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The summary of the hitch hiker from Prague to Beijing

The summary of the hitch hiker from Prague to Beijing

In three weeks he had traveled over 10,000 km. He stopped more than 100 cars, three times he slept using his bedroll, ten times he was invited by someone to stay overnight and eight times he used hotel accommodation…

How about a European cruise?

How about a European cruise?

A retreat from work is what I want for the next couple of days. How about taking one of those Princess Cruises?

Golf Course Hotel, Kampala

facade of Golf Course Hotel Kampala
My two week stay in Kampala will end this week. As I have written before, the room rates in Kampala Serena is quite expensive that’s we changed hotel and chose one which costs less. This time I’m staying in Golf Course Hotel. It’s a four star with [...]

Traveling without money

Is it possible? If you’ve been following my blog, then you have probably read about this friend of mine whose hitch hiking from Prague to Beijing. It’s not that he doesn’t have money but it’s his assignment from work. But it gives a good idea for travelers who are short on money and [...]

Update on Tomas’ hitchhiking from Prague to Beijing

Update on Tomas’ hitchhiking from Prague to Beijing

If you ever see this guy on the road, please give him a ride.

Hitchhiking from Prague to Beijing

Hitchhiking from Prague to Beijing

My soccer mate Tomas works for a local newspaper here in Prague and got some really weird assignments including hitchhiking all the way from Prague to Beijing in time for the Olympics.

Obama in Berlin

Obama in Berlin

If Obama is in Berlin today as part of his international tour as a candidate for the US presidential seat, so was I exactly a week ago.

Travel and safety

When it comes to health, it’s difficult to take risks like what happened to my colleagues when they traveled to Uganda. We’re always supposed to take anti-malaria tablets but they didn’t. Unfortunately they got bitten by the deadly mosquito and you can imagine what happened next to them.
The same thing can [...]

The blue waters of Zanzibar

W O W !!!  So this is how the their beach looks like.

I got this picture from my colleagues last night.  They went to Zanzibar last weekend without me!  But wait, I’m flying back (AGAIN!) to Uganda tomorrow, so maybe there is still a chance of me going to Zanzibar after all. 

An aborted Zanzibar trip

While in Uganda, we planned to go to Zanzibar last weekend. Zanzibar is still part of Africa, in the Eastern side which belongs to the republic of Tanzania. We’ve been told there were nice Zanzibar beaches in its coast and numerous islets. A day in the beach to unwind was our target [...]