Info Hotel Palanga

... ich ihr nicht zu erklären. Gut, aber ich kann auch brüllen, hab ich gemacht, hat Wunder gewirkt. 5 min. später saß ich im Bus nach Klaipeda. <br>Das litauische Autobahnnetz (Autobahn = zweispurig, Limit 110 kmh) ist bei weitem nicht so gut ausgebaut wie das deutsche. Es gibt Verbindungen zwischen den größten Städten (Klaipdea, Siaulaia, Kaunas Vilnius) sobald man die Autobahn verlässt, hat man Glück wenns geteert ist, ansonsten musst Du wissen wo Du hinwillst und ja ...

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 ...

... am a beach walker. I get bored hanging in one spot. Virtually no one does this. The female only zones complicates this since I have to exit the beach and take the path to the next guys OK zone. It is a really nice beach for one that is just outside an urban area. Not enough surf for surfing or boogie boarding. <br><br>I go for a drink back in Klaipeda. As I walk down a street, I see lots of action going on in an alleyway. I go in. I found the café spot for 30+, Pasazo ...

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 ...

... sure if the device was an expensive ring cleaner or an expensive machine that bubbled water. I don't think it was a very hard sell since we were able to leave as a group when he finished speaking. I asked the guys afterwards how much he wanted for the contraption and they said about 1000 Euros ($1650!!!). It was ironic to think that in Lithuania they have sales scams just like we do. After that episode the guys decided they really wanted to have breakfast so we split since I ...

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 ...

... frå russisken litt langt bak i hjernebarken i augneblinken). Som sagt kan eg ikkje litauisk. Med språket satsar eg likevel på at det skal gå bra på dette mystiske reisemålet. Fleire og fleire lærer seg engelsk, det har tradisjonelt vore eit turistmål for tyskarar, og på grunn av sovjettida, sit det vel att ein del russisk også. Sidan eg er utlending, går det vel bra å prata russisk. Men eg gler meg!

... map but it starts at the 2KM long harbor breakwater so I head there. As I'm taking a couple of photos 2 cars drive up separately contain 3 men between them, all of whom give me a questioning and impatient look I`ve been told that the Russian mafia is particularly active in Latvia and having not seen another foreigner all day I decide its time to leave and just start walking north along the beach. The beach is deserted but pretty and between looking ...

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 ...