My General Impression of Budapest

Arrived in Budapest at night via Ryanair, both me and my friend just couldn't keep still and started to explore the city. Most of the sites can be easily covered on foot, so we spent a few hours walking in the dead of the night. The photos here are showing the famous Chain Bridge and Statue of Liberty.

We ended the night with a well-deserved drink at a local pub. Actually, Budapest is really quite affordable for the Singaporean traveller. For food, transport, or general items, I found that the prices are close to Singapore's or even cheaper in some cases. At the pub that I was having drinks in, it was S$1 for a beer, S$1.50 for a Bailey's, S$2 for 3 shots of tequila !


First impressions of Budapest were poor. When we first arrived, there were plenty of homeless people sleeping in the metro station, along the roads. As we walked, they were everywhere, just sleeping with a warm blanket out on the streets.

In one glance in any random direction, something would be under repair. Next was the fact that there was major graffiti all around the place. With all these factors in mind, you would think that i was running around in a war zone. But Budapest was a safe place to be in. Imagine 2 girls walking around on isolated streets at 2am in the night and nothing happened at all, I would call that quite safe. No?

The next day, we continued on our sight seeing to the Central Market and the Budapest castle. Another curious thing spotted in Budapest was the Nescafe car. In fact, not just one or two, I spotted three random cars parking in the same lot when we were making our way up to the castle.




Shall let the photos speak for themselves....

The last day in Budapest, we went for a Hungarian bath! I had a similar one before in Beijing during winter, this was the same. Natural hot springs with various pools, facilities & temperature, both indoors and outdoors. So i was hopping from room to room and pool to pool. Very fun !

Took the night train to Prague. In hindsight, I just realized why prices were so cheap when I got back. The same time we were there, the Hungarian government ordered a bailout for its banks. No wonder, the prices were so good. The currency was at an all time low against the Euro.