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You can lose everything, but nobody will take away what you saw and what you experienced...
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Feb 25, 2004 07:00 PM Drakensberg Mountains, RSA
There is a place in South Africa worth to recommend: Inkosana Lodge in Central Drakensberg. Friendly, well maintained, with beautiful view of 3000 m-high peaks. I was so sorry to stay there only 2 nights... I took mountain walks to the level of 2100 m - I did not expected that baboon monkeys live on this altitude... Beautiful panoramas, flowers, birds, silence ... but the weather is very changeable - take your raincoat even if the sun is shining... To get there take a BazBus to Winterton or Greyhound to Eastcourt and then african minibus-taxi as I did...
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Feb 22, 2004 07:00 PM The Kingdom of Swaziland
There is a king. He has 9 legal wives and two brides... Can you believe? In the peaceful country I stayed in the Sondzela hostel located in the game park close to the capital - Mbabane. There were plenty of wild animals around and... long walk to the nearest bus stop... But the main attraction of my visit in the Kingdom was folk dance competition - just amazing 4-hours spectacle in the open- air amphitheatre....
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Feb 18, 2004 07:00 PM Baz Bus to Mbabane...
I found it very convenient - it is door-to-door service opserating between backpackers hostels...
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Feb 18, 2004 07:00 PM Kruger National Park - overrated?
Back by air in South Africa I drove to the famous Kruger National Park. I spent there 2 days sleeping in the camp, expecting a lot from professional guides. Sorry the Park (one of the biggest in Africa) is well organized but in comparison to the parks in Tanzania, Kenia and Zimbabwe I saw little animals and almost all of them from the long distance.... Maybe it was the question of luck... Better go to Ngorongoro!
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Feb 14, 2004 07:00 PM Calandula Falls - the jewels of Angola
400 km east of Luanda lies Malanje - the capital of the province. Water and electricity shortages, sometimes no petrol, bumpy roads but very nice and hospitable people.
I went trere to see Calandula Falls - the biggest ones in Angola. It is still 70 km by bumpy road. But it was worth the effort - the are fantastic! More then 100 meters high, with big load of water! Unforgetable experience!
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Feb 12, 2004 07:00 PM Luanda, Angola - 29 Celsius...
Angola - peaceful after years of wars is still hard-to-get destination. Luanda where I landed is quite nice city - at least regarding the centre. It has charming, palm-fringed corniche, some nice colonial buildings and... photo - phobia. Do not try to take the camera off your bag!
It is probably the result of the war...
Luanda is also very expensive to stay - taxi ride is like 20 USD, hotel prices start at 90 USD per day per room and it is difficult to get accommodation. Look for the friend to stay!
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Feb 09, 2004 07:00 PM Kingdom of Lesotho
Without visa I crossed the border via mountain pass of Monantsa to the Kingdom of Lesotho.
No check points on Lesotho side - really rural villages. Beautiful views of 3000-meters plus peaks... Wonderful, friendly people. Horses, sheeps and cows - Wild South... No beggars. Smiles... Using junk bus I mooved to the mountain village of Semonkong - more the 4 hours drive... From Semonkong I took a hike to Maletsunyane Fall - single 200-m drop! I forgot that it was 2200 m above sea level I got
heavy sunburn... Still worth the effort...
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Feb 05, 2004 07:00 PM Dragon Mountains - RSA
I am happy to be back in Africa...
Tourist BazBus took me from crowded Joburg
to Drakensberg in few hours...
From Amphitheatre Lodge I walked to the bottom of Tugela Fall - it still exists! Water drops down more then 850 m in few stages... Exciting! Heavy rain stopped me half of the way to the top of the fall - the weather here is hard to predict...
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Feb 03, 2004 07:00 PM Keep your fingers crossed!
Beginning of my 6th round-the-world voyage. First flights: Gdansk - Warsaw - Amsterdam - Johannesburg
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Oct 12, 2003 02:00 PM Anamur - far from the crowd
I took a long dıstance bus from Alanya along the coast to Anamur. Buses are comfortable ın Turkey - they serve free softdrınks and cookıes on board. I paid 15 lıra for 3 hours drıve wıth beautıful panoramas of the coastlıne. Take a seat at the rıght wındow! Taurus Mountaıns are comıng to the sea here so you drıve through the swıtchbacks and on the clıffs...
In Anamur I found a room close to the OTOGAR - bus termınal - frıendly owner of hotel Dodehan after bargaınıng offered me s room wıth bath for 10 euro. Sorry - it ıs located close to the mosque so you are forced to lısten to their prayıng calls several tımes of the day and nıght. Be patıent! They calebrate Baıram holıday sınce yesterday - the ramadan ıs over!
It ıs long 3-km walk to the beach from the otogar - I went there to swım at sunset - ıt was great pleasure regarding the night frost ın my country. The prıce of the food is lıke ın Poland - 2,5 l of coke costs 2.5 lıra. Bıg bread roll - 0,40. Tomorrow mornıng I plan to vısıt famous Anamur Castle...
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