my other alternative was to take the bus to Suez and then buy…
Aswan/Abu Simbel, Egypt
Aswan, Egypt August 3rd 2010 Took the morning train from Luxor to Aswan. Journey was about 3 hours, after a train delay. Travelled with Shannon, an American girl I met from the West Bank tour in Luxor. Seemed like a pretty cool person. Did not have accomodation and was hoping to get a room upon…
Luxor, Egypt
Luxor, Egypt August 1st, 2nd 2010 Took the overnight train from Cairo. Bought a 1st class seat but it’s just a cabin with 6 seats (3 facing 3) and was crammed in there with 5 other tourists. Was very cold on board as well as uncomfortable, as the seats had no head support to lean…
Cairo, Egypt
Cairo, Egypt July 28th, 29th, 30th 2010 August 9th 2010 Cairo definitely gave me a culture shock. After being in Europe for a while, upon exiting the airport, I was immediately swarmed with taxi drivers offering their services. I took a shuttle bus to the bus station and was greeted with a fleet of old,…
Short update.
I can’t upload pictures on these crappy internet connections so here’s a short update. Was in Cairo for a few, went to Luxor for a few, then Aswan/Abu Simbel, and am now back in Luxor. About to leave on the 6:30 pm overnight bus to Suez Canal where I’ll be catching a connecting bus to…
Goreme, Turkey
Goreme, Turkey July 25th 2010 Took the overnight bus from Istanbul to Goreme (about 12 hours total including stops). Goreme, which is located in the Cappadocia region, has some really interesting rock formations (nicknamed “Fairy chimneys”) that resulted from volcanic eruptions eons ago. I believe the region was underwater as well then, so that’s how…