Alita Palanga

... nach zu urteilen, war er der litauischen Sprache wenig bis gar nicht mächtig, aber keine Ahnung was fürn Landsmann. Gut, ich kenn da ja nichts, ich also rund heraus:"You're not from here, are you?!" - "No..." - "Where you wanna go?" "I thought about the Curonian Spit, but I guess today it's to late..." - "What??? Why? C'm on! I'm going there either, may I join you, Ive already been here, thats not far!!!" - "Why not... Danny, nice to meet you!" - "Martina, nice to meet you ...

... 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.

... the waterfront, stopping occasionally. At one point, I notice a lot of nude people. As I observer more closely, it is all women. I had passed onto the border of the women only zone. I quickly turn around. There is a sign at the entrance in Lithuanian. No pictorial sign like I had seen before. Oops.

Lots of wind kept people against the sand dunes. There is a network of sand areas inside the dunes ...

... the US but is starting to really hurt. Not good when I have to carry 75 pounds of stuff.

Only 1 hostel in Klaipeda. It borders the bus station. Rooms seem to be clean. I an in a 12 person with 2 or 3 beds taken at the moment. Not many reasonably priced choices and the reduced impact to my back from a close place wraps it up. It is only a place to sleep.

I am off immediately to lose my family resemblance to Casper. How white can I get? A 20 minute walk ...

... know it was there. They built four silos, each housing nuclear missiles, each of which was 10x the power of Hiroshima or Nagasaki, and being in Western Lithuania, had enough range to reach anywhere in Europe or Turkey. It was mobilised, ready to launch on a few occasions during the cold war. In fact during that time the Russians had so many enemies (perceived or ...

... was spoken was when people from different countries needed a common language in order to communicate. I never could have imagined such an amazing beach in Lithuania of all places! I arrived in town without a place to stay. At the bus station there was a travelers info center where I made an inquiry and was given an address to visit that wasn't too far. The house was attractive and thankfully there was a teenage daughter that spoke enough English to where details could ...

... race competition which looked as if anyone could enter we thought about entering winnie but didnt want to put all the fancy cars to shame. Claire was gutted by the time we had set up camp and got back into town it was all over so no pics ahhhhh bet your all really sad. The best of it all was they closed a public highway for all these petrol heads as if they would do that in England no chance..........

... eit interessant land som eg aldri har vore i før. Av dei baltiske landa har det lenge vore rekna for å vera det rikaste, men eg må vedgå at eg er litt usikker på korleis dette er no som Estland har opplevd ein økonomisk vekst dei siste åra. I marknadsøkonomihelvetet er det også vanskeleg å måla slike ting, då det er lett å manipulera tala, slik at rikdomen til landet seier lite om korleis vanlege folk har ...

... and in between these imposing structure, which are now cast at odd angles like an MC Escher picture by the power of the Baltic waves. These structures then give way to another tree lined beach which is clearly also being rapidly eroded as trees lay strewn across the sand and tilted against the cliffs from which they has fallen. After another Kilometers the fortifications begin again and this time there are more preserved example and as I trace the line ...

... of everything nice had been destroyed. Was pleasantly surprised with how nice the town was and how comfortable I felt walking around everywhere (again, I had been warned). Found my way to the ferry terminal and froze a little waiting for the ferry to take us across to Smiltynes. Once on the other side I had quite a bit of time to kill until the next bus to Nida. I went to the pub and had some lunch (I am guessing everyone has figured out by now ...