Having done the trip out to Auschwitz , the other must see for me was that of the Wieliczka salt mines. Until I started planning for this trip I had never heard of these mines. Once I had my attention drawn to them it became a must see. The longevity of the mines, first …
Bloody taxi drivers are rip off merchants everywhere! Krakow was no different! How did I know? I had gone to the wrong one of two exits at the Krakow train station and the taxi from there would have been 25 zloty to go the long way round to the hostel. I walked to the other …
While in Warsaw and Krakow I had been on the two trips with the same company, so their airport shuttle was very reasonable. Best of all because I planned on being at the airport early, I was picked up from outside the hostel. Until 10am the vehicles have access to the square, so it meant …
Early wake up and out to catch, so handy bus A41, to the Hong Kong airport, the bus services as well as the MTR have been brilliant . The Octopus card the best of all being able to use it on all the forms of transport, as well as purchases from some shops. I got …
A long eleven hours plus, but an uneventful flight to Hong Kong by one of the best airlines in the world, Air New Zealand. An hours delay leaving Auckland didn’t help at all. Arriving at HKIA at 7 the following morning,Customs and immigration turned into a non event, I had been dreading them, purely because …
The coach left Istanbul headed for Gallipoli on time, with our bags stowed in the bus. What bliss having someone take my bag away and not have to worry about it and its weight. The coach was comfortable enough but certainly not luxury seating. I was disappointed to see there were no toilets in the …
Last day in Siem Reap , I asked the tuktuk driver to show me the markets and the well known watering hole of Pub Street. The markets were amazing, the rows of small shops with every conceivable item. Hot, busy and occasionally odorous it was lovely to wander through and seeing the selling that was …
The main reason to visit Cambodia was to see the famous temples of Angkor Wat, I wasn’t disappointed. My driver picked me up at 5 am ready to see the sunrise over the temples along with at least a thousand others. Our first stop was to buy tickets, I chose to have the 3 day …
Good flight to Cambodia, the easiest access to an airport I have ever had. Going through customs I met an older lady drinking her water that she had forgotten, I was consigned to the same place ,and a few minutes later more joined us. We all got chatting of course there was a twenty something …
Advice from the Warsaw hostel staff put me on the right road to get to see the old city as it is called. In actual fact, a great deal was flattened in World War 2. What is now termed the old city has in fact been totally rebuilt, but in details reproduced from the destroyed …