1998 Bulgaria, Turkey, Bulgaria, Romania, Hungary , Slovakia to Czech Republic2/9/98
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What I have been doing... meeting the locals in nowhere
towns in Turkey, chilling out in a place where you stay in Treehouses,
at Olympos
see my photos when I was with Trekker Extraordinaire ....Mike Meaney (his pages) .Having my hotel prices bargained down for me by the police, being given all the ticket money back at a museum..because the ticket collector said I was not a rich man ,going back to Kangal for a fish massage, getting my overcharged taxi fare back and more, going around Turkey's oldest ruins. left. |
The UK was so boring so I went back to Bulgaria and then onto to Turkey visiting some of the places I missed last time I didn't find any lucky work in Turkey so I decided to head to Cesky Krumlov.
In Sofia I found I needed a visa to cross Yugoslavia, so I went via Romania.
Cesky Krumlov..canoeing, mountain climbing, reading
| I stayed at Hostel Skippy (right) for a week then onto Tabor then back to stay at Uvonika Hostel for another week |  |
canoeing the rapids with Jamie 3 rd time ! |
whilst sampling the amazing banned special Snaps drink ..Absynth (try it..it supposed to be halluconagenic cos of the wormwood compound) .Jamie (madfish3@hotmail.com ) (from Freemantle WA) walked into the bar with the piece of paper where I had recommended Cesky to him when I had met him at Kadirs Hostel,Olympos , Turkey ..small world !! |
Me canoeing on the Vltava river (I didn't choose the pink lifejacket !) |
 Jamie
at one rapid |
I've been getting my hands dirty shoveling 2m of dirt out of a collapsed
room ..well I went to the castle at Popovice (benesov tel 0301 96384)
after mistakenly going to another Popovice first...it took 30 Km of
hitching and a 10 Km late night walk to get to the right one
I was a little disappointed ..it was arun down ancient house rather than a striking castle..they are not very well organised..there were only 2 foreigners and 2 Czechs there...(a lot of people left when the hot weather ended)...there are no showers and only pit toilets... bit too quiet and boring for me..
I learnt how to milk a goat
Then I went to stay with the very interesting Iranian/American
Josie djin@fetishesboutique.com
at his friend's Jacob's cottage at Mala Lecice..again it was a bit quiet
for me 2 cats, 3 chickens one goat..and a log fire
so now I am in the big exciting city of Prague again waiting for new ideas !! maybe I will go to Brazil it's too cold here
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