A tourist's guide to Hainan Island
A tourist's guide to Hainan Island

General information Hainan Island is a huge tropical island in the south of China, washed by the waters of the South China Sea. Hainan’s two main cities are the capital, Haikou, in the north of the island, and the resort city of Sanya in the south. Time on Hainan is 6 hours ahead of Ukraine... » read more

A tourist's guide to Albania
A tourist's guide to Albania

A tourist’s guide to Albania. Read this information carefully and be sure to double-check it before setting off on your trip (things may have changed; this guide is from 2021): Transfer After collecting your luggage, a representative of the receiving agency with a sign will be waiting for you at the exit of the airport... » read more

Excursions in Albania and Aler Travel
Excursions in Albania and Aler Travel

In this article I’ll tell you about excursions around Albania. Excursions in Albania are colourful and picturesque — more on them a little later; but first, a few words about the receiving agency, Aler Travel. (I apologise in advance for the long text, but I’ve simply blown a fuse.) After landing in Albania, we went... » read more

Side Prenses Resort — Turkey
Side Prenses Resort — Turkey

So, the Side Prenses Resort. I won’t write about arrival and departure: the guides’ scare tactics are standard and have been described in previous articles, for example in the article about Club Hotel Belpinar. I’ll only say that we didn’t even plan to go to the meeting with the guide and waste our personal time... » read more

PATTAYA PARK Hotel — Thailand
PATTAYA PARK Hotel — Thailand

We began our discovery of Asia with Thailand and the PATTAYA PARK BEACH RESORT. It was our first trip that we didn’t take on our own but with our friend Dima, who in turn was flying abroad for the first time. Arrival. A huge airport where it’s easy to lose your way and get lost.... » read more

GUITART ROSA Hotel — Spain (Lloret de Mar)
GUITART ROSA Hotel — Spain (Lloret de Mar)

For our next trip to Europe we chose the GUITART ROSA hotel in Spain. There were three of us on this trip: me, Olya and our friend Dima. The arrival was standard: we went through passport control, collected our suitcases and got on the bus. The bus doesn’t take you to the hotel — the... » read more