Stay on the way

Accommodations and some other recommendations on the Way sorted by Country and City.

Armenia

Yerevan - Calumet - Bar / Lounge. A really nice place to be, with nice bartenders good music and a nice flair. The cleanest toilets I saw in a bar since a long time. Also the food there is nice!

Bulgaria

Plovdiv - Hikers Hostel - Rooms okay, Breakfast included (10 Euro/night)

Sofia - Hostel Mostel - For now the best hostel on my way! Nice chill area, relaxed people and administration. Big breakfast (with brown bread, white bread, frech fruits, yoghurt, müsli, tea, coffee, and FRESH WAFFELS!!!) and a dinner included (6 Euro/night in 18 Bed Doorm / for up to 10 Euro it gets smaller until a 2 Person room)

Velico Tarnowo - Hostel Mostel - Similar to the one in Sofia. A bit smaller but same Service (10 Euro/night in 8 Bed Room)


Cambodia

Phnom Penh - The B52 Guesthouse was clean and save. (Dorm room with A/C was 5 Dollar - Single room is 15)

Siem Reap - Ankor (Wat)

My recommendation for the Ankor region would be like this: First do the museum with an Audio Tour. Here you get all the facts you need and more. I did a guided tour. But honestly - all the kings had kind of the same name, only the numbers changed. The Khmer people are not sure about there own history. So you get a bunch of information and I only remember the cultural stuff about the country, that really interests me. If you are into all dates, you can do the guided tour, otherwise you can save the money. If you want a guide it will cost you around 35 Dollar for a day tour. Plus a tuck tuck for another 15. The  costs of a guide you can split between the people in the group,however the tuck tuck only by the persons in the tuck tuck. Keep in mind, that the guide also has to have a seat (5 persons in one is possible, but not very comfy).

Take the three day ticket for 40 Dollar:

- Day one: Take a Bicycle and do the small loop. Start in Ankor Wat for the sunrise and as soon as you have your sunrise picture you go against the normal route first to Ankor Thom in the north. and follow the small circuit. 

- Day two:  Rent a scooter and do the big loop. (was the priciest scooter for 15 Dollar I had so far)

- Day three: Go to the Rolous Group in the east of Siem Reap (around 16KM). Here you can take pictures without tourists around when you are lucky. :P Afterwards you can drive to the two temples in the north (around 30KM to 50KM). You should start not later than around twelve o'clock, because it is around an hour ride and an hour to climb up. I didn't manage because I was too late. But they should be really nice and more detailed than the rest.

Siem Reap - Smily Guesthous, The Smiliy Guesthouse is a very nice Guesthouse from a Cambodian family. A double room is 12 Dollar. If you haggle friendly you can get it for 8 Dollar. It has no pool and no party, but is a nice place to stay. The old man could get a bit scratchy but you don't have to become friends (8 Dollar double room / 13 Dollar A/C)

Sihanoukville - Koh Rong Samloem - Full Moon Party - A nice location on the top of a little hill in Koh Rong Samloen. The party it self was nice, cause we met nice people. The prices for the drinks are fair. But no decoration and at 2 o'clock no more beer, at 5 o'clock no more water. So we had to leave. I prefer the Kafuafle.

Sihanoukville - Koh Ta Kiev - Kactus / Coral Beach- Booth are places where you have nothing. And that what it's about! Bungalows without doors cause you are a family there. Very nice stuff and AWESOME food! Go and check it out. (Hammock 5/ bungalow 15)

Sihanoukville - Otres Beach - Everythang - Nice bungalows on the beach of Otres one. Comfy place, nice owner that loves and lives techno music. If you DJ feel free ask for a playtime. Very nice sunsets! (bungalow 2 person fan 12 Dollar/ 3 person 16 / dorm 5 Dollar)

Sihanoukville - Otres Beach - Night market - At Otres two there is a night market at Saturday night. They have some live music with an open mic. Nice art stuff. A bit more expensive than usual, but also very nice.

Sihanoukville - Otres Beach - Kafuafle Jungle Party - A very nice party with techhouse to techno. Fair prices for the drinks. Nice area. Have a look at the giant wheel that is driven by a scooter and goes very fast. :D In the night we where there the engine broke down. I guess I wouldn't drive with it, but nice to see. :P

Georgia
Batumi - Friends Hostel, nice stuff, clean, 2x kitchen, Livingroom, okay located (6 Euro/night 8 person doorm)

Batumi - Globus Hostel, Nice people, friendly stuff, well located, kitchen, clean (7 Euro/night 24 person doorm / 12 Euro doubleroom)

Mestia - Manoni Hostel, friendly stuff, okay located, for 2 Euro really big dinner, breakfast included (6 Euro/night double or three person room)

Tbilisi - Namaste Hostel, friendly stuff, great view on great terrace, kitchen (10 Euros/night 12 person dorm)


Hungary
Budapest - Szimpla - old ruin bar with a lot of trash/art. Reminds me on the Fusion Festival in Germany.

Budapest - Retox Hostel

Tata - Nice place to have some relaxed days on an lake. :)

India

Arambol - NoName Guesthouse - Rooms are nice, food is also good.

Arambol - Sea Breaze - had a two floors room with 2 Beds for 700 in the season start (for one week). Nice stuff and save place for us. In the double beds also two couples can sleep, so 4 persons.

Anjuna - White Negro - Rooms are nice and in European standard. Clean toilet. Minus - no food and in the rooms behind no WiFi (700 per night at the start of the season for one week. In season around 1000).

Anjuna - Budda Three Restaurant - Nice stuff, good food for fair prices. Check out the chiku shake!!!!

Goa other places:
Cafe Lilliput - Nice location with speakers to the beach. Floor is indoor. A bit hot, but still nice. Beer is 100 Rupies. Thursdays Techno presure. Saturday party music. 
Curlies - Open air dancefloor with a nice flair. Also a cafe to rest. One of the oldest locations in Goa.
Hippie Marked - Nice stuff, from the random shops to some really nice handmade stuff. (Take care about the guys who want to stick something in your ears. They come and say something like "soap, soap" and point on your ear. I didn't get it in the first moment. Than I had a middle ear infection)
Mapusa - Famous for fabrics. We had also a good tailor. One shirt for (Vithoba Satoskar Mobile: 9850659858 or 9405215547)
UV Bar - Wednesdays Drum and Bass. Beer is a bit expensive with 200 Rupies
Shiva Valley - The first psytrance location in Goa. Very nice place. Indoor but a good air circulation.

Check the dates on www.whatsupgoa.com

Nepal

Pokhara - Nepali Cutton Guesthouse - Well located not far from the lake. Nice owner who is very dedicated. Hot shower. Starts now to cook in the Place. Price for one Person is 600 Rupies.

Kathmandu - Himalayan Doubledecker Hostel - for 3 persons we had a privat room for 350 each.

Guide trough the Himalaya region - ursvsma@gmail.com 25$ per day. A nice guid I had on the Anapurna trail.

Serbia

Belgrade - Star Hostel - Well located not far from Kala megdan. Kitchen and Livingroom with Playstation. Dedicated administrators. (6 Euro/night in a 10 Bed room)

Turkey
Aksaray - ABIG Aksaray Bicycle Group (from me free translated) A nice group of cyclists with have regular rides around the nice Cappadokia. Just contact them over Facebook or write me, when you want to join them on the hidden parts trough the nature.

Göreme - Terra Vista Hostel - Nice and cheap hostel with a great terrace and dedicated administrators. (As far as I remember around 10 to 15 Euro/night)


Istanbul - Galata West Hostel - Well located, kitchen, nice terrace with a great view and a playstation, friendly and dedicated administrators. (13 Euro/night in a 6 Bed Room, smaller rooms available)

Thailand
Bangkok - New Siam Guesthouse (located at a side street of the Soi Rambuttri) A nice Guesthouse with fair prices. Well located and not loud. Clean rooms, always fresh beds and everything

Bangkok - Chatuchak Weekend Market For now the best market I saw on my travels! They have 15.000 stands which makes it to the biggest market in this form worldwide! From used clothes from the past, to new designer stuff from local designers, flowers, ceramics, caved stuff - almost everything you can imagine. You can easily reach it with the public transport. Prefer the train, cause the bus needs a long time in the traffic!

Bangkok - China Town Very impressive to go there and specially the food is very good! So be hungry when you get there! Located close to the Hua Lamphong trainstation.

Bangkok - Dickinsons Club A little club in Berlin style. Good drinks and a super owner. Highclass lineup from time to time. :)

Koh Phangan Haad Tjen - Guys Bar A very nice club with great music and a nice location. Fridays in the season they have parties. Entry was 400 bath which is good value!

Koh Phangan Haad Tjen - Sanctuary Yoga class vBen makes his classes every day beside Sunday at 10:30 at the Sanctuary. Was a very nice class for beginners. Also some experienced people enjoyed it. So I would say yoga for everyone. :) 350 bath per class.

Koh Phangan Haad Yuan- Barcelona Very nice guesthouse for around 700 bath a room for three persons.

Koh Phangan Haad Yuan- Bamboo Hut The food there is very good. Try the red snapper and for sure a mocca shake! One of the best shakes I ever had so far! :D

Koh Phangan Haad Yuan - Big Blue No clue about the rooms, but the prices where cheap. What you have to do is eat the best panang curry there and have a mars or a snickers shake. To play pool there is for free. :)

Koh Phangan Haad Yuan - Eden Bar A every day location to have some music. Under the week the Dj is not a Dj at all, but the tracks where okay and the drinks good. Saturday is Eden day! There with good Dj's.

Koh Phangan Haad Yuan - Ocean Rock Not the cheapest but a nice view there. The best thing there is Pete, the legend bartender! A very nice man! :)

Koh Tao - Ban's Diving Biggest dive center in the world. Nice place, cheap and professional diving and I liked that they always spoke about keeping the under water world "we are only visitors, so don't touch something!". My dive instructor was Marcel Becker. Book your dive over: marcel@bansdiving.de to do him a favor!

Koh Tao - Coffee Boat Nice restaurant with good prices. Nothing that special but a good value for the money.

Koh Tao - SB Cabana II Nice and cheap rooms for 8 Euro you get a big double room with fan on the Siree Beach. Also bungalows are available.