Alka Palanga

... Oder kennt ihr viele Ostamerikaner, Halbjude mit plonischem Einschlag, Halbitalienermix, abgeschlossenes Philosophiestudium, Autor, Schwerstinteressiert am 30 Jährigen Krieg, der einfach mal so sein Gespartes nimmt und damit durch Osteuropa trampt? Also ich nich. Und wenn ich mal einen treffe, wird er ausgequetscht! Sollte dann auch 3 Tage Zeit haben ;)<br>Der Typ is crazy! <br>Naja, wir haben uns dann die Unterkunft geteilt und zusammen die kurische Nehrung unsicher gemacht.<br><br>

It took just over 3 hours to drive from Vilnius to Klaipeda with very light traffic. The drive is a little boring, but comfortable. The Magnisima Hotel is in the new (er) part of town within walking distance from the old town and with a secure parking lot in the rear. The room (#7) is very spacious and tastefully furnished. The street misses a couple of light poles, so gets a ...

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

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 ...

... publicly until the late 1980s. So, although not many people know, you can go and ask the ranger to show you the remains of the base, the control room and the massive diesel generator used to run it, the 25m deep silos, and the slide back mounds on top (yes, very Bond in Thunderball!). Awesome. Imagine trying to see that prior to 1991 when the country was under Russian rule.

... It was large and made entirely of plastic and I couldn't help wondering where someone would store something so big in the typically small homes here. The salesman had one audience member stick his foot in a tub while the gizmo was bubbling and two ladies stick their forearms in another tub to get treated. There were different scents you could add as well. He collected rings from people that he placed in the tub which came out very clean. This confused me since I wasn ...

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 ...

... degres, and the water no mor than 5. Anyway we have some Balsa to warm us up, typical alcohol from Liepaja. For those who knows it's like braulio from noth of Italy or Unicum from Hungary, made with plants and very good for digestion. I'll send pictures later.... Nico ps: Look at the colours of Lithuanian flag, it's the best !!!

... the beach on the other side. We had to alter the course slightly when Ben (who could thankfully read Russian) saw a sign and realized we were 700m from Kalingrad, Russia. Whoops, don't know how close you can get to the Russian border, in a forest, without getting hassle and didn't want to find out! Spent some time walking around the dunes, which were very impressive, and then checked out the beach on the other side of the Spit before heading ...

Het hoogtepunt van onze reis Het was eindelijk zover : dit was de reden van onze tocht naar Litouwen : de Kruisheuvel. Voor diegene die het verhaal nog niet kennen, hier in het kort waar het allemaal om draait... Begin september 2004 ging Frank op reis naar de Baltische Staten. Toen hij aankwam in Kaunas kreeg hij het verschrikkelijke ...