Romania - Out of Bucharest (Part 2)

Tired of the Bangkok like city so I went on a 12 hour tour that was organised by the hostel and went to places outside of Bucharest like Sinaia, Brasov and Bran (Drucula Castle). The guide who was the owner of hostel was not too bad but more explanation could be done. We left the hostel around 9:30am and we headed to Sinaia which was about 2 hours drive away from Bucharest.

The river of Sinaia
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The Peles Palace where the 1st King of Romania stays during summer (He is German)
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Inside the courtyard
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The Palace Garden
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View from the Garden 
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Gotten my ticket to enter
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Too bad you have to pay to take photos inside the palace so...NO PHOTOS of the interior. Sorry~ 

Inside there are like tons of weapons displayed on the walls of the room ranging from European to Asian. There is also a theater that can house 60 people...

After visiting the interior, I was told by the guide that there is a smaller palace nearby cause another queen hated the 1st King and build another so she need not stay in palace where the 1st King resides.

The smaller Palace nothing much to shout about...
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So after exploring Sinaia, off we go to Brasov which I heard from Nela (my Romanian friend) that is much better then Bucharest. 

Random shots along the way
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So we arrived in Brasov after a 1hour drive
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The main gate of Brasov where traders passed long time ago to get into Brasov city
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Random shots of Brasov
  I don't have much to say about this place as we stop by here just for lunch
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Main Square 
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The Black church 
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Black church taken from the main square 
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Lunch (Top-Cabbage with stuffings / Bottom-Mix Grill)
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After being in Brasov for around 1.5 hours, we are off to Bran to visit the Dracular castle...

Caught a shot of this beautiful sky on the way 
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The Dracular Castle (not really scary afterall) 
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My Ticket 
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Shots of the Castle
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Nothing much to brag about the castle was quite a disappointment as you can see from this comment
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Our guide recommend us this place for dinner and off we went. The interior of this beer house is awesome together with the food and beer.  =)
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Our Food (top-beef with salty sauce and cheese / below-grilled salmon) 
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After dinner it's time to head back to our hostel and retire from this hectic day...




3 comments:

SonnyKazu | June 18, 2010 10:59 PM

wah! nice trip wor... are you travelling around the world every day? :D

ulricng | June 18, 2010 11:01 PM

thanks sonny...im travelling everyday but that is cause im doing my graduation trip heading back to singapore soon...

SuFang (Careen) | June 18, 2010 11:07 PM

I like the buildings..

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