Thinking about it I have been quite monotonous in travelling
these last few weeks. Skip a town go to the next one and join the walking tour
and hit the casino before skipping to the next town again. Sofia was just that
one but with a little bit more weird spice.
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| Modern City of Sofia |
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| Sofia |
During the walking tour I met a semi-Malaysian named
Prakash. A 44 year old chap, that for a long time now his family has migrated
to Australia and he was on an impulse vacation trip to Macedonia with his
friends before splitting up and continuing travels around the Balkans country.
Prakash was a one of a kind character and if one do not have sufficient
tolerance he would seem obnoxious and even sexism even.
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| An Old Church Within the Modern Buildings - Sofia |
He kept talking about how beautiful the girls are in the
Balkans country and how many he had ‘tasted’ and that he was on a journey to
discover all the beautiful women in the world. At the age of 44 and single not
married he was the typical bachelor playboy with money.
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| Bulgarian Food - Some sort of Chicken Stew |
He almost tagged along with me to Plovdiv which he decided
not to in the end thankfully, and all this just because he heard that Plovdiv
woman was pretty. The walking tour ended with a few of us looking for places to
eat and the pretty guide that was with us brought us to a very local dining
place hidden somewhereff in Sofia. Alex, Prakash, Yohan, Aziz and me went for
that dinner and the topics went crazy in a sense.
Heading back I told Prakash that I will be going on the Rila
monastery tour the next day and he was welcome to join if he want. Passed him
the map of my hostel and that was the end.
Back in the hostel not long later I got a Facebook message
from Prakash saying he would be joining. I woke up the next day almost late but
made it to join the tour to the Rila Monastery
For 20 euro it was a 2 hour drive to the monastery and I
would not call it spectacular but a nice break from the usual routine of
walking tour in the city. The monastery was beautiful in a sense but nothing
awe inspiring.
The next day I disappear from Sofia heading the advice of
many travellers along the way to skip or spend as little time as possible in
Sofia and visit the true Bulgaria. Onwards to Plovdiv it was a two hour bus
ride for as little as 14 lav.
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| Rila Monastery - Sofia |
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| Rila Monastery - Sofia |
Plovdiv …… which is where I am right now when I recorded
this, I think will be my demise.
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