Namibie 2001
AF-01 - Afrika 2001 - JIHOAFRICKA REPUBLIKA, MOZAMBIK, ZIMBABWE, ZAMBIE, BOTSWANA, NAMIBIE, LESOTHO Termin cesty: 3.10. - 7.11.2001 PROGRAM: Brzy rano 3.10.2001 odjizdim z Visty v aute od Hertze na letiste do Los Angeles. Tam nastupuji do letadla, kterym jsem za necelych 5 hod. v New Yorku. Z NY letim 14,5 hod. do Johannesburku v JIHOAFRICKE REPUBLICE. Pristavam odpoledne 4.10. Minibus me veze na nadrazi, kde stoji “Shongololo vlak.” V nem dostavam kupe. Z Johannesburku podnikam cestu k Viktoriinim vodopadum s nazvem “Southern Cross.” Druhy den jedeme na prohlidku “Voortreckers Monument-u” a Pretorie, ktera je jednim z trech hlavnich mest teto zeme. Mimo jina mista vidime, “Union Building” (sidlo vlady) a “Kruger House.” Dale navstevujeme “Soweto,” cernosske predmesti Johannesburku. Do vecera 6.10. prijizdi nas vlak k hranici MOZAMBIKU. V pristich 2 dnech si prohlizime hlavni mesto Moputo s nadrazim od Eiffela, radnici, katedralou a “Zeleznym domem.” Do 8.10. vecer jsme zpet v JIHOAFRICKE REPUBLICE. Dva dny venujeme prohlidce “Kruger Parku,” kde vidime mnoho zvirat. 11.10. cesta van-y po Panorama Route v severni casti zeme se zastavkami u Mac-Mac vodopadu a v Pilgrim’s Rest, jez bylo mestem zlatokopu. Den nato dalsi podobny vylet z mesta Louis Trichardt. Vecer 12.10. prejizdi nas vlak do ZIMBABWE. V pristich dnech si prohlizime tuto zemi. Prvni den je to “Great Zimbabwe,” druhy den navstevujeme mesto Bulawayo a hrob Cecila Rhodes-e v miste zvanem “View of the World” (Vyhled na svet). 15.10. jedeme k jezeru Kariba s projizdkou na nem. Dalsi den si prohlizime “Hwange National Park.” Konecne 17.10. nas vlak prijizdi k “Viktoriinym vodopadum.” Jeste to rano jdeme pesky pres most nad rekou Zambezi do ZAMBIE. Vidime “Victoriiny vodopady” ze zambijske strany. Minibusy z naseho vlaku nas berou do mesta Livingston, kde navstevujeme trh a museum. Dalsi den, 18.10., jedeme van-y do BOTSWANY. Navstevujeme “Chobe National Park” a podnikame plavbu na rece Chobe. Nejpozoruhodnejsi je velke mnozstvi slonu, ktere vidime. Nasleduje navrat k Viktoriinym vodopadum v Zimbabwe. Rano 19.10. pozorujeme “Viktoriiny vodopady” ze zimbabske strany. Je to moje druha navsteva vodopadu v Zimbabwe (prvni byla v roce 1983). Po obede jedu na mistni letiste. Male letadlo me bere do Windhoek-u v Namibii. Letadlo pristava ve Windhoeku v NAMIBII v 7 hod. vecer. Do hotelu jedu taxikem. Tim zacinam druha cast cesty dalsim “Shongololo vlakem” s nazvem “Dune Express” odtud do Kapskeho Mesta. 20.10. je prohlidka Windhoek-u, pekneho hlavniho mesta zeme. Zdejsi ulice jsou nazyvane “Strasse,” coz prozrazuje, ze do I. svetove valky patrila Namibie (tehdy South West Africa) Nemcum. Odpoledne jedeme temi minibusy do mesta Otjiwarongo v severni casti zeme, kde na nas ceka nas vlak. Zatimco vlak zustava na miste, my jeho pasazeri podnikame vylet do “Etosha National Parku” a dalsi den do “Prirodni reservace Waterberg.” Pak s nami vlak vyrazi jiznim smerem. Rano 23.10. jedeme van-y do oblasti hory Spitzkoppe. Odpoledne jsme ve meste Swakopmund, jehoz hlavni trida se nazyva “Kaiser Wilhelm Strasse.” Jeste navstevujeme 34 km vzdaleny Walvis Bay, v jehoz okoli jsou vysoke pisecne duny. Nas vlak mezitim prijel take do Swakopmundu, kde do nej vecer nastupujeme. Dalsi den si vybiram vylet ke Cape Cross (Mys kriz), ktery lezi v nejjiznejsi casti “Skeleton Coast” (Pobrezi koster). Odpoledne jsme zpet ve Swakopmund-u, ktery si prohlizime sami. Vlak pokracuje jiznim smerem. 25.10. ho opoustime, abychom si ve dvoudenni ceste prohledli dalsi cast Namibie a prespali ve stanovem tabore. Zpet do vlaku az v Mariental-u. Dalsi den je vylet do pouste Kalahari. Bushman (Krovak) nas seznamuje s jejich zivotem v pousti. Dale k prehrade Hardap postavene k zavlazovani. Do vecera se vracime k vlaku. Ten se pres noc presouva do Keetmanshoop. Odtud van-y k zajateckemu taboru z I.svet. valky, kde byli internovani Nemci, pak do nyni jiz zavreneho dolu na diamanty a nakonec do pristavu Luderitz. Den nato navstevujeme “Fish River Canyon,” ktery je druhym nejvetsim kanonem na svete po Grand Canyonu. Pozde v noci nas vlak prejizdi hranici do JIHOAFRICKE REPUBLIKY. 30.10. se probouzime v Upington-u. Zde jsme ve vinne oblasti. Navstevujeme “Augrabies Falls National Park.” Je tu plno divokych zvirat. Vidime krasny vodopad na rece Orange. Pozdeji navsteva “Spitskop prirodni reservace.” Vlakem pres noc do Hutchinson. Odtud nasimi minibusy do mesta Graaff-Reinet.” Tam jedeme pres polopoust Great Karoo. Vlak na nas ceka v Beaufort West. Na 1.11. si vybiram turu pres Klein Karoo (zcela zelena krajina) do jeskyne “Cango” a mesta Oudtshoorn. Vecer jsme zpet ve vlaku. Druhy den zacina v Paarl u “Monumentu afrikanskeho jazyka,” nasleduje ochutnavka vina. Na zaver vinna mesta Stellenbosh a Franschhoek, kde nas ceka vlak. Rano 3.11. jsme v Kapskem Meste. V nem travime dva dny. Lanovkou na “Stolovou horu” a pak pevnost “Good Hope” uvnitr mesta. V poledne jsme ve “Victoria and Alfred Waterfront Shopping Center” (nakupni stredisko) a odpoledne “South Africa Museum” a “Company Gardens” (park). Druhy den vylet ke “Cape Point” a “Cape of Good Hope” (dva mysy) a odpoledne slavna “Kirstenbosh Gardens” (botanicka zahrada). Tim konci ma cesta vlakem “Shongololo.” Po posledni noci ve vlaku letim 5.11. z Kapskeho Mesta do Johannesburku a odtud do Maseru v kralovstvi LESOTHO. Van me veze do hotelu. Dalsi den auto s ridicem se mnou projizdi Maseru, hlavni mesto zeme, pak jiz mimo mesto k hore Thaba-Bosiu, kde jsou pohrbeni mistni kralove. Da se rici, ze v 19. st. zacalo Lesotho na teto hore. Ve meste Macitsieng vidim sidlo krale a v Morija navstevuji mensi museum. V 16 hod. jsem na letisti. Z Maseru letim zpet do Johannesburku, kde menim letadlo za dalsi, ktere me bere do Atlanty v USA. Priletam rano 7.11. Posledni let je do Los Angeles. Pujcuji si auto na jizdu domu do Visty, kam prijizdim odpoledne. Cestovni kancelar: Wild African Ventures a Shongololo Train. Ucast: Na Shongololo vlaku jsem byl s Holandany, Nemci a Brity a v Lesotho sam.
Namibia - Windhoek 2001
Namibia - Windhoek - Prime Minister's office 2001
Namibia - Windhoek
Namibia - Windhoek - Alte Feste (Old Fort) 2001
Namibia - Windhoek - German Lutheran Christuskirche 2001
Namibia - Windhoek - Alte Feste (Old Fort) - Reiterdenkmal (Equestrian Monument) 2001
Namibia - Windhoek - Reiterdenkmal (Equestrian Monument) 2001
Namibia - Windhoek - Railwaystation 2001
Namibia - Windhoek - downtown 2001
Namibia - Windhoek - downtown - Post Street Mall - 33 ferrous meteorites 2001
Namibia - near Okahandja (town) - tourist market 2001
Namibia - near Okahandja (town) - tourist market 2001
Namibia - Etosha National Park - at Okaukuejo - waterhole - mostly Springboks 2001
Namibia - Etosha National Park - at Okaukuejo - waterhole - African Elephant and Springboks 2001
Namibia - Etosha National Park - African Lion (male) 2001
Namibia - Etosha National Park - Lappet-faced Vultures, Gemshoxs, Springboks, Ostriches, Wildebeests (in the back) 2001
Namibia - Otjiwarongo - our Shongololo Train 2001
Namibia - Waterberg Plateao 2001
Namibia - Waterberg Plateao Park 2001
Namibia - Waterberg Plateao Park - termite mound 2001
Namibia - Waterberg Plateao Park - cemetery of German soldiers from 1904 Herero War 2001
Namibia - Spitzkoppe 2001
Namibia - Spitzkoppe - our van 2001
Namibia - Spitzkoppe - they sell minerals 2001
Namibia - Spitzkoppe area 2001
Namibia - Spitzkoppe area 2001
Namibia - Spitzkoppe area 2001
Namibia - Spitzkoppe area 2001
Namibia - Spitzkoppe area 2001
Namibia - Spitzkoppe area - rocky bridge 2001
Namibia - Spitzkoppe area - Bushman paintings 2001
Namibia - Spitzkoppe area - Bushman paintings 2001
Namibia - Spitzkoppe area - Bushman paintings 2001
Namibia - leaving the Spitzkoppe area - minerals shop 2001
Namibia - in mountains east of Swakopmund 2001
Namibia - in mountains east of Swakopmund - Dollar Bush 2001
Namibia - in mountains east of Swakopmund - remnents of German WWI equipment 2001
Namibia - in mountains east of Swakopmund - Welwitschia mirabilis (lives up to 2000 years) 2001
Namibia - Swakopmund - a lighthouse 2001
Namibia - south of Walvis Bay - salt from the ocean 2001
Namibia - east of Walvis Bay -
Namibia - east of Walvis Bay -
Namibia - east of Walvis Bay -
Namibia - north of Swakopmund - Henties Bay 2001
Namibia - north of Swakopmund - Henties Bay 2001
Namibia - north of Swakopmund - Skeleton Coast - Cape Cross - Cape Seals 2001
Namibia - north of Swakopmund - Skeleton Coast - Cape Cross - German Das Rollende Hotel 2001
Namibia - Swakopmund - at Atlantic Ocean 2001
Namibia - Swakopmund - at Atlantic Ocean 2001
Namibia - Swakopmund - at Atlantic Ocean 2001
Namibia - Swakopmund - building used by country president 2001
Namibia - Swakopmund - Marine Denkmal (1904 Herero War) 2001
Namibia - Swakopmund 2001
Namibia - Swakopmund 2001
Namibia - Swakopmund - Kristall Galerie - on corner of Garnison and Bahnhof Strassen 2001
Namibia - Swakopmund
Namibia - Swakopmund 2001
Namibia - Namib Desert - near Klein-Aub - nests of sociable weavers 2001
Namibia - Namib Desert - Spreehoogte pass 2001
Namibia - Namib Desert - Solitaire (town) - Overlander (truck from Holland with young people) 2001
Namibia - Namib Desert - Namibrens Rest Camp 2001
Namibia - Namib Desert - at Namibrens Rest Camp - a petrified dune 2001
Namibia - Namib Desert - at Namibrens Rest Camp - nests 2001
Namibia - Namib Desert - at Namibrens Rest Camp - a petrified dune 2001
Namibia - Namib Desert - Namibrens Rest Camp - Gemsbok (oryx) 2001
Namibia - Namib Desert - Sossusvlei - Dune 45 2001
Namibia - Namib Desert - Sossusvlei - Dune 45 2001
Namibia - Namib Desert - Sossusvlei - Dune 45 - climbing up 2001
Namibia - Namib Desert - Sossusvlei - Dune 45 - on the dune 2001
Namibia - Namib Desert - Sossusvlei - Dune 45 - a selfcatering tour 2001
Namibia - Namib Desert - Dead Vle 2001
Namibia - Namib Desert - Dead Vlei 2001
Namibia - Namib Desert - Dead Vlei 2001
Namibia - Namib Desert - Sesriem Canyon 2001
Namibia - Kalahari Desert - lodge Intu Africa - walk in the bush - real Bushman 2001
Namibia - Kalahari Desert - lodge Intu Africa - walk in the bush - real Bushman 2001
Namibia - Kalahari Desert - lodge Intu Africa - walk in the bush - a blind Bushman 2001
Namibia - Kalahari Desert - lodge Intu Africa - walk in the bush - Bushman women 2001
Namibia - Kalahari Desert - lodge Intu Africa - walk in the bush - Bushman women 2001
Namibia - Kalahari Desert - lodge Intu Africa 2001
Namibia - Kalahari Desert - sociable weavers' nests 2001
Namibia - near Mariental (town) - Hardap Dam 2001
Namibia - Aua (town in southern Namibia) - remnents of WWI POW camp - camp cemetery of German and SA soldiers 2001
Namibia - Luederitz 2001
Namibia - Luederitz 2001
Namibia - Luederitz 2001
Namibia - Luederitz - Shark Island (connected by causeway) 2001
Namibia - Luederitz - Shark Island (connected by causeway) - ship for sucking diamonds from the bottom of the sea 2
Namibia - Luederitz 2001
Namibia - Luederitz - Shark Island (connected by causeway) 2001
Namibia - Luederitz - Luederitz Peninsula - Diaz Point 2001A
Namibia - Luederitz - Luederitz Peninsula - at remnents of Norwegian whale station 2001
Namibia - between Luederitz and Aus - unused train trucks covered by sand dunes 2001
Namibia - southermost part of the country - Fish River Canyon on Fish River 2001
Namibia - southermost part of the country - Fish River Canyon on Fish River 2001
Namibia - southermost part of the country - Quiver Tree 2001
Namibia - southermost part of the country - Quiver Tree - it is very light 2001
Namibia - southermost part of the country - Karasburg (town) - local kids 2001
Namibia - southermost part of the country - Karasburg (town) - local kids 2001