Alanga Palanga

... aus, wenn ich einen Beweis habe, dass ich hier richtig bin!!!<br>Gut, in Klaipeda angekommen (soetwas wie das deutsche Hamburg, größte Handels- und Hafenstadt, industriell pulsierende Metropole des größten der drei baltischen Staaten), habe ich erstmal nach meiner Orientierung gesucht. Ich wollte ja zum Fährhafen. Zack, die Landkarte abfotografiert und wollte eigentlich schon weiter, da wurde ein Mensch mit riesigem Rucksack von nem Litauer angesprochen. Den hilflos wedelnden ...

... dark at night when walking back, but didnt feel unsafe to me. From the hotel to old town takes around 15 minutes on foot. Most of the way is a shopping street. The old town it self is small and not very exciting, but has some nice restaurants and bars. I had dinner somewhere outside in the city centre, which was very cheap. This being a Sunday evening, it was pretty quiet. <br>

I am going to another beach town, Palanga, 30 min North. Micro busses leave frequently. They appear to wait until full which can be 2 minutes or 40 minutes (like to Nida). <br><br>This is a total beach resort. It's pedestrian walk even has Carnival type rides, huge cafes, ice cream everywhere &#8230; The crowds dwarf Nida. The beach has a volleyball tournament going on. I do my thing which is to walk ...

There is a 6:35 and a 7 AM bus to Klaipeda, a beach town on the Baltic Sea. I wake up at 5:30, before my alarm. I rush to make the earlier bus but I am told to go on the later one. English is not widely spoken. The ticket person knew numbers. The bus is a nice one, double decker and I am on top. 3.5 hours. <br><br>As I walked to the bus station, I passed a bar. Several people were there having their breakfast beer.<br><br>My back has been acting up. Had some issues before ...

And now to one of the most bizarre things we've gone to see on this trip. In 1960 the Russians, who occupied Lithuania at the time, built a nuclear weapon facility in the middle of a forest. It took 10,000 people to build it over 2 years, all done in secret. Much of it had to be done by hand because of the noise factor - in fact it was so secret the local population didn't ...

... not one oceanfront hotel. There is simply a beautiful sandy beach with nothing but pine trees to be seen for miles. A network of bike paths and trails is used to access the long stretch of beach. There are few hotels of any size so there are no big tour groups. People mainly stay in private homes or condos in the small town or camp on the outskirts. Palanga is principally a Lithuanian beach resort and I don't recall hearing another American during my entire stay. The only time ...

Ignore what we said about the worst campsite this beats the lot - toilets were holes in the ground, the shower was invented by the local made professor and was patented trust me when i say no one will by buying it!. As for Palanga it deserves better a great beach resort with loads to do and see, cheap and good fun for a few days or a week well worth a visit. While we were their they were holding a ...

... det er det jo ikkje alle som veit. Klaipeda var ein gong i tida yttergrensa til Prøyssen. Landet høyrde til Tyskland heilt fram til 1919, vart då sett under administrasjon av Folkeforbundet heilt til litauiske troppar åtaka byen og erobra den i 1923. Og sidan det har den vore ein del anten av det sjølvstendige Litauen eller av Den litauiske sovjetrepublikken, alt etter kva tidbolk ein har levd i. Litauen ...

... my shoulder I look around and marvel. At the end of the beach what is a rocky outcrop which as I approach it appears distinctly man made. As I turn the headland I can see more structures of man made origin collapsing into the see for a stretch of a Km or so. These appear to have been part of the imperial fortifications with a few German/soviet addition, all off which have been pounded and destroyed by the sea. Again deserted and sign posted I walk over ...

Today started bitterly cold. I don't think the hostel was heated :( Most of the hostels so far have been ace but with the heat in here I think I may have been better sleeping in the bus station next door (The location is fantastic though, almost in the parking lot of the bus station!). So it took me a bit to pull myself out of bed and brave outside. The town was actually quite pretty, I'd been warned that Klaipeda was a typical port town and ...