Hotel Dvorak Tabor

... guy named Ian. He has a huge amount of experience doing what we are doing and had all sorts of tips. The conversation began with me asking him if he was staying in a pension as we couldn't find the indicated campsite anywhere. He said he was just going to crash in the woods. He's done it for years across all countries and never had a problem. Chrissy and I were ready to call it a night so we went on some trails and found a little peice of paradise.

... After some talk they let me stay the night at their place. A huge garden and swimmingpool await me when I arrive that night after an intensive up and down the hill journey! A Dutch night with a beer, tea and talks, what a way to spend my first night in Czech Republic. After breakfast I am on the move again, following this cycle route mentioned on the maps. If I would have known before, I probably would have chosen a different one...this day I ...

... since the train bathrooms tend to be a little bit... frightening. I walk into the restroom but get yelled at by a woman in a little office located inside the restroom area. I try to explain to her in my best attempt at Czech that I need to use the toilet, to which she responds to by showing me a piece of paper with price listings. Apparently there are varying charges according to what you want to do in the restroom. Taking a ****? 5 Krowns ...

Písek, city of the sand...we found it in our way to Mira's place, and we took the two pics you can see from the oldest Czech Bridge, which was almost completely covered by the floodings in 2002. It is really beautiful, and it is one of our best pictures (Bea took it) to date, what in the other hand it's not so difficult...

... with in the grounds and the church - recently a bizarre artist decided to use the bones and decorate the church (coat of arms, chandelier). After this we made our way to a local pub with local cheap food - we stopped at a supermarket to pick up supplies (beer and Schnapps - i am a big fan of Budvar). The Hostel is brand new and amazing we all take a walk up an extremely steep hill to get an amazing view of the small country side town (in winter they ...

... untouched, as they loom over the city spiking toward the heavens. The last hald of the day was ours to wander about at will. The Intrepid tours and 1/2 and 1/2 free and organised time. me and Clare had a lovely walk along the riverbank in the setting sun. 7.10am start yesterday to catch the metro and public bus. This was were the paradise of the surrounding landscape revealed itself in all it's firey Autumn colours. If anythng the tree's have it as ...

... have met some really interesting people through the job. The wages in this country are terrible and it really is a strain and becomes stressfull towards the end of the month. Im certainly learning to budget. Hopefully when i get my first stable wage in November il be able to live comfortably and eat in restaurants etc. It is now impossible to have a social life during the week so the wednesday nights out have gone down the pan :-( this is ...

... as a present. Apparantly you don't always have to tell people you're cycling to Australia to be given stuff. I finished my coffee and went to my tent, where I fell asleep listening to the other campers singing Moravian folkesongs into the small hours. An early start was called for, as I planned to cover a respectable distance this time. I'd found a red line on the map, from which I inferred I could follow the river in roughly the right direction until those ...

... lesson! 12:30pm - Lunch 2:30pm - Snack 3:00pm - Afternoon Activity (walks, football, boats, volleyball etc) 5:00pm - Teach 90 min lesson 6:30pm - Dinner 8:00pm - Evening activity (disco, campfire, movie etc) 10:00pm - Put kids to bed So it was a very busy schedule, i worked out that we were basically working 14 hours a day, even in the rest periods we found ourselves interacting with the kids and having a laugh etc and after they went to bed we just drank in the staff ...

... hard trip for me and Kelly. We are tired and the tight budget is taking its toll. Counting every cent, every day can bring unwelcome stress to a trip. We abandoned the daily budget and switched to a weekly spending limit. It isn't much, usually leaving just about enough to eat for the day and pay for the beds. Tourist attractions are a luxury that we begin not to miss. The exhange rate of dollars to crowns eases the budget some, and the even lower costs of Cesky Krumlov have made ...