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A perfect place for Sunday afternoon. We have spent a long a weekend in Madrid and on our very first sightseeing tour we recognized this park called RETIRO Park in the middle of the city. People recommended us to visit it on Sunday because its really lovely that time. They were right.

Madrid

The RETIRO is located near to the Prado Museum on the metro line No. 2. A huge green spot in the middle of the city having symmetric structure and a little lake in the middle. The whole place with this lake reminded me of the City park in Budapest but the difference is that in Madrid you can experience sunshine and warmth even in November.


Madrid

A lot of people around, just like almost everywhere in Madrid's public place. I like the cities which are crowded. I am a big city type of guy and I do not mind noise of lot of people:)


Retiro Park, Madrid
November 25, 2009 1 comments
The second impression of mine in Singapore was that there everything is prohibited.

Singapore the fine city

among others:
- chewing gum (as they say because they wanna save the money of cleaning up)
- durian (since its very smelly on the MRT or at public places)
- playing football, riding bike, picnic or anything in parks or between the HDB houses
- parking in front of your house (you have to use the parking houses)
- pets almost everywhere

Singapore the fine city

They take it very serious, you pay fine immediately if you break these rules. An order must be city which is very charming but very strict.
November 09, 2009 No comments
Originally, when I planned my travel, after the two metropolices (Beijing and Shanghai) I wanted to have a rest at a place which is at the seaside, has beaches and good for relaxing.

My friends advised me to go to Qingdao and since its somewhere between the two huge cities I decided to listen to them. And almost everything is like I imagined:)

If I wanna simplify the things I can say Beijing is like a historical city with a lot of traditional buildings and a real capital with very wide avenues. Shanghai is rather a commercial center, a real modern city with its high buildings and high-tech features. And Qingdao is somehow a piece of Europe in Asia.



It was a former German colony before, and they built a lot of houses there which made me feel like being in Europe. When I arrived it was foggy and rainy but very soon became sunny and hot and having that fresh wind from the sea the climate is really like at home on a hot summer day.


The other thing which was a surprise to me that here are NO bicycles. After the `invasion` of bikes in Beijing and Shanghai its a strange experience to see a Chinese city without them:) The reason is maybe that Qingdao has a lot of hills. You would have to ride up and down a lot. Plus their roads are more narrow maybe due to the European style in the older downtown.



I love places at the seaside. When I was child we had been living in Mohacs for like 3 years and that town is at the river Duna having a tradition of fishing and everything connected to water. Maybe from this time is that I feel a special attraction toward the seaside cultures. The wind from the sea or at the river. That special smell of fishes and all seafoods. The noise of the sea and when during the evening in the more calm waves at the port you can hear how the boats are hitting gentle each other. Just like saying to each other: hey...dont sleep yet.:)


Qingdao is surrounded by hills and mountains. The mountain Laoshan is the main attraction here and its really special with its strange round rocks, and being there I felt like being on a traditional old Chinese painting.



Qingdao has an old downtown and a new one. I was wrong only in one thing when I imagined it before. I expected a small town with quiet environment but it seems I neglected the fact that I was in China. Qingdao has like 7 million (others say 9 million) inhabitants which is like the 2\3 of my whole country. So the beach on the weekend looks like you cant see the sea because of the lot of people in it. The eastern part of the city after the new modern downtown - which looks like Beijing`s downtown with its wide avenues - is like a paradise. There beaches are less crowded and dirty and leaving that area to the east again you get to Laoshan which is beautiful with its narrow mountain roads, having the hills on your left side and the sea with very old boats in the bays.

November 07, 2009 No comments
They advertise themself like this: Malaysia the truly Asia. But to be honest my first impression was different. I never been to Asia before…so everything I had in my mind about this area was from books, movies, magazins, news etc. I expected an underdeveloped country with a lot of bycicle and without any infrastructure. But when I opened my eyes in the taxi which took me from the airport to Kuala Lumpur in the early morning I thought I was in Europe. (I had a different impression immediately after the driver opened the door of the taxi and I felt again what does 100% humidity mean). I saw a well built highway with new cars and then I was the witness of an awaking huge and modern city at 6.00am early morning.

I havent seen the whole Malaysia only Kuala Lumpur but I wouldnt say this city is the truly Asia. Or maybe we may say the truly Asia in the future. Because Kuala Lumpur is a real cosmopolitan developed city. A few weeks ago I wrote that my experience was that large cities like New York, London, Moscow or even Kuala Lumpur were much more similar to each other then to their own country`s rural area. Now I felt this here even better. Taking the public transportation in Kuala Lumpur is the same feeling as if you would be in Italy if I just look at the infrastructure.

Kuala Lumpur

And since I love mixed cultures I found very amazing to see how natural is to see malaysian, chinese or indian people beside each other here. When I am in a new city I like to take the public transportation randomly and going to the last stop with it and then back and so on. My experience is that sitting among local people watching the changing area arround you is much better then any sightseeing in your closed and safe bus. Kuala Lumpur has that funny train we dont have in Budapest. Its like a subway but goes upstairs and called Monorel. In movies I saw Chicago has the same and I guess a lot of other cities have it as well. So when I saw this train I knew immediately I wanna take it because its so much fun. I bought a ticket to the AMPANG and back and I was just sitting there watching the people and the city arround. When I checked on the public map at the station this AMPANG seemed to be close to the famous Twin-Tower so I thought from there maybe I will walk to see that `monument`. But when I saw the towers more and more far from me I knew this is not the day I will have an excursion to there. Going to the AMPANG all the high buildings started to disappear and i saw rather crowded blockhouses with having hundreds of clothes hanging on the small balkoons or windows. Yes, Kuala Lumpur is not only a modern, well developed city with wealthy parts only. They have parts like the China town or as they call an other one the mini India which are poor and dirty. But not dangerous at all. Malaysia is very safe country you can walk even at night on the streets of Kuala Lumpur without any problem. Once I got lost and I was walking in the Indian part having my camera in my neck and people even didnt look at me. Malaysia is one of the `asian-tigers`. Growing economy, very low unemployment rate and a lot of new investments. Maybe because it was a British colony before maybe because of the good education system but in Kuala Lumpur everyone (I mean EVERYONE) speaks English. Not only at the tourists places but you can approach someone on the street asking something in English and you will get the proper smiley answer. (my God I start to feel myself as a PR manager of a travel agency but this area of the world impressed me really very much).

Malaysia 160-1

They not only speak English but at times I had the strange feeling that they speak malaysian (which they call Bahasa Malaysia) and suddenly you can hear some English terms included into their speech. Like I was sitting on that train and I heard a woman talking to her son..bla..bla. bla..bla…last station..bla bla bla. early morning..bla bla.

When I am in a new country I like to turn on the TV and to check the local channels. TV2 (it seems every country has a channel called TV2)..English speaking morning program for the youths. A smiley chinese like girl and malaysian guy makes fun, says news and celebrity gossips and you can send sms to answer the question of the day: shall we build more children hospitals in Malaysia?

Cute….
November 01, 2009 1 comments
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