Some more underwater adventures

Now that we saw mantas, we wanted more. Soon we were back in the water discovering new underwater treasures.

Triggerfish

Trumpet fish

Nudibranch.

Trumpet fish

Pufferfish

Anemonefish

Lionfish

Phil-fish

Boris-fish

Moren

Sea snake

Nothing makes a diver more happy than some delicious local cousine.

Greetings from Lembongan Island,

Jerneja & Boris

On the road again: Bali

This destination was anticipated by both of us for quite some time. We were very excited, when the plane finally reached its destination - Bali.

This beautiful island is just one of many islands in Indonesia. The weather was nice and sunny and the atmosphere was laid back. It was the beginning of yet another amazing vacation.

We arrived tired and hungry at Denpasar airport. We headed directly to the hotel, where we left our stuff and decided to try some tipical indonesian food. 

Nasi goreng (left) and chicken satay (right).

Now that our bellies were full and happy, we decided to check out the beach. On the way to the beach we saw a funny surprise, that reminded us of home.

The beach was really nice: sandy beach, blue sea full of surfers, palm trees everywhere and unfortunatelly full of tourist and locals eager to make some quick money on tourists. We had our fun, but we knew this is not how we want to spend our vacation. So, we headed on the next island.

Best regards from Bali,

Jerneja & Boris

Welcome to Fabulous Las Vegas (Nevada)

In the Hard Rock Hotel we took full advantage of the room service. American breakfast for one is enough from two hungry Europeans.

The journey in Las Vegas continued in the southern part of the city, the famous "Welcome to Las Vegas" sign.

We headed back to the city. On the way we saw huge Coca-Cola bottle and M&M package.

It turned out that these are multi-storey shopping and entertainment complexes. We visited M&M store first. No special explanation needed.

All colors, flavors and sizes of M&M candies

3D cinema about M&M candies

The M&M Nascar car

Right next door to M&M store it was Coca-Cola store.

It was time to refresh ourselves. Luckly for us there was a Hard Rock Cafe not far away from all the shopping complexes.

Hard Rock's tradition is if you have a birthday, you get special treatment and whole cafe is singing "Happy Birthday" with the toast. Oh well...

The last thing we wanted to try in Las Vegas was a typical american dinner. In the Strip area it was impossible to find anything else than world-class, well-known and fancy restaurants. So we went on the north side of the Las Vegas. In so called Old Downtown Las Vegas, where we experienced a strange feeling. This area was totally different from the Strip area. Very small houses with grates on the windows and doors. Nearly every property had a sign "No trespassing" and walking through this area was unpleasant. There we found our dinner and we expected everything else than hospitality. People were nice and really friendly. And more importantly food was delicious.

Cheeseburger with bacon and fries

Medium-rare steak

Cheese cake

Pumpkin pie

We experienced Las Vegas in all it's glory and it's horror. Nevertheless nice and unforgivable journey. There is so much left to see that going back might be an option.

Till next time, Viva Las Vegas!

Boris & Jerneja

Official closing of the running season: 36. PZU Warsaw Marathon

It was time to conclude our running season - run a full marathon at 36. PZU Warsaw Marathon. But before the most important event of the season, we went for some traditional Polish dishes.

After the meal we were headed towards Stadion Narodowy to pick up our start numbers. We encounter unexpected marathon supporters on the way to the stadion.

Finally we arrived close to the stadion.

Everything was well organized and ready for the event including enormous amount of toilets.

When we came in the stadion, there was a huge wall with all the names of marathon runners.

We imediatelly jumped to the wall and start searching for our names. Jerneja found her name first...

... right after her Boris also found his name...

We had a detailed look on the running track to mentally perpare ourselves.

Next in line was picking up our start numbers.

It was time to prepare and get ready for the run. We changed to running outfit and went to the starting point.

Adrenaline level was very high and we were ready to go! After we heard a starting pistol, we focused to the next 42 kilometers. Every 2 to 3 kilomteres there were water stops to refresh our bodies. Along the track there were a lot of supporters who helped a lot to withstand all 42 kilometers (and 195 meters). Everything was organized very good except there were a lot of supporters on bicycles on the track. A lot of time we (runners) had to take care about them and move aside to pass them. Organizers should not allow anyone else on the track except runners and that kind of bicycling should be forbidden. We finally crossed the finish line and got well deserved medal.

While we were leaving stadion, we noticed food stands. It was pasta time!

In pain but with new priceless experience we switched to the recovery mode.

Marathon greetings from Warsaw,

Boris & Jerneja