Ostwest Park Hotel Samara

... we had reserved a sea kayak trip to the small island of off Playa Samara. Michelle and I were in a 2-person kayak and our guide was in his own. The trip to the island was not more than half an hour since we started further down the beach on the closer end. After arriving we walked around the island for a while and then tried some snorkeling. The visibilty was very poor and we only saw 1 fish the whole time. After 20 minutes we decided it was a futile effort ...

... nur das goettlichste der Welt. Am Sonntag waren wir dann noch Tauchen in Samara, aber bis auf paar Fische und eine Schildkroete haben wir nicht viel gesehen und auch auf 35 Metern hat man sich dank den Wellen gefuehlt wie in einer Waschmaschiene...
Dieses Wochenende ist ein Ausflug nach Montezuma angesagt, ich hoffe das Wetter spielt mit, im Moment regnet es naemlich...
Naechster EIntrag folgt, versprochen!
Nicole

... It is replicated thousands of times throughout the world. Surely there can't be that much corn grown. There is. All the way through Poland, Ukraine and into Russia. Enough to keep us bar-b-qing for the next 20 years.Fields the size of Rutland or Co. Louth.And as for sunflower oil we could run the entire auto industry on what's grown here.

Tues. 23rd Jun. 472k's. 8hours,
We think this was probably one of the most tedious and frustrating days of driving yet. Road works forever and speed limits of between 40-90 kph. We averaged mostly 50-70 kph,
Lunch time, we stopped off at a road side cafe for a big bowl of borsh (soup) and bread. A Ukraine specialty, and it's so delicious I think I'll have it everyday.
The ...

... the terrace of the hotel. The next day we went on the Canopy tour and zip lined through the rainforest sooo much fun. They had a tarzan swing which you are harnessed to a rope and are maybe 3 stories up on a platform and you jump off kind of like bungee jumping but feet first then you end up swinging up to the top of the trees... I won´t lie I was terrified I had to be pushed off because once I got to the edge I started backing up and almost ...

Samara is not on the Trans-Siberian-Railway. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samara%2C_ Russia http://wikitravel.org/en/Samara

Samara is not on the Trans-Siberian-Railway. It is far more south. More information: http://wikitravel.org/en/Samara http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samara

November 29 - December 2, 2007 I am not a beach person, never have been. But Sámara certainly did everything to convince me otherwise. Sámara is a very small, mostly undeveloped beach town on the Nicoya peninsula on the northern Pacific coast of Costa Rica. It is considered a "Tico Beach" because there aren't any big resorts and isn't a top tourist destination. I was very surprised ...

... voilent thunderstorms and torrential rain galore... Also, we heard off grapevine that there was going to be a strike led by the locals against the poor condition of the draingage system and road maintenance (do I hear echoes of parochial complaints re: green lanes in Jersey etc lol?)...Bridges are well poor with huge dangerous holes and that... The neighbouring town had been without water for a few weeks...intermittently on and off ...