INDIA | Monday, 11 Oct 2010 | Views [611]
Varanasi = fucked Sept 5th-7th I made it to Varanasi in the morning. I took a prepaid rickshaw and asked him to take me to my hotel. We went about 20 feet, he turned the motor off and said, why don't you consider Shanti guesthouse instead. I got my ... Read more >
INDIA | Thursday, 30 Sep 2010 | Views [404]
Sept 26th: Agra Almost as fucked as Delhi...but in a slightly different way. Delhi is just screwed overall. Agra is screwed from a tourist sense. If you hate people haggling you, calling out "American", Australian, or any other English ... Read more >
INDIA | Friday, 24 Sep 2010 | Views [398]
Rajastan is a state in India...popular for tourists; I combined my experiences in the following cities into one blog (about a week) Made it to Jaipur at 10pm, didn't want to sort out a map, so paid $.40 for about a 1/4mile ride to my guesthouse which ... Read more >
INDIA | Thursday, 16 Sep 2010 | Views [391] | Comments [1]
Sept 13th Delhi India is fucked! That is my first impression. Of course, I was staying in the Paraganj which is the budget are of India. I arrived at like 4 in the morning and took a taxi directly to my hotel. We got near there and my first instinct ... Read more >
UNITED ARAB EMIRATES | Sunday, 12 Sep 2010 | Views [526] | Comments [1]
Sept 5th: AFter customs and baggage I opted to take a taxi rather than wait for the metro to open in 2 hours. I had arranged a couch on couchsurfing but it was last minute so I didn't have a chance to plan it out well and ended up being like 20 miles ... Read more >
EGYPT | Sunday, 5 Sep 2010 | Views [429]
8/28 Cairo A bit sick still in the morning, but nothing some Dr. Muller's herbal cough remedy didn't help (actually the stuff sucked but that's what they talked me into getting at the pharmacy greek pharmacy). Made it to the airport soon enough and ... Read more >
GREECE | Thursday, 26 Aug 2010 | Views [280]
Aug 23rd-26th Folegrandos We took the 11am ferry to Santorini with the idea of spending the day there as Michaels flight was at 8pm. Problem was that our ferry was late getting there (didn't leave until noon and arrived shortly after 1pm) and my ferry ... Read more >
GREECE | Monday, 23 Aug 2010 | Views [638]
August 20th-23rd Ios Michael and I had opted to fly down to the greek islands to avoid the hassle of a bus and ferry as well as the time involved (40 hours) and ultimately it wasn't that much more expensive. So we flew into Santorini and took a ferry ... Read more >
GREECE | Thursday, 19 Aug 2010 | Views [1747]
Pink Palace "Bus" ride. The Pink Palace is this famous backpacker resort hostel thing on Corfu. Corfu is a pain in the ass to get to. I guess people come through their on their way from Italy to Athens as otherwise its just plain out of ... Read more >
GREECE | Sunday, 15 Aug 2010 | Views [487]
I headed up to the rooftop bar at happy hour around 7:30pm. Drank by myself for a little bit before finally breaking into a circle of canadians. Played drunk categories with about a dozen people. The bar is only open until 11pm, then they ... Read more >
CROATIA | Tuesday, 10 Aug 2010 | Views [369]
To be written
CROATIA | Sunday, 8 Aug 2010 | Views [441]
Saturday: Woke up about 11am with a cold…soar throat, snotty nose, a bit achy, weak, and dehydrated. I drank like a gallon of water and bought the croatian version of Dayquil (I was proud of myself for properly eliciting the croation generic ... Read more >
GERMANY | Friday, 6 Aug 2010 | Views [268]
Thursday Aug 5 th : Brac Woke up and made it to the ferry over to the 1 st island off the coast (about 1 hour away). I wasn’t planning on going here but all the hostels were booked up on Hvar (a more popular island). After getting lost in ... Read more >
CROATIA | Wednesday, 4 Aug 2010 | Views [433]
Split: Monday Aug 2 nd Arrived first in the morning. The weather is the type that when you try and feel it you can’t. It’s the perfect tempurature to match one’s own body heat, and were it not for a very slight, gentle breeze there would ... Read more >
CROATIA | Sunday, 1 Aug 2010 | Views [369]
July 30 th : Zagreb Arrived around 9:30pm, raining of course…absolute shit weather the past week. No map of course, but I did manage to write down directions and have those hand. Had to pay .50 eurocent to use the bathroom at the train station, ... Read more >
HUNGARY | Thursday, 29 Jul 2010 | Views [565]
July 27 th : Made it to Budapest pretty easy, took the subway to meet my couchsurfing host. Matthew from New York, my age, there following a girl he met back home. Seemed pretty cool online but a bit of a crazy guy in person. He claimed ... Read more >
SLOVAKIA | Tuesday, 27 Jul 2010 | Views [281]
Monday July 26 th : Bratislava Opted to stop in Bratislava for a night on the way to Budapest. Bratislava is the capital of Slovakia. Lots of history and a giant castle. A less popular stop on the backpacker tour, but there are a few hostels ... Read more >
AUSTRIA | Monday, 26 Jul 2010 | Views [381]
July 23-26 th : Vienna I arrived in Vienna via a hungover train ride. I was exhausted and hot. Made it into town around 3:30 but I was completely out of batteries on my phone, ipod, Itouch, etc. and honestly had no clue where I was going. ... Read more >
GERMANY | Saturday, 24 Jul 2010 | Views [460]
July 22 nd : A day in the park with Kirk Woke up hung over and tired again. These hostel days are rough. I missed breakfst and everyone was already pretty much gone so I sat on my own in the lobby trying ... Read more >
GERMANY | Wednesday, 21 Jul 2010 | Views [419]
July 21 st : Anders steals a bike Spent the afternoon nursing a hangover from the pub crawl the night before. Made my way to an electronics store to get a replacement camera USB/charger cable as appearantly I lost that also. Found that easy ... Read more >
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