Malawi 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
Malawi - Lilongwe (the capital of the country) - Kumbali Country Lodge 2008
Malawi - Lilongwe (the capital of the country) - Kumbali Country Lodge - seating area 2008
Malawi - Lilongwe (the capital of the country) - Kumbali Country Lodge - Malawi bank notes 2008
Malawi - Lilongwe (the capital of the country) - Kumbali Country Lodge - Malawi bank notes 2008
Malawi - Lilongwe (the capital of the country) 2008
Malawi - between Lilongwe and Dedza - load of cassava (manioc) 2008
Malawi - between Lilongwe and Dedza - local market 2008
Malawi - between Lilongwe and Dedza - my guide and driver Laurence 2008
Malawi - between Lilongwe and Dedza 2008
Malawi - Dedza - ceramic company 2008
Malawi - Dedza - ceramic company 2008
Malawi - Dedza - ceramic company - my guide Laurence 2008
Malawi - Dedza - at the ceramic company 2008
Malawi - south of Dedza along the Mozambique border - car licence plate 2008
Malawi - near Balaka (town) - charcoal for sale 2008
Malawi - Liwonde (town) - local people 2008
Malawi - from Liwonde to Liwonde National Park 2008
Malawi - from Liwonde to Liwonde National Park - mosque 2008
Malawi - Liwonde National Park - Shire River 2008
Malawi - Liwonde National Park - Mvuu Lodge - view from my lodge 2008
Malawi - Liwonde National Park - Chacma Baboon 2008
Malawi - Liwonde National Park - Impalas females 2008
Malawi - Liwonde National Park - Hartebeest and Cape Buffalo 2008
Malawi - Liwonde National Park - Hoopoe 2008
Malawi - Liwonde National Park - Sable Antelope male 2008
Malawi - Liwonde National Park - Roan Antelope 2008
Malawi - Liwonde National Park - morning walk - Squaco Heron 2008
Malawi - Liwonde National Park - morning walk - African Pied Wagtail 2008
Malawi - Liwonde National Park - on Shire River - White-breasted Cormorant (also Great Cormorant) 2008
Malawi - Liwonde National Park - on Shire River - Hippopotamuses 2008
Malawi - Liwonde National Park - on Shire River - African Elephant 2008
Malawi - Liwonde National Park - on Shire River - African Skimmers 2008
Malawi - Liwonde National Park - on Shire River - Borassus Palms 2008
Malawi - Liwonde National Park - on Shire River - Nile Crocodile 2008
Malawi - Liwonde National Park - on Shire River - Malachite Kingfisher 2008
Malawi - Liwonde National Park - on Shire River - cormorants 2008
Malawi - Liwonde National Park - on Shire River - Pied Kingfisher 2008
Malawi - outside Liwonde National Park - termite mound 2008
Malawi - outside Liwonde National Park 2008
Malawi - Mua Mission 2008
Malawi - Sanga Bay - Livingstonia Beach Hotel - Lake Malawi 2008
Malawi - Sanga Bay - Livingstonia Beach Hotel - Lake Malawi 2008
Malawi - Sanga Bay - Livingstonia Beach Hotel - Lake Malawi 2008
Malawi - Sanga Bay - Livingstonia Beach Hotel - Lake Malawi 2008
Malawi - Sanga Bay - Livingstonia Beach Hotel - my bungalow 2008
Malawi - Sanga Bay - Livingstonia Beach Hotel - my bungalow 2008
Malawi - Sanga Bay - Livingstonia Beach Hotel - my bungalow 2008
Malawi - Sanga Bay - Livingstonia Beach Hotel - Lake Malawi 2008
Malawi - Sanga Bay - Livingstonia Beach Hotel - at my bungalow 2008
Malawi - between Sanga Bay and Lilongwe 2008
Malawi - Lilongwe Airport - Malawi flag 2008