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You can lose everything, but nobody will take away what you saw and what you experienced...
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Apr 10, 2018 08:00 PM Shetlands - northernmost British Islands
It was swinging in the night, but the weather was nice when we reached Lerwick - the capital of Shetland Islands in the morning. Do you remember? Years ago I landed on the South Shetland islands in Antarctica! But here I am for the first time. Lerwick is little (7,500 people) town, but is is very atmospheric with its narrow streets and stone houses, There is Fort Charlotte with old cannons to visit and some small churches. Shetlands are famous for the wool products - they have plenty of black sheeps here. Many small fishing boats in the port, nice people - I took a long walk around. In the middle of the day lovely sun appeared. It the tourist office very few visitors - this place is far from the beaten track! In the night we are turning south -to the Atlantic - it will be warmer and warmer each day, I believe. Greetings from the norther tip of Britain!
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Apr 09, 2018 08:00 PM The Orkney Islands
Cloudy morning, only 6 deg Celsius. We dock in Kirkwall - the capital of the Orkney Islands. Strange place. Islands are flat, without any forest...
It is 4 kms ftom the cruise dock tp the little town. Local authorities offer free shuttle bus... The ship offers island excursions for around 50 pounds. Let's you know that you can see the same for 12 pounds using the bus T11 starting at 10 am from the city bus station. That's what I did!
Tha main attraction on the island is Skara Brae - the stone settlement 4500 years old. Impressive stone Ring of Brodgar - ceremonial site is also worth to see. In the afternoon I visited the capital of the island with huge cathedral of St Magnus and Ruins of Bishop's palace...
The Scapa Flow - big bay, once the huge base of the British fleet is completely empty now - only 2 oil platforms and one tanker there....
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Apr 08, 2018 08:00 PM Surprise: We are Sailing north
It was sunny afternoon yesterday when our captain announced that due to the stormy weather in the English Channel we do not go west - to the La Manche, but north - to the top of the UK... not clockwise but anticlockwise around British Islands.... So today we have a day at sea... I have a time to go around the ship, to attend the party for solo travellers (My team won a quiz and we get the vouchers for two drinks :) ). In the crew there are many Ukrainians and Romanians... I like especially the musicians. We experience the swinging of the ship... In the evaning Abba show in the theater and welcome meeting with cpt. Zhukov - he is Russian...
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Apr 07, 2018 08:00 PM Early flight to Amsterdam
4 am wake-up to be at 5.15 at the Gdansk airport. KLM plane was already waiting. Ittook us 1,5 hours to get to Amsterdam. I was impressed by the good service - they offer two sandwiches, juice, tea or cooffe and even a beer for those who like it! Nice and warm weather in Amsterdam Airport but... in the tourust office they do not have free city maps. If you want one you have to pay 2,50 euro...
The train from the airport to the central stationcosts already 5,30 euro!
Once in the center I took the walk to the Cruise Passenger Terminal. It is like 20 min walk only, but use the "ferry" exit from the station and walk along the canal, otherwise you will make a big loop. Thousands of bikes parked on the bank of the canals.
At 11 am I checked in and they allowed me to board the ship. It is old "Magellan", built in 1985 for Carnival Cruises. Not so nice, with dirty carpeting and dark inside cabins. So why I am here? Because low price and interesting route - nobody else do it...
After boat drill at 2.30 pm I had a time to go outside and take a walk. We are departing at 6 p.m.
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Apr 06, 2018 08:00 PM New Maritime Voyage!
Two weeks after return from Central America I am setting off on a sea voyage! But this will be not an expedition ...:) A small ship leaving Amsterdam will take me on a cruise around the British Isles. It consisted that until now, busy with world-wide traveling, so far I had no opportunity to explore smaller and larger islands scattered around England. It will be a relaxing journey, and if only the weather will be good I hope to bring from it interesting photos. So please keep your fingers crossed for the good weather!
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Mar 30, 2018 08:00 PM Easter Island for Easter
Ooops! I reached maximum number of pictures I can upload to Globosapiens collection in March... Well, tomorrow will be April and new voyage is ahead of me.
Today, just one day before Easter Sunday Radio Gdansk invited me for the live talk on the air about my two stays on Easter Island (do you remember - last time I spent Easter there?). The journalist asking the questions - Beata Szewczyk - is a charming person. She was very kind to me, emphasizing my great traveller's output. Can you imagine that 2 hours on the air was not enough to talk about all interesting subjects?
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Mar 25, 2018 08:00 PM Frosty Oslo
Our dreamliner was almost full, but the seat next to me remained empty, so I had quite comfortable location. All for less then 200 USD Los Angeles to Gdansk! The only thing you have to remember is to bring your own sandwiches and drinks - those offered onboard are rather expensive.... After 10 hours on the Norwegian flight we landed at 4 pm in Oslo. Piles of snow in the airport. Minus 2 deg Celsius. Welcome to the frosty Europe!... I am waiting for the flight to Gdansk. The big trip is almost over...
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Mar 24, 2018 10:00 PM Something new - Crystal Cathedral
Sunny daay in California. There are many attraction to see around Los Angeles. The problem is that distances are big, so traver by car is the only solution. I have been to LA many times but Zbyszek found for me one more unknown place - he drove me to the Crystal Cathedral in Anaheim, Organge County near Los Angeles.
It took us like 40 minutes by the freeways empty on Sunday to get to this interesting place. Yes, it is worth to see. It is modern church, but the architecture is unusual. Glass dominates in the construction. Bell tower is just fantastic. I did not see in the world similar church.
The main church building is under renovation, but will be opened at the end of this year.
There is nice park around with sculptures and twelve fountains symbolizing 12 apostles. I was impressed! - see the picture...
It is my last day in California, in the evening I am flying to Oslo and onward to Gdansk...
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Mar 23, 2018 10:00 PM California- not so blue in the morning...
Yes, this was a challenge. Shame on you, Greyhound... Long distance buses in Mexico are more comfortable and cheaper then your vehicles! In the 80-ties I was traveliing with Greyhound coast to coast and... sorry, I cannot see changes for better... They have new buses with bigger windows now, and the wi-fi internet, who works only when the bus is in the town areas. But that's all new. Our first vehicle was a junk - the drivers stopped few times to close manually front doors... The bus was full... The society in the bus... The culture... Oh, my God!
OK. After 25 hours on the road at sunrise time we reached Indio, California. I saw again snow-topped moutains and a lot of wind farms producing electric power. Grey sky... Than a maze of highways and - at 9.20 am Pacific Time I finally saw in the distance the skyscrapers of the Los Angeles downtown. The Greyhound LA station is not imposing. But after 28 hours trip I was happy to disembark and to say goodbye to Greyhound. The sun appeared and few minutes later I saw friendly face of Zbyszek. It is so nice to see him after years. The grand bus journey - more then 5000 kms from Cancun is completed. Let's have a rest!
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Mar 22, 2018 10:00 PM 28 hours on the bus - seems to be a challenge!
In 1981 I was travelling for the first time across the USA by Greyhound buses. Every second night was spend on the bus to save my dollars for visiting new places. But it never was 28 hours in one piece... Today I started such a long trip because my cheap return flight to Poland will depart on Sunday from Los Angeles. The bus has wi-fi so I am sending this message from the bus. We started from San Antonio early in the morning - in the dark. Want you know where I am at the moment? Open the page www.bustracker.greyhound.com and insert schedule 1419.
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