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The best beach in China

Which attractions at the thought of traveling to China come to mind first? Certainly the Chinese Wall, Beijing, Shanghai and now more and more often Lijiang  or Zhangjiangjie. However, not many people know that China has a beach stretching along the South China Sea. This place, often called the Hawaii of China, is located in the south of China, on an island called Hainan. Here is also a city…

The best Manor in China

The best manor in China

  Not far away from bustling Guangzhou also known as Canton, there is paradise called Imperial Springs. Just two hours ride away you can find yourself in pictures place called Conghua. This is where Imperial Springs is located.  The name is not random but related to hot springs you can find here. For that reason, it’s perfect winter gateway, where you can warm yourself up…

Cyprus, land of love and sweet wine. New blog post

Cyprus has been on my bucket list for some time now. And as it is December, I wanted to go to a warm place, which in Europe. But then I did not know that Cyprus is the birthplace of the goddess of love and sweet wine. Already got warmer, isn’t it? But from the beginning.

December. Cold, but it’s obvious. I must admit that autumn in Poland has spoiled us, until real winter came along. In the…

Cypr, wyspa miłości i słodkiego wina. Nowy post na blogu

Cypr od jakiegoś czasu był na mojej liście krajów, które chciałabym odwiedzić. A jako, że jest grudzień, chciałam jechać do miejsca ciepłego, za to koniecznie w Europe. Jeszcze wtedy nie wiedziałam, że Cypr to miejsce narodzin bogini miłości i słodkiego wina. Bo już na tą myśl może zrobić się gorąco. Ale od początku.

Grudzień. Zimno, ale to oczywiste. Muszę przyznać, że jesień w Polsce nas…

If you are coming to Dubai and looking for an affordable place to stay then Rotana Centro Barsha is a place for you.

It is around 20 minutes ride from Burj Khalifa and Dubai Mall and very close to Miracle Gardens and Jumeirah Beach. We stayed in one bedroom apartment with a kitchen attached to the living room and perfect size closet. If you are looking for a nice place to stay on budget, place…

12 things you should know before traveling to Tanzania

  As a person who travels often, I do not always have time to prepare for my trips. It also happens to me that I do not always pay attention to many things that I should know before leaving. For example, before leaving for India, I worried very badly, as I did not get vaccinated against malaria, I used a very strong anti-mosquito remedy. However, for other times I was about to go there, I was…

12 rzeczy, które warto wiedzieć przed podróżą do Tanzanii

Jako osoba, która podróżuje często, nie zawsze mam czas, aby przygotować się odpowiednio do moich wyjazdów. Zdarza mi się rownież, że nie zawsze też przywiązuję uwagę do wielu rzeczy, które powinna wiedzieć przed wyjazdem. Przykładowo, przed moim pierwszym wyjazdem do Indii, bardzo bałam się zagrożeniem malaria, i pomimo że nie brałam leków przeciw malarii to używałam bardzo silnego środka…

13 rzeczy, które warto wiedzieć żeby złapać taksówkę w Chinach

Złapanie taksówki w Chinach może być trudne, zwłaszcza dla obcokrajowców, którzy nie mówią po chińsku. Oto kilka wskazówek, które pomogą Ci szybciej dotrzeć do celu, nawet bez znajomości jednego słowa po chińsku.

1 Jeśli z jakiegoś powodu zatrzymujesz się w hotelu obok lotniska, nie zdziw się, że będziesz mieć kłopoty ze znalezieniem taksówkarza, który będzie tam gotowy pojechać. Po prostu…

11 Things you need to know about getting taxi in China

Getting a taxi in China can be tricky especially for foreigner tourist who don’t speak Chinese and don’t know the way around. Here are some tips, which can help you get to your destination faster even without speaking single world in Chinese.

If for some reason you are staying at the hotel next to the airport, don’t be surprised that you will have trouble finding a taxi driver ready to take you…

48 hours transit in Dubai

  Definitely stay at Shangri-La as it has the best view at Burj Khalifa so you don’t need to even leave your room to see one of the most famous buildings in the world

visit Dubai Mall. Again Shangri-La has a free shuttle to the mall which gives you easy access to see the aquarium and visit Burj Khalifa itself 

go to the top of Burj Khalifa 

go out at night and see the city which never sleeps.…

– odwiedź centrum handlowe w Dubaju. Ponownie Shangri-La ma bezpłatny transport do centrum handlowego, które daje łatwy dostęp do akwarium i odwiedź sam Burdż Kalifa

– udaj się na szczyt Burdż Kalifa

– wyjdź w nocy i zobacz miasto, które nigdy nie śpi. Poważnie, gdy pytasz mnie o miasto, które nigdy nie śpi, powiedziałbym bez wahania, że to Dubaj. W nocy wszyscy chodzą do klubów, restauracji, siedzą i jedzą na zewnątrz. W dzień po prostu jest za gorąco, żeby robić te rzeczy, poza tym każdy chce się zrelaksować po ciężkim dniu pracy? Jeśli chodzi o kolację, polecam Benihana dla wspaniałych i rozrywkowych doznań kulinarnych

– odwiedzić pustynię Dubaju. Poważnie pustynia jest koniecznością w Dubaju, a zobaczysz te niekończące się wydmy na własne oczy. Czy wiesz, że zaledwie kilkadziesiąt kilometrów dzieli Cię od Omanu?

– odwiedź słynne “Miracle Gardens”, ale pamiętaj, że są one otwarte w zimie, co oznacza, że ​​od połowy listopada

– spaceruj po plaży Jumeriah i zobacz słynna wyspę w kształcie palmy.

Wskazówki dotyczące Dubaju

– Uzyskanie wizy w UEA

Jako że jestem Polką, nie musiałam ubiegać się o wizę wcześniej, tylko w paszport została wbita pieczątka po przybyciu bez opłaty. Mój mąż, który jest Indusem, musiał jednak ubiegać się o wizę wczesniej za pośrednictwem linii lotniczych Emirates, z którymi podróżowaliśmy. Otrzymanie dokumentu z wizą zajęło kilka dni

– Zajęło nam max. 1 minutę przy imigracji, szybko i prosto.

– 15 minut od lotniska w Dubaju do hotelu Shangri-La i szczerze mówiąc, zapłaciliśmy mniej taksówką (65 dirhamów) niż jak sprawdzaliśmy na aplikacji uber.

– Metro jest naprawdę fajne i nowe, ale dla początkujących bardzo trudne do ogarnięcia, ponieważ istnieją różne strefy i musisz sprawdzić, którą strefę wybierasz przed zakupem biletu

– Dress code: Nie widzę żadnego konkretnego wymogu dotyczacego ubioru, którego powinieneś przestrzegać w Dubaju. 80% populacji to obcokrajowcy, którzy ubierają się, jak chcą. Na początku martwiłam się, że powinnam zakryć ramiona i ubrać się w sukienki za kolana, ale widziałam, że nie jest to konieczne, ponieważ większość obcokrajowców nosiła naprawdę otwarte ubranie.

Wiele miejsc w Dubaju wydaje się być otwartych 24h, co jest naprawdę świetne i czuje się, że Dubaj nigdy nie śpi

– zamień swoje pieniądze. ZEA ma dirhams, aby zapłacić taksówkarzowi i tak dalej. Wymieniamy 100 USD na 40-godzinny pobyt w Dubaju i zdecydowanie nie wystarczało, a za jedzenie zapłaciliśmy kartą.

2 dni to zdecydowanie za mało, aby odwiedzić Dubaj, więc jeśli masz szansę na dłuższą podróż, w Dubaju jest tak wiele do zobaczenia.

Dining at Benihana – Japanese restaurant in Dubai

I am obsessed lover of Japanese food. When you asked me what’s my favorite cuisine, Japanese will be in top 3. So when we got invite to Benihana while in Dubai, I didn’t hesitate but said yes.

  You need to make a reservation to get a table or seat as it’s quite a busy restaurant. We were almost late as we kind of didn’t know how to navigate the Dubai metro. But we made it and were more than…

Outfits from Na-kd fashion

Recently I’ve done a haul for Na-kd fashion.  I receive 3 beautiful outfits: 1 dusty blue dress, jacket, and a bathing suit.

I must say, I was really surprised with fast delivery. I got my order within 3 days after placing an order. It was so fast and I thought as it’s an international brand it will take longer, however, I guess having a branch in Poland to help with the process.

Honestly, after…

Hidden gems in Poland – must see

Poland is not first choice when it comes to travel destination. As Polish girl I always avoided traveling in Poland myself.  The weather is not good most of the time of the year, there is no turquoise waters, simply Poland was not attractive to me and I know is not attractive to many travelers.

Yet, after so many years of living and traveling abroad, I decided to rediscover Poland.

Summer would…

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The next day we took a ride to Amalfi town where I founda super cheap apartment for just 65 euro a night. We stayed here for 3 nights so that one night we could go back and see more of Positano, one day in Ravello and one day for Amalfi.

Time for Capri which is just 1.5h away from Amalfi. It was super nice to seat on top deck enjoying the view and fresh air. We got to Capri. This time we stayed in two different b&b’s as it was quite booked in Capri already. Both b&bs were nice with complimentary water (I think the first time we got water with our accommodation) plus coffee maker which I love and used to while traveling in Asia but in Europe is not that common until you stay in a ​really nice hotel. The second b&b was beautiful and all new, overlooking lemon trees.

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Two days in Capri were enough for us to see what we wanted and last three days we spent in Ischia. Ischia is not that popular island as Capri thus we had more peaceful experience here, which don’t get me wrong we were grateful for. We saw plenty of islands just by commuting by bus. However, on the last day, it was Mayday​y holiday in Italy and it got super crowded on the buses. We stayed in Ischia town and travel to different parts of Ischia.

Last day, as we had a late flight, we decided to store our luggage at the train station in Naples and see the city. Absolutely surprised by what has happened to Naples. It was dirty and kind of destroyed, reminded me a bit of India. It was super cheap too. After 3 hours of exploring we got tired and a bit discouraged by the look of the city and went straight to the airport. I absolutely loved our time in Italy, it was less planned though and we took it quite slow but I think we saw and experience a different part of South, enough to make Ischia our favorite place.

Tips for Amalfi

If you have 7 to 10 days to spare in Amalfi I definitely recommend to start From Naples airport – Pompeii – Sorrento – Positano – Amalfi – Capri – Ischia

In my opinio,n there a ​is not too much to do/see in Sorrento so you can​ skip it or go to Roman ruins just outside Sorrento to sea the beautiful sunset

Travel by public bus/train

There isa bus frothe m airport to Sorrento/ Pompeii

You can takthe e train from Pompeii to Sorrento

Then public bus for less than 3 euro to Positano/Amalfi and ferry to Capri (there are ferries to Capri from Sorrento, Amalfi and Capri) There is also a ferry from Capri to Ischia

If hotel are too expensive for you in Positano stay in Sorrento or Amalfi instead and commute One day is totally enough in each place but spare extra day for Ravello

Positano is small and expensive. In Sorrento or outside Sorrento ( we stayed in hotel villa Igea) you can get food for half the price at least (we got pizza in outside Sorrento for 5 euro/ big pizza)

In Capri, we stayed in B&B instead

Capri is expensive in food but there are supermarkets so you can easily buy ready to go food and if you stay in B&B where is kitchen you can prepare meal yourself (we stayed in Casa Gaia witha ​ common kitchen and it hada ​ great new design)

Its worth to travel outside of season as there is less tourist and many tourist attractions like Fiordo di Furore was almost empty but for exampl,​e buses were already crazy occupied and many hotels booked, even though it was just end of April. We also happened to spend last days in Ischia duringthe ​ national holiday so it was really busy, plenty of people on the beach and difficult to find some reasonable price B&B as some were closed due tothe ​ holiday.

Its definitely good idea to drive in Amalfi due to the landscape and you can stop anywhere to take pictures or go to the beach down the coast but if you don’t know how to drive on narrow roads, you need to remember that you need to pay attention to passing by big cars and buses as two of you won’t fit in the turns and you need to sta ​op way in advance before turn to give a bus chance to go first, that can be tricky as we saw many drivers don’t know how to behaved and had later problem to pull back the car so that bus can pass by. You can create a lot of traffic. Also t,​here is a lot of traffic in narrow streets of Positano and Amalfi.

If you on a budget always try to stay at places with kitchen and get food from a ​supermarket or stay outside of Positano. Even Amalfi is cheaper for meals.

If you staying in Capri near the port, restaurants are closed when the last ferry leaves.

Buy food to go if you want to save money as if you sit at the table, the ​price can get even doubled. Waiters don’t​ tend to come fast to ask for your order, you need to call them

There is not much to do in Naples and part of town (center) seems to be destroyed or kind of not developed and feels unsafe. ​​

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