Break in Varna

Trip Start Jul 28, 2008
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Trip End Aug 2008


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Flag of Bulgaria  , Varna,
Friday, August 15, 2008

Ok so i decided i wanted a break from rushing around cities all day so headed to the Bulgarian coast on a night train which was exciting in itself well not really i slept for most of the trip.

Eventually got sorted at the hostel i'd called ahead to book but the owner wasn't the most organised of people so hadn't made a record of my booking. Finally sorted all that out and headed to the beach with a guy i'd met at the hostel called Jason, quite by chance he was a dive master and we soon had plans to go diving. Anyway spent the day at the beach getting a healthy meal of chips and salad mmm. Got back to the hostel for about 6ish and waited for the free ice-cream (and beer for those interested in such things) I sorted with Jason our dive trip tomorrow and headed out on a hunt for food which ended up being pizza again (well it is the food of the gods). When i gt back to the hostel with my lovely box of pizza i found that everyone had gone out for a meal so i watched a film eating pizza and playing with the hostel cat which as it happens also like pizza (and ice cream and beer). People came back around 11 and decided to go to the 'hot springs' which were by the beach somewhere i went along but having seen them during the day decided against going for a dip.

Got up the next morning quite early and caught a bus to Golden Sands where the dive center was, it was owned by a guy called Harry who was a little bit 'happy'. It was a nice dive though it was just to a small coral reef instead of the wreck dive we were going to do due to poor visibility but as i hadn't dived in about 4 or 5 years it was probably for the best. I did get to sea lots of fish and things and i collected a few shells so it was all good. Dossed around the hostel for most of the afternoon, writing postcards and eating the biggest pancake i've ever seen. Went to the beach again with a couple of people from France then went out for dinner after eating the free ice cream mmm. I had chicken 'Kavarma' which was quite nice thought the portion was a bit small :(. After dinner headed to the beach for the night going paddling in the moonlight, having limbo contests and (other people) drinking
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