Hotel Vandenis Palanga
Birutes Avenue 47 Palanga, LT-5720, Lithuania
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The world’s longest spit
... Chris shared a 1 meter long sausage that was apparently delicious.
The next morning we caught a ferry out to the Curonian Spit, which is a giant sand bank 98km long, half owned by Lithuania and half by Russia and drifting slowly into the Baltic Sea by 4m a year. We met with a local guide and boarded a public bus. We stopped at Witches Hill, a section of forest containing wooden sculptures depicting local legends that were carved around 30 years ago and are ...
Klaipeda
... The trail weaves through many pine forests and along the way I passed many beaches and sand dunes.
I arrived in Nide after about 3 hours and headed straights for the Information Centre. I had to find somewhere to stay the night, or I would have to do the 3 hour ride back again that afternoon. The Information Centre was able to put me in contact with a local resident who offered home stays. I have never ...
Curonian Spit & Computer "Spits" It.
... distance across, but as we headed towards the ferry it was already leaving. We saw an old boat with a sign out the front taking passengers over, for the equivalent of $1A each, and jumped on board. Probably illegal but it was fun!
We enjoyed a walk through the forest to the sand dunes then caught a bus right to the end of the Lithuanian section. Whilst on the bus heavy rain set in and we arrived at Nida with ...
We are sailing...we are sailing
... down would be carrying other cars after us above. This, when discharging, meant we would be last off and last to the Lithuanian customs and immigration. If they were anything like the Poles in Gdansk (Danzig) in 1991 then we might be still at the port for some 4 hours after arriving. You can’t argue with these people and they don’t give a damn about first-on-last-off as I spoke to one of the loading officers. That’s when ...
A Day's R&R
... indeed, last year they weren’t used at all, I don’t think. Still, we were making good progress and by 10:45 or so we had the engine on and were approaching the mouth to the canalised river, the Juru Kanalas. We had to keep to one side, avoiding shallows and a wreck that was reputed to be there, as a large vessel overtook us.
We were soon in the Cruise Terminal Harbour, the only area that is open to visiting yachts now that ...
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