Jihoafricka r.2008
AF-08 - Afrika 2008 - JIHOAFRICKA REPUBLIKA, SWAZILAND, MALAWI Termin cesty: 8.9. - 29.9. 2008 PROGRAM: 8.9. 2008 kratce po 2 hod. ranni jedu z Visty v aute z pujcovny na LAX letiste. Zde nasedam do letadla do New Yorku. Na JFK presedam na letadlo South African Airways. S doplnenim pohonych hmot v Dakaru v Senegalu letim do Johannesburku v JIHOAFRICKE REPUBLICE. Tam pristavam odpoledne dalsiho dne. Vecer pak letim do Kapskeho Mesta, pristavame po 34 hodinach od vyjeti z Visty. Zde ja a dalsi pasazeri nastupujeme do Shongololo vlaku v Muizenburku jizne od Kapskeho Mesta. Dostavam kabinu s klimatizaci a koupelnou. 10.9. jedeme na turu po Kapskem poloostrove ve vanech, ktere si veze nas vlak. Prohlizime si Hout Bay, Simon’s Town, “Botanickou zahradu Kirstenbosch,” “Mys Dobre Nadeje” a mys “Cape Point.” Den nato je prohlidka vlastniho Kapskeho Mesta. Zaciname lanovkou na “Stolovou horu.” Dale nahlizime do pevnosti ze 17. stoleti, prochazime “Victoria & Albrecht Waterfront” a tak zv. “Company Gardens.” 12.9. nas vany berou k Hermans u Walker Bay a na okouseni mistnich vin. Po ujeti 420 km dojizdime nas vlak ve Worcesteru. Pres noc pokracuje vlak k Mossell Bay u Indickeho oceanu. Nasimi vany jedeme do Knysna. Diky sesuvu pudy nejezdi vlak, kterym jsem navstivil Knysna pred 4-mi lety. Dne 14.9. podnikam zajezd k pstrosim farmam u Oudtshoom. Pristi den nas vlak zastavuje v prijemnem meste Port Elizabeth. Rano je navsteva “Narodniho parku slonu Addo.” Odpoledne si prohlizime mesto samo. Dalsi jizda pres noc a pred polednem jsme v Bloemfontein, kde sidli nejvyssi soud Jihoafricke republiky. Odpoledne si prohlizime toto mesto, kteremu dominuji chladici veze zrusene elektrarny pomalovane grafity. Pozdeji pokracuje vlak smerem na Durban. Pristi rano zastavuje nas vlak v Pietermaritzburku, hlavnim meste provincie KwaZulu-Natal. Cely den venujeme pozorovani ptaku. Vlak pak dojizdime v Durbanu. Pristi rano, 18.9., si prohlizime Durban. Byl jsem zde jiz 3x v minulosti a vzdy se mi toto mesto libilo. Dnes zastavujeme take u KwaZulu University. Vecer pokracujeme nasim Shongololo vlakem na sever. Rano pak jedeme vany navstivit mistni vesnice a k jezeru St. Lucia, na kterem je projizdka na lodi. 20.9. je zajezd do Narodniho parku “Hluhluwe-Unfolosi.” Rano, 21.9. je nas vlak v mestecku Mpaka ve SWAZILANDU, jenz je nezavislou zemi mezi Jihoafrickou republikou a Mozambikem. Je to absolutisticka monarchie. Tuto malou zemi projizdime vany. Navstevujeme nejvetsi mesto Manzini s 80 tisici obyvateli a pozdeji projizdime hlavni mesto Mbabane. Swaziland opoustime odpoledne. 22.9. zpet v JIHOAFRICKE REPUBLICE travime cely den v “Kruger National Park-u.” Jako vzdy ridic vanu je zaroven pruvodcem. V parku je mnoho ptaku. Vidime tez ctyrnoha zvirata od zeber, opic a lvu po slony. Behem dne projizdime ruzne casti parku. Den na to si vybiram zajezd zvany “Panorama” se zastavkami u vodopadu “Mac-Mac” a v “Pilgrim Rest,” kde se drive dolovalo zlato. Pozdeji navstevujeme mista jako “Three Randavels,” “Bourke’s Look Potholes” a “God’s Window.” Pred sedmi lety jsem jiz tato mista navstivil. 24.9. prijizdi nas Shongololo vlak k nejvetsimu jihoafrickemu mestu, Johannesburku. Dnesni cesta je do administrativniho hlavniho mesta zeme, Pretoria. Je to prijemne misto a vzdy se sem rad podivam. Delame obvykle zastavky u “Union Building,” kde sidli vlada, na “Church Square” (namesti) a u “Kruger House.” Jiz mimo Pretorii navstevujeme “Voortrekker Monument,” ktery je skoro svatym mistem Afrikaners (potomku holandskych osadniku). Odpoledne si prohlizime “Soweto” (Southwest Township) nejvetsi township v Jihoafricke republice, kde ziji jen cernosi. Vidime zde nekolik mist vcetne domu Mandely a Desman-a Tutu. Tim nase jizda Shongololo vlakem konci. 25.9. letim z Johannesburku do Lilongwe, hlavniho mesta MALAWI. Mistni pruvodce me veze do “Kumbali Country Lodge,” ktera je znama navstevami Madony. Nad posteli tam mam moskytieru. Pristi rano odjizdim s pruvodcem autem z Lilongwe do “Narodniho parku Liwonde” a jeho “Mvuu Lodge” na brehu reky Shire. Dostavam bungalow nad mistem, kam chodi zvirata pit. Odpoledne je projizdka parkem v terennich vozech s ozbrojenou ochrankou. Vidime plno ptaku a celou radu dalsich zvirat. Den nato casne rano prochazka v okoli Lodge. Opet ptaci a ctyrnoha zvirata. Nasleduje vyjizdka lodkou po rece Shire. Jeste dopoledne opoustim toto pritazlive misto a jedu s pruvodcem k jezeru Malawi, kam prijizdime odpoledne. Jsem ubytovan v “Livingstonia Beach Hotelu.” Z meho bungalow mam krasny vyhled na pisecne plaze jezera. 28.9. rano odjizdim s mym pruvodcem autem zpet na letiste v Lilongwe. Zde nasedam do letadla South African Airways do Johannesburku. Tam pak menim letadlo za jine teto spolecnosti a se zastavkou v Dakaru letim do New Yorku, kde v 7 rano 29.9. Prestupuji do letadla United Airlines, kterym letim z New Yorku do LAX. Pristavam po poledni. Z pujcovny si beru auto a jedu domu do Visty. Cestovni kancelar: Wild Animal Venture a Shongololo Train Ucast: Asi 70 spolucestovatelu ve vlaku z USA, Velke Britanie, Holandska a Nemecka
South Africa - Cape Peninsula - Hout Bay - statue of a lepard 2008
South Africa - Cape Peninsula - Hout Bay 2002
South Africa - Cape Peninsula - Hout Bay 2008
South Africa - Cape Peninsula - Hout Bay 2008
South Africa - Cape Peninsula - Hout Bay - West Cape car licence plate 2008
South Africa - Cape Peninsula - Kirstenbosh Botanical Gardens 2008
South Africa - Cape Peninsula - Kirstenbosh Botanical Gardens - Southern (or Lesser) Double Collared Sunbird 2008
South Africa - Cape Peninsula - Kirstenbosh Botanical Gardens - Egyptian Goose 2008
South Africa - Cape Peninsula - Kirstenbosh Botanical Gardens 2008
South Africa - Cape Peninsula - Kirstenbosh Botanical Gardens - plants of Namibia 200
South Africa - Cape Peninsula - Simon's Town - Victorian houses 2008
South Africa - Cape Peninsula - Simon's Town - Penguin Colony - Jackass Penguins 2008
South Africa - Cape Peninsula - Simon's Town 2008
South Africa - Cape Peninsula - Ostrich 2008
South Africa - Cape Peninsula - Cape of Good Hope 2008
South Africa - Cape Peninsula - above Simon's Town 2008
South Africa - Cape Town - Table Mountain - cable car 2008
South Africa - Cape Town - Table Mountain - from the top of the mountain - Lion's Head 2008
South Africa - Cape Town - Castle (fort) of Good Hope - entrance 2008
South Africa - Cape Town - Castle (fort) of Good Hope - castle guide 2008
South Africa - Cape Town - Castle (fort) of Good Hope 2008
South Africa - Cape Town - Castle (fort) of Good Hope 2008
South Africa - Cape Town - Castle (fort) of Good Hope 2008
South Africa - Cape Town - city from Castle (fort) of Good Hope 2008
South Africa - Cape Town - Queen Victoria at Parlament Building 2008
South Africa - Cape Town - city from Castle (fort) of Good Hope 2008
South Africa - Cape Town - Castle (fort) of Good Hope - castle guard 2008
South Africa - Cape Town - in Diamond Store 2008
South Africa - Cape Town - Victoria & Alfred Waterfront 2008
South Africa - Cape Town - Victoria & Alfred Waterfront 2008
South Africa - Cape Town - Victoria & Alfred Waterfront 2008
South Africa - Cape Town - Malay Quarter - museum 2008
South Africa - Cape Town - Malay Quarter 2008
South Africa - Cape Town - Company Gardens - statue of Cecil Rhodes 2008
South Africa - Cape Town - Company Gardens - Table Mountain in the backround 2008
South Africa - Cape Town - church 2008
South Africa - West Cape - a township southeast of Cape Town 2008
South Africa - West Cape - south of Strand - False Bay 2008
South Africa - West Cape - Hermanus 2008
South Africa - West Cape - Hermanus 2008
South Africa - West Cape - outside Hermanus - Blue Crains 2008
South Africa - West Cape - between Hermanus and Worcester on R 43 2008
South Africa - West Cape - Worcester - our Shongololo Train 2008
South Africa - West Cape - Mossel Bay - our buses 2008
South Africa - West Cape - Mossel Bay 2008
South Africa - West Cape - George - Transport Museum 2008
South Africa - West Cape - George - Transport Museum 2008
South Africa - West Cape - Knysna Woterfront 2008
South Africa - West Cape - near Knysna - Garden of Eden 2008
South Africa - West Cape - near Knysna - Knysna Heads - mouth of Knysna Bay 2008
South Africa - West Cape - Mossel Bay - Shongololo Train 2008
South Africa - West Cape - Mossel Bay - Shongololo Train - my cabin 2008
South Africa - West Cape - on the train between Mossel Bay and Oudtshoorn 2008
South Africa - West Cape - near Oudtshoorn - our train 2008
South Africa - West Cape - Oudtshoorn 2008
South Africa - West Cape - Oudtshoorn - we have lunch here 2008
South Africa - West Cape - Oudtshoorn - Ostrich farm - farm house from 1910 2008
South Africa - West Cape - Oudtshoorn - Ostrich farm - ostrich 2008
South Africa - West Cape - Oudtshoorn - Ostrich farm - white ostrich 2008
South Africa - East Cape - Addo Elephant National Park - male kudu 2008
South Africa - East Cape - Addo Elephant National Park - elephants 2008
South Africa - East Cape - Addo Elephant National Park - dung beetle 2008
South Africa - East Cape - Addo Elephant National Park - warthogs 2008
South Africa - East Cape - Addo Elephant National Park - dung beetle 2008
South Africa - East Cape - Addo Elephant National Park - Cape Buffalos 2008
South Africa - East Cape - Addo Elephant National Park - Mountain Tortoise 2008
South Africa - East Cape - Addo Elephant National Park - Nyala - female 2008
South Africa - East Cape - Addo Elephant National Park - Brown-hooded Kingfisher 2008
South Africa - East Cape - Addo Elephant National Park - elephants at waterhole 2008
South Africa - East Cape - Port Elizabeth - The Boardwalk 2008
South Africa - East Cape - Port Elizabeth - The Boardwalk 2008
South Africa - East Cape - Port Elizabeth - The Boardwalk 2008
South Africa - East Cape - Port Elizabeth - at the pear 2008
South Africa - East Cape - Port Elizabeth - East Cape car licence plate 2008
South Africa - East Cape - Port Elizabeth - Donken Reserve 2008
South Africa - East Cape - Port Elizabeth - Horse Memorial 2008
South Africa - East Cape - at Rietfontein - geting off train 2008
South Africa - East Cape - on the way to Bloemfontein 2008
South Africa - Free State - Bloemfontein - from Naval Hill 2008
South Africa - Free State - Bloemfontein - Women's Memorial (from Boer War) 2008
South Africa - Free State - Bloemfontein - Women's Memorial (from Boer War) 2008
South Africa - Free State - Bloemfontein - Women's Memorial (from Boer War) - museum 2008
South Africa - Free State - Bloemfontein - Women's Memorial (from Boer War) 2008
South Africa - Free State - Bloemfontein - waterfront 2008
South Africa - Free State - Bloemfontein 2008
South Africa - Free State - Bloemfontein 2008
South Africa - Free State - Bloemfontein 2008
South Africa - Free State - Bloemfontein 2008
South Africa - KwaZulu-Natal - Marutswa Forest - Visitor's Center 2008
South Africa - KwaZulu-Natal - Marutswa Forest - view from the forest - Zulu village 2008
South Africa - KwaZulu-Natal - Marutswa Forest 2008
South Africa - KwaZulu-Natal - on the way to Howick - Mandela Village 2008
South Africa - KwaZulu-Natal - on the way to Howick - Howick Falls 2008
South Africa - KwaZulu-Natal - Durban - Marine Parade 2008
South Africa - KwaZulu-Natal - Durban - Vasco Da Gama Clock (Portugese Memorial from 1897) 2008
South Africa - KwaZulu-Natal - Durban - KwaZulu-Natal University 2008
South Africa - KwaZulu-Natal - Durban - KwaZulu-Natal University - Zulu-Natal car licence plate
South Africa - KwaZulu-Natal - Durban - KwaZulu-Natal University 2008
South Africa - KwaZulu-Natal - Durban - KwaZulu-Natal University - Zulu woman 2008
South Africa - KwaZulu-Natal - Durban - at Indian Market - church 2008
South Africa - KwaZulu-Natal - Durban - Indian Market 2008
South Africa - KwaZulu-Natal - Durban - Indian Market 2008
South Africa - KwaZulu-Natal - Durban - City Hall 2008
South Africa - KwaZulu-Natal - Durban - Shaka Zulu shopping center 2008
South Africa - KwaZulu-Natal - Durban - view from Shaka Zulu shopping center 2008
South Africa - KwaZulu-Natal - Durban - pier 2008
South Africa - KwaZulu-Natal - southern Zululand - Dumazulu Village 2008
South Africa - KwaZulu-Natal - southern Zululand - Dumazulu Village 2008
South Africa - KwaZulu-Natal - southern Zululand - Dumazulu Village 2008
South Africa - KwaZulu-Natal - southern Zululand - Dumazulu Village 2008
South Africa - KwaZulu-Natal - southern Zululand - Dumazulu Village 2008
South Africa - KwaZulu-Natal - southern Zululand - Dumazulu Village - fortune teller 2
South Africa - KwaZulu-Natal - southern Zululand - Dumazulu Village 2008
South Africa - KwaZulu-Natal - southern Zululand - Dumazulu Village 2008
South Africa - KwaZulu-Natal - southern Zululand - Dumazulu Village - Zulu dances 2008
South Africa - KwaZulu-Natal - St Lucia Wetland Park - Yellow Weaver nest 2008
South Africa - KwaZulu-Natal - St Lucia Wetland Park - hippos 2008
South Africa - KwaZulu-Natal - St Lucia Wetland Park - Goliah Heron 2008
outh Africa - Cape Peninsula - Simon's Town 2008
South Africa - KwaZulu-Natal - St Lucia Wetland Park 2008
South Africa - KwaZulu-Natal - St Lucia Wetland Park 2008
South Africa - KwaZulu-Natal - Hluhluwe-Umfolozi National Park - impalas 2008
South Africa - KwaZulu-Natal - Hluhluwe-Umfolozi National Park - nyala (male) 2008
South Africa - KwaZulu-Natal - Hluhluwe-Umfolozi National Park - impalas 2008
South Africa - KwaZulu-Natal - Hluhluwe-Umfolozi National Park - Crested Guineafowl 2008
South Africa - KwaZulu-Natal - Hluhluwe-Umfolozi National Park - Swaziland border 2008
South Africa - South African bank notes 2008
South Africa - Mpumalanga - between Swaziland and town Komatipoort 2008
South Africa - Mpumalanga - Kruger Park - African Jacana 2008
South Africa - Mpumalanga - Kruger Park - Trumpeter Hornbill 2008
South Africa - Mpumalanga - Kruger Park - Crested Franconins 2008
South Africa - Mpumalanga - Kruger Park - Magpie Shrike 2008
South Africa - Mpumalanga - Kruger Park - lizard 2008
South Africa - Mpumalanga - Kruger Park - Impalas 2008
South Africa - Mpumalanga - Kruger Park - Red-billed Hornbill 2008
South Africa - Mpumalanga - Kruger Park - Sausage Tree 2008
South Africa - Mpumalanga - Kruger Park - Nile Crocodile 2008
South Africa - Mpumalanga - Kruger Park - African Lion (in shade in center) 2008
South Africa - Mpumalanga - Kruger Park - African Elephant 2008
South Africa - Mpumalanga - Kruger Park - Hippopotamuses 2008
South Africa - Mpumalanga - Kruger Park - Lower Sabie - Lesser Masked Weaver 2008
South Africa - Mpumalanga - Kruger Park - Nile Crocodiles 2008
South Africa - Mpumalanga - Kruger Park - hamerkop nests 2008
South Africa - Mpumalanga - Kruger Park - Giraffe 2008
South Africa - Mpumalanga - Kruger Park - Klipspringer female 2008
South Africa - Mpumalanga - Kruger Park - Lilac-breasted Roller 2008
South Africa - Mpumalanga - Kruger Park - Impala Lily 2008
South Africa - Mpumalanga - Kruger Park 2008
South Africa - Mpumalanga - Kruger Park - Hippopotamus 2008
South Africa - Mpumalanga - Kruger Park - Skukuza 2008
South Africa - Mpumalanga - Kruger Park - White Rhinos 2008
South Africa - Mpumalanga - Kruger Park - Southern Ground Hornbills 2008
South Africa - Mpumalanga - Kruger Park - Cape Buffalos 2008
South Africa - Mpumalanga - Kruger Park - Malelane Gate 2008
South Africa - Mpumalanga - Kruger Park - at Malelane Gate - Transvaal Candelabra Tree 2008
South Africa - Mpumalanga - Kruger Park - at Malelane Gate - Goliath Heron 2008
South Africa - Mpumalanga - Kruger Park - at Malelane Gate - Goliath Heron 2008
South Africa - Mpumalanga - Panorama 2008
South Africa - Mpumalanga - Panorama - Sabie (town) 2008
South Africa - Mpumalanga - Panorama - Mac-Mac Falls 2008
South Africa - Mpumalanga - Panorama - Pilgrim's Rest 2008
South Africa - Mpumalanga - Panorama - Pilgrim's Rest - Mpumalanga car licence plate 2008
South Africa - Mpumalanga - Panorama - Pilgrim's Rest 2008
South Africa - Mpumalanga - Panorama - Graskop (town) 2008
South Africa - Mpumalanga - Panorama - Graskop (town) 2008
South Africa - Mpumalanga - Panorama - Three Randavels 2008
South Africa - Mpumalanga - Panorama - at Three Randavels - Blyde River Canyon - a dam 2008
South Africa - Mpumalanga - Panorama - at Three Randavels 2008
South Africa - Mpumalanga - Panorama - Bourke's Luck Potholes - North West Province car licence plate 2008
South Africa - Mpumalanga - Panorama - Bourke's Luck Potholes - school kids 2008
South Africa - Mpumalanga - Panorama - Bourke's Luck Potholes - Blyde River 2008
South Africa - Mpumalanga - Panorama - Bourke's Luck Potholes - Blyde River 2008
South Africa - Mpumalanga - Panorama - God's Window 2008
South Africa - Gauteng - Pretoria (administrative capital of SA) - Union Buildings 2008
South Africa - Gauteng - Pretoria (administrative capital of SA) - from Union Buildings 20
South Africa - Gauteng - Pretoria (administrative capital of SA) - at Union Buildings 2008
South Africa - Gauteng - Pretoria (administrative capital of SA) - downtown 2008
South Africa - Gauteng - Pretoria - downtown - Church Square - President Kuger statue 2008
South Africa - Gauteng - Pretoria - downtown - a church opposite the President Paul Kruger House 2008
South Africa - Gauteng - Pretoria - downtown - President Paul Kruger House 2008
South Africa - Gauteng - Pretoria - downtown - President Paul Kruger House - in the garden - Kruger's railroad car 2008
South Africa - Gauteng - Pretoria - downtown - museum at President Paul Kruger House 2008
South Africa - Gauteng - near Pretoria - Voortrekker Monument 2008
South Africa - Gauteng - near Pretoria - at Voortrekker Monument 2008
South Africa - Gauteng - Johannesburg 2008
South Africa - Gauteng - Johannesburg - Soweto 2008
South Africa - Gauteng - near Johannesburg - Boksburg - on the train - a gift from the Shongololo train 2008