User:(WT-en) Kyknos

Hi :)

Despite my Greek nickname I am from Prague, Czech Republic. I love to travel although I am severely limited by my finances. I always appreciate tips for budget travel - to get to the most interesting places with a low budget. I am very much interested in the monuments of the pre-Christian civilizations, Greece, Egypt, civilizations of the New World... I would also like to visit natural wonders, from Amazonian or Papuan rainforest to Antarctica.

Dream job: being paid for traveling - guiding people, writing guides and such things :)

Interesting Locations Visited Since 2008
(the pre-2008 list is rather classified for reasons too silly to explain here :)

UNESCO World Heritage Sites:
 * Czechia (Praha, Olomouc, Brno, Kladno, Český Ráj, Beroun, Nymburk, Lužické hory, Benešov, Kolín, Příbram, Přelouč)
 * Germany (Nuremberg, Regensburg, Danube Gorge and Kloster Weltenburg, Fürth, Schwandorf and Fronberg)
 * Greece (Athens and Piraeus, Aegina and Moni, Eleusina, Sounio)
 * Austria (Vienna)
 * Slovakia (Bratislava)
 * Hungary (Budapest)
 * Croatia (Zadar, Palagruža, Trogir, Hvar, Zagreb)
 * Italy (Rome)
 * Vatican
 * Slovenia (Ptuj)


 * Historic centre of Prague
 * Holy Trinity column in Olomouc
 * Tugendhat Villa in Brno
 * Old town of Regensburg with Stadtamhof
 * Acropolis, Athens
 * Historic centre of Vienna
 * Palace and gardens of Schönbrunn (Vienna)
 * Budapest, the Banks of the Danube, the Buda Castle Quarter, and Andrássy Avenue

Hillman's Golden Wonders:
 * Prague Old Town
 * Acropolis/Parthenon in Athens

Future Plans

 * Rome - few days in and around Rome
 * Telč - shame I have never been there - the next long weekend with good weather
 * Krakow - and may be beyond...
 * Egypt - 2-3 weeks in Egypt without any travel agency (as soon as I persuade somebody to join)
 * Peru - the next big thing after Egypt

My Interests

 * traveling :)
 * hiking
 * geocaching
 * nature, especially tropical wildlife (and tropical freshwater fish)
 * ancient history
 * computers and Open Source (I work for a Linux vendor)
 * photography

My Contributions
Just now trying to improve articles on my home country, the Czech Republic, especially Prague.

Wikivoyage in Czech
''A co založit českou mutaci Wikivoyage? Podle pravidel jsou pro založení jazykové mutace třeba tři autoři. Pokud by se našli další dva, můžeme to zkusit. Ale popravdě si nejsem jistý, zda to má smysl. Cestovatel by přeci měl umět anglicky či jiný světový jazyk, ne? Anglická verze bude vždy dál. Proč potom koukat do české? Ale možná alespoň české destinace by zasloužily českého průvodce. Uvidíme.''