Tatra

This is the story of my journey to Slowakia, along with my companions Jos and Arend.

... is Rysy (2499 m). One fifth of the entire Tatras area lies in Poland. The whole Polish Tatras area now constitues the Tatra National Park (TPN). Every hiker dreams of one day walking to mountain summits. In the Tatras, this dream is well within reach of ...

... Poland, dominate the northern part of Slovakia. They are part of the massive Karpaty Mountain span and form its highest mountain range. The Tatra Mountains, a relatively small area spreading 786 sq. km, 550 sq.km in Slovakia, are 78 km long and 17 km ...

... . Like two Slovakian owners before him, he complained he pays very high taxes. And Marvin drove me as I was leaving the High Tatra's. He was also studying something that didn't interest him, but he was lucky, lazy, and laidback. The top few ...

I was soon in Slovakia (on my way to Siberia), and friend Jana and I were hitchhiking to the Low Tatra Mountains. A stout, glossily-dressed, blond girl picked us up and managed her comfortable car's stick-shift with soft hands.  Monika seemed ...

... in the freezing weather. We then caught a funicular up Gubalowka Hill, looking down over the town, and out across the Tatra Mountains. However the view didn't last long as the clouds set in, swallowing up the mountains. The temperature also dropped ...

... the beauty, the charm, the divinity of this place….so enjoy the pictures and if you find the time – enjoy the nature in Tatra Mountains! How to get: Warsaw - Krakow by fast train, about 3 hours, 120 PLN one way, second class Krakow – ...

... wandering around. If you ever go I highly recommend the dumplings at the Miod Malina restaurant. Yum. We then went south to the Tatra Mountains. About a quarter of these are in Poland and we stayed first at Zakopane. This was a bit of a revelation - it ...

... a jacuzzi cheaply. That's how we spent the evening: boiling. August 4 This was the first day of our hiking trip through the High Tatra. The kind owners of our pension brought us to the station, so that we did not have to look for a bus or walk all ...