Bulgaria 2006

After Musala, we got a transfer round to the Maliovitsa complex and had a short hike up the valley to the hut. Although a bit grotty and rough round the edges, its location makes it an excellent base for exploring the Rila Mountains, including Strasnot...

 

London 1995

After a night in the upstairs room of a pub with an Australian girl called Corrina and a bottle of tequila I am smitten. She leaves a few days later to work in a pub in the Gambia. I book a ticket and fly back to Africa for the first time since leaving...

 

Skiing

I first learnt to ski in the Christmas of 2003 in Borovets, Bulgaria. I then returned 2 subsequnet times. Highlights include Nick the instructor ("like a cat liz...!"), drink bowling, the 40 year old prostitute, 'Win a pair of ski's' and of c...

 

Eastern Europe 2005

A fab day trip to Kotor, only 15 minutes up the winding mountain road from Budva - the route in was fantastic, up and over a large mountain - the drive down the other side into the town itself was beautiful, even if the bus we took looked about 40 year...

 

Eastern Europe 2005

Dear all, This is day 2 in Macedonia... I think. Everything is all a bit messed up because we came over on an overnight coach will decided to get in about an hour and a half early which meant we were in Ohrid around 3:30am [GMT+1] local time. Luckil...

 

Europe 2005

my fellow nadir and me wandering in europe...

 

Bulgarian Ski Trip, Feb 2007

OK so I have only ever seen snow once and that was like a few weeks ago so I had been looking forward to this for some time. The flight was nice and quick and when we got to the hotel it had been snowing so everything was covered in the nice soft k...

 

Topdeck Tour 07

We arrived in turkey today and we have 3 nights here which will be a nice break from all the bussing. I went on a day tour with a local guide and we checked out the *Cistern - a 6th century underground watersupply which was originally filled via an a...

 

Eastern Europe 2006

This series covers my travel to two international tourism fairs in Eastern Europe - in Sofia, Bulgaria and Budva, Montenegro - in early winter, 2006 ...

 

Greece & Turkey

Ok, I have put this off for long enough and now I have some time. Min and I arrived to Stuttgart from Italy on the 30th of March and we had a few days to rest before heading out again on the 3rd of April. We left at 4 in the afternoon and after a 5 hou...

 

Exploring the Global Mind

I boarded the train and arrived in Bratislava, the capital of the newly independent kingdom of Slovakia, within the short space of an hour. The day was wet and overcast. Dinky little Bratislava! A cute little town with a cute little Hrad, and a cute li...

 

Istanbul

30th August 2005, Somewhere in Bulgaria: Courtesy of the two men in front of me, I'll be smoking all the way to Istanbul. We've stopped at a truck stand. I found a toilet but it was a disgusting squat one and I decided that in fact, I rather try to s...

 

Property in Bulgaria

Hello, Are you interested in Bulgaria? We would like to present you with a Bulgarian property for sale in the Stara Zagora region. It is a traditional rural house situated just 15mins from Stara Zagora. The property with a beautiful wooden facade c...

 

European Extravaganza (that your not on)....

So after the long ferry ride we arived in Patras and grabbed a train into Athens. I just so happens that my first night in Athens was also my 23rd birthday. We went to this really nice resturant and gazed a the Acopolis at night. Next day we walked aro...