By Martin on August 11, 2008
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…
Posted in Travel Stories | Tagged Beijing Olympic Games 2008, Beijing Olympics, beijing prague, hitch hiking, prague beijing |
By Martin on August 6, 2008
A retreat from work is what I want for the next couple of days. How about taking one of those Princess Cruises?
Posted in Travel Stories | Tagged European cruise |
By Martin on August 6, 2008
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 [...]
Posted in Photos | Tagged golf course hotel kampala |
By Martin on August 5, 2008
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 [...]
Posted in Travel Essentials | Tagged hitch hike, hitch hiking |
By Martin on August 4, 2008
If you ever see this guy on the road, please give him a ride.
Posted in Travel Stories | Tagged Beijing Olympic Games 2008, hitch hiking, Prague to Beijing |
By Martin on July 28, 2008
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.
Posted in Travel Stories | Tagged Beijing Olympic Games 2008, Beijing Olympics, prague hitchhiking, Prague to Beijing |
By Martin on July 24, 2008
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.
Posted in Berlin, Events | Tagged Berlin Obama, Brandenburg Gate, Obama in Berlin, US embassy in Berlin |
By Martin on July 22, 2008
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 [...]
Posted in Travel Tips | Tagged africa malaria |
By Martin on July 21, 2008
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.
Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Zanzibar beach |
By Martin on July 4, 2008
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 [...]
Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Zanzibar beach, Zanzibar trip |