pancakes & bananas?: 31 Aug: That laksa...

It started as a wet and rainy day in Vienna but we chased the train to the city of Budapest. Close to a 3 hour journey, it was a rather comfortable journey on RaiJet 49. The only shitty part was that the free wifi onboard was only wifi connectivity but no INTERNET. tsk. but at least during that period, i came up with an brilliant excel sheet that will make accounting much easier and less tedious. Upon arrival in Keleti station, we tried to draw money but somehow we couldnt draw from the ATMs.

Today, we await the 7th member to commemorate the mid point of our trip, Shuk. Checked into Aboriginal Budapest Apartments. Was pretty much the best place we've stayed so far! Pretty good deal from Agoda, paying bout like 20 SGD/night. Its a huge apartment with our own bed rooms, a big toilet and a kitchen and finally another fridge! We were split into 2 apartments and the one I had on the 6th floor had a pretty cool balcony overlooking the inner court of the building. Headed to change some money at a recommended money changer (just pop by wombats, they'll know the places) and got some lunch! I think Budapest is relatively cheap compared to Vienna and Italy. 420 Forints (abt 1.50 Euro) for a 0.5l of Hungarian Beer! wow! and it tastes good too! Try it, Dreher beer. Here we had a main course and beer for like abt 8 euros only. so so so much cheapperrr.

Kinda concussed the moment we got back. i didnt even wake up to fetch shuk from the metro stop and i didnt even know the rest went. Kinda feeling guilty now. Didnt do much at night though except try to book our train tickets to Krakow Glowny on the 2nd Sept night. For those planning to do the same route, you can try their local train website here.

But the highlight of the night was.. wait for it.... LAKSA PARTY! haha thanks to yy, he brought the prima taste instant laksas from singapore. Finally some taste of home. miss it soooo baddlyyyyyyyyy. Skype with Poh E was freaking retarded. but Poh E we got some LAKSA and CHIEEEKEN thats why we were living on the streets.

Note:

Public transport in Budapest is based on a single ticket system. 1 Ticket is only valid for 1 ride on a single means of transport, ie 1 bus ride = 1 ticket and transfering to the metro, you need another ticket. These tickets can be bought at the control station or at tobacco shops for 320 forint. Remember to validate before boarding. They seem quite strict here.

Money changers offer extremely horrible rates at train stations and airports. Drawing from the ATM to get you through at the start will be even better till you find a recommended money changer.