Poland - May 20th to May 29th 2005

 

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Zakopane

Friday May 20th to Tuesday May 24th

 

 

Zakopane main street

 

 

 

Saturday, May 21st 2005

On the way to the cable car

One of the fabled sleeping knights, keeping guard over Poland's borders.

 

Olympic Ski Jump

 

Cable car sets off for the mountains

 

Inside the cable car station

 

Looking back


Click on the link for the Cable Car video footage
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The Tatry mountains

 

The other cable car passes by on it's way down

 

Looking down from the top station of the cable car

 

Slovakia in the background

 

 

 

Click on the link for the video footage of the above picture
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Looking back at the cable car station

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Sunday, May 22nd 2005

Morskie Oko

 

 

 

The partially frozen lake at Morskie Oko

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Looking back down at the lake

 

 

The centre top peak is Polands highest point above sea level

 

 

 

 

 

Click on the link for the video footage of me using an unorthodox method of descent. Phil tried it first and I named it the 'Dupia Descent'!
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The Belvedere hotel

 

 

 

Nowy Wisnicz

Tuesday to Sunday

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Home made donuts!

 

Getting the BBQ prepared

 

 

 

 

 

Improving Anglo-Polish relations!

 

 

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