You can lose everything, but nobody will take away what you saw and what you experienced...
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Dec 31, 2015 09:00 PM Happy New Year!
Dear Friends
Happy Travelling in 2016!
Only yesterday I got a message from GS owner announcing that after 4 months he unblocked my travel log - really nice gift for the New Year. Thank you!
The las evening of 2015 I spent in Gdansk opera house enjoying the lovely operetta "Die Fledermaus" Then we met the New Year watching the fireworks on Motlawa river in the old town. The city was illuminated with crowd of the people dancing and singing on the cobbled streets. Happy New Year to everyone!
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Nov 20, 2015 09:00 PM A voyage to the USA and the Caribbean
At the end of November I took a cheap flight from Europe to Florida (Norwegian Airlines). Then I rented a car to drive through the US Southeast. Then I boarded inexpensive ship to sail from Port Canaveral through East Caribbean Islands to Puerto Rico. I returned home from this trip just before Christmas.
My travel log was still blocked in November and December so I established completly new travel log. You can see my daily notes there:
www.diary.kontynenty.net
And here I published just a map - when they opened again my travel log for the New Year 2016.
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Sep 09, 2015 06:00 PM Voyage to Pamir Mts and West Siberia
In September - October 2015 I went to Pamir and West Siberia. Unfornunately my GS travel log was blocked at this time (I was complaining to the admin of the site but no results... Some daily notes from this trip you can read on GS forum (Groups - Asia and Australia). In 2016 I was albe to publish the map of this voyage. It is here:
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May 17, 2015 04:00 PM Do not buy 125 ml toothpaste!
I am flying back from Oslo to Gdansk. In Oslo airport I passed through the security. According to the rules I took my toothpaste out of the carry-on backpack - to the provided plastic bag. They took it and recognized that on the tube is printed "125 ml". But it was half empty! -You cannot take it to the cabin - it is more then 100 ml! Are they crazy? Why do not they use the common sense - it is half empty and this is visible!
No, I was forced to throw it to the garbage bin. Stupidity!
Do not buy toothpaste in the big tubes!
2 hours later I landed in Gdansk and took a walk from the airport to my Wojtkówka - it is only 30 minutes by foot! Apple trees are in blossom there. Paradise - just look at the picture...
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May 16, 2015 04:00 PM Constitution Day in Oslo
I celebrate national holiday in Oslo. People in the national costumes on the streets. Each school has its band for the parade in front of the king's palace. It is rainy and windy day but many people joined the parade anyway. I see many flags on the houses. It is funny but on the parade I saw many dark-skin Norwegians. :)
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May 15, 2015 04:00 PM Rainy Oslo
In the morning we took a walk through the Ekeberg Park. It is located on the hill overlooking the center of Oslo. There is a nice view of the capital city from several viewpoints and many contemporary sculptures to enjoy. One of them if dedicated to Marylin Monroe. How to explain my 6 years old grandson who was Marylin and why she looks like that on the sculpture? Rain in the afternoon, sorry...
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May 14, 2015 04:00 PM To the waterfall!
Lovely spring morning. I convinced my son Adam and his family to take full day car tour to the distant Rjukandefossen waterfall. It took us 3 hours each way to get there. The sun was shining when we drove through the region of the green hills, rivers and lakes to the little town of Gol. Snow appeared on the mountain ridgez around. Just 30 kms further we found Rjukande Fall - it is located just 5 min walk from the main road. It is only 18 m high, but very powerful regarding the load of water. Water goes down through the narrow canyon with a short suspension bridge. It is very nice place.
On the return leg we passed another fall: Hydnefossen. It is more then 100 m high, but weak, and you cannot go to closer...
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May 13, 2015 04:00 PM Weekend in Norway
I am flying to Oslo to visit my son Adam and his family. Weekend is a good time because we can spend more time toogether. I pray for a good weather so we can make excursion to the Norwegian countryside. Quite a lot of people from Poland work now in Norway so there are direct flights from Gdansk to Oslo and other cities in Norway. I made a choice of Norwegian Airline. They allow you to take 10 kg of carry on luggage without extra fee. But it is worth to remember that they do not offer internet check-in - you have to get your boarding pass in the airport anyway.
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May 02, 2015 04:00 PM Awarded by The President of Poland
Yesterday in Poland we celebrated The Day of National Flag. On this ocassion in the courtyard of the Presidential Palace in Warsaw Mr. President handed me the national flag - for bringing knowledge of our country to the farthest corners of the world. Then he visited a photo exhibition at the palace, where I explained the content of my pictures and I tried to convince the presidential couple that without subsidies and sponsors can reach all the countries of the world. :)
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Apr 17, 2015 04:00 PM 12th Round the World loop is completed!
I landed in Gdansk before midnight. Four deg Celsius only (in Rio it was 34!) But I was happy anyway. During three months of solo travel I met Poles only once - in Sydney. And here - the people around they speak Polish!.
It was again the voyage not on the beaten track. Maybe that's why it was very inteesting, I met on my trail a lot of greeat people. I saw a lot of beautiful, unique landscapes. But at the end of such a wonderful, global journey it is good to be at home :)
Can you see that map - yes, I did it in full!
Now it will be the time to put my new-gained knowledge into the internet to make travel easier to the other backpackers.
And... to plan a new trip :)
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