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First contact with the Bedouins (Day 9) 2007-10-29 02:54:00 I think the majority of our group were glad to leave Hurghada behind. Around noon we boarded a catamaran which took us across the Red sea to Sharm el Sheikh.
The ride was a bit rough due to strong winds, which are quite usual for this area. The captain didn't seem to bother and waves were splashing way over window height all the time. Some of the other passengers had quite a hard time. There Read more:First
, contact
Egyptian locusts 2007-11-08 01:27:00 I have already mentioned the locust harassment that occurred close to a desert well (check the previous post for details). The Bedouins told us that some little animals are always gathering around the nearby plant called the apple of Sodom.
I took many photos. These two turned out the best and I decided to post them. As you can see there were two different kinds of locusts posing for me.
I Read more:Egyptian
Into the Sinai desert (Day 10) 2007-11-05 01:11:00 This was my first true desert experience (I'm not counting the camel ride in Aswan a few days before).
If your read my previous post carefully, you should guess that our first desert stop was at a desert canyon.
The desert canyon we visited is in fact one of many wadis of Sinai desert. A wadi is a dry riverbed that is occasionally (once or twice a year during the rainy season) filled with
A story about a boy and a dolphin (Day 12) 2007-11-15 23:43:00 For the second night in a row we had a chance to sleep under the stars, just a step away from the sea.
What's better then a swim in the sea first thing in the morning? And it is Red Sea I'm talking about!
In my book hardly anything can top that. Well, I can actually think of a few things, but this is not that kind of a blog...
Anyway, some twenty meters into the sea there was a lonely coral Read more:story
Return to the desert (Day 11) 2007-11-09 00:59:00 In the morning there was no need for an alarm clock. There was not a person among us that could still sleep 20 minutes after sunrise. The temperature rose for 10 degrees almost instantly after sunrise.
We have spent the night under the stars, tucked into our sleeping bags. Because there was nothing between the stars and us I was a bit worried about the dew. Of course there was no sign of it. Read more:Return
Diving without a licence (Day 14) 2007-11-23 01:13:00 Our last day in Egypt began (like the rest of them) with a clear blue sky and hot, hot sun above us.
The bigger part of our group wanted to take it easy by the hotel pool and enjoy a cocktail or two. M. and I have decided that we'll have enough time to rest when we get back home.
We have been quite busy these 14 days but we wanted to make the most of what was left of our time in Egypt. Who Read more:Diving
Snorkeling at Blue Hole (Day 13) 2007-11-19 23:43:00 A quick tour of our latest accommodation in Dahab revealed that this was the best hotel so far. It was really something completely different compared to the first one in Cairo. It even had a pool. The water inside the pool had a suspiciously greenish tone to it but we enjoyed a swim anyway.
Undeniably president Hosni Mubarak is a very important figure in Egypt (he has been the Read more:Snorkeling
A day in Istanbul (Day 15) 2007-11-26 00:00:00 There was almost a three hour wait in front of us when we arrived to the Cairo airport. Our plane to Istanbul was scheduled for 2:30 AM.
When we finally landed in Turkey it was around 5 o'clock in the morning.
Wandering around airports, waiting for airplains always seems to tire me out. This time it was no different. Regardless of that, we have decided to take a day-trip to the center of
What's been going on... 2007-12-12 01:18:00 I didn't want to break my Egyptian adventure apart by posting about other stuff. That doesn't mean nothing was going on since we got back to Slovenia.
Actually quite a few things happened that are worth mentioning. Almost immediately after returning home, I went to the seaside for a week together with my girlfriend. You know how it is - we needed some time off after a vacation in Egypt. ;)
Recap of my Egyptian Adventure 2007-12-06 00:53:00 Let me just do a short summary of this EgyptianAdventure
of ours and then I'll quit bothering you with it.
First of all let me point out that a trip like this is a fairly expensive thing to do. This 15 day trip was supposed to cost around 1.500 Euros per person. Most of things were already included in that sum. We only spent additional 150 Euros on food, drinks and a few gifts for folks back Read more:Recap
Birthday party in a hunting lodge 2008-03-05 12:45:00 Usually I don't write much about different parties but this time I'll make an exception.
Last weekend M. and I were invited to a birthday party. It was a party like any other, with drinking, eating and socializing on the schedule. The only thing that was a bit out of ordinary was the location.
The event happened in a hunting
lodge near the town of Cerknica (Slovenia). The building is Read more:Birthday
Ski performance - Civetta 2008 2008-03-01 13:16:00 Every time I went skiing to Dolomites I have posted my ski performance stats from the official Dolomiti Superski site.
I can't see why should it be any different this time.
However there is one inaccuracy in that summary. Something is missing in the "Present season until yesterday" item. It's the 145 kilometers of slopes we did in December in Trevalli that's missing. You can check out that
Elan S10 2008-02-27 01:56:00 For as long as I can remember I have been using Elan skis. I guess it's because Elan is a Slovenian trademark and they are also making really good skis.
They are working on innovations all the time for others to copy afterwards. They say Elan was the first company to introduce carve approach. Now everybody is doing it.
Skis of my choice for the last couple of seasons have been Elan S10
Mount Pelmo and Mount Civetta 2008-02-25 00:21:00 Civetta ski area amongst other things also offers great views of the Dolomites. This is one of the things why I always like to go back to this place.
One of the best views of Mount Pelmo is from Civetta ski area. Because of its height (3168 m) and shape, it can be easily spotted even from a large distance.
We like the area so much that M. and I are planning a visit to the Dolomites also
Dolomites still looking good 2008-02-22 00:38:00 We are back from skiing in Civetta and as expected we had a great time. There is a lot of snow in Italian Dolomites at this moment and the weather was simply gorgeous. Throughout the last week we hardly saw any clouds and even those few didn't come rolling across the sky until the time we were leaving.
I even came across a discussion the other day where people were talking about the best week
Skiing in Civetta 2008-02-08 14:23:00 It's time to go skiing again. For the last couple of years we have been going to Dolomites this time of year. Civetta is the destination of our choice. We obviously like it a lot (otherwise we wouldn't be going there year after year) and we can hardly wait to hit the road tommorrow after lunch.
I hope we'll have nice weather and as many nice photo opportunities as possible.
If you want, you Read more:Skiing
Traditional Venetian masks 2008-02-07 01:17:00 Venetian masks come in many variations, shapes and colors. A visitor to Venice can buy one from a bunch of shops and stalls.
For someone who is not an expert, it is quite difficult to distinguish good, quality ones from many cheap reproductions. Masks are made from different materials and by using various techniques. Some (the expensive ones obviously) are hand-crafted using a traditional Read more:Traditional
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Venetian costumes 2008-02-04 00:59:00 Locals like to show off in their carefully made, rich costumes. They are not the only ones. In fact when in Venice you can rent a costume yourself!
They say Venice looks even better from inside of a costume.
There are many shops and ateliers where you can get your dream costume.
You can take a look at one of them on this link.
Some of the costumes are really nice replicas of old clothes. Read more:Venetian
Lamp post detail from Venice 2008-02-01 11:41:00 A few posts back I mentioned how difficult it is to take a bad photo in Venice
. Here is a proof of that.
Even a detail of a lamp post on St Mark's Square can make a nice motive.
Photo trip to Venice 2008-01-31 11:20:00 When we decided to visit Venice
during the Caneval (Italians call it Carnevale di Venezia) there was six of us. However one of our companions had to cancel at the last minute.
We all agreed to make a photo trip out of it, so we scheduled an early start on Saturday morning. After some delay (one of the participants overslept), we were on the highway heading for Venice. It was a three hour ride Read more:Photo
Venice Carnival 2008 2008-01-28 00:21:00 Carnival of Venice
or Carnevale di Venezia - as Italians call it, is the place to be these days. This year I went there too!
A couple of days ago me and M. were going through our options on how to spend this last Saturday. One of our options was skiing. We were invited to join a group of friends on a skiing day-trip to Austria.
We almost agreed to go for it, when another option came up.
Four Read more:Carnival
Trevalli Ski-opening official stats 2008-01-21 00:15:00 For a couple of years now the official Dolomiti Superski homepage is offering some statistics for you to check out after you get back home.
I always try to remember and check them out. This year they upgraded the statistics with a graphical representation.
This is how a summary of my four days of skiing in Trevalli looks like. I noticed the numbers are a bit lower than usually. The reason
The hard part of skiing 2008-01-17 01:44:00 Since in Trevalli there are no night skiing opportunities, we had to find something else to do during late hours.
It is quite usual for our group to cause some mild disturbance in an otherwise peaceful family vacation environment. This time however it was not the case.
There was this group of 18 men (aged 40 to 50) stationed in the same building with us and they were true party animals. We
Ski season opening in Trevalli 2008-01-14 00:04:00 I finally (with some substantial delay, but hey in the end I did it and that's what counts) decided to share some info on how my first skiing trip of this season went.
We had a great time and will definitely try to do it again. The only problem with this kind of ski-opening trips can be snow, or better put - the lack of it. It is always a bit of a gamble since you have to book the accommodation
A crappy new year 2008-01-11 08:02:00 The new year has not started all that well for me. I have not been feeling well since the New Year's Eve. There have been some good days since, but mostly I've been feeling quite crappy.
It all began on the New Year's Eve. With a small group of friends we went to a mountain cottage under the Vršič pass.
It stands at 1226 m and at this time of year we were hoping for a couple days in an
Time for some Brass Music 2008-03-16 12:19:00 Since there is not much happening in the area of travel at this moment, I have decided to post a video of Kar Ces Brass
Band. They were playing live at a birthday party I went to a couple of weeks ago.
I have already mentioned this in my previous post.
This is the first time I am posting a video. Quality isn't really something to brag about, but sound is the thing that matters in this one. Read more:Music
Where to go next? 2008-03-28 14:57:00 The first of May is approaching fast. This means a new opportunity for a short vacation.
April 27th, 1st and 2nd of May are all national holidays in Slovenia. That means a couple days off from our everyday jobs. 27th of April falls on a Sunday this year and unfortunately in Slovenia we are not so lucky to get a free day on the next Monday.
However, 1st and 2nd of May fall on Thursday and
A Night in Villa Allegra 2008-04-23 00:49:00 Last Friday I attended an IT conference in Portoroz, Slovenia. It is called Days of Slovenian Informatics and spans over three days.
Unfortunately I only had time to participate on Friday.
I arrived to Portoroz late on Thursday and joined a conference party, which was sponsored by the company I work for. First we had dinner on a tourist boat and then continued in a nearby cafe. The boat made a Read more:Night
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Cinque Terre it is... 2008-04-26 10:36:00 M. and I have finally decided on our next trip destination... It is going to be a trip through Tuscany, Italy.
As I already mentioned in one of the previous posts (link), we have already done most of Tuscany, but have never been to Cinque Terre
before. This part of the coast actually falls into the region of Liguria, which lies to the northwest of Tuscany. Cinque Terre in Italian means Five
WikiTravel - A Travel GuideBook of Tomorrow 2008-04-29 03:48:00 When I was surfing for information about Cinque Terre, I stumbled upon an interesting site. It is a Wiki kind of site and depends solely on user input.
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It was inspired by Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia, and by the needs of travellers for timely information that long
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