tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3428342093677942862024-03-06T03:21:49.119+13:00UUHOLO blog... or Uuholo´s blog about live not only in New Zeland ...<br>... aneb uuholovic blog jak se zije na Novem Zelande a jinde na cestach ...Michalhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01450514054535130760noreply@blogger.comBlogger60125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-342834209367794286.post-75790663630017978682009-11-28T16:40:00.004+13:002009-11-30T18:10:08.266+13:00Round the Taupo x 2 | Okolo Taupa x 2<div id="uu_english"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQ4u0_indYb22VkJ36rRsKIhDNeWp7SH811aM8fethWp71xM3BXNPj9GhkPb3LtKMpCGVEEUU-ze3ZFDB_IspgXRv2-Qo24coL54MVsY2G8jRRHc0baeRjaYLSha6uE9CH4sj3NR-XszU/s200/flag_en_small.gif" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5246069781780020322" border="0" /><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">Each year in late November there is famous Round The Taupo bike race being organised (<a href="http://www.cyclechallenge.com/">www.cyclechallenge.com</a>) in New Zealand around the lake Taupo. Jana had really good excuse this time being almost 30 weeks pregnant, so I decided to raise the family flag and do 2 laps instead of one, which means Enduro category and 320km.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />As usually I've not done too much training, but I have to say I was quite happy with the final results, although there is always some "althought", but lets start from beginning.<br /><br />Start at 1:30AM was a bit early to have a good sleep before but the race started well and riding through the night in pack of 20(ish) bikers was absolutely amazing. The hilly part of the first lap was over relatively soon and I was finishing the 1st lap (160km) at time under 5h10, well above my expectations. Unfortunately I've lost the pack due minor issue with my chain and then I got lost in Taupo struggling to get to the check point which costed me good 15 minutes of time. Of course I should have the map with me or at least studied it the night before, but I wasn't expecting that there is going to be no sign where to go and traffic marshals not knowing the way for Enduro category.<br /><br />However finally I got into the 2nd lap just before the main start at 7AM, and pedaled into the hilly section. There I started to struggle, being really slow on uphills and not really quick on flat sections. Just after half of the 2nd lap when I've taken some muesli bars I felt energy coming back and that really made a difference. On the long flat section I caught one pack, accelerated and before the finish of the race I even started passing some bikers from the 160km category. Finally I've finished the 2nd lap in about 6hrs and the whole race for 11h26min.<br /></div><br />I have to say this was really good ride, I enjoyed it a lot, and if it works out well next year, I am planning to be on the start again. Now when I know where to go after the 1st lap I have really good chance to improve :D<br /><br />You can find results <a href="http://results.active.com/pages/oneResult.jsp?pID=70483617&rsID=87972">here</a> and some photos below<br /><br /><hr /></div><div id="uu_czech"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGwYvQ06rjRuQIjf3e3XNh2BcAIr4dXOFvS4VAlQwMnH_xoogj3WFe6ZVjkCsQbqoGwOwQesUIxVgPspuU2NubOaB6rv_eg7i0fceYmeAXI0Ogwclo_5eWhLSio-XxSKSNSxY2Q44OAeA/s200/flag_cz_small.gif" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5246069774586039042" border="0" /><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">Kazdy rok pred koncem listopadu se na Zelandu porada vehlasny cyklozavod Round The Taupo (<a href="http://www.cyclechallenge.com/">www.cyclechallenge.com</a>) okolo stejnojmeneho jezera. Jana mela tentokrat docela dobrou vymluvu, jelikoz je v 30 tydnu tehotenstvi, tak jsem se rozhodl pozdvihnout rodinou zastavu a zajet si dve kola namisto jednoho, coz znamena kategorii Enduro a trasu 320kilometru.<br /><br />Jako obvyle jsem moc netrenoval, ale musim rict ze i tak jsem docela spokojen s konecnym vysledkem, i kdyz vzycky tam jsou nejake "ale", nicmene pekne od zacatku.<br /><br />Start v 1:30 rano byl docela brzo na to se predtim vyspat, ale start dopadl dobre a jizda noci v baliku asi 20 lidi byl uzasny zazitek. Kopcovita cast byla za nami relativne rychle, a prvni kolo (160km) jsem koncil v case pod 5h10, vysoko nad svoje ocekavani. Bohuzel jsem kvuli spadlemu retezu ztratil balik a pak jsem se ve meste Taupo ztratil kdyz jsem hledal kontrolni bod pro prujezd do druheho kola, coz me stalo dobrych 15 minut. Samozrejme jsem si mel s sebou vzit mapku anebo ji aspon poradne prostudovat vecer predtim, ale necekal jsem ze trasa nebude znacena a uz vubec ne to, ze lide organizujici dopravu nebudou znat trasu pro nasi kategorii.<br /><br />Nicmene nakonec jsem se dostal do druheho kola chvili pred startem hlavniho zavodu v 7 rano, a slapal si to do kopcovate casti okruhu. A tam to zacalo drit, dostavila se unava, do kopcu to jelo hodne pomalu a po rovine ne zrovna rychle. Nekde za polovinou druheho kola jsem do sebe vhodil par muesli tycinek a snad to se mnou udelalo zazraky. Na dlouhe rovinate casti jsem se chytl do projizdejiciho baliku, zrychlil, a pred koncem dokonce predjizdel nektere jezdce z 160km kategorie. Nakonec jsem ujel druhe kolo za priblizne 6 hodin a cely zavod za 11h26min.<br /><br />Musim rict ze tahle vyjizdka teda rozhodne stala zato a ze pokud se to pristi rok podari, tak budu zase stat na startu. Ted uz vim kudy jet po prvnim kole, tak mam snad sanci se zlepsit :D<br /><br />Vysledky muzete najit <a href="http://results.active.com/pages/oneResult.jsp?pID=70483617&rsID=87972">tady</a> a nejak fotky nize<br /></div><hr /></div><br /><center><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPPHgxcse0UUhB6P_UnhC7fS8d4V_sUb768Uu73b2wfcD_Brf0or_GdqKYOXAjxKItWkrP7TgdgFM4CpS-bFZE9rLSi9gNgaApNghyphenhyphenG9NveqlFbTJthhpLrL0IwGCC0t3WvsAEw5OS0Ag/s1600/bIMG_7068.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 134px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPPHgxcse0UUhB6P_UnhC7fS8d4V_sUb768Uu73b2wfcD_Brf0or_GdqKYOXAjxKItWkrP7TgdgFM4CpS-bFZE9rLSi9gNgaApNghyphenhyphenG9NveqlFbTJthhpLrL0IwGCC0t3WvsAEw5OS0Ag/s200/bIMG_7068.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5409756804486245858" border="0" />BIB | Startovni cislo</a><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEdeHh0VMLQGarld-eVpRJMs_uS-4K66AM8s3b298Mm7HBaB_ms1O_rX3l0rwZpjTf2NEil-oyN76SPmKEeM23N8wk1jrq8x-8xldJlZp_WHrNiv1fUwMFvptwZ_0dNsoaesegsgAlRVI/s1600/bIMG_7075.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 134px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEdeHh0VMLQGarld-eVpRJMs_uS-4K66AM8s3b298Mm7HBaB_ms1O_rX3l0rwZpjTf2NEil-oyN76SPmKEeM23N8wk1jrq8x-8xldJlZp_WHrNiv1fUwMFvptwZ_0dNsoaesegsgAlRVI/s200/bIMG_7075.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5409756806508265698" border="0" />Start</a><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwrhlcFj9Nxg4b1easoA9I2Jj_mUX13y6wZHvZC6nfJWzo3r7qlxlAHqgQjcwj4qyuOJL0tLxRfTka8h3tbAPtYL_k67Qu6LOThNkhN8CKOZVV_n3UBKp_3QIzC9ZNUYFDLEEB62Delzg/s1600/bIMG_7081.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 134px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwrhlcFj9Nxg4b1easoA9I2Jj_mUX13y6wZHvZC6nfJWzo3r7qlxlAHqgQjcwj4qyuOJL0tLxRfTka8h3tbAPtYL_k67Qu6LOThNkhN8CKOZVV_n3UBKp_3QIzC9ZNUYFDLEEB62Delzg/s200/bIMG_7081.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5409756816808078290" border="0" />Relay category bikes ready for transport | Kola stafetove kategorie pripravene na prevoz</a><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6oFREjnuk9lxZPASzuliPWhEG6pAK4taPvDTIP1Ceqc5rHwnuPh0BkIB__cEfAuI6rRsKMq-DCUd5g2yGfhTLh3bgDZ9f4_dltpu_FPcdrx_F7wwubGIBR2F2_6wAZRXlRhmwHhPDTOY/s1600/bIMG_7103.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 133px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6oFREjnuk9lxZPASzuliPWhEG6pAK4taPvDTIP1Ceqc5rHwnuPh0BkIB__cEfAuI6rRsKMq-DCUd5g2yGfhTLh3bgDZ9f4_dltpu_FPcdrx_F7wwubGIBR2F2_6wAZRXlRhmwHhPDTOY/s200/bIMG_7103.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5409756824998906802" border="0" />Downhill at the end of the 1st lap|Sjezd na konci prvniho kola</a><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghlRP04UcTzdqNulJNHGsD1uXwfECL9qRlE3qOOZwGwEvE1B9oicFGFqCcTBtkWfWptpX_8oIgOokFlggnsZIvXKCLTHFPV9HiH6D5hzw9SgPTOJqh5hEkeWpYQVC5sBvvYMucDPUkIpY/s1600/bIMG_7124.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 170px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghlRP04UcTzdqNulJNHGsD1uXwfECL9qRlE3qOOZwGwEvE1B9oicFGFqCcTBtkWfWptpX_8oIgOokFlggnsZIvXKCLTHFPV9HiH6D5hzw9SgPTOJqh5hEkeWpYQVC5sBvvYMucDPUkIpY/s200/bIMG_7124.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5409756827931658066" border="0" />Finish | Cil</a><br /></center>Michalhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01450514054535130760noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-342834209367794286.post-68133411276782499952009-06-28T17:48:00.010+12:002009-07-27T20:39:49.373+12:00Marathon in time 3h 39m 39s !!!<div id="uu_english"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5246069781780020322" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQ4u0_indYb22VkJ36rRsKIhDNeWp7SH811aM8fethWp71xM3BXNPj9GhkPb3LtKMpCGVEEUU-ze3ZFDB_IspgXRv2-Qo24coL54MVsY2G8jRRHc0baeRjaYLSha6uE9CH4sj3NR-XszU/s200/flag_en_small.gif" border="0" /><br />I don't normally like running too much. I've done couple of multisport events and running is normally part of those.<br />After Crazyman I've decided to upgrade my running shoes and from there it wasn't far to sign for the Wellington Harbour Capital Marathon (<a href="http://www.harbourcapital.org.nz/">http://www.harbourcapital.org.nz</a>). I had (and I still have) respect to marathon, so I've decided that this time I have to do some training. I started to run more regularly about 1.5 month ago, once or twice a week about 10km and one longer run two weeks ago from home to the other side of Wellington (28km), but the most recent ~8km run this Wed wasn't really good, with my left knee sore as.<br />I've started applying an anti inflammatory cream on the sore knee and I finally decided to run, but I was ready to give up in case if the knee problem appears on the track.<br />Aiming for time between 4h15 and 4h30 and considering 4h being dream time. I was really surprised with the pace and with turning back in the half at about 1h43m I've finally finished in unofficial time just under 3h40; you can imagine that this made me really excited ;) Official results are <a href="http://res.championchip.co.nz/View.asp?id=1419&athID=6314">here</a>.<br /><hr /></div><br /><div id="uu_czech"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5246069774586039042" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGwYvQ06rjRuQIjf3e3XNh2BcAIr4dXOFvS4VAlQwMnH_xoogj3WFe6ZVjkCsQbqoGwOwQesUIxVgPspuU2NubOaB6rv_eg7i0fceYmeAXI0Ogwclo_5eWhLSio-XxSKSNSxY2Q44OAeA/s200/flag_cz_small.gif" border="0" /><br />Popravde receno nemam moc rad behani. Ale ucastnil jsem se dvou multisport zavodu a tam je behani jednou z casi. A po crazymanovi jsem se rozhodl poridit si nove bezecke boty, a odtamtud uz to byl jen kousek k tomu prihlasit se na Wellington Harbour Capital Marathon (<a href="http://www.harbourcapital.org.nz/">http://www.harbourcapital.org.nz</a>). Mel jsem (a porad mam) respekt k maratonu, tak jsem se rozhodl ze tentokrat musim trochu trenovat. Zacal jsem behat vice pravidelne, jednou az dvakrat tydne cca 10km a jeden delsi beh pred dvema tydny z domu na opacnou stranu Wellingtonu (28km), ale uplne posledni beh ve stredu ~8km byl docela nedobry, a uz to vypadalo ze jsem si neco udelal s levym kolenem.<br />Tak jsem zacal mazat koleno antizanetlivym kremem a nakonec jsem se rozhodl bezet, ale byl jsem pripraven to vzdat pokud se koleno zase ozve.<br />Tipoval jsem se na cas mezi 4h15 a 4h30, jakykoliv cas pod 4h jsem povazoval za cas z rise snu. Byl jsem opravud prekvapeny jake jsem byl schopny ze zacatku udrzovat tempo a v polovine jsem otacel v case 1h43m; a do cile jsem nakonec dorazil v neoficialnim case pod 3h40; a muzete si predstavit ze jsem byl stastny jak zelva ;) Oficialni vysledky jsou <a href="http://res.championchip.co.nz/View.asp?id=1419&athID=6314">tady</a>.</div><!-- hr--><center><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDHi4jvFOoD6giNrYA4AGFPiyzylw7GUlqriyNUhfgG9Kfwm0cYeFR4QcBan5OJ1II-7eqn2xwW3PmktVMSxwPq999syiKRUQx4HO4UfB_nn8YT14n7oKMz1DgK0hicziFV4Zs0C2ZNbw/s1600-h/IMG_5918.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 134px; display: block; height: 200px;" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5352260207153004674" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDHi4jvFOoD6giNrYA4AGFPiyzylw7GUlqriyNUhfgG9Kfwm0cYeFR4QcBan5OJ1II-7eqn2xwW3PmktVMSxwPq999syiKRUQx4HO4UfB_nn8YT14n7oKMz1DgK0hicziFV4Zs0C2ZNbw/s200/IMG_5918.JPG" border="0" />Last metres before the finishPosledni metry pred cilem</a><br /></center>Michalhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01450514054535130760noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-342834209367794286.post-58175634119231325942009-04-25T20:08:00.002+12:002009-06-29T13:08:28.573+12:00Trip to seal colony & Lukas birthday | Vylet na tulene & Lukasovy narozky.<div id="uu_english"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQ4u0_indYb22VkJ36rRsKIhDNeWp7SH811aM8fethWp71xM3BXNPj9GhkPb3LtKMpCGVEEUU-ze3ZFDB_IspgXRv2-Qo24coL54MVsY2G8jRRHc0baeRjaYLSha6uE9CH4sj3NR-XszU/s200/flag_en_small.gif" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5246069781780020322" border="0"><br /><br />There are many places to see seals in New Zealand. One of them is very close to Wellington, near to Wainui beach. I think we go there every year, especially if we have friends over and only short walk is expected. There was NO WIND - very unusual - and the view was stunning - sea as far as you can see and South Island in the distance. And of course plenty of seals and sheep.<br />The rest of the afternoon we spent by cooking (roasted pork, cabbage and potato dumplings) and baking cake for Lukas's belated celebration. We ate too much and laughed a lot - especially with party crackers which made lot of noise, smell and mess!<br /><br /><br /><hr /></div><br /><div id="uu_czech"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGwYvQ06rjRuQIjf3e3XNh2BcAIr4dXOFvS4VAlQwMnH_xoogj3WFe6ZVjkCsQbqoGwOwQesUIxVgPspuU2NubOaB6rv_eg7i0fceYmeAXI0Ogwclo_5eWhLSio-XxSKSNSxY2Q44OAeA/s200/flag_cz_small.gif" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5246069774586039042" border="0"><br /><br />Na Zelandu je spousta mist, kde se da jit na tulene. Jedno takove je hned kousek od Wellingtonu a minimalne jednou rocne tam skoncime. Hlavne kdyz mame navstevy a kratsi vychazky jsou preferovany. Vyjimecne nefoukalo a vyhledy byly nadherne. Siroko daleko jen more a v dalce Jizni ostrov - teda jeste tuleni a ovce vsude okolo.<br /><br />Zbytek odpoledne jsme stravili varenim s Ritou a ostatnima tajtrlikama. Vepro knedlo zelo bylo vynikajici a kavovy dort taky usel. Hrozne jsme se prejedli a nasmali. Lukasovi opozdene narozeniny se myslim celkem povedly.<br /><br /></div><hr><center><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9sDrVjBf80yP1YOZcaKORxaiPZQuBPTbGuT3-i7xcyPtYe4PHrrhNQzce3uIrPc2bAdjGDR_ax4UutMIlVWI7BwPfVle6ysASgc9lyf0_vDVCt8XXbX-Xd78NzR_5nHSultCy0k9Es5U/s1600-h/IMG_5525.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 134px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9sDrVjBf80yP1YOZcaKORxaiPZQuBPTbGuT3-i7xcyPtYe4PHrrhNQzce3uIrPc2bAdjGDR_ax4UutMIlVWI7BwPfVle6ysASgc9lyf0_vDVCt8XXbX-Xd78NzR_5nHSultCy0k9Es5U/s200/IMG_5525.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5352264453442081746" /> Seal | Tulen</a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvJNJSLB32lXdMajXp8sBEE17odCS-D88LMm_z1V2x9r1OWEC0FuubGOCORA3Ay_OXz4B_MiDbV-8SJOdkxHtYm9sEj-r2QGsP09g8O0VKYuBL5fkR8Cr3kf-BHsDWzCXtPLnjRTdLHi8/s1600-h/IMG_5570.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 134px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvJNJSLB32lXdMajXp8sBEE17odCS-D88LMm_z1V2x9r1OWEC0FuubGOCORA3Ay_OXz4B_MiDbV-8SJOdkxHtYm9sEj-r2QGsP09g8O0VKYuBL5fkR8Cr3kf-BHsDWzCXtPLnjRTdLHi8/s200/IMG_5570.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5352264462212510418" />Celebration on Psikov | Oslava na psikove</a><br /></center>HRtuhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12435989398539824087noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-342834209367794286.post-46925726337728713512009-04-05T19:50:00.000+12:002009-06-28T18:39:42.374+12:00Porirua Grand Traverse<div id="uu_english"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQ4u0_indYb22VkJ36rRsKIhDNeWp7SH811aM8fethWp71xM3BXNPj9GhkPb3LtKMpCGVEEUU-ze3ZFDB_IspgXRv2-Qo24coL54MVsY2G8jRRHc0baeRjaYLSha6uE9CH4sj3NR-XszU/s200/flag_en_small.gif" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5246069781780020322" border="0"><br />It all started at my birthday... Michal being fit as never before challenged my colleague (who put on 20 kilos in the last year and for whom a sport is the thing to watch on TV, but nothing to do actively) to sign up for Grand Traverse Porirua challenge alias triple peaks (<a href="http://www.poriruagrandtraverse.co.nz">http://www.poriruagrandtraverse.co.nz</a>). He agreed to run 18km and kayak 12km while another colleague of us supposed to bike 33km. He had 13 days to train. I've become his partner in crime and went for runs with him. Started on flat, running along the sea on Oriental parade, that was a plan for a first week. Second week we went to run hills. All this happening during our lunch break. I've agreed to run 18km and Michal to bike 33km and kayak 12km. All went wrong when that colleague of us realised, the hill was too steep and she wasn't about to do it. We've switched teams, I ended up biking & running, Michal biking & kayaking, Arsen running & kayaking.<br />Day D has arrived, weather was crap, northerlies blowing strongly. I fough my way on the bike, trying not to be blown away. With running - surprisingly enough - wind was always agains me, never at my back.<br />After 2h 30min biking my legs stopped listening to my instruction and refuse to move! All the way uphill (from sea level to almost 500metres above sea level) I was completely hopeless and wandered what the hell was I doing there. Once I got on the tops I wasn't able to run even on the flat! Legs feeling like not being mine. Finally after about 80min I stared running. It took me so long to start moving - hard to believe! I've finished in 2h 50min and Michal took off on kayak. Sea was quite choppy and on sit on kayaks with the rudder it wasn't easy ride. Guys have crossed finish line in style - announcer annoucing Save the Children team Michal Solc and Arsen Karalic. Well done guys.<br />Arsen's parents prepared yummy dinner and rest of the evening we spent in the spa bath. First triathlon was over and next is ahead of us.<br /></ hr></div><br /><div id="uu_czech"><br /><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGwYvQ06rjRuQIjf3e3XNh2BcAIr4dXOFvS4VAlQwMnH_xoogj3WFe6ZVjkCsQbqoGwOwQesUIxVgPspuU2NubOaB6rv_eg7i0fceYmeAXI0Ogwclo_5eWhLSio-XxSKSNSxY2Q44OAeA/s200/flag_cz_small.gif" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5246069774586039042" border="0"><br />Vsechno zacalo na mych narozeninach. Michal, ktery ma kondicku jako nikdy, vyzval meho kolegogu na triatlon (<a href="http://www.poriruagrandtraverse.co.nz">http://www.poriruagrandtraverse.co.nz</a>. Arsen, ktery sport sice zboznuje, ale spis v televizi nez v realu, se dal jednoduse ukecat. Asi bych mela podotknout, ze za posledni rok pribral 20kg. Upsal se na 18km behu po kopcich a 12km na kajaku. Zbyvalo 13 dni na trenink, stala jsem se jeho komplicem. Behem obeda jsme trenovali, prvni tyden na rovince okolo more, druhy tyden jsme behali po kopcich. Plan byl jasny - Michal pojede na kole 33km a pojede na kajaku 12km, Arsen pobezi 18km a pojede na kajaku 12km a ja si zabehnu tech 18km. Ale nakonec kolegyne, co mela jet na kole, zmenila nazor (on ten kopec byl celkem hodne kopcovaty a prudky) a ja skoncila s behem a kolem. No potes koste!<br />Den D nastal. Wellington se ukazal v cele sve krase - fucak ze severu. Na kole jsem se drzela ze vsech sil aby me to nesfouklo, hlavne na vrskach to byla celkem fuska, vecne naklonena na jednu stranu. Pri behu byl samozrejme vitr vzdycky proti me, nikdy v zadech.<br />Po 2,5 hodinach na kole me nohy odmitly poslouchat a tezko jsem se byla schopna pohnout. Celou cestu do kopce jsem byla naprosto marna a resila, co tam vubec delam. Nic nedavalo smysl. Kdyz jsem se dohrabala na kopec (od more do 500m), porad jsem se nebyla schopna vubec rozbehnout. Asi po 80min jsem se konecne rozbehla a bylo to nadherne, pres kopce a podel more. Po 2h 50min jsem skoncila a Misa zacal kajakovat. More bylo rozbourene a kajakem bez kormidla to nebyla zadna prca. Kluci skoncili stylove, kdyz spolecne probehli cilem a moderator oznamil Save the Children Arsen Karalic a Michal Solc.<br />Arsenovi rodice pripravili uzasnou vecu a zbytek dne jsme stravili ve virivce s lahvi bileho vina. Krasna tecka za prvnim zavodem - mnoho dalsich pred nami.<br /></div><hr>HRtuhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12435989398539824087noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-342834209367794286.post-76813195387173109782009-03-22T22:22:00.001+13:002009-03-23T20:36:42.873+13:00BIrthday party | Narozeninova party<div id="uu_english"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQ4u0_indYb22VkJ36rRsKIhDNeWp7SH811aM8fethWp71xM3BXNPj9GhkPb3LtKMpCGVEEUU-ze3ZFDB_IspgXRv2-Qo24coL54MVsY2G8jRRHc0baeRjaYLSha6uE9CH4sj3NR-XszU/s200/flag_en_small.gif" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5246069781780020322" border="0" /><br />Jana has her birthday soon so we had birthady party on Sunday - a lot of people and the food theme was "design your pizza". It was lovely afternoon and evening I must admit ;) - at least she's taking it easy that she's one year older :P now.<br /><hr /></div><br /><div id="uu_czech"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGwYvQ06rjRuQIjf3e3XNh2BcAIr4dXOFvS4VAlQwMnH_xoogj3WFe6ZVjkCsQbqoGwOwQesUIxVgPspuU2NubOaB6rv_eg7i0fceYmeAXI0Ogwclo_5eWhLSio-XxSKSNSxY2Q44OAeA/s200/flag_cz_small.gif" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5246069774586039042" border="0" /> <br />Janeny narozeniny se kvapem blizi a tak jsme meli v nedeli narozeninovou party. Bylo to prijemne odpoledne a vecer a Jana bere to ze je o rok starsi bez nejakych vetsich potizi :P<br /><hr /></div><br /><center><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2x980bAMzIM78mPteHUZFS0GJ-jW5339Ts_rapaaKvfDqPiKxa_P5oowzlvjITaxh2JEyfUdZ23hld2lk7LEYDWRDA00dFFCXfbwy7PoWLvvLRlXOL3t7TshFAZU7_oD3GrFrDxVTrbY/s1600-h/_IMG_5214.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 134px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2x980bAMzIM78mPteHUZFS0GJ-jW5339Ts_rapaaKvfDqPiKxa_P5oowzlvjITaxh2JEyfUdZ23hld2lk7LEYDWRDA00dFFCXfbwy7PoWLvvLRlXOL3t7TshFAZU7_oD3GrFrDxVTrbY/s200/_IMG_5214.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5316141471966918434" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWdxWH_PiMHFGntdXQOhznR1ydwc2R5qS7YFOEYixzZgvD87OSpioknH2tTOHijRP9sCZEvdgGV8A1Q6lvaiYNx1er_mwmNwsjnwn32fEoOZu4Cbe8EfTBkAbRCd7SPaZC5jPxv6tB_gM/s1600-h/_IMG_5202.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 134px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWdxWH_PiMHFGntdXQOhznR1ydwc2R5qS7YFOEYixzZgvD87OSpioknH2tTOHijRP9sCZEvdgGV8A1Q6lvaiYNx1er_mwmNwsjnwn32fEoOZu4Cbe8EfTBkAbRCd7SPaZC5jPxv6tB_gM/s200/_IMG_5202.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5316141471079152498" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizsXtagLcL7v6NAvg6ejdhNKClnGueYefEb3713Kmzsxd8TWLZcNHUq3wH1PzaS82wJoX4xL8qvIe0hmP5GYa0C957ONblHAFsHJyVJxCTHd-KJNgbpIxEP6A3j1Opsfn5vSq8K5_BH9M/s1600-h/_IMG_5184.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 134px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizsXtagLcL7v6NAvg6ejdhNKClnGueYefEb3713Kmzsxd8TWLZcNHUq3wH1PzaS82wJoX4xL8qvIe0hmP5GYa0C957ONblHAFsHJyVJxCTHd-KJNgbpIxEP6A3j1Opsfn5vSq8K5_BH9M/s200/_IMG_5184.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5316141462615847586" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlMTRp0yqLlb7aVCiwdDu94EIE9i-NAr4aR_pYBa-FOAZTROAUeCaeAjHDeTY9zBhY_gXqFIiZEPDnOk3CjFb7W2d2JlvIjr3ZG3Bd5_EFSq6nhNB9AzeVGmIizb9-bau_QcPjv3nrYH8/s1600-h/_IMG_5179.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 134px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlMTRp0yqLlb7aVCiwdDu94EIE9i-NAr4aR_pYBa-FOAZTROAUeCaeAjHDeTY9zBhY_gXqFIiZEPDnOk3CjFb7W2d2JlvIjr3ZG3Bd5_EFSq6nhNB9AzeVGmIizb9-bau_QcPjv3nrYH8/s200/_IMG_5179.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5316141452228153762" /></a><br /></center>Michalhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01450514054535130760noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-342834209367794286.post-32479640880838105252009-03-22T01:30:00.000+13:002009-03-23T19:37:14.139+13:00Bathroom | Koupelna<div id="uu_english"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQ4u0_indYb22VkJ36rRsKIhDNeWp7SH811aM8fethWp71xM3BXNPj9GhkPb3LtKMpCGVEEUU-ze3ZFDB_IspgXRv2-Qo24coL54MVsY2G8jRRHc0baeRjaYLSha6uE9CH4sj3NR-XszU/s200/flag_en_small.gif" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5246069781780020322" border="0" /><br />Yay, We have finished the bathroom "project"! Due nice weather recently this took us a bit longer than expected, but because the motivation of having the celebration of Jana's birthday on Sunday, on late Saturday night after the Dragon Boating races the bathroom was done. Of course it still needs some bits and pieces here but those are quite minor and mainly the bathroom is operational. When are we going to take the first bath?!?<br /><hr /></div><br /><div id="uu_czech"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGwYvQ06rjRuQIjf3e3XNh2BcAIr4dXOFvS4VAlQwMnH_xoogj3WFe6ZVjkCsQbqoGwOwQesUIxVgPspuU2NubOaB6rv_eg7i0fceYmeAXI0Ogwclo_5eWhLSio-XxSKSNSxY2Q44OAeA/s200/flag_cz_small.gif" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5246069774586039042" border="0" /> <br />Hura, tak jsme dokoncili koupelnovy "projekt"! Kvuli hezkemu pocasi nam to trvalo o neco dele nez jsme si mysleli, ale diky motivaci, kterou byla nedelni oslava Janinych narozenin, jsme v sobotu v pozdni noci (pote co jsme pres den byli na zavodech dracivh lodi) koupelnu dokonocili. Samozdrejme jeste chybi nejake ty drobnosti, ale ty jsou vicemeene minimalni a koupelna je plne pouzitalne. Kdy si asi dame prvni vanu?<br /><hr /></div><br /><center><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgus3taKx1K5fSGAD8c63otHm8lEm8q3oPbnVOmFl458Yel99wQYS0guOI_BY3EgRojfu9GY4IjG4ik2vroK_9GfuaBWeuKxBMZe21eytF3bn84xN0P3HU4MtHGoOM6LZixCH8bzulBvd4/s1600-h/_koup_IMG_5215.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 134px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgus3taKx1K5fSGAD8c63otHm8lEm8q3oPbnVOmFl458Yel99wQYS0guOI_BY3EgRojfu9GY4IjG4ik2vroK_9GfuaBWeuKxBMZe21eytF3bn84xN0P3HU4MtHGoOM6LZixCH8bzulBvd4/s200/_koup_IMG_5215.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5316131623907305970" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbnBlqkjW_tPxZH-MIojUmukuj-1jTvY1xp3lqrxhkVrj3UtI9Rgyehob13QvnN6k-LfeOW6QIAtrl-IXhS6e3JCc44afo0_7twdhoaVnxuZJeQrtyXeNT8hOZOgS-6kilRUjkq1blHzE/s1600-h/_koup_IMG_5194.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 134px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbnBlqkjW_tPxZH-MIojUmukuj-1jTvY1xp3lqrxhkVrj3UtI9Rgyehob13QvnN6k-LfeOW6QIAtrl-IXhS6e3JCc44afo0_7twdhoaVnxuZJeQrtyXeNT8hOZOgS-6kilRUjkq1blHzE/s200/_koup_IMG_5194.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5316131609102664578" /></a><br /><br /></center>Michalhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01450514054535130760noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-342834209367794286.post-79333361756371136832009-03-21T17:49:00.003+13:002009-03-23T12:53:34.135+13:00Dragon boat silver | Stribro na dracich lodich<div id="uu_english"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQ4u0_indYb22VkJ36rRsKIhDNeWp7SH811aM8fethWp71xM3BXNPj9GhkPb3LtKMpCGVEEUU-ze3ZFDB_IspgXRv2-Qo24coL54MVsY2G8jRRHc0baeRjaYLSha6uE9CH4sj3NR-XszU/s200/flag_en_small.gif" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5246069781780020322" border="0" /><br />On Saturday we take a part in Dragon boating festival and we finished 2nd in the grand final, just 0.3s behind the winner - NZ Army. That's not bad for office people, is it? We are going to national champs next weekend to Rotorua, so watch this space ...<br /><hr /></div><br /><div id="uu_czech"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGwYvQ06rjRuQIjf3e3XNh2BcAIr4dXOFvS4VAlQwMnH_xoogj3WFe6ZVjkCsQbqoGwOwQesUIxVgPspuU2NubOaB6rv_eg7i0fceYmeAXI0Ogwclo_5eWhLSio-XxSKSNSxY2Q44OAeA/s200/flag_cz_small.gif" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5246069774586039042" border="0" /> <br />V sobotu jsme se ucastnili zavodu dracich lodi ve Wellingtonu a umistili jsme se na druhem miste, jenom 0.3s za viteznym tymem NZ Army (armadniu tym), coz neni spatne na "kancelarske krysy", ne? Pristi vikend jedeme na narodni sampionat do Rotorua, tak sledujte tento blog ....<br /><hr /></div><br /><center><object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/_A14thCOXiE&hl=en&fs=1"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/_A14thCOXiE&hl=en&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvetGCLXwNqfKom3uFyFpdCGnnPz4vvJGzeim87BFMtFglD72GXkQSdVVmClqlAjnTHtwdKWL2jZVdfu9KcZfnlxKniYIz6YvASuhVxwILtw5W6RYGPK50niswvXX5rxv6AWjQN6E_VXU/s1600-h/IMG_5254.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 134px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvetGCLXwNqfKom3uFyFpdCGnnPz4vvJGzeim87BFMtFglD72GXkQSdVVmClqlAjnTHtwdKWL2jZVdfu9KcZfnlxKniYIz6YvASuhVxwILtw5W6RYGPK50niswvXX5rxv6AWjQN6E_VXU/s200/IMG_5254.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5316164017399427378" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivJvzZgkds9uU8fPT-_0NRF3FwBkJpKpxbgQxQZ-fzaKDfqMprepY56e6Jm9v9sHI0a4WuXBaR7TznPzk_jBlFfH8PPXA-G5Rs2kc0LSVNyBsSr3xSp1eFyi0olqrCvIzAbkYSwJuiPZM/s1600-h/Untitled-2.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 125px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivJvzZgkds9uU8fPT-_0NRF3FwBkJpKpxbgQxQZ-fzaKDfqMprepY56e6Jm9v9sHI0a4WuXBaR7TznPzk_jBlFfH8PPXA-G5Rs2kc0LSVNyBsSr3xSp1eFyi0olqrCvIzAbkYSwJuiPZM/s200/Untitled-2.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5316164018548362338" /></a><br /></center>Michalhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01450514054535130760noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-342834209367794286.post-84018350640856847392009-03-09T17:57:00.003+13:002009-03-09T17:57:00.441+13:00Karapoti Classic<img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQ4u0_indYb22VkJ36rRsKIhDNeWp7SH811aM8fethWp71xM3BXNPj9GhkPb3LtKMpCGVEEUU-ze3ZFDB_IspgXRv2-Qo24coL54MVsY2G8jRRHc0baeRjaYLSha6uE9CH4sj3NR-XszU/s200/flag_en_small.gif" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5246069781780020322" border="0" /><br />Finally we did an mountain bike race on Saturday, the southern hemisphere's longest running mountain bike event <a href="http://www.karapoti.co.nz"> Karapoti Classic</a>, by the way not far from where we live. <br /><BR>We finished in relatively good times, Michal a bit under 4h and Jana a bit over 5 (see <a href="http://res.championchip.co.nz/SearchResults.asp?srchAthOrBib=solc&ID=1322&pbSearch=quick+search">the results</a>), which I thinks wasn't too bad for our first race with hardly any training. Although I have to admit it is far far away from the track record around 2h15 and friend of us <a href="http://www.vostinar.com"> Ivan </a> who did under 3hrs in the elite category.<br /><br /><hr /><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGwYvQ06rjRuQIjf3e3XNh2BcAIr4dXOFvS4VAlQwMnH_xoogj3WFe6ZVjkCsQbqoGwOwQesUIxVgPspuU2NubOaB6rv_eg7i0fceYmeAXI0Ogwclo_5eWhLSio-XxSKSNSxY2Q44OAeA/s200/flag_cz_small.gif" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5246069774586039042" border="0" /><br />Konecne jsme si na nasich horskych kolech vyjeli v Sobotu na zavod horskych kol, a to udajne nejstarsi zavod horskych kol na jizni polokouli <a href="http://www.karapoti.co.nz"> Karapoti Classic</a>, docela nedaleko od naseho bydliste. <br /><BR>Dojeli jsme v docela dobrych casech Michal neco pod 4h a Janca malo pres 5 (viz <a href="http://res.championchip.co.nz/SearchResults.asp?srchAthOrBib=solc&ID=1322&pbSearch=quick+search">vysledky</a>), coz si myslim nebylo vubec spatne na to ze to byl nas prvni zavod a vlastne temer bez pripravy. I kdyz musime uznat ze na tratovy limit nekde na hranici 2h15 ani na kamarada <a href="http://www.vostinar.com"> Ivana </a> ktery to zajel pod 3 hodiny v elitni kategorii, ani zdaleka nemame.<br /><br /><hr /><center><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjm2EclvF2dlO7uyp5wwjbcGBKtxrxEl15_itOnBgfIXaOPpA6FrlnbJEENrlIR89ftNyEc8IqG-KXPL7yaYcvqzxYuLrs1a41IKT1u5SbH15vKEbOtazA6mOgx_z9qt0frHZfyvUTChco/s1600-h/oba.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 150px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjm2EclvF2dlO7uyp5wwjbcGBKtxrxEl15_itOnBgfIXaOPpA6FrlnbJEENrlIR89ftNyEc8IqG-KXPL7yaYcvqzxYuLrs1a41IKT1u5SbH15vKEbOtazA6mOgx_z9qt0frHZfyvUTChco/s200/oba.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5310936926743377330" />Moments before the start | Chvili pred startem</a><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZs63Ryq3Bt5coQniKqRhbXytjkH6pPvCZqdSK1EFThdTJjIx-T2hyphenhyphenKBUB4BgoFUvHPa0RkOhdEevWAhWamYU5zo9FWNxnV0erIoozpU66XVmYhkvjvF-iNmoj4hyAsI9uCacksur55nA/s1600-h/Michal_finish.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 100px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZs63Ryq3Bt5coQniKqRhbXytjkH6pPvCZqdSK1EFThdTJjIx-T2hyphenhyphenKBUB4BgoFUvHPa0RkOhdEevWAhWamYU5zo9FWNxnV0erIoozpU66XVmYhkvjvF-iNmoj4hyAsI9uCacksur55nA/s200/Michal_finish.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5310936936072739314" />Michal in finish | Michal v cili</a><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuzsjy-LXGjQCrOhHbqkDTU2ifOKSfncY2l2kiguCNEJZfjmpzgws6xlmxYFUJ5whqAywIEPi9Ii4TcojDfIUbyf_Y9eHxRh4wdCOic3FIa9iAIcvuKugWd5rlMAbINfC2gpyhNUyy2jo/s1600-h/Jana_river.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 190px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuzsjy-LXGjQCrOhHbqkDTU2ifOKSfncY2l2kiguCNEJZfjmpzgws6xlmxYFUJ5whqAywIEPi9Ii4TcojDfIUbyf_Y9eHxRh4wdCOic3FIa9iAIcvuKugWd5rlMAbINfC2gpyhNUyy2jo/s200/Jana_river.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5310936942567757554" /><br />Jana hundreds meters before the finish | Jana par set metru pred cilem</a><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHZVq_ZvYSzll1rV5SjUdkMVBrjwJkjvuVcjjs4ZDY-BPfMSHwZEGbHG-bL1zCJGKlXuWlTPJLvmxQfRn2FGONHqSSjFSuELllIme3JVWnXJ2NvDr68v-uPheBk4_-CTeH06xpKyHfCPE/s1600-h/Jana_finish.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 150px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHZVq_ZvYSzll1rV5SjUdkMVBrjwJkjvuVcjjs4ZDY-BPfMSHwZEGbHG-bL1zCJGKlXuWlTPJLvmxQfRn2FGONHqSSjFSuELllIme3JVWnXJ2NvDr68v-uPheBk4_-CTeH06xpKyHfCPE/s200/Jana_finish.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5310936949121920258" />Jana in finish | Jana v cili</a><br /><br /></center>Michalhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01450514054535130760noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-342834209367794286.post-22401099743460091502009-03-04T17:53:00.002+13:002009-03-04T17:56:19.741+13:00UUHOLO Slideshow<img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQ4u0_indYb22VkJ36rRsKIhDNeWp7SH811aM8fethWp71xM3BXNPj9GhkPb3LtKMpCGVEEUU-ze3ZFDB_IspgXRv2-Qo24coL54MVsY2G8jRRHc0baeRjaYLSha6uE9CH4sj3NR-XszU/s200/flag_en_small.gif" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5246069781780020322" border="0" /><br /><a href="http://slideshow.uuholo.org/">http://slideshow.uuholo.org/</a> - <b>What is this about ?</b><br /> <br />This is not our idea, in fact Michal has overheard it at some presentation and started to implement it at home, as many similar "projects", that appear here and there from nowhere and that instantly gain the highest priority and other things stay in behind ;)<br /> <br />However the pricip is very simple: We have a photo frame in our living room (made of old LCD monitor), that really looks almost like a picture. And because we don't want to have there our photos (only) but photos related to our friends and relatives, you cam determine what's going to show there - you can send us a new photo and withing short time (up to 10 minutes if the computer at home is switched on) this photo will be shown both in the photo frame as well as it's small version on Internet. It will stay there for defined time, actually 2 weeks from processing (I think).<br /> <br /><i>How to send a picture then? It's simple - send an email to address uuholo@seznam.cz and anywhere into the message body enter the keyword "uuphoto" or "uufoto" (either of them) and the fist attached file (image) will be processed. Don't send more than one image as only the 1st one will be used. If you also want to add text message please put the text into the Subject field. And please be aware, both your email and the message will be shown so please send us only images you would consider putting in your living room. Besides of that, we reserve the right to remove any image that seems inappropriate to us.<br /> </i><br /><hr /><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGwYvQ06rjRuQIjf3e3XNh2BcAIr4dXOFvS4VAlQwMnH_xoogj3WFe6ZVjkCsQbqoGwOwQesUIxVgPspuU2NubOaB6rv_eg7i0fceYmeAXI0Ogwclo_5eWhLSio-XxSKSNSxY2Q44OAeA/s200/flag_cz_small.gif" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5246069774586039042" border="0" /><br /><a href="http://slideshow.uuholo.org/">http://slideshow.uuholo.org/</a> - <b>Co je tohle zac ?</b><br /> <br /> Toto neni nase idea, po pravde receno ji Michal zaslechl na prednasce iniciativne se toho chopil a rozhodl se to doma naistalovat, jako hodne jinych a podobnych "projektu" ktere se najednou objevi odnikud a ziskaji tak vysokou prioritu, ze jine veci zustavaji chvili stranou.<br /> <br /> Princip je jednoduchy: Mame doma v obyvacim pokoji fotoramecek (udelany ze stareho LCD monitoru), ktery vypada skoro jako obrazek. A protoze tam nechceme jenom a jenom svoje fotky a chceme ty fotky vazat spis na svoje kamarady, rodinu a zname, tak obrazky ktere se tam objevuji muze poslat uplne kdokoliv a behem chvile (10 minut pokud je nas pocitac doma prave zaply) se objevi jak u nas doma v ramecku tak ve zmensene verzi na teto webove strance a zustanout tam po predem nastavenou dobu, aktualne 2 tydny.<br /> <br /> <i>Jak nam poslat fotku na ramecek? Jednoduse poslete mail s prilohou na adresu uuholo@seznam.cz a do textu dopisu napiste klicove slovo "uuphoto" nebo "uufoto" (funguje kterekoliv z nich) a prvni prilozeny soubor (obrazek) bude zpracovan. Neposilejte vice souboru protoze se zpracuje opravdu jen ten prvni. Pokud chcete prilozit nejakou zpravu, napiste ji hdo hlavicky (Subject) zpravy. Jenom upozornujeme ze jak text zpravy tak vas email budou zverejneny, tak prosim posilejte jenom to co byste si dovolili sami povesit doma na zed. A mimo to si vyhrazujeme pravo nevhodne obrazky smazat.<br /> </i><br /><hr /><center><br /><a href="http://slideshow.uuholo.org"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 120px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfS8lsvnp69ou9MNWRjGK_wMhIdHaLBW_4hr85ECM9hprJW6pVp0e0geHZ71qTxt7dZ-xqDJ_f7rTK9nnZCXWooPIB_NxUHIRKk1AhzlpONYGDGsnOx0BonyNJG-5TwHDPbmy463vqva0/s200/tn_slideshow_screenshot.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5309079584414854386" border="0" /></a><br /><br /></center>Michalhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01450514054535130760noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-342834209367794286.post-64496945334930103832009-03-01T10:31:00.005+13:002009-03-04T17:41:29.071+13:00Rock 'N' Roll<img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQ4u0_indYb22VkJ36rRsKIhDNeWp7SH811aM8fethWp71xM3BXNPj9GhkPb3LtKMpCGVEEUU-ze3ZFDB_IspgXRv2-Qo24coL54MVsY2G8jRRHc0baeRjaYLSha6uE9CH4sj3NR-XszU/s200/flag_en_small.gif" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5246069781780020322" border="0" /><br />From February 28th until March 28th Wellington's Circa Theatre (<a href="http://www.circa.co.nz">www.circa.co.nz</a>) is showing Tom Stoppard's play Rock 'N' Roll (<a href="http://www.rocknrolltheplay.com/about.php">www.rocknrolltheplay.com</a>). The play itself is partially from Czechoslovakia between 1968 ana 1990. Czech club was asked for some help and together with Jana & Jirka Babor's we have recorded for them some Czech sentences and provided them feedback to Czech living etc. on one of their rehearsals.<br /><br />And on Saturday 28th was the premiere. We attended together wit Babors and Gustav, who celebrated his 75th the day before. Some of ud haven't been in Theatre for years and for most of us it was the 1st premiere, but the play was really nice and worth to see.<br /><br />First reviews can be found on <a href="http://www.theatreview.org.nz/reviews/review.php?id=1959">www.theatreview.org.nz</a> and <a href="http://www.stuff.co.nz/dominionpost/4864707a26666.html">www.stuff.co.nz</a><br /><hr /><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGwYvQ06rjRuQIjf3e3XNh2BcAIr4dXOFvS4VAlQwMnH_xoogj3WFe6ZVjkCsQbqoGwOwQesUIxVgPspuU2NubOaB6rv_eg7i0fceYmeAXI0Ogwclo_5eWhLSio-XxSKSNSxY2Q44OAeA/s200/flag_cz_small.gif" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5246069774586039042" border="0" /><br />Od 28. února do 28. března uvádí wellingtonské divadlo Circa Theatre (<a href="http://www.circa.co.nz">www.circa.co.nz</a>) pod názvem Rock 'N' Roll (<a href="http://www.rocknrolltheplay.com/about.php">www.rocknrolltheplay.com</a>) hru Toma Stopparda. Hra se dějově odehrává částečně i v Československu mezi roky 1968 a 1990. Český klub byl osloven zástupci divadla s žádostí o spolupráci a společně s Janou & Jirkou Baborovými jsme se zapojili do přípravy představení. Jednak nahráváním pár vět v češtině a na jedné ze zkoušek dali jsme jim nějaké komentáře a připomínky k tomu jak se žilo v Československu. <br /><br />No a v sobotu 28/2 byla premiéra a párty, tak jsme se na ni vypravili, společně s Baborovými a Gustavem, který den předtím oslavil své 75. narozeniny. Někteří z nás nebyli v divadle mnoho let, a premiéra byla pro většinu z nás premiérou, ale myslím že hra stála zato a že se nám všem líbíla.<br /><br />První recenze představení si můžete přečíst na <a href="http://www.theatreview.org.nz/reviews/review.php?id=1959">www.theatreview.org.nz</a> a <a href="http://www.stuff.co.nz/dominionpost/4864707a26666.html">www.stuff.co.nz</a><br /><br /><hr /><center><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdSvd5XtciCQFDzHtzfZYRWyBX1yNz9fNB31cDKJMomHhNcNPrmobV7zq14D08zJhPMXVFpwJjwoOogpO9fr5P_G03UvXyfrxWrV-xSu_Eu2BOgAQLVhR9dSG9rLqw6CCnAWYi7YAz0d4/s1600-h/rocknroll.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 274px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdSvd5XtciCQFDzHtzfZYRWyBX1yNz9fNB31cDKJMomHhNcNPrmobV7zq14D08zJhPMXVFpwJjwoOogpO9fr5P_G03UvXyfrxWrV-xSu_Eu2BOgAQLVhR9dSG9rLqw6CCnAWYi7YAz0d4/s200/rocknroll.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5309081828385965906" border="0" /></a><br /><br /></center>Michalhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01450514054535130760noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-342834209367794286.post-25317953589285956502009-02-14T17:41:00.000+13:002009-03-04T17:53:28.933+13:00New bikes | Nova kola<img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQ4u0_indYb22VkJ36rRsKIhDNeWp7SH811aM8fethWp71xM3BXNPj9GhkPb3LtKMpCGVEEUU-ze3ZFDB_IspgXRv2-Qo24coL54MVsY2G8jRRHc0baeRjaYLSha6uE9CH4sj3NR-XszU/s200/flag_en_small.gif" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5246069781780020322" border="0" /><br />After two "serious road trips" on mountain bike we decided that it was time to get also some road two wheel vehicles and we bought some two road bikes <a href="http://www.bauerbikes.co.nz/">Bauer</a> in good health so we are now ready to hit the asphalt....<br /> <br /><hr /><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGwYvQ06rjRuQIjf3e3XNh2BcAIr4dXOFvS4VAlQwMnH_xoogj3WFe6ZVjkCsQbqoGwOwQesUIxVgPspuU2NubOaB6rv_eg7i0fceYmeAXI0Ogwclo_5eWhLSio-XxSKSNSxY2Q44OAeA/s200/flag_cz_small.gif" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5246069774586039042" border="0" /><br />Po dvou "serioznich silnicnich vyletech" na horskem kole jsme dospeli k zaveru ze je nacase poridit si take nejake silnicni jednostopa vozitka, tak jsem si koupili docela zachovale bicykly znacky <a href="http://www.bauerbikes.co.nz/">Bauer</a> a uz se tesime az s nimi zacneme "trhat asfalt" ....<br /><br /><hr /><center><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEha9onyThdReiMN-iQ0xCSMzPNdvy6XXpGV35f21kyzE6LVjME52i5lCMfp4p76xTThUjkibIRrqMIkZCmGqlw2Jl5w_YghV_ibRHanhXNHpjgUvaxGX0exCEyAPDuGhM6LmRb4Udkahxw/s1600-h/flite.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 140px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEha9onyThdReiMN-iQ0xCSMzPNdvy6XXpGV35f21kyzE6LVjME52i5lCMfp4p76xTThUjkibIRrqMIkZCmGqlw2Jl5w_YghV_ibRHanhXNHpjgUvaxGX0exCEyAPDuGhM6LmRb4Udkahxw/s200/flite.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5309190695386578146" />Michal's Bauer Flite | Michaluv Bauer Flite</a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfyfcs2BcjRtGO4JuK4EJQchUcnf9G82gzRRPKwl9f-BDC5GjLFX5Py3fUupy9cibV1hZQmYSY4ghDCDy0NpOLlEvDYHSZIgAETfwpQtv6BaNp5uZnSoTOdcnBxl6WqL6GfQYu9pxuhBI/s1600-h/warp.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 117px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfyfcs2BcjRtGO4JuK4EJQchUcnf9G82gzRRPKwl9f-BDC5GjLFX5Py3fUupy9cibV1hZQmYSY4ghDCDy0NpOLlEvDYHSZIgAETfwpQtv6BaNp5uZnSoTOdcnBxl6WqL6GfQYu9pxuhBI/s200/warp.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5309190689142332626" />Jana's Bauer Warp | Janen Bauer Warp</a><br /><br /></center>Michalhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01450514054535130760noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-342834209367794286.post-66570732163368247432009-01-10T21:24:00.008+13:002009-03-04T17:54:21.560+13:00Round the Mountain (450kms on bike in one day)<img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQ4u0_indYb22VkJ36rRsKIhDNeWp7SH811aM8fethWp71xM3BXNPj9GhkPb3LtKMpCGVEEUU-ze3ZFDB_IspgXRv2-Qo24coL54MVsY2G8jRRHc0baeRjaYLSha6uE9CH4sj3NR-XszU/s200/flag_en_small.gif" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5246069781780020322" /><br />We went for another road bike race this season. This time for Round the Mountain Cycle Ride [<a href="http://www.roundthemountain.co.nz">www.roundthemountain.co.nz</a>] that goes around the Taranaki volcano on the North Island. Jana went for The big ride - Solo 175km, Michal for Enduro 275km. So together we made 450kms on bike this Saturday.<br /><br />Finally Michal finished on 3rd place in Enduro and Jana on 4th place of ladies, 32nd in total. All thanks to our dedication and trusty biked (mountainbikes with 1 inch tyres), and also because lack of participants in our categories ;) but this doesn't change anything on Michal being bronze and Jana less than 10 minutes of the bronze. <br /><br />Michal's time was 10h57m (including changing a tyre twice) and Jana's time 7h15m. Average speed shown by cyclocomputer was 26,2km/h and 24,6km/h (average speed excludes stops).<br /><br />You can see our lovely new cyclo dresses in which we represented our home Bike clubs from Czech (SLK Semik and KPC Praha [<a href="http://www.kpc-praha.cz">www.kpc-praha.cz</a>]).<br /><br />Now is the time to start training for Karapoti [<a href="http://www.karapoti.co.nz">www.karapoti.co.nz</a>], that's in less than 2 months from now ...<br /><HR><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGwYvQ06rjRuQIjf3e3XNh2BcAIr4dXOFvS4VAlQwMnH_xoogj3WFe6ZVjkCsQbqoGwOwQesUIxVgPspuU2NubOaB6rv_eg7i0fceYmeAXI0Ogwclo_5eWhLSio-XxSKSNSxY2Q44OAeA/s200/flag_cz_small.gif" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5246069774586039042" /><br />Zajeli jsme v teto sezone si na dalsi silnicni cyklozavod. Tentokrat Round the Mountain Cycle Ride (Cyklojizda okolo hory) [<a href="http://www.roundthemountain.co.nz">www.roundthemountain.co.nz</a>] ktery vede okolo sopky Taranaki na Severnim ostrove. Jana jela The big ride (Velka jizda) - Solo 175km, Michal Enduro 275km. Takze dohromady jsme za sobotu ujeli na kole rovnych 450kms.<br /><br />Nakonec Michal skoncil na 3. miste v Enduro and Jana na 4. miste v zenach, 32. celove. Vsechno diky nasemu nasazeni a spolehlivym bicyklum (horska kola s 1 palcovymi pneu), a take z duvodu relativne maleho poctu ucastniku v nasich kategoriich ;) ale to nic nemeni na tom, ze Michal dosahl bronzove pozice a Jana se k ni priblizila o mene nez 10 minut.<br /><br />Michaluv cas byl 10h57m (vcetne dvoji vymeny duse) a Janin 7h15m. Prumerne rychlosti podle cyklopocitace byly 26,2km/h a 24,6km/h (prumerne rychlosti jsou bez zastavek).<br /><br />Na obrazcich muzete videt nase nove fesacke dresy, ve kterych jsme reprezentovali nase domovske cyklokluby v Cesku (SLK Semik a KPC Praha [<a href="http://www.kpc-praha.cz">www.kpc-praha.cz</a>]).<br /><br />A ted uz je nacase zacit trenovat na Karapoti [<a href="http://www.karapoti.co.nz">www.karapoti.co.nz</a>], ktere je uz za mene jak 2 mesice ...<br /><HR><CENTER><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinatgECocnX6_talrprKO1_UlieCcVQGyxP6Oa2HE507OtNwYsRqB3LTFweXZ-ScSmnGHo1dyQRBw0koPUFX2n0mY_6rZjN9IyUWThr92KjrMXaf9cl8XgA6hLVq0gqN94hoyS8OJNvYI/s1600-h/xmichal.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 144px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinatgECocnX6_talrprKO1_UlieCcVQGyxP6Oa2HE507OtNwYsRqB3LTFweXZ-ScSmnGHo1dyQRBw0koPUFX2n0mY_6rZjN9IyUWThr92KjrMXaf9cl8XgA6hLVq0gqN94hoyS8OJNvYI/s200/xmichal.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5289949811198198626" />After the race|Po zavode</a><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLRYR3XMuMDhXR9hh1YQGWWFiPqQ4yy-8QeoW01pjMfl_hCP15qmppkwGpeq8V8dwm51dZGMGzm04ej-rQO_RDSkgkNuDzyW1acz1IKYtJHPzAxuNHiHlbQPZUsrsxkq3QfzbWAhYg0Qs/s1600-h/xoba.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 186px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLRYR3XMuMDhXR9hh1YQGWWFiPqQ4yy-8QeoW01pjMfl_hCP15qmppkwGpeq8V8dwm51dZGMGzm04ej-rQO_RDSkgkNuDzyW1acz1IKYtJHPzAxuNHiHlbQPZUsrsxkq3QfzbWAhYg0Qs/s200/xoba.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5289949820214074162" />Final photo|Cilove foto</a><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://maps.google.com/maps?f=d&saddr=-39.062716,174.077854&daddr=Opunake,+Taranaki,+New+Zealand+to:Hawera,+Taranaki,+New+Zealand+to:Eltham,+Taranaki,+New+Zealand+to:Opunake,+Taranaki,+New+Zealand+to:Hawera,+Taranaki,+New+Zealand+to:Fillis+St&hl=en&geocode=%3B%3B%3B%3B%3B%3BFQr0q_0d0jZgCg&mra=dme&mrcr=0&mrsp=0&sz=14&sll=-39.06878,174.083004&sspn=0.034585,0.077248&ie=UTF8&ll=-39.2716,174.217072&spn=1.103532,3.515625&z=9"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 194px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKMmbXMQmd9M3xC7yGbEhWLLTCnjqEUENETE7RzLdC7e-ws9XNALSeNMIV6nH9jZTqrEK9cbs-T0k9h6s86nyt5c-3JGmUKq_O8rRXYwEO8HhMEHGMigwU7rsbusUrq1rJHdvNFwJ2q3c/s200/275km.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5289972509030613906" />Map 275km|Mapa 275km</a><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://maps.google.com/maps?f=d&saddr=Fillis+St&daddr=Opunake,+Taranaki,+New+Zealand+to:Hawera,+Taranaki,+New+Zealand+to:Fillis+St&hl=en&geocode=FSb0q_0dLzdgCg%3B%3B%3BFQr0q_0d0jZgCg&mra=ls&sll=-39.326862,174.190979&sspn=0.551337,1.235962&ie=UTF8&ll=-39.325799,174.052277&spn=1.102695,2.471924&z=9<br />"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 195px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjS9vT90QZrqil-DAPB27NrhGSE7OosK0skx1fLrSUH3Thcs0tJqLxusI81L92wxNbtPaxzQU3dKQZRpPCSUqJZDx2cIRpfwNm3yr0gmq_gCFLpozkPVKWqClWcb3ICy594gHDCPbX-7uk/s200/175km.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5289972516063483826" />Map 175km|Mapa 175km</a><br /><br /></CENTER>Michalhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01450514054535130760noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-342834209367794286.post-51962042352849502712009-01-07T10:33:00.005+13:002009-01-14T09:20:00.192+13:00PF2009<img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQ4u0_indYb22VkJ36rRsKIhDNeWp7SH811aM8fethWp71xM3BXNPj9GhkPb3LtKMpCGVEEUU-ze3ZFDB_IspgXRv2-Qo24coL54MVsY2G8jRRHc0baeRjaYLSha6uE9CH4sj3NR-XszU/s200/flag_en_small.gif" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5246069781780020322" border="0"><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgT2cTr6sdkwce60QrflAnx81Lc7jTDRfG2odfpHA13G2p1NUM2p9_7u024w2FKk1aI2NPPSzi8TmSC-KJbLE2BiDArWD9YA5MzkjwEq2IPi8-D1H4S-7pPbSnM1qWBQujQPk13haqLSPU/s1600-h/pf2009en_max.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 133px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgT2cTr6sdkwce60QrflAnx81Lc7jTDRfG2odfpHA13G2p1NUM2p9_7u024w2FKk1aI2NPPSzi8TmSC-KJbLE2BiDArWD9YA5MzkjwEq2IPi8-D1H4S-7pPbSnM1qWBQujQPk13haqLSPU/s200/pf2009en_max.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5290875506267718098" /></a><br />Because we spent almost quarter of last year in South America, most of picures are from SA, although you can find some pictures from all around the world there. This year Jana was the one doing the PF and you can also see captions on pictures describing where each picture is. And of course it is available also on our website <a href="http://pf2009.uuholo.org/?lang=en">pf2009.uuholo.org</a></div><br /><hr><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGwYvQ06rjRuQIjf3e3XNh2BcAIr4dXOFvS4VAlQwMnH_xoogj3WFe6ZVjkCsQbqoGwOwQesUIxVgPspuU2NubOaB6rv_eg7i0fceYmeAXI0Ogwclo_5eWhLSio-XxSKSNSxY2Q44OAeA/s200/flag_cz_small.gif" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5246069774586039042" border="0"><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhph60ycdta-xkCzIWqFvEYLLByTnfvHp4pcox1eduyOZRlfZ2Mm4Bu4AAPlRhvdMHysslEBmiJ00m9QzuSGWBeQxlIkwS6BUHAa1Aok69wovgmGuFadsjHrqeNDfkc2CsOXptzWMqJapg/s1600-h/pf2009cz_max.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 133px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhph60ycdta-xkCzIWqFvEYLLByTnfvHp4pcox1eduyOZRlfZ2Mm4Bu4AAPlRhvdMHysslEBmiJ00m9QzuSGWBeQxlIkwS6BUHAa1Aok69wovgmGuFadsjHrqeNDfkc2CsOXptzWMqJapg/s200/pf2009cz_max.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5289042815187900050" border="0"></a><br />Jelikoz jsme skoro ctvrtinu minuleho roku stravili v Jizni Americe, vetsina PF je zalozena na fotkach odtamtud, i kdyz se vlezly i fotky jine. Tento rok si s tim dala praci Janca a tak muzete videt i popis odkud ktera fotka je. Letosni PFku najdete samozdrejme i na nasich webovych strankach <a href="http://pf2009.uuholo.org/?lang=cz">pf2009.uuholo.org</a></div><br /><hr>Michalhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01450514054535130760noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-342834209367794286.post-13537266624514797312008-11-29T21:04:00.002+13:002009-03-04T18:00:16.421+13:00Round the Taupo<img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQ4u0_indYb22VkJ36rRsKIhDNeWp7SH811aM8fethWp71xM3BXNPj9GhkPb3LtKMpCGVEEUU-ze3ZFDB_IspgXRv2-Qo24coL54MVsY2G8jRRHc0baeRjaYLSha6uE9CH4sj3NR-XszU/s200/flag_en_small.gif" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5246069781780020322" /><br />So we decided to take our sporting a bit more seriously and we registered ourselves onto Round the Taupo [http://www.cyclechallenge.com] last Saturday (29/11), which is sort of non-competitive race around the biggest New Zealand lake, roughly 160km on road. There were also shorter variants on the MTB tracks, that we denied, and also longer options where you can do this circuit twice or four times, which seemed to us "a bit too much for now". At the end the quickest guy doing this category did that (640km!) for something under 24hrs, which is under 6hrs per lap!<br /><br />Weather was very good, in fact maybe a bit too hot. But finally we have in relaxed tempo (although Jana may disagree with this formulation), did all the 160km in a bit ovet 7.5hrs on our MTBs but with road 1 inch tires. Considering we did not train for this event at all i think it was quite good ;)<br /><br />You can see the map and some pictures below.<br /><HR><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGwYvQ06rjRuQIjf3e3XNh2BcAIr4dXOFvS4VAlQwMnH_xoogj3WFe6ZVjkCsQbqoGwOwQesUIxVgPspuU2NubOaB6rv_eg7i0fceYmeAXI0Ogwclo_5eWhLSio-XxSKSNSxY2Q44OAeA/s200/flag_cz_small.gif" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5246069774586039042" /><br />Tak jsme se rozhodli se zapojit vice do sportovna, a zaregistrovali jsme se na Round the Taupo [http://www.cyclechallenge.com] minulou sobotu (29/11), coz je vicmene nesoutezni zavod okolo nejvetsiho Zelandskeho jezera Taupo, bratru 160km po asfaltu. Jeste existovaly kratsi varianty na horskem kole, ktere jsme ale zavrhli a potom delsi varianty, ty ale znamenaly jet to "kolecko" dvakrat nebo ctyrikrat, coz nam pripadlo pro zacatek "trochu vic nez dost". Nakonec ale nejrychlejsi muzik na te nejdelsi trati (640km!) toto ujel za necelych 24 hodin, coz je pod 6h na jedno kolo! <br /><br />Pocasi nam pralo, bylo mozna az trochu moc horko. Nakonec jsme volnym tempem (i kdyz Janca by mozna s touhle formulaci moc nesouhlasila), projeli celou 160km trat za neco pres 7.5hodiny na nasich horskych kolech, ovsem se slinicnnimi 1 palcovymi plasti. Na to ze jsme na tuto akci nedelali zadny trenink to nebylo myslim vybec spatne.<br /><br />Dole muzete videt mapku a nejake fotky. <br /><HR><CENTER><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://maps.google.com/maps?f=d&saddr=Tongariro+St&daddr=-38.519161,175.804939+to:SH+1+to:Tongariro+St&hl=en&geocode=Fbissf0d5pp-Cg%3B%3BFSqCrf0dQhV7Cg%3BFbissf0d5pp-Cg&mra=dme&mrcr=0&mrsp=1&sz=12&via=1,2&sll=-38.561321,175.87532&sspn=0.139598,0.30899&ie=UTF8&ll=-38.771216,175.932312&spn=0.556758,1.235962&z=10"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 188px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEio6jW509togxQis5kR7G1eyIuFvGkdrsq-JHX4YQYTVfjGlF1TH5RBGIpG38hX8T-jAW2dJGY5CWEi7sFbLnaTBKPVDthVOtf4g7d7uKJCyOi6o5EIvj_9EB9qhDNhG0AeyQnirnT661Q/s200/mapa_taupo.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5275105843501543234" />Map of the race|Mapa zavodu</a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnsrejly_qMOWkk74d9mxBO-JxjQ6P9-kLnZxb5KxYI5UTpesgf683djmkpbBq8WFyBLJebsXvo0mLAveVj0zWSFfmXF4sYCZDoZwdBHg6MNw90BTe34y78IpOZt7g9E9X8VIfxhzqfuI/s1600-h/rtt01.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnsrejly_qMOWkk74d9mxBO-JxjQ6P9-kLnZxb5KxYI5UTpesgf683djmkpbBq8WFyBLJebsXvo0mLAveVj0zWSFfmXF4sYCZDoZwdBHg6MNw90BTe34y78IpOZt7g9E9X8VIfxhzqfuI/s200/rtt01.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5275108717999058674" />Bike storage|Uschova kol</a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLe83y0eYiolOVpJChiFrYguT14VS-R6JUbDadogYObb4LdnL9vftqZfe0gL-mV-fs8Yx5gDeP_CpDXs1hmX6ZAMbcl8Vlsi7dGE0O5Wqg9V8YDgf4ePBtfZGgl-oSzNaQ9K3Ys-QxXRw/s1600-h/rtt02.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 150px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLe83y0eYiolOVpJChiFrYguT14VS-R6JUbDadogYObb4LdnL9vftqZfe0gL-mV-fs8Yx5gDeP_CpDXs1hmX6ZAMbcl8Vlsi7dGE0O5Wqg9V8YDgf4ePBtfZGgl-oSzNaQ9K3Ys-QxXRw/s200/rtt02.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5275108719960140050" />Start</a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidgIaH9W0z9SsbbXXcckrXeSLDY_emNv9dA85RuFh7b1km1FLm_1iEkBnbmOP781g4fNmXZFUZR10UzhYZloYd3Gt1yZyibA1zNQQp2wjREuF_Z8BqEpVctHS0Fd5U1UuXfnKcY-ybIbA/s1600-h/rtt03.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidgIaH9W0z9SsbbXXcckrXeSLDY_emNv9dA85RuFh7b1km1FLm_1iEkBnbmOP781g4fNmXZFUZR10UzhYZloYd3Gt1yZyibA1zNQQp2wjREuF_Z8BqEpVctHS0Fd5U1UuXfnKcY-ybIbA/s200/rtt03.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5275108721645498258" />Getting closer to Tongariro volcanos|Blizime se k Tongariro sopkam</a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlQZqd9L4iCTjNJvzLsbv_suP-OTRlYZ1kUgzfIoRFjVufdfKqLDRBo9wsOZRDB-fUBtIDc6WDLzOrPgXfKgAZCR2IP38OyCHRMe7t-B9dH2NTHa3ZYyVjVK6tHMjuhzGn3Zp1-c9EA_Q/s1600-h/rtt04.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 141px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlQZqd9L4iCTjNJvzLsbv_suP-OTRlYZ1kUgzfIoRFjVufdfKqLDRBo9wsOZRDB-fUBtIDc6WDLzOrPgXfKgAZCR2IP38OyCHRMe7t-B9dH2NTHa3ZYyVjVK6tHMjuhzGn3Zp1-c9EA_Q/s200/rtt04.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5275108727153091074" />No comment|Bez komentare</a><br /></CENTER>Michalhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01450514054535130760noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-342834209367794286.post-10512612062658754172008-11-08T11:41:00.006+13:002009-03-04T18:00:16.422+13:00Wild Wellington Mountain Bike Relay<img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQ4u0_indYb22VkJ36rRsKIhDNeWp7SH811aM8fethWp71xM3BXNPj9GhkPb3LtKMpCGVEEUU-ze3ZFDB_IspgXRv2-Qo24coL54MVsY2G8jRRHc0baeRjaYLSha6uE9CH4sj3NR-XszU/s200/flag_en_small.gif" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5246069781780020322" /><br />Shortly after our return from South America Jana had working weekend and I was thinking what to do. Choosing between one day volleybal tournament in Palmerston (2hrs drive from here) or bike race in Wellington, and you can guess what I've finally decided for.<br /><br />Wild Wellington Mountain Bike Relay [http://www.wildwellington.co.nz/site/wild_wellington_relay/] is MTB relay race on hilly circuit in Wellington park, that goes even for 6 or 12 hours. We went for the 12 hrs option, staring at 10am and finishing just at 10pm, so the last rides were with lights at night. There was eight of us so we formed two teams of four and because none of our employers was willing to support us, we accepted kind offer from children charity [www.savethechildren.org.nz] and we represented them in their red shirts ...<br /><br />Results were not bad, we didn't finished in the very bottom, but most of all it was great fun ;)<br /><HR><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGwYvQ06rjRuQIjf3e3XNh2BcAIr4dXOFvS4VAlQwMnH_xoogj3WFe6ZVjkCsQbqoGwOwQesUIxVgPspuU2NubOaB6rv_eg7i0fceYmeAXI0Ogwclo_5eWhLSio-XxSKSNSxY2Q44OAeA/s200/flag_cz_small.gif" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5246069774586039042" /><br />Kratce po tom co jsme se vratili z Jizni Ameriky Janca mela pracovni vikend and ja jesm premyslel co budu delat ja. Mel jsem na vyber mezi jednodennim volejbalovym turnajem v Palmerston North (2 hodiny autem odsud) anebo zavod na horskych kolech, tak muzete hadat pro co jsem se rozhodl.<br /><br />Wild Wellington Mountain Bike Relay [http://www.wildwellington.co.nz/site/wild_wellington_relay/] je stafetovy zavod horskych kol na kopcovatem okruhu ve Wellingtonskem parku, ktery se jede 5 nebo 12 hodin. Vybrali jsme si 12-ti hodinovou variantu, ktera startovala v 10 rano a koncila v 10 vecer, takze poslednich par kol se jelo se svetly v noci. Bylo nas osm, tak jsme zformovali 2 tymy po ctyrech a protoze zadny z nasich zamestnavatelu nebyl ochoten nas podporit, prijali jsme nabidku detske charity [www.savethechildren.org.nz] a tak jsme v cervenych trickach reprezentovali je...<br /><br />Vysledky nebyly nejhorsi, skoncili jsme dostatecne daleko od konce tabulky, ale hlavne to byla docela dobra zabava ;)<br /><HR><CENTER><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjaKO72qjNWjuMJwnLpYEWM4Ibd7KXbY_848ZacTNMb_24vTNtq9OIWPoeaL2GIJg2uAJ_ukdDZYfkcdrNi9Ha6M5mdO__vQcOE7KHXHWHLRIDnsNQXDfZBMu6tiXPdT71HI6MwBQdj7Y/s1600-h/wbr04.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 134px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjaKO72qjNWjuMJwnLpYEWM4Ibd7KXbY_848ZacTNMb_24vTNtq9OIWPoeaL2GIJg2uAJ_ukdDZYfkcdrNi9Ha6M5mdO__vQcOE7KHXHWHLRIDnsNQXDfZBMu6tiXPdT71HI6MwBQdj7Y/s200/wbr04.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5275327311021568530" />Team photo|Tymove foto</a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgc1XSZM-yWj71ehU_Txmx7XtZP9zStDWCsLPoV2BSiRj-A3LIZTan7Tj50F9zGZl_NVil5zdXNjSQz31aXNyvgvquWeZ6YDTZVo4dj_R1chnDudmpzr_9A-BCFGHcMLOqRGISBlNvYZ9s/s1600-h/wbr01.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 134px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgc1XSZM-yWj71ehU_Txmx7XtZP9zStDWCsLPoV2BSiRj-A3LIZTan7Tj50F9zGZl_NVil5zdXNjSQz31aXNyvgvquWeZ6YDTZVo4dj_R1chnDudmpzr_9A-BCFGHcMLOqRGISBlNvYZ9s/s200/wbr01.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5275327299406315266" />Some teams had costumes|Nektere tymy mely slusive kostymy</a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPaOSrbT-2ofpALzjeT-FxgvDBx9du2sPeTGKmZRLdLullAr64qaovLyzN4n7V_ZhDXKHqPTJNSLT0KCVuYEqXjKDK8qSl5U6RhdMcyHDRXZjdWcQm-HVVWoPHnvyKzy11RffTsXYaoLU/s1600-h/wbr02.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 134px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPaOSrbT-2ofpALzjeT-FxgvDBx9du2sPeTGKmZRLdLullAr64qaovLyzN4n7V_ZhDXKHqPTJNSLT0KCVuYEqXjKDK8qSl5U6RhdMcyHDRXZjdWcQm-HVVWoPHnvyKzy11RffTsXYaoLU/s200/wbr02.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5275327301357950514" />Into next lap|Do dalsiho kola</a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6rJIwNKLYajvC9lctoYc31etWTn8sgza5dCVHMCdW2ak_XwPoNL4WtseM0HMugfywMjiN8vikpFqMg6OaCN8Bt_-cQzRJnbWOn20Djfs0XO05GlUfRMHeoujv2OOpnpdw5bP_ZkI3tPs/s1600-h/wbr03.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 134px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6rJIwNKLYajvC9lctoYc31etWTn8sgza5dCVHMCdW2ak_XwPoNL4WtseM0HMugfywMjiN8vikpFqMg6OaCN8Bt_-cQzRJnbWOn20Djfs0XO05GlUfRMHeoujv2OOpnpdw5bP_ZkI3tPs/s200/wbr03.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5275327307394318786" />Finishing the lap|Konec kola</a><br /></CENTER>Michalhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01450514054535130760noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-342834209367794286.post-35448211989273163562008-10-18T06:56:00.007+13:002008-12-02T21:05:47.976+13:00Back in New Zealand | Zpatky na Zelande<img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQ4u0_indYb22VkJ36rRsKIhDNeWp7SH811aM8fethWp71xM3BXNPj9GhkPb3LtKMpCGVEEUU-ze3ZFDB_IspgXRv2-Qo24coL54MVsY2G8jRRHc0baeRjaYLSha6uE9CH4sj3NR-XszU/s200/flag_en_small.gif" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5246069781780020322" /><br />Today in early morning we have arrived back from Equador through Chile to New Zealand. Still waiting for domestic flight to Wellington, we are now still in the Auckland airport. <br />We have brought about 22GB of pictures and 8,5 hours of recorded video so you can <br /><HR><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGwYvQ06rjRuQIjf3e3XNh2BcAIr4dXOFvS4VAlQwMnH_xoogj3WFe6ZVjkCsQbqoGwOwQesUIxVgPspuU2NubOaB6rv_eg7i0fceYmeAXI0Ogwclo_5eWhLSio-XxSKSNSxY2Q44OAeA/s200/flag_cz_small.gif" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5246069774586039042" /><br />Dnes brzo rano jsme uz prileteli z Ekvadoru pres Chile zpatky na Zeland a prave na letisti v Aucklandu cekame na letadlo do Wellingtonu.<br />Privezli jsme asi 22GB obrazku a 8,5 hodin natoceneho videa tak muzete nekdy v budoucnu ocekavat nektere z nich na nasem webu www.uuholo.orgMichalhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01450514054535130760noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-342834209367794286.post-27390768224844811632008-10-16T15:01:00.031+13:002008-12-02T19:52:02.831+13:00Galapagos saliling | Galapagy z lode<img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQ4u0_indYb22VkJ36rRsKIhDNeWp7SH811aM8fethWp71xM3BXNPj9GhkPb3LtKMpCGVEEUU-ze3ZFDB_IspgXRv2-Qo24coL54MVsY2G8jRRHc0baeRjaYLSha6uE9CH4sj3NR-XszU/s200/flag_en_small.gif" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5246069781780020322" /><br />The Galapagos Islands are simply stunning. Absolutely beautiful, full of wildlife. You don't know where to look first - hundreds of iguanas, either those living on land or in the water, huge turtles, land or marine ones, different species of sharks, fish, sea lions etc. If you look around (although you don't have to as all animals are so close) you will see tens of different types and species of birds. Bird watchers are in their paradise. We are not experts but by the end of the trip we were able to recognise without almost any troubles frigatebirds, boobies, tropicbirds, gulls, pelicans, albatrosses, egrets, herons, mockengbirds, oystercatcher, finches (just in general, do not ask us for specific subspecies!) and many more.<br /><br />Snorkeling and diving is a chapter itself. Although water is not very warm - still reasonable compare to New Zealand - about 18 degrees, it's amazing. I have to say I was really surprised how much you can see while snorkeling. The highlight were turtles! You can swim with them, just next to them, touch them lightly, be carried together by the current. It felt so good and so natural. Again, plenty of fish.<br /><br />Cachalote, our boat, became our home for 8 days. We've got one of the best cabins - the best if you don't mind choppy sea! We were in the front on upper deck so we were the only one with big window and almost matrimonial bed (my half of the bed was a bit shorter so I had to sleep awry). Each cabin had shower and toilet, some had a wardrobe, and all of them were air-conditioned. Our cabin was just one step away from the dining room. Very convenient. All together 16 passengers on board plus guide, captain and other 5 crew members.<br /><br />One of the reasons for choosing Cachalote was it's itinerary. Cachalote visits San Isabella and Fernandina on islands while most of other boats skip these islands, because hey are quite far away - whole night (and bit) of navigation. <br /><br />First day we boarded in the morning not far from the Baltra airport and after short navigation we visited South Plaza Island (small island not far from one of our diving spots - Gordon Rocks) and then got anchored in Puerto Ayora for the night. South Plaza island is a small island full of land and marine iguanas (we have seen one hybrid as well) and there is also sea lions colony, which is unfortunately getting smaller and smaller year by year. Marine iguanas are darker and have longer, stronger tail. They live 40 - 60 years and are very good climbers (could climb steep cliffs). From the birds we liked Red-billed Tropicbird which has incredible long tiny tail - reaching 1 meter. Nazca boobies and brown pelicans were also interesting for us, ordinary people without special bird knowledge and with no specific interest. But Magnificent Frigatebirds were really outstanding. Males are all black with a scarlet throat pouch which is inflated like a balloon in the breeding season, but as we were there in October we didn't see any of those. Bird kept following us for many hours as we sailed and navigated to other islands. The Magnificent Frigatebird is over 100 cm long with a 215 cm wingspan. Another bird unique for Galapagos is Swallow-tailed Gull - his red eyes are unmistakable. Many times we saw Yellow Warbler, bright small bird. First dinner on board was accompanied by welcome coctail.<br /><br />Second day we spent on the main island - Santa Cruz. The morning visit was to Charles Darwin's research centre, interesting to visitors for it's turtles. From little ones, weighting 100g up to huge land turtles weighting over 400kg. You might have heard of "Lonely George" - the last turtle of its kind. They found him on one island and he has been moved to Charles Darwin research centre in eighties. George - who was found in 1971 and is the last Geochelone abingdoni - is the rarest living creature on earth. Attempts to find a mate for him have so far failed miserably and if he doesn't produce offspring, his death will spell extinction for the species. They haven't been successful for last 30 years and suddenly 3 months ago they found out one turtle might have little ones with George. They have to wait now to see if little turtles will be healthy (takes couple years), than another 40 years to wait to see if turtle would be productive and new generation of turtles could be born. In general turtles could live for about 200 years, so George aged about 100 years now is in his best years. In the afternoon we visited highlands of Santa Cruz, still on the main island. Bird watchers went crazy after seeing Vermillion flycatcher - a beautiful bird, even for us, amateurs! Another place were twin craters called Los Gemelos - huge holes fallen down, they call it depressions. These are actually sinkholes, not craters. The last stop was at private farm where they have many land turtles. Compared to morning ones these turtles living at the farm were very shy, obviously not used to that many visitors. Apparently winds were good so sails went up. It was first time for both of us to be actually sailing. It takes a while to get use to the fact the boat is constantly on side and is bouncing up and down. Seasickness pills helped us to enjoy it to the full! We were on watch for dolphins and whales, but we saw only one dolphin. <br /><br />Third day - After long navigation we have arrived to Espanola island during the early morning. Espanola is the island with the biggest and mostly healthy growing population of turtles. In Garden bay we had our first wet landing on beach (from little 'panga' you get to the water first; on dry landing you step directly on dry land, without getting your food wet). White sand and lots of marine iguanas. Sea lions were spread all over the beach, usually whole families, just enjoying the sun. One little one was so funny, he has probably just couple of days old and he went after mums milk but he still could find the right spot and kept sucking her ear. Before the lunch we went snorkeling, little sea lions joined us for a swim and bit of fun. In the afternoon we were back at the island, on Punta Suarez, watching marine iguanas again, these ones were black&red, we saw marine turtles and first time blue-footed boobies. As the name says it, this bird has blue feet. They are not shy at all, you could go very close, and they made very interesting sounds. We saw couples dancing and singing - part of call-note. We were lucky enough to see little (!!!) albatrosses. First 6 months they spend on the island, not flying, just eating. Not surprising they gain about 7 kilos. But to be able fly they then have to loose about 3,5 kilos. We got another sailing in the evening. This time we saw whales breathing but didn't get close enough to actually see them. Highlight was a ray jumping out of the water. He jumped probably a meter high and went down with big splash.<br /><br />Fourth day - Floreana island. Just short navigation so no seasickness permitted. The morning visit was full of flamingos. There were not that many as at Salar de Uyuni in Bolivia but still - very photogenic. I didn't know that colour tone depends on what they eat. I'm still not sure what do they eat to become so beautifully pink. If anyone knows, let me know, I'll add to my diet. After watching flamingos we have new experience with marbled rays. They were in shallow waters on the beach and you just went to wate to your ankles, and they were all around, being carried with each wave back and forth. Amazing feeling. Unless you would step on one of them. Their front and bottom is "safe", it's the tail that can be dangerous. Just stay still and watch. Snorkeling was even better than the last time. Before we went to sea we saw Galapagos sharks just next to our boat. In water there were white-tipped sharks, plenty of fish, cow rays, spotted rays, sea lions. There was very strong current which took us along the big rock.We went for this "ride" twice, it was just great! After lunch we visited Post Office Bay. There are two main attractions (if I don't count that there is a football field where crew and sometimes tourist could play football). Lava tunnel is first and post office barrel is the second. The post office barrel is a tradition from old days where there was no post system as we know it today. Sailors left a letter or a note in the barrel and if someone who was passing by was from near the addressee he would pick up the letter and personally deliver it. The same think should happened today. You can leave a postcard or a letter and someone else will pick it up and personally deliver it to the address. As we have learned, our letters were picked up by Czech, who did bring them back to Czech rep, but post it from there. The last step, personal delivery, was missing there. <br /><br />Fifth day - After another long sailing we have reached Isabella Island - the one which is being missed by most of the other cruises. Island itself is very young and is the biggest island of the archipelago, is over 100 kms long and extremely narrow. First stop was at Punta Morena. We walked through lava fields. The sharp lava is called 'aa lava' and not sharp, smooth one is called 'hoihoi lava'. We saw some flamingos again. But white-tipped sharks definitely got most of our attention. There is a lagoon, connected to sea by a tunnel, and sharks are coming to there. At one moment there were four of them and we kept watching them and couldn't stop taking pictures. Snorkeling is getting better, water is cold but swimming with turtles is worth of it. Afternoon we spend in 'pangas' as you can't land at Elisabeth bay. We saw turtles mating, sea lions had fun in lagoons (where you can't use the engine, so the paddle is the only power) and penguins showed up almost at the end. The ride back was improved by stunning sunset - actually first proper sunset which we have seen during the cruise (but not the last one). We stayed on the top deck till darkness. There was no navigation that evening so we all enjoyed quiet night.<br /><br />Sixth day - again on Isabella Island, this time at Urbina Bay. This place has changed completely in 1954. It's a flat area which has been formed by an uplift in that year. The land was lifted up by 3 to 7 meters, 6 kilometers along the coast and 1,3 kilometer into current inland . Few years ago they managed to get rid of goats which resulted in increase of Galapagos hawks - probably 75,000 goats gave them enough to eat. You can even see rest of corals inland there. Plenty of land iguanas, you could see them suffering from not having enough food at this time of the year. Skin was quite loose on many of them. Michal was a hero and decided to follow guide and walked barefoot. He managed to get through all paths, sharps stones but hot sand at the end was real challenge. He didn't give up even then but was very happy for any shade provided him with a bit of relief from boiling sand. What a relief to jump into water and go snorkeling from the beach! Water was nice, 22 degrees, even I swam without wetsuit. Next stop was at Fernandina island, on Punta Espinosa, the most western island visited. Hundreds of giant marine iguanas. On the rock they looked like an army waiting for command. Flightless cormorant has lost his ability to flight at Galapagos and by that became better swimmer. They don't have predators there, there is plenty of food, either in the water or at the island. Long navigation ahead of us. Again we were on watch for whales and dolphins. We haven't seen many dolphins, only couple jumping next to our boat. But we saw many orcas. Sun was just getting down and I spotted them, with bevy of birds above them. It was near equator, Volcan Ecuador, when they came. Orcas were coming up and down, many of them, one came really close to our boat, less then 10 meters. As it was quite dark by then it was hard to get a picture or movie. Shortly after orcas excitement we passed the equator. Amaretto cocktails on captain to celebrate. Apparently if you are on equator water run straight down to drain, no whirl at all. On the south it makes whirl to twist clockwise, on the north other way around. Egg stands on its end without any troubles. All this applies to mainland of course, hard to see it on the boat. The most interesting is the fact that if you try to walk with closed eyes on the line drawn at equator, you will experience a lots of trouble. <br /><br />Seventh day - Santiago Island. Great place for watching fur seals. They have bigger eyes, pointed nose and denser fur. We saw huge marine iguanas (again) and yellow-crowned night herons. Firstly, before lunch, we snorkeled from the beach and Michal found huge sleeping marbled ray. We floated around him for long minutes but ray didn't move. There were plenty of coral fish and huge turtles again. As it wasn't very deep with great visibility and we got some beautiful photos. After lunch we went on pangas for another snorkeling spot. This one is well know for presence of Galapagos penguins. We were lucky enough to see five or six of them. Only one was swimming, others just enjoy relaxing on the rocks. We got quite close to them, we could have almost touched them if we wanted but we were just watching them. We were in the water and they were on rocks rising from water. You don't get that close every day. Moment to enjoy. Again, visibility was great, but as I took many photos during morning snorkeling (and I didn't recharge the battery in between snorkeling), a battery didn't last too long. We still got reasonable photos. After snorkeling we stopped at Bartolome island known for great views. So after ascending 365 steps, you reach the top of island and see many craters and sea is all around. Sun was shining, wind blowing as in Wellington and taking photos was great fun. This evening we had cake and farewel cocktails on the board. <br /><br />Eight day - still one more adventure to go! Morning ride in pangas to watch blue-footed boobies feeding. Hundreds of them gain together and go feeding together. <br />Blue-footed Boobies are specialized fish eaters feeding on school fish like sardines, anchovies, mackerel, and flying fish. They also feed on squid and offal. They dive into the ocean, sometimes from a great height, and swims underwater in pursuit of its prey. We saw this huge bevy of boobies diving straight into ocean, having their breakfast and it was time for us to finish our trip with the good breakfast as well. <br /><br />It was a fantastic trip. Only one question remains - who is going to organize all those photos and edit the video?<br /><br /><HR><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGwYvQ06rjRuQIjf3e3XNh2BcAIr4dXOFvS4VAlQwMnH_xoogj3WFe6ZVjkCsQbqoGwOwQesUIxVgPspuU2NubOaB6rv_eg7i0fceYmeAXI0Ogwclo_5eWhLSio-XxSKSNSxY2Q44OAeA/s200/flag_cz_small.gif" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5246069774586039042" /><br />Galapagy jsou proste uzasne. Absolutne prekrasne a plne zivota. Nevite kam se podivat nejdriv - stovky leguanu, at uz vodnich anebo suchozemskych, obrovske zelvy suchozemske i o neco mensi morske, ruzne druhy zraloku, ryb, lvounu a dalsich. Kdyz se podivate okolo (i kdyz ani moc nemusite, protoze vsechna zvirata jsou docela blizko), uvidite desitky ruznych druhu ptaku. Ptackari jsou tady ve svem zivlu. My nejsme v tomto oboru experti, ale ke konci vyletu jsme byli schopni rozeznat bez vetsich problemu frigaty (frigatebirds), boobies, tropicke ptaky (tropicbirds), racky, pelikany, albatrosy, volavky, herony, mockengbirds, oystercatcher, finche (a nektere jejich poddruhy) a mnohem vice.<br /><br />Snorchlovani a potapeni je kapitola sama o sobe. Prestoze voda neni moc tepla - porad ale jeste docela tepla v porovnani se Zelandem - okolo 18 stupnu celsia, je to uzasny zazitek. Byla jsem prekvapena, kolik se toho da videt pri snorchlovani. Asi nejlepsi byly zelvy! Muzete s nimi plavat, primo vedle nich, jemne se dotknout jejich krunyre nebo se nechat spolecne s nimi unaset proudem. A je to uplne prirozene. A znovu, spousta ryb.<br /><br />Cachalote, nase lod, se stala nasim domovem na 8 dni. Dostali jsme jednu z nejlepsich kabin, tedy aspon pokud vam nevadi rozbourene more. Byli jsme vepredu na horni palube a tak jsme byli jedina kabina s velkym oknem a temer manzelskou posteli (moje strana postele byla o neco kratsi tak jsem musela spat skrcena). Kazda kabina mela sprchu a zachod, nektere mely i skrin, vsechny klimatizovane. Nase kabina primo sousedila s jidelnou. Docela pohodlne. Na palube bylo celkem 16 pasazeru a pruvodce, kapitan a dalsich 5 clenu posadky. <br /><br />Jeden z duvodu proc jsme si vybrali tuto lod byla planovana trasa. Cachalote mela v harmonogramu navstevu ostrovu San Isabella a Fernandina. Vetsina ostatnich tur tyto ostrovy vynechavaji, protoze jsou docela daleko - celou noc (a o neco vic) plavby.<br /><br />Prvni den rano jsme se nalodili blizko letiste a po kratke plavbe jsme navstivili South Plaza ostrov (maly ostrov nedaleko jednoho z nasich potapecich mist - Gordon Rocks) a zakotvili jsme v Puerto Ayora, hlavnim meste, na noc. South Plaza ma spoustu vodnich a suchozemskych leguanu (taky jsme videli jednoho hybrida), zaroven je tam kolonie lvounu, ktera se bohuzel kazdorocne zmensuje. Morsti leguani jsou tmavsi a maji delsi a silnejsi ocas. Ziji 40 - 60 let a jsou vyborni lezci (mohou vylezt hodne strme utesy). Z ptaku jsme videli cervenozobakove tropicke ptaky, kteri maji neskutecne dlouhy tenounky ocasek - skoro metr dlouhy. Nazca boobies a hnedi pelikani byli pro nas laiky take zajimavi. Obrovske frigaty byli ovsem neco neskutecneho. Samecci jsou cerni a takovym jakoby 'priveskem' na krku, ktery se nafoukne v dobe vabeni. Zrejme to pusobi na samicky pozitivne, protoze techto ptaku byly mraky. Vzhledem k tomu, ze jsme tam byli v rijnu, zadne jsme nevideli. Zrovna nebyla sezona na pareni. Ptaci nam nami plachtili dlouhe hodiny, zatimco jsme pluli. Tyto frigaty jsou pres metr dlouhe s rozpetim kridel okolo 215 cm. Dalsi ptaci, kteri jsou typicti pro Galapagy, jsou 'swallow-tailed' rackove. Casto jsme videli 'Yellow Warbler' - nevim jak to prelozit, protoze ruzne druhy Warbleru jsou do cestiny prekladany uplne jinak - napr. rakosnik, sedmihlasek, budnicek, cvrcilka a penice. Tak si vyberte, ale 'zlutaka' jsem nenasla. Prvni vecer nas kapitan pozval na koktejl na privitanou. <br /><br />Druhy den jsme stravili na hlavnim ostrove, Santa Cruz. Rano jsme navstivili vyzkumnou stanici Charlese Darwina. Pro navstevniky jsou asi nejzajimavejsi zelvy. Od tech nejmensich, ktere vazi 100g, az po obrovske suchozemske zelvy vazici 400 kg. Mozna jste slyseli o "Lonely George - Opustenem Georgovi" - posledni zelve sveho druhu. Nasli ho osamoceneho na jednom z ostrovu a presunuli ho na stanici v osmdesatych letech. George - ktery byl objeven v roce 1971 a je poslednich druhem Geochelone abingdoni - je nejvzacnejsi zivocich na zemi. Zkouseli mu najit druzku, coz se dlouho nedarilo. Pokud George nezplodi potomky, cely druh vyhyne. Tricet let a nic a najednout pred treti mesici zjistili, ze jedna zelva ceka s Georgem potomka. Proces je dlouhy. Nyni nezbyva nez cekat. Teprve cas ukaze, zda mladata budou zdrava (par let cekani), dalsich priblizne 40 let bude nutnych, aby se vedela, zda potomek bude schopen dalsi reprodukce. S teprve pak se uvidi, jestli druh Geochelone abingdoni bude zachranen. Vseobecne zelvy ziji asi 200 let, takze George je ve svych priblizne 100 letech v nejlepsim veku. Odpoledne jsme navstivili vysociny na ostrove. Ptackaci byli celi bez sebe, kdyz videli Vermillion flycatcher - cerveneho lejska. Dalsi zastavka byla na Los Gemelos - 'dvojcatech' - kraterech, kde se propadl strop lavovych jeskyn a tento propad vytvoril obrovske diry. Posledni misto, ktere jsme na ostrove navstivili byla soukroma farma se spoustou suchozemskych zelv. V porovnani s zelvama ze stanice, tyto zelvy byly velmi plache. Zrejme nejsou zvykle na davy turistu. Vecer byl priznivy vitr, tak sly lodni plachty nahoru. Poprve v zivote jsme skutecne plachtili. Chvili trvalo si zvyknout na skutecnost, ze lod je permanentne naklonena a porad to houpe nahoru, dolu ale tablety proti morske nemoci nam pomohly si to poradne uzit. Hledali jsme delfiny a velryby. Videli jsme jen jednoho delfina, ale stejne to byla super plavba.<br /><br />Treti den. Rano, po dlouhe preplavbe, jsme prijeli na Espanola ostrov. Espanola ma nejvetsi a nejvice se rozvijejici populaci zelv. V Garden Bay jsme meli prvni morke pristani (z male lodky, ktere se rika 'panga' vystoupis u brehu do vody; v pripade sucheho pristani vystupujes primo na pevninu). Spousta bileho pisku a hodne suchozemskych leguanu. Rodiny lvounu okupovaly celou plaz, mali i stari jen tak tam polehavali a uzivali si slunicka. Jeden byl obzvlaste legracni. Byl to prcek, asi jen par dni stary, ktery chtel sosat mamino mliko, ale porad se mu nedarilo najit ten spravny cudlik. Vzdycky skoncil u ucha a to sosal. Pred obedem jsme sli snorchlovat, mali lvouni se k nam pridali, tak jsme plavali spolecne. Odpoledne jsme se vratili na ostrov do Punta Suarey a pozorovali znovu morske leguany, tihle byli cerno-cerveni, taky jsme videli morske zelvy a poprve se nam podarilo spatrit blue-footed boobies. To jsou takovy srandovni ptaci s tyrkyskovyma nohama. Nejsou vubec plasi, muzes se dostat docela blizko, a vydavaji velmi zajimave zvuky. Videli jsme jich par tancit a zpivat - je to proces vabeni. Meli jsme stesti a videli jsme male (!!!) albatrosy. Prvnich 6 mesicu zustavaji na ostrove, nelitaji, jen jedi. Neni zadnym prekvapenim ze diky bohate zivotosprave behem tohoto casu priberou az 7 kilo. Ale potom aby mohli zacit letat, museji nejdrive zhodit 3,5 kila. Vecer jsme zase natahli plachty a plachtili na dalsi ostrov. Tentokrat jsme videli v dalce sloupy par od velryb, ale nepodarilo se nam dostat tak blizko, aby jsme je videli zblizka. Zlatym bodem preplavby byl rejnok skakajici z vody. Vyskocil asi metr vysoko a pri dopadu na hladinu to pekne placlo!<br /> <br /><br />Den ctvrty - Ostrov Floreana. Tentokrate zadna morska nemoc, nebot plavba byla hodne kratka. Cele rano jsme se kochali plamenaky. Sice jich nebylo tolik jako v Bolivii na Salar de Uyuni, ale to jim nic neubralo na krase a fotogenicnosti. Dozvedela jsem se ze jejich barva se odviji od toho, co jedi. Porad mi ale neni jasne co jedi, ze jsou tak nadherne ruzovi. Jestlize nekdo ze ctenaru vi toto tajemstvi, dejte mi vedet a ja si lehce pozmenim jidelnicek. Jakmile se nam plamenaci okoukali, presunuli jsme se na plaz na opacne strane ostrove a veskerou nasi pozornost jsme soustredili na rejnoky (marbled rays). Byli hned u brehu, v melke vode. Staci byt ve vode po kotniky a oni byli vsude okolo, voda je unasela ke brehu a zpatky. Zajimava zkusenost jak si to kolem vas plavou. Akorat se na ne nesmi stoupnout, to by pak byl prusvih. Jejich predni a spodni casti nejsou nebezpecne, ale ocas je to, ceho se vsichni obavaji. Jen tak postavat, pozorovat a nic se nestane. Snorchlovani bylo jeste lepsi nez posledne. Predtim, nez jsme sli snorchlovat, tak jsme z lodi pozorovali Galapagske zraloky. Jen si prohlizeli nasi lod hodne zblizka. Ve vode potom byli white-tipped sharks (zralok s bilymi cipy ploutvi), moc ruznych ryb, rejnoci (cow ray, spotted ray) a lvouni. Byl tam hodne silny proud, ktery nas unasel podel skaly. "Jeli" jsme to dvakrat. Proti proudu se moc plavat nedalo a tak jsme houpli znova do pangy a skocili do vody podruhe. To byla jizda! Po obede jsme navstivili Post Office Bay - Postovni zaliv. Jsou tu dve hlavni atrakce (nepocitam-li fotbalove hriste, kde posadky a obcas turisti hrajou fotbal). Prvni je lavovy tunel a postovni sud je druhym navstevovanym mistem. Postovni sud je tradici z dob, kdy neexistoval postovni system jak jej zname dnes. Namornici nechavali dopisy v sudu a kdyz nekdo kdo bydlel pobliz jejich mista nasel dopis, vzal jej a osobne jej dorucil na uvedenou adresu. Stejne by to melo fungovat i dnes. Nechas tam dopis nebo nejaky vzkaz a pokud turista nejde neco co ma prijit blizko jeho bydliste, mel by pohled nebo dopis vyzvednout a osobne dorucit. Jak jsme se dozvedeli, nase pohledy byly vyzvednuty Cechem, ale po CR uz cestovali s Ceskou Postou. Osobni doruceni tentokrat chybelo. Presto pohledy dorazily asi o 3 tydny rychleji nez ty, ktere jsme poctive oznamkovali a poslali klasickou postou. Pohled na NZ jeste porad nedorazil. <br /><br />Den paty - po dalsi dlouhe preplavbe jsme dorazili na ostrov Isabela - tento ostrov je casto vynechavan pri ostatnich plavbach prave kvuli dlouhe navigaci. Ostrov samotny je velmi mlady a je nejvetsim ze souostrovi. Priblizne 100 km dlouhy a extreme uzky. Prvni zastavka byla na Punta Morena. Chodili jsme po lavovych polich. Ostra lave se rika "aa-lava" a te, ktera neni ostra, si ziskala pojmenovani "hoihoi lava". Opet se nam zadarilo a videli jsme plamenaky. Kazdopadne nakonec to byli zraloci (white-tipped), kteri nejvice zaplnili nasi fotokartu a dlouhe minuty na videokamere. Byli ctyri. Stara znama pisnicka - cucime, kochame se a fotime a ne a ne se zvednout. Snorchlovani se stave jeste lepsim, s kazdym dnem je to proste paradnejsi. Voda je pekelne studena, ale plavani s morskymi zelvami stoji za tu zimu. Odpoledne jsme stravili v 'pangach', protoze v Elisabeth bay se nesmi pristavat. Videli jsme zelvicky jak si to uzivaly, lvouny pri jejich hratkach v lagunach (kde se neda pouzit motor a musi se padlovat) a tucnaci se ukazali az kdyz jsme se pomalu vzdavali nadeje, ze je vubec uvidime. Cesta zpatky byla vylepsena nadhernym zapadem slunce - vlastne prvni poradny zapad co jsme byli na mori (ale nastesti to nebyl zapad posledni). Zustali jsme na palube do uplneho setmeni. V noci se nikam nepreplouvalo, takze si vsichni uzili klidnou noc.<br /><br />Den sesty - stale na ostrove Isabella, tentokrat v Urbina bay. Tohle misto se kompletne zmenilo v roce 1954. Je to placka, ktera byla vytvorena vyzvednutim dna v tomto roce. Dno se vyzvedlo 3 az 7 metru nahoru v rozloze 6 km podel pobrezi a 1,3 km do vnitrozemi a na ostrove jsou porad k videni pozustatky koralu. Pred par lety se mistnim ochranarum prirody podarilo na ostrove vystrilet divoke kozy, ktere pustosili veskery porost a uzirali tak leguanum a hlavne zelvam. To ale znamenalo narust Galapagskych jestrabu, kdyz priblizne 75,000 koz jim spestrilo jejich jidelnicek. Spousty suchozemskych leguanu jsou momentalne hladove, v teto rocni dobe maji na pevnine malo jidla. Na druhou stranu morsti leguani se zrovna maji dobre. Pak se to zase vymeni a ti budou hladovet, zatimco suchozemsti si budou nacpavat bricha. Ti, co jsme je videli my, meli volnou kuzi po celem tele. Michal byl hrdina, rozhodl se nasledovat pruvodce a sel bosky. Zvladl vsechny pesinky, ostre kameny, ale horky pisek mu dal dost zabrat. Ani tady se nevzdal (prece to nevzda, kdyz uz dosel tak daleko!), ale byl vdecny za jakykoliv stin, ktery mu poskytl ulevu od variciho pisku. Jaka to musela byt pohoda skocit do more a snorchlovat rovnou z plaze. Voda byla tepla, 22 stupnu, dokonce i ja jsem odlozila neopren. Dalsi zastavka byla na ostrove Ferninanda, Punta Espinosa, nejzapadnejsi ostrov, ktery jsme navstivili. Stovky obrich morskych leguanu. Na skalach vypadali jako armada cekajici na povel. Bezkridli kormorani ztratili schopnost letat na Galapagach. Nemaji tu zadne nepritele a je tu spousta jidla, ve vode i na pevnine. Posledni dlouha preplavba. Opet jsme na palube a hledame velryby a delfiny. Nevideli jsme moc delfinu, jen par skakajicich po boku nasi lodi. Zato jsme videli spoustu kosatek. Slunicko zapadalo a tehdy jsem je spatrila, hejno ptaku krouzicich nad nimi. Bylo to blizko rovniku, u Volcan Ecuador , kdyz jsme na ne narazili. Kosatky skakaly, nahoru dolu, bylo jich hodne, jedna priblula uplne k nasi lodi, min nez 10 metru od nas. Uz bylo skoro tma, takze fotit je bylo temer nemozne. Jak kosatky udpluly, bylo tu nove dobrodruzstvi - prekroceni rovniku. Kapitan nas pozval na mustek na Amaretto koktejl a na GPS jsme sledovali nasi polohu. Podle vseho, kdyz si na rovniku, voda v umyvadle tece primo rovne do odpadu, zadny vir. Na jizni polokouli se vodni vir toci doleva, na severni zase doprava. Na rovniku stoji vejce na spicce bez problemu. Vsechno tohle samozrejme plati pro pevninu, na lodi se to tezko testuje. Nejzajimavejsi je pro me skutecnost, ze kdyz zavres oci a chces jit rovne po rovniku, po care, ktera je nakreslena na zemi, tak pry budes mit problem udrzet rovny smer. Priste to musim vyzkouset. <br /><br />Den sedmy - ostrov Santiago. Skvele misto na pozorovani kozesinovych lachtanu (fur seals). Maji vetsi oci, spicaty nos a husty kozich. Znovu jsme videli obri morske leguany a volavky (yellow-crowned night heron). Pred obedem jsme snorchlovali z plaze a Misa nasel obrovskeho spiciho rejnoka (marbled ray). Plavali jsme dlouho kolem nej, ale rejnok se ani nehnul. Na tomhle miste jsme videli nejvic koralovych ryb a opet morske zelvy. Diky tomu, ze tam nebyla moc hloubka, tak viditelnost byla fantasticka. Par podarenych fotek z podvodniho fotaku. Pak se rychle nadlabnout a dalsi snorchlovani, z pangy. Tohle misto je zname po vyskyt Galapagskych tucnaku. Meli jsme stesti a videli jsme jich pet nebo dokonce sest. Jenom jeden plaval, ostatni si lebedili na skalach. Dostali jsme se tak na pul metru, asi bysme mohli i bliz az to lakalo te to si na ne sahnout, ale zustali jsme ve vode a oni na sutrech, co couhaly z vody. Tohle se ti kazdy den nepodari, dostat se takhle blizko. Okamzik, ktery si budes pamatovat. Opet viditelnost byla skvela, ale diky me blbosti (vyfotila jsem toho spoustu rano a nedala nabit fotak pres obed), baterka dlouho nevydrzela. Stejne, na par povedenych fotek to stacilo. Po snorcholovani jsme zastavili na ostrove Bartolome, ktery je znam pro sve vyhledy. Nejdriv jsme vysli 365 schodu a tim jsme se dostali az nahoru, odkud byly videt kratery a more kam az oko dohledlo (a to neprehanim!). Slunko prazilo, vitr foukal jak ve Wellingtonu a pri foceni jsme se hodne nasmali. Posledni koktejl a posledni noc na palube.<br /><br />Den osmy - porad mame jeste jedno dobrodruzstvi pred sebou. Ranni projizdka v pangach a pozorovani blue-footed boobies pri krmeni. Stovky se jich shromazdi a lovi spolecne. Zameruji se hejna ryb jako jsou sardinky, ancovicky, makrely a flying fish. Taky basti chobotnice. Vrhaji se do oceanu z obrovskych vysek a plavou pod vodou za svou koristi. Takze hejna snidajicich blue-footed boobies uz jsme videli a byl nas cas na nasi posledni snidani na ostrovech. Byl to skvely vylet. 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margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 134px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgz9R9JWGel8IpMHF6D-NsGGwwXVyeqD8g62KJWMmfiPEwVCrKL1DpWI6QJ01rEzmyRumunnTSQ9upMoBAOqcR30TmrH2uMAV-nKVh1IRC32gVUrq9LGEHWQxZTOSrI9O6m353Nn0JrGZg/s200/IMG_3781.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5265767438838990210" />Sea Iguanas|Morsti leguani</a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiakPpVKSNrBpi_TTCXiDIERZDl47o-dhN2u4MCNPTjlQRE-pd318qibAEm8WudMGZujUhc4kpCVt8Cbq7O4vIRBWfcPOvrJOTzjFegB5KR44HCXGyfHbR9XrBLkMZMnfTZw4PNqnxQQaA/s1600-h/IMG_3681.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 134px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiakPpVKSNrBpi_TTCXiDIERZDl47o-dhN2u4MCNPTjlQRE-pd318qibAEm8WudMGZujUhc4kpCVt8Cbq7O4vIRBWfcPOvrJOTzjFegB5KR44HCXGyfHbR9XrBLkMZMnfTZw4PNqnxQQaA/s200/IMG_3681.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5265767437118028290" />Land Iguana|Suchozemsky leguan</a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTuj2F2y5okYPk6JAHgZlNGXF2RiJfhl7mOwEZMrlrhGyb4kQPmv3etfhT9We0z_g9QxFfd1WcRNgmLjqSsJnPrQPDg0KgXQaO8ksQlH47xzCVLmANDZ3mSAWuVDxscCBUYq3se6PkXDA/s1600-h/IMG_3642.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 134px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTuj2F2y5okYPk6JAHgZlNGXF2RiJfhl7mOwEZMrlrhGyb4kQPmv3etfhT9We0z_g9QxFfd1WcRNgmLjqSsJnPrQPDg0KgXQaO8ksQlH47xzCVLmANDZ3mSAWuVDxscCBUYq3se6PkXDA/s200/IMG_3642.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5265767428751549394" />Galapagos Pinguin|Galapagsky tucnak</a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixRyO-ma-xJ40mpLu4j0w-5zVfVU2uUwoflgvDS8kP1-S6hFQLe-l0fCQm7lYMOCQLPRQQPMU73G2xVhXWnfa8imoaxLFB-ymSDVByAFb_05QzNtujJPItbhFOxEs3EXwYwubX4KjBEXE/s1600-h/PA141153.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixRyO-ma-xJ40mpLu4j0w-5zVfVU2uUwoflgvDS8kP1-S6hFQLe-l0fCQm7lYMOCQLPRQQPMU73G2xVhXWnfa8imoaxLFB-ymSDVByAFb_05QzNtujJPItbhFOxEs3EXwYwubX4KjBEXE/s200/PA141153.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5265767882592880242" />Green Sea Turtle|Zelena morska zelva</a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqgEC2CxUL2Nu8B57HawByOqz4Ya-gR9Bpmxs0OIzxwk15KXJmlmLLgxcbSk3UZQ4bLmdozjGGf6p6ru0R787w9mcDeK-btcNoY0hnLINyrqXhc1sCeDkHeoZ111AkRU5Hhhs4pHd7S8o/s1600-h/PA141140.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqgEC2CxUL2Nu8B57HawByOqz4Ya-gR9Bpmxs0OIzxwk15KXJmlmLLgxcbSk3UZQ4bLmdozjGGf6p6ru0R787w9mcDeK-btcNoY0hnLINyrqXhc1sCeDkHeoZ111AkRU5Hhhs4pHd7S8o/s200/PA141140.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5265767884393150482" />Underwater fauna|Podmorsky zivot</a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVqSRFa_oUJr6uKVdp6mqDvjSLDHMjPltH0i0us8S-ZNbZqgnhKcUceQIsZtivWwi0tr5SyIdW7rNLg1tNHKYowR9_7uGCpxvvB5DiOHAXYuMhjLxsgmGsVlTeXX2aad2YbP7AdtcwBNk/s1600-h/PA121076.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 150px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVqSRFa_oUJr6uKVdp6mqDvjSLDHMjPltH0i0us8S-ZNbZqgnhKcUceQIsZtivWwi0tr5SyIdW7rNLg1tNHKYowR9_7uGCpxvvB5DiOHAXYuMhjLxsgmGsVlTeXX2aad2YbP7AdtcwBNk/s200/PA121076.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5265767878430311730" />Sunset over our boat|Zapad slunce za nasi lodi</a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDLQ1C7NtaEUkRomCpJp3zw2gTzU7FIo2IrVQJHBT9LVFwPwRzwKPd5nzFDt53k1qdAv_eeAEotSpVmbtaod3KBIwrmki1M6nl107OWN922iMfhyphenhyphenFWymwoThcctZGWrcp15eYNOtf_a1s/s1600-h/IMG_3934.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 134px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDLQ1C7NtaEUkRomCpJp3zw2gTzU7FIo2IrVQJHBT9LVFwPwRzwKPd5nzFDt53k1qdAv_eeAEotSpVmbtaod3KBIwrmki1M6nl107OWN922iMfhyphenhyphenFWymwoThcctZGWrcp15eYNOtf_a1s/s200/IMG_3934.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5265767880669893650" />Whoops!|Hopla!</a><br /><object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/V_grqYlXupo&hl=en&fs=1"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/V_grqYlXupo&hl=en&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object><BR>Green sea turtle|Zelena morska zelva<br /><br /></CENTER>HRtuhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12435989398539824087noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-342834209367794286.post-72317410737782970942008-10-08T15:57:00.014+13:002008-10-23T21:24:34.869+13:00Gordon Rocks<img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQ4u0_indYb22VkJ36rRsKIhDNeWp7SH811aM8fethWp71xM3BXNPj9GhkPb3LtKMpCGVEEUU-ze3ZFDB_IspgXRv2-Qo24coL54MVsY2G8jRRHc0baeRjaYLSha6uE9CH4sj3NR-XszU/s200/flag_en_small.gif" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5246069781780020322" /><br />Today was our last diving day - 2 dives at Gordon Rocks and it was just wonderful - some pictures from are below.<br />Tomorrow we start the sailing and just after that we fly back to New Zealand so do not expect to hear from us in following 8-10 days.<br /><HR><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGwYvQ06rjRuQIjf3e3XNh2BcAIr4dXOFvS4VAlQwMnH_xoogj3WFe6ZVjkCsQbqoGwOwQesUIxVgPspuU2NubOaB6rv_eg7i0fceYmeAXI0Ogwclo_5eWhLSio-XxSKSNSxY2Q44OAeA/s200/flag_cz_small.gif" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5246069774586039042" /><br />Dnes byl nas posledni potapeci den - 2 ponory na Gordon Rocks a hodne se povedly - nejake fotky viz nize. U popisu fotek se predem omlouvam za preklady do cestiny, ktere jsou v nekterych pripadech nejspis uplne mimo - anglicke nazvy by mely byt spravne.<br />Zitra zaciname plavbu po ostrovech a pak hned letime zpatky na Zeland, tak predpokladam ze se nasledujich 8-10 dnu neozveme.<br /><HR><br /><CENTER><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkV2d8uUTVf_jd3YDRoweOhd_xu_nab04swq4Ad1U89fNlYAZvjS8i1SJUbaPYlG3HPaSCyjbxvYZCJ9Yjl2_rKk7Q-39_Q7KQkZ0TEyksSezjm7xQl2_KNyCbwMIlBaHCjbpr84C2lbo/s1600-h/07-10-08+Gordon+Rocks+15.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkV2d8uUTVf_jd3YDRoweOhd_xu_nab04swq4Ad1U89fNlYAZvjS8i1SJUbaPYlG3HPaSCyjbxvYZCJ9Yjl2_rKk7Q-39_Q7KQkZ0TEyksSezjm7xQl2_KNyCbwMIlBaHCjbpr84C2lbo/s200/07-10-08+Gordon+Rocks+15.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5254617223964291122" />Turtle|Zelva</a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWHVlG-8r6_rq47LPyI7BDbzZq8JyC-lDW2JBu9OrgtW-baTfnNTeTGZIWilWHLiRAUjymR3kPi5JUmigIr29jPOTZFwlCMYB_KrHuMEEAdGKxQ3q3bLXnaB1_yfXeV7jKrf2bNf4EEkA/s1600-h/07-10-08+Gordon+Rocks+25.JPG"><img style="display:block; 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margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDFMFAUo16J0QhqiVV4OArxfP9lfzefcr4LvmZR_RqqksS5IFq_oYG0OAMZj4WaUqfy6QEucfpQNXsiI_rgMxGOAGE7-4WD8DhIkrLP43CvCgs81Bpe6VYa6vJgaokuij12Z2vxSQfqfo/s200/07-10-08+Gordon+Rocks+42.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5254617234859118834" />Eagle ray|´Orli´ rejnok</a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgF6c_REGe3bhtE-40veJ1VmvWDijHhPf9PkxR-4DHMIoFfgA0AbwSlAmHW-v5AjZofQv9wJogDXAuPWXGRhkTU-LKa1ph0e7YeH1bhWXTja29AOaLLp_anv8Xf7VxkVQjN5xYzJRJMHLQ/s1600-h/07-10-08+Gordon+Rocks+85.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgF6c_REGe3bhtE-40veJ1VmvWDijHhPf9PkxR-4DHMIoFfgA0AbwSlAmHW-v5AjZofQv9wJogDXAuPWXGRhkTU-LKa1ph0e7YeH1bhWXTja29AOaLLp_anv8Xf7VxkVQjN5xYzJRJMHLQ/s200/07-10-08+Gordon+Rocks+85.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5254617231920901746" />Manta ray|Manta</a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlM7qEce4oTCLqJcbYh0Fobvprqp-DECP6FElE92wl8DGwthMrTrKWN59z5kxYGltjbge7XtAGYt68XD5nrpQGccYrevgemamzaj75r6qeRYpR50q9KFxHJSju_9KMIU8KFRLU_SQwb0U/s1600-h/07-10-08+Gordon+Rocks+91.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlM7qEce4oTCLqJcbYh0Fobvprqp-DECP6FElE92wl8DGwthMrTrKWN59z5kxYGltjbge7XtAGYt68XD5nrpQGccYrevgemamzaj75r6qeRYpR50q9KFxHJSju_9KMIU8KFRLU_SQwb0U/s200/07-10-08+Gordon+Rocks+91.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5254623720798292434" />Moray eal|Murena</a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpkmZAhX81RT5qAqO1R4UQaO8B23CohdoPUhdw18br_kbmnLi3uvm7tQnJ5hs1xVpDBhTlpjWHFeUO9t1OUQEXekMtYGIRe61HVQlnVuTFmgyl-zewS3Kmbo3L28zn-_lAjg9KrdEuhlg/s1600-h/07-10-08+Gordon+Rocks+100.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpkmZAhX81RT5qAqO1R4UQaO8B23CohdoPUhdw18br_kbmnLi3uvm7tQnJ5hs1xVpDBhTlpjWHFeUO9t1OUQEXekMtYGIRe61HVQlnVuTFmgyl-zewS3Kmbo3L28zn-_lAjg9KrdEuhlg/s200/07-10-08+Gordon+Rocks+100.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5254623724245062466" />Barracudas|Barakudy</a><br /><br /><object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/g4Rh8ieWDgM&hl=en&fs=1"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/g4Rh8ieWDgM&hl=en&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object><BR> Hammer head shark|Zralok kladivoun<br /><br /><object width="425" height="350"> <param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/IO820tLlgh0"> </param> <embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/IO820tLlgh0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="425" height="350"> </embed> </object><BR>And more of them|A dalsi<br /><br /></CENTER>Michalhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01450514054535130760noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-342834209367794286.post-85895897205492999782008-10-07T13:52:00.006+13:002008-10-23T21:19:08.277+13:00Diving in Galapagos | Potapeni na Galapagach<img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQ4u0_indYb22VkJ36rRsKIhDNeWp7SH811aM8fethWp71xM3BXNPj9GhkPb3LtKMpCGVEEUU-ze3ZFDB_IspgXRv2-Qo24coL54MVsY2G8jRRHc0baeRjaYLSha6uE9CH4sj3NR-XszU/s200/flag_en_small.gif" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5246069781780020322" /><br />Finally last friday we have booked the boat Cachalote [http://www.galapagosenchantedexpeditions.com/site/galapagos/cachalote.html] for 8-days sailing around the Galapagos. The boat looks great and the sailing covers most of islands here. But the problem is that the boat trip starts next Wednesday - what we are going to go before that? And also we had to move our flight from here to Equador, so finally instead of 1 full day in Quito, we will have just about 4hr on the airport.<br /><br />We thought about some side trips to islands around but finally we decided for diving. As Jana didn´t had any diving qualification it sounded best for her to do PADI course and because I´ve not diven since my CMAS exams years ago I also needed an ´refresher´.<br />Now we are at the stage that Jana has her 4 dives and is now doing the theoretical exam, and I have 6 dives in last 3 days. If all goes well we have 2 more dives tomorrow on place called Gordon Rocks - probably the best diving spot here, and day after early morning the sailing starts....<br /><br /><HR><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGwYvQ06rjRuQIjf3e3XNh2BcAIr4dXOFvS4VAlQwMnH_xoogj3WFe6ZVjkCsQbqoGwOwQesUIxVgPspuU2NubOaB6rv_eg7i0fceYmeAXI0Ogwclo_5eWhLSio-XxSKSNSxY2Q44OAeA/s200/flag_cz_small.gif" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5246069774586039042" /><br />Tak nakonec jsme si minuly patek zamluvili lod Cachalote [http://www.galapagosenchantedexpeditions.com/site/galapagos/cachalote.html] na 8-denni plavbu po Galapagach. Lod vypada docela hezky a plavba zahrnuje vetsinu mistnich ostrovu. Ale problem je ze plavba zacina az dalsi stredu a co tedy vymyslet mezi tim? A take jsme museli posunout o let odsud do Ekvadoru, takze nakonec misto dne v Quito se tam zdrzime asi jen 4 hodiny na letisti.<br /><br />Premysleli jsme ze bysme si udelali nejake vylety na okolni ostrovy, ale nakonec zvitezilo potapeni. Protoze Jana nemela zadnou potapecskou kvalifikaci, pro ni nam vyslo nejlepsi kdyz si tu primo udela PADI kurz a protoze ja jsem se nepotapel prakticky od mych CMAS zkousek, taky jsem to potreboval trosku osvezit. Ted prave ma Jana za sebou uz 4 ponory a prave sedi na teoretickych zkouskach a ja mam 6 ponoru v poslednich 3 dnech. Pokud vsechno vyjde, tak zitra mame spolecne 2 posledni ponory na miste Gordon Rocks (Gordonovy skaly) - pravdepodobne nejlepsi potapeci misto tady, no a dalsi den uz nam zacina plavba ....<br /><HR><br /><CENTER><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifr6dicIqPsNreb1RZA0N_UnLMKZdJhHyh7Rb98a734lsnFKwGnwdjNcfN77sJ7d3_LBxTBmv0hsIRWd9zgICf1BnjabdBOlImpOdmJ2Mf7Z1npoT7WK-L2Mv-y6RTwvmrd66R_vSZvvQ/s1600-h/Seymour+%26+Gordon+43.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifr6dicIqPsNreb1RZA0N_UnLMKZdJhHyh7Rb98a734lsnFKwGnwdjNcfN77sJ7d3_LBxTBmv0hsIRWd9zgICf1BnjabdBOlImpOdmJ2Mf7Z1npoT7WK-L2Mv-y6RTwvmrd66R_vSZvvQ/s200/Seymour+%26+Gordon+43.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5254211159176726482" />White tipped shark|Zralok 'belocipy'</a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhiYeOtiYYrhC7xYVdpez_vwQf1eD5W1Cg84KD42Qccpe980UI4JBLr6LM3sCDVXfDzAdOJjxtlvmuV-sgYu7HZmm-HdS_GunXa4E637Hz-t1WylmlTvm9rU2Re_iqBeVy5atvuv2mnstM/s1600-h/Seymour+%26+Gordon+63.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhiYeOtiYYrhC7xYVdpez_vwQf1eD5W1Cg84KD42Qccpe980UI4JBLr6LM3sCDVXfDzAdOJjxtlvmuV-sgYu7HZmm-HdS_GunXa4E637Hz-t1WylmlTvm9rU2Re_iqBeVy5atvuv2mnstM/s200/Seymour+%26+Gordon+63.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5254211166388047506" />Spotted Eagle Ray|Teckovany Rejnok orli</a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpUdd2WVvPO6Zpu_snh6Fk8VWsF7G1flfJ8LOQZHVllCoEY2s145HS_4W1bIhB29rW7bCnFvKGuiiqNm_fxhRpBBzc26Arcv81U_7Lk25JJRDhF9ja7Af_jZliHMKk6bJoqidIeCwl0i8/s1600-h/Macarron's+Place+%26+El+Bajo+43.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpUdd2WVvPO6Zpu_snh6Fk8VWsF7G1flfJ8LOQZHVllCoEY2s145HS_4W1bIhB29rW7bCnFvKGuiiqNm_fxhRpBBzc26Arcv81U_7Lk25JJRDhF9ja7Af_jZliHMKk6bJoqidIeCwl0i8/s200/Macarron's+Place+%26+El+Bajo+43.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5254211164024488194" />Jana</a><br /><br /><object width="425" height="350"> <param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/9dVEzPo-e0o"> </param> <embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/9dVEzPo-e0o" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="425" height="350"> </embed> </object><BR>Spotted Eagle Ray|Teckovany Rejnok orli<br /><br /></CENTER>Michalhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01450514054535130760noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-342834209367794286.post-7299533924320740012008-10-04T04:27:00.006+13:002008-10-04T05:22:25.234+13:00Puerto Ayora (Isla Santa Cruz)<img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQ4u0_indYb22VkJ36rRsKIhDNeWp7SH811aM8fethWp71xM3BXNPj9GhkPb3LtKMpCGVEEUU-ze3ZFDB_IspgXRv2-Qo24coL54MVsY2G8jRRHc0baeRjaYLSha6uE9CH4sj3NR-XszU/s200/flag_en_small.gif" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5246069781780020322" /><br />When we were leaving Huaraz after treking we hoped to get to Equador in two to three days, we were quite lucky. <br />Although we had some problems with agency getting us wrong tickets in the first instance (to Lima instead), this was finally resolved and at 9:15pm we left Huaraz to arrive to Truchillo at 7am in the morning. We got a taxi to the other end of the city where more bus companies are and at 10:30am we were sitting in next bus north to Piura to be there at just about 5pm. What was our surprise when across the road from when we arrived to Piura was another company with bus leaving to Guayaquil at 6:30pm. So we arrived to the biggest Equador city in early mornign just to find out the airport is next to the bus station. We checked tickets availiblity and after some time we held tickets for 11:15am flight to the Galapagos. And finally when checking-in the guy offered us to get onto earlier flight so we finally left on the plane at 9:15am, to arrive to Galapagos (Isla Baltra) just before 10am (there is 1hr time shift from Equador) yesterday. <br />Yesterday we started to look at some boats for cruise around islands. We almost got one starting today but finally the price we got offered was not for the cabin but for a person and this was a bit too expensive. But we have another at least two options at the moment so the goal for today is to get one confirmed and plan the rest of stay, diving, maybe some kayaking and we will see .... <br /><HR><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGwYvQ06rjRuQIjf3e3XNh2BcAIr4dXOFvS4VAlQwMnH_xoogj3WFe6ZVjkCsQbqoGwOwQesUIxVgPspuU2NubOaB6rv_eg7i0fceYmeAXI0Ogwclo_5eWhLSio-XxSKSNSxY2Q44OAeA/s200/flag_cz_small.gif" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5246069774586039042" /><br />Kdyz jsme po trekovani opousteli Huaraz, doufali jsme se dostat do Ekvadoru behem 2-3dni, ale meli jsme docela stesti.<br />Prestoze jsme meli problem s agenturou ktera nam spatne zaridila jizdnenky na autobus (do Limy jsme opravdu nechteli), nakonec se vsechno vyresilo a v 9:15pm jsme opustili Huaraz abysme prijeli do mesta Truchillo v 7am rano. Presunuli jsme se do opacne casti mesta kde je vetsina autobusovych spolecnosti a v 10:30am jsme byli v dalsim autobuse na sever do mesta Piura kam jsme prijeli v 5pm. Jake bylo nase prekvapeni kdyz naproti od mista kam jsme prijeli byla jina spolecnost, ktera mela autobus do mesta Guayaquil odjizdejici 6:30pm. A tak jsme se dostali druhy den brzo rano do nejvetsiho mesta Ekvadoru a zjistili ze letiste je hned nedaleko autobusoveho nadrazi. Zasli jsme zjistit jak je to s letenkami a za chvili jsme drzeli v ruce listky na let 11:15am na Galapagy. No a konecne kdyz jsme se odbavovali na let, muzik nam nabidl drivejsi let a nakonec jsme odleteli letem 9:15am, abychom prileteli na Galapagy (Isla Baltra) vcera neco pred 10am (je tu 1-hodinovy posun oproti Ekvadoru). <br />Tak jsme vcera zacali hledat nejake lode na plavbu po ostrovech. Malem jsme jednu meli uz na dnesek, ale nakonec agentura zjistila ze cena nabizena za kajutu byla nakonec cena za osobu, tak jsme to odmitli protoze to bylo nad nad nase finanacni predstavy. Ale mame nejake dalsi alternativy tak snad dnes uz dostaneme nejakou potverzenou a zacneme si planovat zbytek pobytu, potapeni, mozna nejake kajakovani, to se jeste uvidi ...<br /><HR><br /><CENTER><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiD8lGq2ZqVBMMWzhxUbryK6WeNCKNuhiC8x2MCwaXfYmmQBZl6iTCSKlNGZM2Y-iiuuyRJ3t0oePQGPOItyow7s8T37bqxw9DV2p2G2dmHd14ZU9Rgc3xPXEt7CbKrw5TnNhmjyoQmuHo/s1600-h/IMG_3049.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiD8lGq2ZqVBMMWzhxUbryK6WeNCKNuhiC8x2MCwaXfYmmQBZl6iTCSKlNGZM2Y-iiuuyRJ3t0oePQGPOItyow7s8T37bqxw9DV2p2G2dmHd14ZU9Rgc3xPXEt7CbKrw5TnNhmjyoQmuHo/s200/IMG_3049.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5252963135620893138" />On the pier in Puerto Ayora|Na mole v Puerto Ayora</a><br /><br /></CENTER>Michalhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01450514054535130760noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-342834209367794286.post-77695885996493471862008-09-30T13:49:00.010+13:002008-10-23T16:53:03.225+13:00Huaraz, Huayhuash trek<img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQ4u0_indYb22VkJ36rRsKIhDNeWp7SH811aM8fethWp71xM3BXNPj9GhkPb3LtKMpCGVEEUU-ze3ZFDB_IspgXRv2-Qo24coL54MVsY2G8jRRHc0baeRjaYLSha6uE9CH4sj3NR-XszU/s200/flag_en_small.gif" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5246069781780020322" /><br />After flight from Cusco we had a day in Lima before night bus to Huaraz and we spend that time on Internet, walking through the city, and of course having dinner in one of local pizzerias.<br />In Huaraz we found some accomodation and booked next trip. 9 days around Cordilera Huayhuash [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cordillera_Huayhuash]- sleeping mostly above 4.000m, every day at least one high pass ... sounds good. But there are no groups so if we want to make one just by us two it will cost us arm and leg ... or wait a moment ... we can hire local guy and 2 donkeys and go on our own. Agreed, this is the way to go. At least we use our tent, stove and sleeping matrecess we carry the whole time.<br />We bought some food and petrol for cooking, and got onto the buses to Llamac next day. From Llamac our trek started and there also finished. I have to say it was excellent trip, and walking without guide (but with a good map) we have made 3 alternative days and enjoyed the mountains in our own rythm, just wanderfull. If your're good in orienteering in map and you like to plan your our tramps and treks, don't worry and just go for the same. It is worth.<br />In fact we had one small problem. To make sure all will go smoothly we decided instead of cooking for donkey man (they call him ´donkey driver´ in local English), we just paid for his food. But unfortunatelly he didn´t get enough for all 9 days, in fact he had food just for about 3 days, so we had to share some food with him and cook for him as well. But finally at least the agency apologized and offered us a partial refund for the food, so all was ok and we can recommend the ´Huascaran´ agency ;)<br /><br />The area is somehow safe (as it was not some years ago) but for crossing village land you normally pay around 15./S per person, sometimes more than once a day. The most expensive city (probably because you need to go through there) is Huayllapa where you pay 35./S to some american society, so the question is how much goes to the village itself. It seemed to us a bit as bribe, but if it keeps the area safe, ok. All together we have spend around 150./S per person on those ´fees´<br /><br /><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjoJC81PgHwtty52eTL945zhVABpky-MSkmJWsAduGSWimHc6YBFHjXTyz6MpoT3EksRX56MPcoQ8Uyn9wLS5jB68SEOkN6hPsobjgBNvbP5gGe0YHApZeEm-CaXcEph75lsh5UbqMOTD0/s200/icon_info.gif" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5260191906879390850" /><br />Our trek was as follows:<br />day 1: Llamac to Quartelhuain<br /><I>mostly on road</I><br />day 2: Quartelhuain to Laguna Mitucocha<br /><I>alternative way after Chacananpunta pass as shown in map</I><br />day 3: Laguna Mitucocha to Laguna Carhuacocha<br /><I>alternative way around Laguna Alcaycocha - not shown in the map, some cairns can be found but ask lokals at the laguna for a way once they will come for the turistic ´fee´ or go on the normal way</I><br />day 4: Laguna Carhuacocha to Huayhuash<br /><I>alternative way for whole day, as in map, very nice</I><br />day 5: Huayhuash to Aqua termales <br /><I>short day</I><br />day 6: Aqua termales to Huancpatay<br /><I>with side trip to the San Antonio pass (5.020m) with wonderfull views </I><br />day 7: Huancpatay to Incahuain<br />day 8: Incahuain to Laguna Jahuacocha<br />day 9: Laguna Jahuacocha to Llamac<br /><br /><I>On all days in the morning agree with donkey ´driver´ on camping place for evening as donkeys go always on the normal way and normally a bit quicker ;)</I><br /><br />Map used: 0/3c Alpenvereinskarte - Cordillera Huayhuash (Peru) - Trekking 1:50000 <br /> <I>bought for 70./S in Huaraz</I><br /><br />Orientation costs:<br /> - donkey $5 per day (x2)<br /> - donkey ´driver´ $10 per day<br /> - renting tent for the donkey ´driver´ $3 per day<br /> - food for 2 ~ 200./S<br /> - petrol for cooking ~ 4 l x 5./S<br /> - bus there and back (both ways) 44./S per person<br /> - turistic tickets ~ 150./S per person<br /><br /><HR><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGwYvQ06rjRuQIjf3e3XNh2BcAIr4dXOFvS4VAlQwMnH_xoogj3WFe6ZVjkCsQbqoGwOwQesUIxVgPspuU2NubOaB6rv_eg7i0fceYmeAXI0Ogwclo_5eWhLSio-XxSKSNSxY2Q44OAeA/s200/flag_cz_small.gif" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5246069774586039042" /><br />Po letu z Cusco jsme meli den v Limepred nocnim autobusem do Huarazu a ten jsme stravili prevazne na Internetu, prochazkou po meste a samozdrejme i veceri v mistni pizzerii.<br />V Huarazu jsme nasli bydleni a zamluvili dalsi vylet. 9 dni okolo kopcu Cordilera Huayhuash [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cordillera_Huayhuash] - noclehy nad 4.000m, kazdy den aspon nejake vyssi sedlo ... to zni dobre. Ale nikde nemaji zadne skupiny a abychom jednu vytvorili sami dva to se nedoplatime ... anebo - moment ... muzeme si pronajmout lokalniho muzika a 2 osliky a vyrazit jen tak. Dohodnuto, tak to udelame. Aspon pouzijeme, stan, varic a karimatky, co uz s sebou peknou dobu vlacime.<br />Koupili jsme nejake jidlo, benzin do varice a dalsi den nasedli na bus do Llamac. Z Llamac nas trek zacina a tam take konci. Musim rict ze to byl vyborny zajezd a kdyz jsme sli cely vylet sami bez vudce (ale s dobrou mapou), udelali jsme si 3 alternativni dny a uzili jsme si hory vlastnim tempem, proste parada. Pokud se vyznate v mape a nemate problem si naplanovat vlastni zajezd, nic se nebojte a klidne bezte do toho sameho, stoji to zato.<br />Ve skutecnosti jsme meli jeden mensi problem. Protoze jsme nechteli nejaka nedorozumneni a popravde jsme ani netusili co pro nej varit, namisto abychom varili pro muzika s osly (oni ho tu do anglictiny prekladaji jako 'ridic oslu'), zaplatili jsme za jeho jidlo zvlast. Ale on bohuzel toho jidla nedostal ani zdaleka dost na celyxch 9 dni, spis tak na 3, a tak jsme nakonec museli delit jidlo a varit i pro nej. Nakonec se ale agentura omluvila a nabidli i castecne vraceni penez za jidlo, takze vsechno ok a muzeme agenturu ´Huascaran´ vrele doporucit ;)<br /><br />Oblast je to vicemene bezpecna (jakoze pred par lety nejspis nebyla) ale za pruchody osad nebo jejich oblasti se plati normalne okolo 15./S za osobu, nekdy i vickrat denne. Nejdrazsi vesnice (pravdepodobne protoze nejde minout) je Huayllapa kde zaplatite 35./S jakesi americke spolecnosti, takze je jenom otazkou kolik z toho jde vubec vesbici. Zdalo se nam to trochu jako organizovana kradez, ale pokud to udrzi oblast bezpecnou tak budiz. Nakonec za vsechny tyto vstupy jsme nechali asi 150./S na osobu.<br /><br /><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjoJC81PgHwtty52eTL945zhVABpky-MSkmJWsAduGSWimHc6YBFHjXTyz6MpoT3EksRX56MPcoQ8Uyn9wLS5jB68SEOkN6hPsobjgBNvbP5gGe0YHApZeEm-CaXcEph75lsh5UbqMOTD0/s200/icon_info.gif" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5260191906879390850" /><br />Harmonogram naseho treku:<br />den 1: Llamac -> Quartelhuain<br /><I>vetsinou po ceste</I><br />den 2: Quartelhuain -> Laguna Mitucocha<br /><I>alternativni cesta za sedlem Chacananpunta jak to je v mape</I><br />den 3: Laguna Mitucocha -> Laguna Carhuacocha<br /><I>alternativni cesta okolo Laguny Alcaycocha - neni v mape, jsou tam nejaci muzici, ale radeji se zeptejte mistnich as ze zastavi u laguny pro poplatky anebo bezte po hlavni ceste</I><br />den 4: Laguna Carhuacocha to Huayhuash<br /><I>alternativni cesta podle mapy, velice hezky den</I><br />day 5: Huayhuash -> Aqua termales <br /><I>kratky den</I><br />day 6: Aqua termales -> Huancpatay<br /><I>s vychazkou na sedlo San Antonio (5.020m) s vyhledem</I><br />day 7: Huancpatay -> Incahuain<br />day 8: Incahuain -> Laguna Jahuacocha<br />day 9: Laguna Jahuacocha -> Llamac<br /><br /><I>Kazdy den rano se domluvte s ´ridicem´ oslu na miste pro dalsi nocleh, protoze oslici jdou vzdy po hlavni ceste a taky vetsinou o neco rychleji nez vy ;)</I><br /><br />Mapa: 0/3c Alpenvereinskarte - Cordillera Huayhuash (Peru) - Trekking 1:50000<br /> <I>koupena za 70./S v Huarazu</I><br /><br />Orientacni ceny:<br /> - osel $5 za den (x2)<br /> - ´ridic´ oslu $10 za den<br /> - pujceni stanu pro ´ridice´ oslu $3 za den<br /> - jidlo pro 2 ~ 200./S<br /> - benzin na vareni ~ 4 l x 5./S<br /> - autobus tam a zpet 44./S na osobu <br /> - turisticke ´vstupy´ ~ cca 150./S na osobu<br /><br /><HR><br /><CENTER><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYxOBSNQ_VyYfGEL2Br34IxpoXqLiPdEMSQREOIGtqpgNi5nB4ot_2JO0Lck5L7CB5HHk0kfXHODMPIyNDoXdwVu2C5vwAm-seIuGHIMivB68hd0IGOWU-AN5bDNbQXId3jixbo6eXtiQ/s1600-h/IMG_2949.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYxOBSNQ_VyYfGEL2Br34IxpoXqLiPdEMSQREOIGtqpgNi5nB4ot_2JO0Lck5L7CB5HHk0kfXHODMPIyNDoXdwVu2C5vwAm-seIuGHIMivB68hd0IGOWU-AN5bDNbQXId3jixbo6eXtiQ/s200/IMG_2949.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5253865066968749810" />Laguna Mitucocha</a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5tC_uAQfpkD7ehInnuvAku0ZPY0TMCT45Vn-DwpQdhjxSN-pQD0qHk59X3pXqc5i8eQqnVbDE8dOAZETfeJUzU9yQce_SR_AI7UShyphenhyphenltFivR6SjafO0vPswsizPCRZ-NsqjLrkYQUoZ8/s1600-h/IMG_2961.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5tC_uAQfpkD7ehInnuvAku0ZPY0TMCT45Vn-DwpQdhjxSN-pQD0qHk59X3pXqc5i8eQqnVbDE8dOAZETfeJUzU9yQce_SR_AI7UShyphenhyphenltFivR6SjafO0vPswsizPCRZ-NsqjLrkYQUoZ8/s200/IMG_2961.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5253865073287310418" />Laguna Carhuacocha</a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi71cEaTGNSEJDfggqiWT56xB9x8IjSYb2jyoGE57PEqVTvK56vOADiB1fWFEvqMYz7gQpOUsw5lhTSfpGeE3SvEUvMMCniXC8YWtIza6zH1rlnPrRKLjQDXScjiYTTm5lYUNBfbAVQly4/s1600-h/IMG_2956.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi71cEaTGNSEJDfggqiWT56xB9x8IjSYb2jyoGE57PEqVTvK56vOADiB1fWFEvqMYz7gQpOUsw5lhTSfpGeE3SvEUvMMCniXC8YWtIza6zH1rlnPrRKLjQDXScjiYTTm5lYUNBfbAVQly4/s200/IMG_2956.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5253865068577650178" />Laguna Mitucocha back from the pass|Laguna Mitucocha ze sedla</a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsi1AA4IbYPnaH4XKR_psaYSowt9i5g0Xz1Wm-HSH9LCL5BkwjTeXyi2uxJQNQTg7Z9b3y0sbkpVqj-5PXtkj1XzJrO1ZS_rTTCc4eqV3q56vROSDVh9KOFB7ta6Sf2KqCZLZfiEvAlI8/s1600-h/IMG_2969.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsi1AA4IbYPnaH4XKR_psaYSowt9i5g0Xz1Wm-HSH9LCL5BkwjTeXyi2uxJQNQTg7Z9b3y0sbkpVqj-5PXtkj1XzJrO1ZS_rTTCc4eqV3q56vROSDVh9KOFB7ta6Sf2KqCZLZfiEvAlI8/s200/IMG_2969.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5253865074090700866" />Laguna Quesillocha & Laguna Siula</a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9Fsoe3EIeznjEINhxrLKHqvy0W5ebB31OLKXQHCehLTDZV8H8KMbyQzeXbr66OWlyfKrZVvxJbqKN541SplJLu2uXBeoPGWenfMoRhjuHM5lYHXq8ODxROaBGAl_S0sVLw434uemYuE8/s1600-h/IMG_2977.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9Fsoe3EIeznjEINhxrLKHqvy0W5ebB31OLKXQHCehLTDZV8H8KMbyQzeXbr66OWlyfKrZVvxJbqKN541SplJLu2uXBeoPGWenfMoRhjuHM5lYHXq8ODxROaBGAl_S0sVLw434uemYuE8/s200/IMG_2977.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5253865078034373330" />Evening in Huayhuash|Vecer v Huayhuash</a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLqjGcXKiHR8GVOt9ArdFJiRPglLsRiErtyVEaDvWlWKAj7dQug_34jI_lJn3Z9Ba7iEYzpTyBn1fm5QPC9qndVxQuUbOorE3mbaTs1rPZhX8aAYUQZnMY0dgUF9BG0xTF95HGyJBKs6U/s1600-h/IMG_3001.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLqjGcXKiHR8GVOt9ArdFJiRPglLsRiErtyVEaDvWlWKAj7dQug_34jI_lJn3Z9Ba7iEYzpTyBn1fm5QPC9qndVxQuUbOorE3mbaTs1rPZhX8aAYUQZnMY0dgUF9BG0xTF95HGyJBKs6U/s200/IMG_3001.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5253865469714420978" />San Antonio</a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbHx6ArJlHibXf7iricnYmWbRNxTull2iLG5Rvyzbk74Xj28D-Tjoh3M4n3ODSyCF0qQcP-eSn67M-IN4rDEAQ7VjT6G3aiVoirGpNmyP8HfGYzfJx-yhujQW88U8DJuKzBPSiWCuFaqo/s1600-h/IMG_3017.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbHx6ArJlHibXf7iricnYmWbRNxTull2iLG5Rvyzbk74Xj28D-Tjoh3M4n3ODSyCF0qQcP-eSn67M-IN4rDEAQ7VjT6G3aiVoirGpNmyP8HfGYzfJx-yhujQW88U8DJuKzBPSiWCuFaqo/s200/IMG_3017.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5253865468069084146" />Laguna Susucocha</a><br /></CENTER>Michalhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01450514054535130760noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-342834209367794286.post-24096626037338879472008-09-20T13:18:00.003+12:002008-10-06T15:36:14.789+13:00Macchu Piccu<img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQ4u0_indYb22VkJ36rRsKIhDNeWp7SH811aM8fethWp71xM3BXNPj9GhkPb3LtKMpCGVEEUU-ze3ZFDB_IspgXRv2-Qo24coL54MVsY2G8jRRHc0baeRjaYLSha6uE9CH4sj3NR-XszU/s200/flag_en_small.gif" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5246069781780020322" /><br />Ok so the Inca trail we have done was not part of the ¨commercial Inca Trail¨, but part of the historical Inca trail. The whole Inca Jungle Trail was not bad, but 1st day on bike was on dusty road on creepy bikes, 2nd day was quite nice walk (partially on Inca trail) with thermal pools at the end, and 3rd day was firstly in taxi (we have turned down the option to walk for 4 hours on dusty road and negotiated the price for taxi to 10/.S instead of 20 they´ve asked for) and then 3 hrs or so on the train rails to get to the village Aqua Calientes.<br /><br />After we arrived there we have found out how ¨clever¨ are locals in getting more and more money of turists. Whatever you buy in the village (from food or meals, to the hotel stay), you have to pay 10% extra tax to the village (or city), if you want to take bus in the morning to the Maccu Piccu (15min ride or 1.5hr walk) you should pay US$7 one way. So we have walked up the Potukusi hill with the view of the Machu Piccu. Nice walk.<br /><br />Following day we woke up at 4am and about half past we started walking up to the Machu Piccu. It was going quite well and just a moment after 5:30 we were up next to the gate, around 20th in the row. At about 6am the gate was opened, we got in, booked the trip up to the Waynapiccu hill for 11am and started the tour. We spend on Machu Piccu the whole day, and we left around 4pm to get down to the willage just in time to buy some food and souvenirs and get the overpriced train and then bus back to Cusco, where we have arrived in late nigth. <br /><br />In Cusco we have left some money to the lady in the hostel agency to organize flight tickets for us to fly next morning to Lima, so we were hoping to find them there. Yes we have found tickets there and also the bill. With the provision to the lady we got around $6 cash back ?!? Oh yes this is Cusco. But anyway early next morning we left Cusco on the plane to Lima.<br /><br /><HR><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGwYvQ06rjRuQIjf3e3XNh2BcAIr4dXOFvS4VAlQwMnH_xoogj3WFe6ZVjkCsQbqoGwOwQesUIxVgPspuU2NubOaB6rv_eg7i0fceYmeAXI0Ogwclo_5eWhLSio-XxSKSNSxY2Q44OAeA/s200/flag_cz_small.gif" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5246069774586039042" /><br />Takze ten Inka trail co jsme sli nebyla cast ¨comercne chozeneho Inka Trailu¨, ale cast historickeho inka trailu. Obecne cely Inka Jungle Trail nebyl vylozene spatny, ale prvni den byl po prasne ceste na kolech v katastrofalnim stavu, druhy den docela hazka cesta (castecne po Inka trailu) ukoncena termalnim koupalistem, no a treti den (pote co jsme odmitli slapat 4 hodiny po prasne ceste a usmlouvali taxi na 10/.S na osobu namisto 20 ktere chteli) a pak cca 3hodiny po kolejich az do vesnice Aqua Calientes.<br /><br />Jakmile jsme tam dosli, zjistili jsme jak ¨vynalezavi¨ jsou mistni v metodach jak dostat z turistu vice penez. Cokoliv si ve vesnici koupite, od jidla pres ubytovani az po suvenyry, musite zaplatit navic 10% dan vesnici (nebo mestu), pokud chcete jet na Machu Piccu autobusem, zaplatite US$7 za jednu cestu. Takze jsme se rozhodli se rano nahoru projit a jeste pred vecerem jsme si vysli na kopec Potukusi na vyhlidku na Machu Piccu. Hezka vychazka.<br /><br />Dalsi den jsme vstavali ve 4 rano a pul hodiny nato uz jsme byli na ceste nahoru na Machu Piccu. Slo to kupodivu docela dobre a chvili po 5:30 jsme uz byli nahore u vstupu, priblizne 20ti v rade. V 6 rano se vstup otevrel, my jsme se dostali dovnitr, zamluvili si turu na kopec Waynapiccu na 11am a zacali turu. Na Machu Piccu jsme stravili cely dena dolu jsme sli az ve 4 odpoledne, prave tak si koupit neco na jidlo a nejake suvenyry pred odjezdem predrazeneho vlaku a busu do Cusca, kam jsme dojeli az pozde v noci.<br /><br />V Cuscu jsme nechali nejake penize pani v hostelove agenture, aby nam zaridila letenky do Limy na dalsi rano, tak jsme doufali ze je tam najdeme. Listky tam byly a ucet taky. Celkem vcetne provize pro agenturu jsme dostali zpatky asi $6 ?!? No to je proste Cusco. Kazdopadne, druhy den rano jsme odleteli do Limy.<br /><HR><br /><CENTER><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbpUlj_STSHCcu2rAYm14Qzj0amFZHGpY8zBkOs1qjBEBOU3nsOjLZPX2SV7ww2nFDfXG5OsnIDH3BQcjenyPJoGRwLuzqpxsig67E1iDj-2E2hotWgyVpRdfZZLRQJxY7zZ5cs3vHSlI/s1600-h/IMG_2752.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbpUlj_STSHCcu2rAYm14Qzj0amFZHGpY8zBkOs1qjBEBOU3nsOjLZPX2SV7ww2nFDfXG5OsnIDH3BQcjenyPJoGRwLuzqpxsig67E1iDj-2E2hotWgyVpRdfZZLRQJxY7zZ5cs3vHSlI/s200/IMG_2752.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5253861597564473298" />Start|Na startu</a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj98vc6WdbPSli2uhipvEgAYOv-SUCBq91yRRxkqXQOLj42RQ6JC1TCIAK4hHds6rY-sUwGGefSW4vBy5_y_iVOh3oflPh0Di4h9wCkVt4MJ7U-HCawBPZlBRW3eGrCw47NtMG5_hFG93I/s1600-h/IMG_2768.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj98vc6WdbPSli2uhipvEgAYOv-SUCBq91yRRxkqXQOLj42RQ6JC1TCIAK4hHds6rY-sUwGGefSW4vBy5_y_iVOh3oflPh0Di4h9wCkVt4MJ7U-HCawBPZlBRW3eGrCw47NtMG5_hFG93I/s200/IMG_2768.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5253861597156685378" />Second day - stop in ´Monkey House´|Druhy den - zastavka v ´opicim dome´</a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNs93tkGUqVzz6jrumNo-VlYgcSmg6KkIzXu99IvXnrCbYJG6JOXTjJR9m1XjgjZH5_JDJZ55FPh886BcQxTyxgl6nt4gW-63S3KUg_32E3bZiWIFBcGtLdQpp5EIitPCxHUJAYXYGe4A/s1600-h/IMG_2772.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNs93tkGUqVzz6jrumNo-VlYgcSmg6KkIzXu99IvXnrCbYJG6JOXTjJR9m1XjgjZH5_JDJZ55FPh886BcQxTyxgl6nt4gW-63S3KUg_32E3bZiWIFBcGtLdQpp5EIitPCxHUJAYXYGe4A/s200/IMG_2772.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5253861603965502338" />On the left side on the hill is the Inca Trail|Nalevo v kopci je Inka trail</a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBTz9oSA5bwcIoYTvTU2bQ4ULlgcUbmMiKo-WOZ2XEWjI72WkoiM8ZwV0XoQvhDUyf67WS_XPhXIWo-rwxUy4yTYx8D1DtSJti783zn0R02ZrJTAXaCEbMkkP4-F8Tv8f-EbTH6yMPEbU/s1600-h/IMG_2777.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBTz9oSA5bwcIoYTvTU2bQ4ULlgcUbmMiKo-WOZ2XEWjI72WkoiM8ZwV0XoQvhDUyf67WS_XPhXIWo-rwxUy4yTYx8D1DtSJti783zn0R02ZrJTAXaCEbMkkP4-F8Tv8f-EbTH6yMPEbU/s200/IMG_2777.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5253861605283064178" />Thermals|Termaly</a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOxgCzy51ySPU2jYIQhP-qzbvWOqtFnlFGVqXvjPRlDXucKNi-EpAQqqRqW6yHJoyOEZ-dtSzlp4gEreywDN-rrbKIIqQtj8a6rQF9brD533hLxHVs214wkqzQ66g6-LG2VxzFeJyTlZ0/s1600-h/IMG_2783.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOxgCzy51ySPU2jYIQhP-qzbvWOqtFnlFGVqXvjPRlDXucKNi-EpAQqqRqW6yHJoyOEZ-dtSzlp4gEreywDN-rrbKIIqQtj8a6rQF9brD533hLxHVs214wkqzQ66g6-LG2VxzFeJyTlZ0/s200/IMG_2783.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5253861611587529218" />Hours on the rails|Hodiny na kolejich</a><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvNyYOe9NyKWL1_Dl1SFYjd4bCKj09kHGonI9jn8TKmNJwm7kUQ8UTNilLYql5T0QjShF7Q66clLU1qr_WGgepmDrcfqgabZMLS9bd-S-MEk1NunfKjbQKaB1JQei_r9Y_1jGE_W2vqAA/s1600-h/IMG_2787.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvNyYOe9NyKWL1_Dl1SFYjd4bCKj09kHGonI9jn8TKmNJwm7kUQ8UTNilLYql5T0QjShF7Q66clLU1qr_WGgepmDrcfqgabZMLS9bd-S-MEk1NunfKjbQKaB1JQei_r9Y_1jGE_W2vqAA/s200/IMG_2787.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5253862339999778658" />Aqua Calientes</a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6LZgzk6PKFWScbu4Pf9QBxoLIP8B4rFrnI9Sm9D4dIiUTTfi4v5MXKE-3ci9fLmE9GUkCxIJb65W0LytOI2gtx8ftEMkfS_MnjdKaGM4-AVIZElTJH_uMzKwBosDObwUmLILRewlEy7w/s1600-h/IMG_2796.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6LZgzk6PKFWScbu4Pf9QBxoLIP8B4rFrnI9Sm9D4dIiUTTfi4v5MXKE-3ci9fLmE9GUkCxIJb65W0LytOI2gtx8ftEMkfS_MnjdKaGM4-AVIZElTJH_uMzKwBosDObwUmLILRewlEy7w/s200/IMG_2796.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5253862346986408834" />View from Potukusi|Vyhlidka z Potukusi</a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgeYr-x9J-s2pSa8PUGpALdoP5U3i18NDgz3LOCGDxutcM__jcTQFzIJ-wmlzHxhXTRs3TVvsj7HFEVAsP7OAEjtnWUBHJJwT8kfoumAwf-bGt2l2VxWqHPMBPguYa_7hmuKZeCaTYaPxI/s1600-h/IMG_2850.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgeYr-x9J-s2pSa8PUGpALdoP5U3i18NDgz3LOCGDxutcM__jcTQFzIJ-wmlzHxhXTRs3TVvsj7HFEVAsP7OAEjtnWUBHJJwT8kfoumAwf-bGt2l2VxWqHPMBPguYa_7hmuKZeCaTYaPxI/s200/IMG_2850.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5253862347464783346" />Machu Piccu</a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglsmdRdPFvn2EpX4LQPDxujsJFQet8YKTtHYQ7cvwTR5aGrWPARMiVN-P9d2EC3t7KDvnoBRkNnZ3J08dIV_Yz7nqKJ0yJB3Z80fmjAyzzpvVSQpa-RCxOTqLJZyKwNQ4TmkMwo9vW6Ag/s1600-h/IMG_2908.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglsmdRdPFvn2EpX4LQPDxujsJFQet8YKTtHYQ7cvwTR5aGrWPARMiVN-P9d2EC3t7KDvnoBRkNnZ3J08dIV_Yz7nqKJ0yJB3Z80fmjAyzzpvVSQpa-RCxOTqLJZyKwNQ4TmkMwo9vW6Ag/s200/IMG_2908.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5253862353055074162" />City gate|Mestska brana</a><br /></CENTER>Michalhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01450514054535130760noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-342834209367794286.post-42163583400522076502008-09-16T19:16:00.003+12:002008-10-04T05:24:30.863+13:00Cusco<img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQ4u0_indYb22VkJ36rRsKIhDNeWp7SH811aM8fethWp71xM3BXNPj9GhkPb3LtKMpCGVEEUU-ze3ZFDB_IspgXRv2-Qo24coL54MVsY2G8jRRHc0baeRjaYLSha6uE9CH4sj3NR-XszU/s200/flag_en_small.gif" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5246069781780020322" /><br />So we are in Cusco area now. We have arrived 2 days ago early in the morning. After organizing accomodation we got onto afternoon round-the-city trip and bought Sacred Valley [http://www.cusco.net/maps/sacredv.htm] trip for next day, all together of course together with "Boleto Turistico" (the turistic ticket of the Cusco for s/130) that covers entry to most of the the attractions around the city.<br /><br />For following 4 days we have booked Jungle tour to Machu Piccu, that we have started just today. After a bit late start (each part of the group was said different excuse) and 3.5hrs in the car we have started cycling day and have descended something between 2.500-3.000m (altitude information vary in maps) on bikes on the dusty local road. Tomorrow we are supposed to walk for most of the day on the commercial Inca Trail with stop in thermal pools, and next day another walk to village Aqua Caliente, just below the Machu Piccu. On Friday morning we will start really early the way to the entrance to Machu Piccu ... but more in the next post.<br /><HR><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGwYvQ06rjRuQIjf3e3XNh2BcAIr4dXOFvS4VAlQwMnH_xoogj3WFe6ZVjkCsQbqoGwOwQesUIxVgPspuU2NubOaB6rv_eg7i0fceYmeAXI0Ogwclo_5eWhLSio-XxSKSNSxY2Q44OAeA/s200/flag_cz_small.gif" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5246069774586039042" /><br />Tak uz jsme v oblasti Cusco. Prijeli jsme brzo rano predevcirem. Po zarizeni ubytovani jsme odpoledne vyrazili na turu po mestskych pamatkach a na dalsi den jsme si koupili turu do Sacred Valley [http://www.cusco.net/maps/sacredv.htm](Posvaten udoli), samozdrejme s potrebnym "Boleto Turistico" (turisticky listek mesta Cusco za s/130) ktery plani na vstup do vetsiny pamatek v okoli mesta.<br /><br />Na nasledujici 4 dny jsme si koupili turu pres Dzungli na Machu Piccu, a tu jsme zacali dnes rano. Po opozdenem startu (kazda cast skupiny slysela jinou vymluvu) a 3.5h v aute jsme zacali cyklisticky den a sjeli jsme po mistni prasne silnici o nejakych 2.500-3.000m dolu (vyskove informace jsou se v mistnich mapach lisi). Zitra bychom meli jit vetsinu dne po casti komercniho Inka Trailu se zastavkou v termalnich bazenech, a den na to uz bychom meli dojit do vesnice Aqua Caliente, prave pod Machu Piccu. V patek brzo rano vyjdeme ke vstupu na Machu Piccu ... ale o tom se doctete az v dalsim zapisu.<br /><HR><br /><CENTER><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSDwo9YftgrrqoeHb7OtcsMCK4I3KgWxY6VAxKqNCoguyFQzkr5VHWF8Vkz0KBjUyu5dWSZ4ZrVj7ZbUzT2nxjSJ8KZzBMxzA0Pfd90udEcsTsVBZogJV8L2d8t4dkxOGHwJUAJfBGLbc/s1600-h/IMG_2718.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSDwo9YftgrrqoeHb7OtcsMCK4I3KgWxY6VAxKqNCoguyFQzkr5VHWF8Vkz0KBjUyu5dWSZ4ZrVj7ZbUzT2nxjSJ8KZzBMxzA0Pfd90udEcsTsVBZogJV8L2d8t4dkxOGHwJUAJfBGLbc/s200/IMG_2718.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5246784687230876962" />City tour evening|Vecer na primestske ture</a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnMWK5c7We7R8Ckvj8TQOBm43tVvcssl8zUUiQexOdDFkeVHLuE1VEx1iKYvrVFl4KBgaQt6Cim4NDYwobZQCd8JW7KOE8mOfIEDtbcV3sTCVM2vgst_cKNPmK3mfUQcmjQE0jxd0kvfQ/s1600-h/IMG_2742.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnMWK5c7We7R8Ckvj8TQOBm43tVvcssl8zUUiQexOdDFkeVHLuE1VEx1iKYvrVFl4KBgaQt6Cim4NDYwobZQCd8JW7KOE8mOfIEDtbcV3sTCVM2vgst_cKNPmK3mfUQcmjQE0jxd0kvfQ/s200/IMG_2742.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5246784689043108834" />Inka´s temple and terraces in Pisac|Incky chram a terasy u vesnice Pisac</a><br /></CENTER>Michalhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01450514054535130760noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-342834209367794286.post-4816193586098151762008-09-14T17:22:00.000+12:002008-09-22T09:54:17.527+12:00Arequipa and Colca Canyon | Arequipa a Kanon Colca<img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQ4u0_indYb22VkJ36rRsKIhDNeWp7SH811aM8fethWp71xM3BXNPj9GhkPb3LtKMpCGVEEUU-ze3ZFDB_IspgXRv2-Qo24coL54MVsY2G8jRRHc0baeRjaYLSha6uE9CH4sj3NR-XszU/s200/flag_en_small.gif" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5246069781780020322" /><br />From the lake Titicaca we went deeper to Peru, to Arequipa, 2nd largest Peruvian city. We have spend day relaxing, walking around and getting informations about Colca canyon, believed to be 2nd deepest canyon worldwide. Because it was Tuesday, there was evening tour in the Arequipa Santa Catarina Convent [http://www.perutravels.net/peru-travel-guide/arequipa-santa-catalina-convent.htm] which was really nice experience.<br /><br />Following day we took bus from Arequipa to Cobanaconde and from there we started 3 days treking in the Colca Canyon [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colca_Canyon]. First day we took first morning bus a to the Cruz de Condor wievpoint, where we watched Condors until late morning and from there we have taken unmarked route (30 minutes on the road, then following the water channel around the hill and finally some path down) to San Chuan de Chuccho and then another 1/2hr up to Cosnirhua. Second day over the hills to the Llahuar lodge. This day we also choosed (this time by mistake) less used path, too much to the left, and I must admint that balancing on snady ramps through slips maybe hundred metres above the ground was on several places not very pleasant. But finally in the lodge we went to termal pools just next to the river and after more than 3hrs in the water and good dinner was the day considered good and nice. Last day we had to wake up early and walk quickly up around 1.500 meetres of altitude difference to get on the bus from Cobanaconde at 2pm. Having Jana almost running up, the mission was accomplished and we even made the earlier bus at 12pm. Which means that we got to Arequipa on time for the night bus to Cusco.<br /><br /><HR><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGwYvQ06rjRuQIjf3e3XNh2BcAIr4dXOFvS4VAlQwMnH_xoogj3WFe6ZVjkCsQbqoGwOwQesUIxVgPspuU2NubOaB6rv_eg7i0fceYmeAXI0Ogwclo_5eWhLSio-XxSKSNSxY2Q44OAeA/s200/flag_cz_small.gif" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5246069774586039042" /><br />Od jezera Titicaca jsme jeli hloubeji do Peru, do druheho nejvetsiho mesta Peru - Arequipa. Prvni den jsme stravili relaxovanim, prochazkam mestem a zjistovanim informaci o moznostech trekingu v Colka kanonu, udajne 2. nejhlubsiho na svete. A protoze bylo prave utery Santa Catarina Konvent v Arequipe [http://www.perutravels.net/peru-travel-guide/arequipa-santa-catalina-convent.htm] poradal vecerni prohlidku, cehoz jsme vyuzili a opravdu to stalo to zato.<br /><br />Dalsi den jsme prejeli autobusem do Cobanaconde a odtamtud jsme uz zacinali 3-denni treking v Colca Kanonu [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colca_Canyon]. Prvni den jsme nasedli nma prvni ranni autobus a nechali se dovezt na vyhlidku Cruz de Condor, odkud jsme az do pozdniho dopoledne sledovali a fotili kondory krouzici pod nami ale i kolem nas. Odtamtud jsme se po neznacene ceste (30 minut po silnici, pak podel vodniho kanalu okolo kopce a nakonce dolu pesinou) dosli do San Chuan de Chuccho a po dalsi pulhodine nahoru do vesnice Cosnirhua. Druhy den jsme sli pres kopce do lodge Llahuar. Ten den jsme si take vybrali (tentokrat omylem) neznacenou cestu, sli jsme prilis nalevo, a musim priznat ze balancovani pres odtrzene svahy po uzkych a pranych rampach mozna sto metru nad rovnou zemi bylo na nekterych mistech velice neprijemne. Nakonec ale po vice nez 3 hodinach v termalnich bazenech dole u reky a dobre veceri, byl den prohlasen za povedeny. Posledni den jsme stavali brzo abychom stihli vyslapnout vyskovych 1.500 metru vcas a abychom stihli ve 14:00 autobus z Cobanaconde. Jana pelasila nahoru jako motorova mys, takze jsme nakonec ukol splnili a dokonce stihli uz drivejsi bus ve 12. Coz znamenalo, ze jsme se dostali do Arequipy vcas nato abychom chytli nocni autobus do Cusca.<br /><HR><br /><CENTER><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYCLWkOdkiEBYgrPtQz-EPhqqiM6-b8C6Sqrno9lIuWvGc86bzbCgx0zxrwSVpbWUiWoLBgX9kkSiV6cq0yUbkZfj0yKPeS7LDg0RafICzip2SmxWBWWd2ob9-JurCm0wdLxZrGdFWX1g/s1600-h/IMG_2530.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYCLWkOdkiEBYgrPtQz-EPhqqiM6-b8C6Sqrno9lIuWvGc86bzbCgx0zxrwSVpbWUiWoLBgX9kkSiV6cq0yUbkZfj0yKPeS7LDg0RafICzip2SmxWBWWd2ob9-JurCm0wdLxZrGdFWX1g/s200/IMG_2530.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5248593542108611714" />Santa Catarina Convent in Arequipa|Santa Catarina Konvent v Arequipe</a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWpghj5aeAfYIRSTmC4Xa5erRGxeriizPD1x9KoUOy11cd_HawBc2-JEwBaj3xTzTFT1QHPG5X2W5OHeE1WIBEeCuNdypdaemtmZEL-8FnmboF2RBkVLIkm1U_7hCbZnv8NRlMC4_Evuo/s1600-h/IMG_2536.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWpghj5aeAfYIRSTmC4Xa5erRGxeriizPD1x9KoUOy11cd_HawBc2-JEwBaj3xTzTFT1QHPG5X2W5OHeE1WIBEeCuNdypdaemtmZEL-8FnmboF2RBkVLIkm1U_7hCbZnv8NRlMC4_Evuo/s200/IMG_2536.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5248593547624835826" />Santa Catarina Convent in Arequipa for 2nd time|Santa Catarina Konvent v Arequipe podruhe</a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYLdU0Ygy4577MpNvSiqJCyVffOe1Y6kBhcvuU9FwIU4N5RMpZcO4PH0JTePYn4iFXKqAOzyL663kB2A3EBE5BzxZKLHlv_N2JvpY3wa41RLdJK9qw95CSu8bRWdRdi3nyjyWYodn6fbE/s1600-h/IMG_2587.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYLdU0Ygy4577MpNvSiqJCyVffOe1Y6kBhcvuU9FwIU4N5RMpZcO4PH0JTePYn4iFXKqAOzyL663kB2A3EBE5BzxZKLHlv_N2JvpY3wa41RLdJK9qw95CSu8bRWdRdi3nyjyWYodn6fbE/s200/IMG_2587.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5248593551348855202" />Condor 1|Kondor 1</a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4VUdYPqRbPzM6f15-pOx5mjthuReRVeKZDnZv15jvaoj1ZixLyodI_-fi2KDI4_lN5o9teDA0LNGK2G9jTrWH4pgncU7Op27Ar_zLf9xQxbidph-9ZkuFdc_jFDndtfGMIWTjD7XP6lg/s1600-h/IMG_2596.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4VUdYPqRbPzM6f15-pOx5mjthuReRVeKZDnZv15jvaoj1ZixLyodI_-fi2KDI4_lN5o9teDA0LNGK2G9jTrWH4pgncU7Op27Ar_zLf9xQxbidph-9ZkuFdc_jFDndtfGMIWTjD7XP6lg/s200/IMG_2596.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5248593554483651906" />Condor 2|Kondor 2</a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj74GrqiqVhX6tGer070fL8qtLX3nqb011rT6ZQ-gC-hfJlccIZTW4stSt5WC4M8Hi0rDCL-xfbkltQFQ0Id0YZLQlg_t74YOEwIUtye9X55oM_Yy_ODz5HGqijRM8KGsTcPZRaIP4uOXQ/s1600-h/IMG_2656.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj74GrqiqVhX6tGer070fL8qtLX3nqb011rT6ZQ-gC-hfJlccIZTW4stSt5WC4M8Hi0rDCL-xfbkltQFQ0Id0YZLQlg_t74YOEwIUtye9X55oM_Yy_ODz5HGqijRM8KGsTcPZRaIP4uOXQ/s200/IMG_2656.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5248593561174016306" />In the canyon|V kanonu</a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg46rxguhPfYCRaRnYc0T812yIr0UQEq3oYemWdar05FYZjQZcLRYnWf7DloYBkGV8JLohZdcx50v_wIN0tH-GJfK9eTpiOwYDPTTJAd2aym_lT0bsQhhkOOBphqiab1Fa0N7ZdAOlasdk/s1600-h/IMG_2657.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg46rxguhPfYCRaRnYc0T812yIr0UQEq3oYemWdar05FYZjQZcLRYnWf7DloYBkGV8JLohZdcx50v_wIN0tH-GJfK9eTpiOwYDPTTJAd2aym_lT0bsQhhkOOBphqiab1Fa0N7ZdAOlasdk/s200/IMG_2657.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5248594073069433202" />Sunset in termal pools|Zapad slunce v termalnim bazenu</a><br /><br /></CENTER>Michalhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01450514054535130760noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-342834209367794286.post-3294034379032525762008-09-09T18:21:00.003+12:002008-10-19T22:46:23.770+13:00Puno<img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQ4u0_indYb22VkJ36rRsKIhDNeWp7SH811aM8fethWp71xM3BXNPj9GhkPb3LtKMpCGVEEUU-ze3ZFDB_IspgXRv2-Qo24coL54MVsY2G8jRRHc0baeRjaYLSha6uE9CH4sj3NR-XszU/s200/flag_en_small.gif" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5246069781780020322" /><br />After Isla del Sol we left Bolivia and on the way to Arequipa (Peru) we stopped in Puno to change buses and during the 4 hour stop we´ve visited floating islands, islands that are made by people living on them. <br /><br />Short stop = short text :)<br /><HR><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGwYvQ06rjRuQIjf3e3XNh2BcAIr4dXOFvS4VAlQwMnH_xoogj3WFe6ZVjkCsQbqoGwOwQesUIxVgPspuU2NubOaB6rv_eg7i0fceYmeAXI0Ogwclo_5eWhLSio-XxSKSNSxY2Q44OAeA/s200/flag_cz_small.gif" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5246069774586039042" /><br />Po navsteve slunecniho ostrova (Isla del Sol) jsme opustili Bolivivi a po ceste do Arequipy (Peru) jsme zmenili autobus a v ramci 4-hodinove zastavky jsme navstivili plovouci ostrovy, ostrovy ktere jsou postaveny lidmi kteri na nich ziji.<br /><br />Kratka zastavka = kratky prispevek :)<br /><HR><br /><CENTER><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNAG0o7kuf1ndXc8SY4mkB9OGEnIsHbfZCTcVuyPVW3BObE3Eznm9CHXyFI1oHZJb1dLlnlHMvDgYPU_AJhSAsvoC3uEGidzLYP0S9-Q5khniBR6cyecSmddDCV4coKed66olGbLOxqRM/s1600-h/IMG_2488.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNAG0o7kuf1ndXc8SY4mkB9OGEnIsHbfZCTcVuyPVW3BObE3Eznm9CHXyFI1oHZJb1dLlnlHMvDgYPU_AJhSAsvoC3uEGidzLYP0S9-Q5khniBR6cyecSmddDCV4coKed66olGbLOxqRM/s200/IMG_2488.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5248604987654045698" />Local boat on islands|Mistni lod na osrovech</a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRTrxTch2o-tMtxkWyzGWFjSuFSEmBeGPW6qZ1UYJhnQJyQ7TNjj7diK0bUmApwPzHOy9d7DKSS8DzaUYInGVJvPP8Nqs4OqRZIsDbJaWjlP0fdenFfRMOC3U_KKItUzUe9MkoF11BI5k/s1600-h/IMG_2494.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRTrxTch2o-tMtxkWyzGWFjSuFSEmBeGPW6qZ1UYJhnQJyQ7TNjj7diK0bUmApwPzHOy9d7DKSS8DzaUYInGVJvPP8Nqs4OqRZIsDbJaWjlP0fdenFfRMOC3U_KKItUzUe9MkoF11BI5k/s200/IMG_2494.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5248604989691986562" />One paddle was abndoned, so Jana helped|Jedno padlo bylo volne tak Janca pomohla</a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAtLZTSwEHqETw1UG2Yqxap5H7xfY2vz2mrD3nPL__bIM_BRxOlur3Xi-t01mEG3AoTRdoVv1ESF9cePNQkNr8HlNw-eJUIV8IaeX9KydXFvTo9E7B4jEEZ7w4mur2W_flje46TAyK3rs/s1600-h/IMG_2506.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAtLZTSwEHqETw1UG2Yqxap5H7xfY2vz2mrD3nPL__bIM_BRxOlur3Xi-t01mEG3AoTRdoVv1ESF9cePNQkNr8HlNw-eJUIV8IaeX9KydXFvTo9E7B4jEEZ7w4mur2W_flje46TAyK3rs/s200/IMG_2506.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5248604996277242466" />Houses on islands|Domky na ostrovech</a><br /></CENTER>Michalhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01450514054535130760noreply@blogger.com0