Seahouses – Puffin trip

๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡งย ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡งย ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ง We arrived Seahouses in the afternoon. We were staying in The Olde School house. The weather was very nice . Latter in the afternoon we went for a stroll along the coast. This is basically a large village. There are some of the best fish & chips are available here. Next day we went for all day bird watching trip to Staple Island and Inner Frane. It was breeding season ,the tour departed Seahouses harbor in the morning. We spent around 2 hours ย at Staple Island. We had to pay a…

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5 Best Night stays as backpacker

#5 2008 - Cabane d'Orny. Haut route trek from Chamonix (France) to Zermatt(Switzerland) #4 2016 - Chadar Trek Zanskar . Camping in front of frozen Zanskar in winter is not for faint hearted. Temperature goes down easily to -30C #3 2011 - Camping in white desert, Egypt. It was amazing to stay among these unearthly and beautiful wind-carved rocks #2 2012 - Ilulissat . Imagine you wake up in morning , open your windows and see floating icebergs. Ilulissat produced the iceberg that sank Titanicย  #1 2012 - This place has just…

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Swansea ,Mumbles and Gower

๐Ÿด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ท๓ ฌ๓ ณ๓ ฟย ๐Ÿด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ท๓ ฌ๓ ณ๓ ฟย ๐Ÿด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ท๓ ฌ๓ ณ๓ ฟ We started early on Sunday. This was our first trip with the little one so I planned to take it easy. We reached Swansea around 12.30. It was a long walk of 2 mile to our hotel, South View Guest house. Though three adults and one child were supposed to fit comfortably , the room was really small and one double bed and another single bed were somehow cramped in. I did not realize that bathroom was shared either. The day was cloudy and windy with light rain at times. Others…

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Portugal: Lisbon and Sintra

๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡น ๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡น ๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡น I started from Lagos at 2 in afternoon on 27th March. I had to change train at Tunes and reached Lisbon in the evening. My hostel was near Santa Apolonia where I spent 3 nights. First day I roamed in Lisbon. I took classic yellow tram no 28. It connects Martim Moniz with Campo Ourique, and passes through the popular tourist districts of Graca, Alfama, Baixa and Estrela. The delightful Remodelado trams date from the 1930s and in any other city they would be housed in a museum, but…

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Germany: Berlin

We arrived Berlin from Prague in the morning by train. It was an early train and we reached to our hotel by 10AM. I wanted to join the walking tour of Berlin , but my dear friends took so long that I did not have time for lunch. The tour was for 3 hours and covered quite a few places like The Reichstag, The Berliner dome, WWII Battlefields,ย Checkpoint Charlie,ย Remaining Berlin Wall, The Brandenburg Gate. The guy was awesome and was almost apologetic about Nazi past. He narrated loads of stories about Berlin's…

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Germany : Munich

๐Ÿ‡ฉ๐Ÿ‡ชย ๐Ÿ‡ฉ๐Ÿ‡ชย ๐Ÿ‡ฉ๐Ÿ‡ช We stayed the last day of Austria trip atย Seegasthof Gamsjaga. This place is on the bank of lake Wolfgangsee. It was a very scenic location food was great specially fish from lake and local game meat. ย Next morning I walked around the lake and walked towards St Gilgen along the lake. St Gilgen is a very pretty village on the north bank ofย Wolfgangsee. From St. Gilgen it was almost 2 hours train journey to Munich. We had our return flight in the evening. We took a hop - on hop -…

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Austria: Innsbruck and Mayrhofen

๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡นย ๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡นย ๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡น Innsbruck is a very popular destination of winter sports . It's capital of Tyrol , western state of Austria. Inn is the main river, the name Innsbruck ย means bridge over Inn. My accommodation was very close to the river. My first destination was the cable car up toย Hafelekar. We went toย Nordkette which is a part ofย Austria's largest natural park. Then we went to the 300-meter high mountain station of the cable car Hungerburg (designed by the renowned Zaha Hadid) to enjoy a breathtaking view of the city. After reaching the Hungerburg…

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Austria: Salzburg

๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡นย ๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡นย ๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡น Train from Innsbruc to Salzburg takes approximately 2 hours. Salzburg is renowned for its baroque architecture and is one of the best-preserved city centers north of the Alps. Salzach river is the tributary of Inn and main river in Salzburg. We visited Hellbrunn Palace & Trick Fountains. This was a pleasure palace for Salzburg prince - archbishops. Trick fountain is quite spectacular. Hellbrunn Mountain is a naturally abundant source of water, which inevitably became a central design feature of the palace grounds. The centerpiece is provided by Mannerist trick fountains that…

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Austria: Day trip to Hallstatt

๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡นย ๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡นย ๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡น It was a full day trip from Salzburg . We took an early morning bus no 150 toย Bad Ischl and then train fromย Bad Ischl to Hallstatt railway station. Finally ferry across the lake to Hallstatt village. The village is very pretty , surrounded by mountains and worth of at least a night's stay. From ferry terminal its about 15 min walk to cable car to go up the mountains. Funicular ride was very scenic and enjoyable. It was roughly 700M walk to the entrance of the mine. On the wayย spectacularย World Heritage…

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Egypt : Abu Simbel

We flew to Abu Simbel from Aswan by Egypt air flight. It was a 40 min flight. In afternoon we visited the temple. This village is located near the borer of Sudan. This is a UNESCO heritage site and one of the most famous Nubian monuments. The entire site was relocated due to the creation of Lake Naseer. Flocks of birds can be seen returning inland at dusk , they flew out in the morning to catch Nile fish. We watched Light and Sound show at Abu Simbel. It was one the…

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