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Aklimatizacija v Lehu

julij 8th, 2007 MatevzH No comments

Se eno zgodnje vstajanje… ob 2:45 :) Letalo v Leh je ob 5:20, do takrat je pa treba priti do letalisca, se cekirati in podobno… Tale domestic terminal v Delhiju je ena prava avtobusna postaja… in rules are ment to be broken :) Npr. pise, da se ne sme jemati tekocin… ok, pa je nisem dal v mali rukzak, jo bom nesel v roki in kar bo bo… in noben ni nic rekel… Da ne govorim, da ti s kredo (!!?!) ob cekiranju s kredo napisejo na rukzak kam ga je treba poslati :) In da moras eno uro pred letom iti ven iz terminala identificirat tvoj rukzak :) Zabavno… no, vsaj ves da bo prtljaga prisla s tabo…

Let v Leh je bil kratek… mogoce uro in pol… zal se je nekaj zgodilo kar nisem hotel… oblaki… nebo se je zaprlo… tako zal ni bilo nic od fantasticnih pogledov,ko smo leteli cez Himalajo… Pristanek je bil… tudi zanimiv… ene par ostrih ovinkov in ze smo v dolini Inda… ja.. morjo obvladat, okoli Leha so vrhovi visoki grebeni visoki vsaj 5000 metrov.

Zal nas je slabo vreme kar spremljalo… ko smo pristajali, so se se videli sesttisocaki naokoli, kaksno uro po pristanku pa se je ulilo… eh, ne bi verjel, ce ne bi pristali v puscavi… ja, v Ladaku ni dreves, razen tam kjer zemljo namakajo… Ocitno deluje tole globalno segrevanje tudi tukaj in prinasa padavine, ki jih obicajno nikdar ni bilo… Aja, je pa ena velika razlika z Delhijem. In to ni visina… je temperatura… in cez dan ni sla nad 19C, tako da je bilo kar prijetno… Ok, tudi ni bilo sonca, pa vendar… Dejansko pa mesto resnicno zivi samo od junija do septembra vsako leto, saj je drugace nemogoce razen z letalom priti sem. (na katero koli stran gres, bodisi proti Srinagarju, bodisi proti Manaliju, imas cestne prelaze nad 5000 metrov, ki so zelo hitro zasnezeni). Ja, poletja so tukaj zelo kratka…

Danes je dal aklimatizacije in tezkega pocivanja (beri spanja), zato tudi nisem kaj prevec hodil po okoliskih templjih (ki so vsi par sto visinskih metrov nad mestom). Turistov je kar veliko za tako odrocno mesto. Se vidi, da je to izhodisce za trekinge in vzpone nad bliznje sesttisocake (ja, tudi dva sedemtisocaka sta dokaj blizu, ceprav geografsko lezita ze v Kasmirju). Dobis pa tukaj skoraj vse kar isces… od alpinisticne opreme (ceprav, razne budne Mammut in North Pole so mi sumljivo ‘kitajskega izvora’, do spominkov iz Tibeta… Ljudje so tukaj seveda popolnoma drugacni kot pa Indijci, in imajo vec skupnega s Tibetanci kot pa z Indijci… poleg tega je tukaj tudi ogromno beguncev iz Tibeta…

Se to… vceraj sem preventivno vzel Diamox, torej tableto, ki naj bi nekoliko blazila ucinke visinske bolezni (pac, pristajamo na 3500 metrih). Ma, ne vem… ocitno deluje… ker se pocutim odlicno, samo problem je, ker je to zdravilo diuretik, tako da je treba vsako uro na WC… mislim, da ga ne bom dolgo jemal :) ))

No, da ne bom vec bluzil naprej. Itak nimam kej pametnega za napisat. In predno spet zmanjka elektrike :) Pa se fotk nisem mogel uploadati… GSM pa itak ne dela in ni signala.. maila tudi nisem nic bral tako da… mam malo odklopa od zunanjega sveta… :) ))) Itak bom pa sedaj v Lehu se tri noci, tako da…


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Delhi aka Welcome to the jungle

julij 7th, 2007 MatevzH No comments

Da nadaljujem tam kjer sem zadnjic koncal… Spal sem bolj malo, in ze je bilo treba zjutraj vstati… Voznja na letalisce nic posebnega, pravzaprav kar je bilo najbolj razburljivo, je bilo iskanje knjige za branje trekingu… Imel sem fiksno idejo kaj bi bral (ker sem seveda knjigo, ki sem si jo pripravil doma, doma tudi pozabil) knjigarna na letaliscu zalozena samo s sundom…Torej, na koncu je pristal v moji torbi roman o obsesiji ‘The Zahir’ od Paola Coelhota in potem se eno knjigo z naslovom ‘The seven year icth’. Kaj pa vem, nekako blizu mi je tole… Sicer pa, ocitno sem bil res obupan, da sedaj govorim o knjigah :)

No, let v Amman… Hrana dobra, stevarda bi pa enkrat brcnil v rit zaradi prijaznosti. Zal sta oba leta nekoliko kratka in komaj zaspis te ze zbudijo zaradi pristanka. Tako je tudi drugi let iz Ammana v Delhi trajal samo 5 ur. In potem pilot naznani… dragi potniki, pristajamo na letaliscu Indira Gandhi, trenutna temperatura je 32C. Caki mal, ura je 5:30 v zjutraj in 32C??????

Yep, Delhi… hot and humid… welcome to the jungle… Pristali smo na zelo poseben dan… 777… menda je v Indiji norija! Porok na ta zelo simbolicen dan, torej 7 julij, 07… In ze voznja do Karol Bagha. Indija spet taka kot se jo spomnim izpred leta in pol… rikse levo in desno, obcasno kaksna krava… isto… samo malo bolj toplo :)

In potem kosilo… njam… nekaj kar sem cakal ze kar precej casa… Paneer tikka masala… ok, zdej sem imel v dveh dneh ze kar overdose indijske hrane :) Se dobro, da sem si na letaliscu v Evropi privoscil eno ornk pizzo…

Popoldne pa malo po Delhiju… se enkrat v Jamo Masjid (takrat ko sem zadnjic bil sem bil precej slabe volje zaradi fotoaparata), potem pa se v Rdeco palaco (Red fort). Po pravici povedano, je tista v Agri precej lepsa. Vsaj lepse poglede ima. Vglavnem nic zelo razburljivega. Ko bom spet v Delhiju bom imel se dva dni casa za taksne in drugacne zadeve, ogledovanje in pohajanje…

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Before departure…

julij 5th, 2007 MatevzH No comments

So… in 5 hours I have to wake up :( Packing took much longer than expected…

2 hours ago i still had a huge mess on my floor… So, for the next time I have to remember… I have to START packing earlier, not late in the evening before departure…

I just wonder what have I forgotten… hopefully nothing important…

Anyway, in 24 hours i’ll be veeery close to Delhi… oh, well… another day sleeping around airports… :) ))

So, next time… hopefully from Delhi or Leh… :) )


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Thailand

junij 19th, 2007 MatevzH No comments

Thailand. My first association of Thailand is an old, small, bald, sleazy guy with a young girl. And only then beaches and paradise on earth. Unfortunately, Thailand is still that, a magnet for sleazy guys. And fortunately much much more in a positive way…

When you step over the border from Cambodia you are hit with a shock. From a country where development is forgotten, to the country who looks like the most developed western countries. Beach is nice, overrun with expensive speedboats and backpackers who are looking for some fun and easy sex.

Still, Thailand is more. Bangkok really has two sides. A developed one, with huge skyscrapers and the newest metro, and the one less developed, more traditional. It is still ruled by the king, and one can observe that everywhere. Though the most intriguing question is, how old is the king? Nobody really knows, and you are observed by him from huge billboards, being aged from 25 to 60 years old…

And than Khao-San road. Backpackers headquarters in SE Asia. Short, bustling street, where foreigners feel like at home. Cheap drinks, food and lots of familiar faces. And nothing thai behind the façade. Like anyone there cares about Thailand…

North of the country is better. Though as touristy as touristy is Bangkok. Still, unbelievable how and where people live. Far away from tourist trails and civlization.

Yes, I will probably come back some day. Probably not alone, just to enjoy at one special beach… Yep, beside everything, beautiful beaches and romantic places are still the highlight… just to forget the everyday hustle and bustle of the western world…

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Cambodia

junij 18th, 2007 MatevzH No comments

The Kingdom of Cambodia is a special country, formerly known as Kampuchea. It witnessed one special civilization, Khmer Empire. A civilization which flourished in the area from the 9th century to the 13th century. The Khmer Empire declined yet remained powerful in the region until the 15th century. The empire’s center of power was Angkor, where a series of capitals was constructed during the empire’s zenith. Angkor Wat, the most famous and best-preserved religious temple at the site, is a reminder of Cambodia’s past as a major regional power.

After the brutality of the 1970s and the 1980s, and the destruction of the cultural, economic, social and political life of Cambodia, it is only in recent years that reconstruction efforts have begun and some political stability has finally returned to Cambodia. Don’t know why, but always when i hear Cambodia, a movie “Apocalypse now” springs to my mind… That river. That rain.

Even the first contact with Cambodia is interesting. The border crossing that majority of us are not used. And then the first larger town, Stung Treng. Yep, you can clearly see, that this is completely different country that Laos. A lot of garbage on the streets and extremely bad road. It seems that time has stop in 80s and only now rebuilding begins…

Phnom Penh is a bustling city. But two decades of brutality left also some scars to the city itself. If Vientiene in Laos was busy, this was incredibly alive. And dusty. Tuk-tuk galore. Tout galore. Even though i was there in »a winter«, it was hot and humid…

Siam reap is the center of the tourism. Yep, as Angkor was a center of power a few decades, Angkor is today a tourism headquarters. Incredible number of temples, big, small. Here you can see, how strong the nature is (for example Ta Prohm). Unfortunately, people are just flying in, for day or two, to experience the magic of the khmer. And then they fly away. And just a few kilometers away, on the rim of the Tonle Sap lake and on the floating villages, people are living traditionally, far away from the dollars of the tourism.

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