Fleiri myndir / More pics

Sjá fleiri myndir á síðunni. Sjá möppur "Egypt" og "Tanzania"

More pics on my picture site. See folders "Egypt" and"Tanzania"

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Myndir / Pictures

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Ramadan

Jæja síðustu dagar á Zanzibar voru rólegir – sól, fótbolti og afslöppun. Svindlaði mér inn á 5 stjörnu resort svona til að slappa aðeins betur af haha. Í stað þess að fara tilbaka til Arusha og fara landleiðina til Nairobi ákvað ég að fljúga beint frá Zanzibar til Nairobi, þýddi aðeins lengur bið á flugvellinum en hvort sem það eru 12 eða 14 tímar skiptir nú ekki svo miklu máli. Semsagt 14klst á flugvellinum í Nairobi. Hitti fínt fólk sem ég spjallaði við í 5klst þar sem það var einnig að bíða eftir flugi. Sjónvarp á einum veitingastað þar sem við horfðum á íþróttir. Náði 2klst í svefn á hörðu gólfinu fyrir flugið. Annars er flugvöllurinn í Nairobi ágætur og svosem ekkert slæmt að eyða tíma þar. Átti næturflug til Kairó þannig að ekki mikið meira sofið þá nóttina. Kom til Kairó um morgun og framundan var 17klst bið á flugvellinum. Nennti ekki að redda vegabréfsáritun og fara niður í bæ, enda búinn að sjá það sem ég vildi sjá og gat svosem alveg hangið hvar sem var. Eða svo hélt ég. Flugvöllurinn í Kairó er einhver sá lélegasti alþjóðaflugvöllur sem ég hef komið á! Loftkælingin var svo öflug að hún hélt 18 stiga hita á svæðinu. Veitingastaðir voru annaðhvort lokaðir eða voru ekki með mat á boðstólnum vegna Ramadan. Ég hellti mér yfir einn þjóninn og einnig upplýsingaborðið á staðnum. Þeir voru ekki mikið að hugsa um þá sem ekki fasta á Ramadan og og gleyma þeirri litlu staðreynd að þetta er alþjóðaflugvöllur!!! Lítill svefn og enginn matur er ekki góð blanda og varð til þess að ég tók það hressilega út á fyrrnefndum starfsmönnum. Fór svo í gegnum Mílanó á leið minni til Stokkhólms. Var eina nótt þar hjá bróður mínum áður en ég kom heim í það sem flugstjórinn kallaði frábært veður (hálfskýjað og 12 stiga hiti). Held ég hafi misst smá lit þegar hann sagði þetta. En það er fínt að vera kominn heim og búinn að fara í heita sturtu eftir 5 vikur af köldum sturtum.

The last days on Zanzibar were relaxed – sun, soccer and such. Got through security at a 5 star resort in order to relax a little bit more haha. Instead of going back to Arusha and travel by land up to Nairobi I flew straight from Zanizbar til Nairobi, even if that ment longer wait on the airport in Nairobi, but then again 12 hours or 14 hours....who cares. Met some people in the airport also waiting for a flight (what else) and ended up talking to them for 5 hours and wathcing sports. Got 2 hours of sleep on the floor before taking a night flight to Cairo. Got to Cairo early morning and had 17 hours to kill there. Did not want to bother fixing Visa in order to go downtown, had already seen what I wanted to see there and could basically hang where ever. Or so I thought. The airport in Cairo is the worst international airport I have been to! The air con kept a steady 18 degrees Celsius. Restaurants were either closed or did not serve food because of Ramadan. One waiter and the service desk got a peace of my mind about that. They forget the fact that this is an international airport and not everybody fast on Ramadan. Little sleep and no food is not a good combination and the before mentioned employees got to experience that. Whent through Milano on my way to Stockholm, where I spent a night at my brothers before coming home to what the captain called excellent weather (half cloudy and 12 degrees celsius). Lost a little colour when he announced it. But it is good to be back and get a warm shower after 5 weeks of cold ones.

Strandlif / Beach life

Svosem ekki mikid ad gerst i svona strandafsloppun. Eg og stelpunar (Annamieke og Brigitte) lifum strandlifi, bordum og skemmtum okkur. Solin er mjog sterk herna sunnan midbaugs og ef madur passar sig ekki ta brennur madur tratt fyrir ad nota solarvorn 26.Strondin herna vid
Nungwi og Ras Nungwi er ekkert spes, toluvert af tangi og tegar flod er ta a hun tad til ad hverfa. Hofum labbad yfir til naeliggjandi strandar, Kendwa (20min labb) sem er miklu betri, ekkert tang, taerari sjor og betri strond. Einn daginn forum vid inn i torpid sem er stutt fra turistasvaedinu. Frekar dapurt ad sja adbunadinn hja folkinu herna. Tad byr i kofum eda
halfklarudum husum og sefur oftar en ekki a golfinu. Gratbroslegt ad sja videoleigu i torpi sem varla hefur rafmagn og efast eg um ad tad seu morg videotaeki i eigu torpsbua. Fotbolti er spiladur a torginu og skiptir ekki mali ad vollurinn er samblanda af malarvelli og grasvelli
fyrir utan tad ad tad liggja tvaer umferdargotur i gegnum vollinn. Stelpur spila skotbolta a leikvollum sem eru heldur daprari en madur ser heima. I torpinu er snyrtistofa med taeki og tol fra tvi eg veit ekki hvenaer. stelpunum leist ekkert a ad fa bikini vax fra konunni. Taer spurdu hvort taer gaetu jafnvel fengid braseliskt vax en konan vissi ekki hvad tad var og vorum vid ekkert ad utskyra tad nanar. Internet cafe:id er buid 5 tolvum, ein virkar og tegar rafmagnid
kemur og fer eins og tvi synist getur verid erfitt ad komast ad.

Tad er mikill fotboltaahugi herna og eg nae ad fylgjast med ollum leikjunum i ensku
deildinni. Flestir virdast halda med Arsenal af einhverri undarlegri astaedu. Turistar
og eyjaskeggjar safnast saman a veitingastodum og borum til ad horfa a leikina. 3 leikir a
dagskra a laugardaginn!! Eg og adrir karlkyns turistar gongum undir nafninu hey guy (hey gaur)
hja ollum solumonnunum a svaedinu. Er frekar skeptiskur a Masaii stridsmennina herna
sem ganga um med solgleraugu og GSM sima. Hofum vanid okkur a ad fara a veitingastad i
torpinu sem heitir "Mama local", finn og odyr stadur tar sem afrisk tonlist er spilud
i botni!


Me and the girls (Annamieke and Brigitte) lie on the beach, eat and have fun. The sun
here, sout of the equator, is very strong and if I am not careful I burn even if I use
sun lotion with SPF 26. The beach at Nungwi and Ras Nungwi is not that good. A lot of sea
weed and at high tide the beach dissappears. We have walked over to Kendwa beach (20min walk) which is a much nicer beach with no sea weed and clearer sea. One day we went into the village which is not far from the tourist area. People here live in shacks and half build houses and often sleep on the floor. Pretty funny though to see a video store in a village that barly has
electricity and I doubt that there are many videos in the village. Soccer is played on a square
in the village and the field is a mix of grass and sand and on top of that two roads go through
the soccerfield. Girls play games in playgrounds that are nothing like back home. In the village
there is a beauty saloon with equipment from I don't know when. the girls did not want a bikini
vax from the lady. For fun they asked if they could get a brasilian vax but the woman did not
know what that was and we did not explain.

Everybody follows soccer here and I can watch all of the games in the english prmier league on tv. Most of the locals seem to like Arsenal for some strange reason. Tourists and locals wathc the games in restaurants and pubs. There are 3 games on saturday! Me and other male tourist go by the same name from the shop owners, namely "hey guy". I am sceptical about the Masaii warriors that wear sunglasses and talk in mobile phones! We often go to a local restaurant in the village which is called "Mamas local", a nice and cheap restaurand where african music is played at highest volume.

Sol sol sol / Sun sun sun

Sidasti dagurinn i Stone Town var heldur vidburdarlitill tannig lagad.
Maetti virdulegum manni snemma morguns sem virtist stefna beint a mig,
hann stadnaemdist fyrir framan mig til tess eins ad hosta a mig og heilsa mer svo. Stuttu seinna maetti eg konu sem var svo rangeygd greyid ad eg vissi ekki hvort hun var ad horfa a mig eda horfa aftur fyrir sig. Hitti tvaer stelpur fra sama gistiheimili og eg var a um kvoldid. Ur vard sma pobbarolt. Forum svo oll saman til Nungwi strandarinnar daginn eftir. Her er eg buinn ad vera i 3 daga nuna i brakandi blidu og hita. Laus vid hostandi gamalmenni og rangeygdar konur.

The last day in stone Town was pretty uneventful. A respectful man walked towards me on the street, seemed to be heading straigth townards me. But then he stopped just to cough at me. Shortly after an old crosseyed lady walkes towards me, not sure if she was looking at me or looking at somebody behind her. In the evening I met two girls that were staying at the same guesthouse as me in stone town. We went to some pubs and in the morning we all got the same bus up to Nungwi. Been here for 3 days not in the sun.Later!

Stone Town

Lifid i Stone Town a Zanzibar er ansi gott. Afslappad andrumsloft og gottvedur. Adalmalid herna a kvoldin er Fordahani Gardans sem er gardur tarsem allt milli himins og jardar er grillad. Veitingabasar med fisk(tunfisk, barracuda, humar, raekjur ofl) og kjot eru allsradandi. Einniger haegt ad fa ser svaladi drykk buinn til fra sykurreyr. Og allt er tetta odyrt. Krakkar spila fotbolta a strondinni fyrir solarlag og nokkrirstokkva fram af bryggjunni, en dyfurnar eru oft misgodar. Sat i gardinum i gaerkveldi og fekk mer mat, tegar eg var buinn gerdist eitthvad einkennilegt.Eg lagdi diskinn fram mer a bekkinn og ekki leid a longu adur en madur settist vid hlidina a mer og byrjadi ad borda leifarnar sem eg skildi eftir. Var nu ekkert ad taulhreinsa kjullann og klaradi ekki allarkartoflurnar og tessum manni fannst bara sjalfsagt ad klara tadsem eg hafdi byrjad a.

Hellingur af ferdamonnum i gardinum og ur vard sma party tar sem setidvar og spjallad fram a kvold. Dagurinn i dag hefur farid i ad labba umog skoda hitt og tetta. Hlusta a "yes friend taxi" og "look here" i gridog erg. A morgun fer eg til Ras Nungwi strandarinnar og eydi einhverjumdogum tar.


Life in stone Town on Zanizbar is pretty good. Nice vibe and good weather.The main thing here in the evenings is the big bbq at the Fordahani Gardens.Here fish (chrimps, tuna, barracuda, lobster etc) and meat is grilledto a cheap price. You can also get a drink made from sugar ray. Kidsplay soccer on the beach before sunset and others jump of the pier withvarious results. Sat on a bench in the garden last night and had somefood when something stranged happened. I put the plate on the bench when I finished and before long there was a man sitting beside me and started toeat what I had left. I did not exactly clean the chickenbones or finishall my potatoes and he thought it was a good idea to finnish what I hadstarted.

There are a lot of tourists in the garden and there was a small party where people sat and talked for a while. Today I have mostly walked aroundtown observing this and that. Listened to "yes friend taxi" and "look here" a few times. Tomorrow I will head up to the Ras Nungwi beach and spend some days there.

Ringulreid / Chaos

Ef tid viljid sja algjora ringulreid ta farid a flugvollinn i Kairo.Folk stendur ekki i bidrod neinsstadar, hvorki vid oryggishlidid eda vid innritun. Farangursvagnar keyra tvers og kruss yfir mann og til adkoma vagningum fra innritunarbordinu ta er honum einfaldlega vippad upp i loftid og madur ma takka fyrir ad fa hann ekki i hausinn. Svo tegar adinnritunarbordinu er komid ta er madur varla tekkadur inn tar sem tad eru2klst i mitt flug en margir sem eru ad fara eftir 30min i onnur flug.


If you want to vitness total caos go to the airport in Cairo. People dontstand in lines anywhere, not at the sequrity gate and not at check in.You get mangled by baggage carts from all directions and in order to get thecart from the check in counter the cart is lifted up in the air and you are lucky not to get in on your head. And when you finally reach the checkin counter you are almost not checked in since your flight leaves in 2hoursbut there are others checking in to flight leaving in 30min.

Safari

Fyrsti dagurinn i safariinu var meirihattar. Forum iTarangire tjodgardinn tar sem eg sa medal annars giraffa,zebrahesta, fila, hlebarda ofl ofl. Gaman ad sja tessidyr i natturlegu umhverfi og svona nalaegt lika.Naestu tveir dagar voru i Serengeti tjodgardinum. Natturan og stemmningin i gardinum er olysanleg. Madur er alltaf ad bida eftir einhverju nyju og alltaf eitthvad skemmtiglegt ad gerast. Gaman ad vakna,fara ut ur tjaldinu og busta tennurnar tar sem giraffistendur i 20m fjarlaegd. Saum hlebarda, blettatigur, ljon, erni,hraegamma ofl ofl. Hapunktur ferdarinnar var tegarvid saum filshjord standa hja latnum filsunga. hjordin var ad vernda ungann og virstis hreinlega vera sorgmaedd.I grenndinni voru tvo ljon sem bidu tess ad hjordin faeri.Eftir um klukkustund for hjordin stutt fra og ljonin komu til adgaeda ser a filsunganum. Fengu ser nokkra bita en ta sneru filarniraftur og raku ljonin i burtu. Svo kom onnur filshjord aftan ad ljonunumog rak tau ennta lengra i burtu med tilheyrandi hljodum. Og vid vorum 5-10m fra ollu saman!! Vorum tarna i 3klst og tad var mjog ahugaverthvernig filarnir virka innan hopsins og hvernig teir vernda hvorn annan.Samkvaemt leidsogumanninum okkar er mjog sjaldgaefta ad sja tetta svonafra byrjun til enda eins og vid gerdum. Komum aftur eftir hadegismat og ennta stodu filarnir vord. Ekki fyrr en vid komum til Ngorongoro daginn eftir ad vid frettum ad ljonin hefdu loksinsfengid matinn sinn. Landslagid i Serengeti, solarlagid, solarupprasin,stjornubjartur himinn, allt tetta gerir Serengeti ad mognudum stad og tetta er tvimannalaust eitthvad skemmtilegasta sem eg hef gert a aevinni. Tjaldstaedid vid Ngorongoro Crater er uppi a bruninnitar sem er magnad utsyni yfir giginn. Toluvert kaldara herna enda i 2500mhaed. Tveir zebrahestar saum um skemmtunina a medan a tannburstun stod.Ngorongoro gigurinn er magnadur en hann er meira eins og dyragardur.Mismunandi tegundir dyra halda sig nokkurnveginn a vissum svaedum tannig ad madur tarf ekki ad leita serstaklega mikid. En vid saum sidasta dyridi BIG 5 hopnum, svarta nashyrninginn herna. Tad voru yfir 30 bilarsem bidu hans tegar hann nalgadist, allt ut af einum nashyrning haha. Safariid var i heildina alveg magnad. Allir gardarnir eru olikirog spennandi a sinn hatt.

I arusha (baerinn tar sem oll safari byrja fra) er algjor hola og ekki baetir ur skak ad tad er ekki ohaett ad vera tar uti eftir myrkur. Eg gisti i husnaedi hja katolskri teglu og ekki annad haegt ad segja ad madur hafi verid oruggur tar. Godur matur og systirin hugadi vel um alla.
I morgun flaug eg svo ti Zanzibar. Atti flug snemma og turfti ad taka flugrutuna kl 06.00 i morgun. Tar sem tad er ekki ohaett ad labba um i arusha ta hafdi systirin fengid vord til ad fylgja mer haha. Her a Zanzibarmun eg eyda sidustu dogunum af friinu. Er haettur vid ad fara upp til Lake Victoria. Fekk mer klippingu adan og olikt klippingunni i Vietnamfordum daga ta klippti hann harid en ekki loftid i kringum hausinn a mer.Toluvert heitara her og meiri raki og tad litla sem eg hef sed af StoneTown er magnad.


First day of the safari was great. We went to the Tarangire national parkand saw giraffs, leopards, elephants and much more. It is nice to see the animals in their natural habitat and so up close as well. The next twodays we spent in Serengeti. The park is magical and there is alwayssomething new happening. Nice to get out of the tent in the morning,brush your teeth and there is a giraffe standing 20m from you. We sawlions, cheetas, leopards, eagles and more and more and more. Highlight of the trip was when we saw a elephant heard standing by a dead elephant baby.They actually seemed sad. Nearby two lions waited in the grass. After about1 hour the elephants went and the lions closed in and got a few bites of thebaby elephant. The heard retuned and chased the lions away. Anotherelepant heard came from the behind and chased the lions further awaymaking loud sounds and everything. And we were just 5-10m away! We were therefor 3 hours and it was very interesting to see how the elephants workwithin the group and how they protect each other. According to our guideit is very rare to see this from the beginning to the end. We returned afterlunch and the elephants were still guarding the dead baby elephant.We heardthat the next day the lions finally got their meal. The landscape, the sunrise,the sunset, the stars in the evening, all this makes serengeti to a magical place and this safari is definately one of the best things I have donein my life. The camp at Ngorongoro crater is up on the rim with a fantasticview of the crated. it is colder up here, 2500 meters above sea level.Two zebras took care of the entertainment while brushing the teeth in the morning.The crater is cool but it is more like a zoo. The animals more or less stickto their territories and you don't have to search very much for the animals.In the crater we saw the last of the BIG 5, the black rhino. Over 30 cars were waiting for it as it came closer. All because of one rhino haha. The safari was great and the parks are all different with their own caracter.

Arusha (the safari town) is a hole and it is not safe to go out at night.I stayed with the catholic diocese where I felt safe and the sister took good care of everybody.

This morning I had an early flight to Zanzibar. Because of this the sisterhad arranged for a guard to escort me to the shuttle that would takeme to the airport. I will spend the last days of my trip here on Zanzibar,I will not go up to Lake Victoria. Got a haircut earlier and unlike thehaircut I got in Vietnam back in the days they guy actually cut my hair and not the air surrounding it. It is warmer here and more humid and what I haveseen of stone town so far is nice.