Money Money Money

One thing I love about travelling is that I get to collect some of the weird and different currencies around the world. Yes..indeed I can get these from the money change but certain currencies such as those from Romania and Eastern Europe is tough to get from Malaysia. Most money changer here doesnt really have those stocks.Some of the major currencies that I have collected so far:-Romanian LeuRomanian Lei Jordanian Dinar (20 Dinar)Jordanian 5 DinarEgyptian...

Budapest, Hungary (14-15 Aug 2009)

Budapest, also known as the Pearl of the Danube, is one of the most beautiful cities in Eastern Europe. Although they are still using their own currencies, no doubt, Budapest is fast becoming a major tourist attractions.We took a overnight train from Brasov into Budapest and reach the city early morning. Budapest is quite large but easy to travel around using their metro. We rented a hostel on the Pest side. Budapest is divided into two parts whereby...

Sinaia, Romania (13 Aug 2009)

From Brasov, we took a day trip to the nearby town called Sinaia. Sinaia is famous for the residence home for summer for King Charles of Romania. It is here that he built Peles Castle, the famous landmark for this town. The place is easy to get to via train from either Brasov or Bucharest (it's an almost 4 hour train journey from Bucharest to Brasov, which Sinaia is in between this two places).After using some sign language to get our tickets and...