Monday, August 07, 2006

The Way to Victoria Falls

Ola a todos. Sao ja quase 3 semanas desde a ultima a actualizacao e como ja devem ter percebido encotro-me a caminho das quedas de agua Victoria entre a Zambia e Zimbabwe. Neste tempo, passei por os grandes parques Nacionais do Quenia(Masai Mara) e Tanzania(Ngorongoron crater) onde estive a "2 palmos" de quase todos os animais. Ate um banquete de 3 chitas observei. As paisagens sao tambem fenomenais especialmente em Ngorongoron, cratera de um antigo vulcao que estaria a maior altitude que o Kilimanjaro mas acabou por colapsar.
Os dias por ca comecam sempre cedo, e por vezes as viajens sao longas e cansativas, com as estradas a nao ajudar, mas ao final do dia fica o sentimento que vale a pena e faz parte da experiencia Africana.
Depois dos animais selvagens, Zanzibar foi o destino, e nao podia ter sido o melhor apeadeiro para recuperar forcas. 5 dias de relaxe com prais paradisiacas e uma cidade antiga ao estilo das europeias com varias marcas da presenca Portuguesa na ilha. Para voltar um dia mais tarde.
Malawi segue-se. E o que mais fica na retina de um dos 10 paises mais pobres do mundo e a afabilidade das pessoas e a sua alegria. Foi talvez a primeira vez durante esta viajem que pude contactar com os locais para alem dos habituais vendedores de recordacoes. E valeu a pena. por todo os caminhos que passei, foi seguido por multidoes de criancas e adultos que me acolheram e aos meus companheiros de viajem como familia.
De volta a estrada por agora.

Hello Everyone!
Its three weeks from the last updated and at the moment I'm on my way to Victoria Falls beetwen Zambia and Zimbabwe. I did go to the big National parks of Kenya (Masai Mara) and Tanzania (Ngorongoron Crater), where i have seen all big 5 and all the others. Was lucky enough to see a cheeta kill. The landscapes are fenomenal, particularly in the Ngorongoron Crater, an inactive volcano that was higher than the Kilimanjaro but ended up to collapse. Here the days start early,and somedays the the journeys are long and tiring, with the roads that are in bad shape, but in the end it is worth it and its part of the african adventure.
After that moved on for a more relaxed and slow pace Zanzibar. The best spot to rest and gather strenght for the next weeks. 5 days of relaxaton with paradise beaches and an old town with cahotic and narrow lanes at the european stile and where could find several marks of the portuguese staying in the 16th century. Recomended.
Next Malawi. And for one of the 10th poorest countries in the world, the happiness and sympathy of the people stays as the best memory. It was the first time during this journey that had time to mingle with the locals, others than gifts and curios sellmem. And it was worth it. Me and my travel mates were wellcomed as family wherever we went and followed by "herds" of children in every town of Malawi.
Back on the road for now.

3 comments:

Anonymous said...

hi nuno!!!
its maria from spain...
nice to hear that you are ok...i believe you about the nature there, the animals and the amazing people...enjoy for all of us...but i didnt ask you something...do you have a camera with you??? i hope because you cant come back to europe without 1000000000000 photos of everything.
have nice days and be careful
besos y risas, maria

Anonymous said...

Hey hey Nuno,
Sounds like a magnificent and exotic trip, gotta get there some day. When you get a few photos try to put them onto site.
Are you gonna come back for next year's "batazado"... remember its not the colour of your belt that matters;-)
Keep on blogging with updates
Graham

Anonymous said...

Hola nuno,tudo bem?Bo,what a stupid question!!!!Just drawing after I saw your pictures,I got even more motivated to start preparing my trip.will be 4-5 months in south east asia,from the beginning of january,the irish period IS OVER!!!!will give u more details again...might b in Australia in march,will visit Katrina.take care.Beijinhos.Estef