Andrejev foto in plezalno-gorniški blog
Včasih o fotografiji, drugič o plezanju in tretjič o gorah. Četrtič o vsem trojem skupaj. Petič o drugih stvareh. Šestič pa o ničemer. Slike lahko po mili volji kradete...samo jaz ne smem izvedeti.
sobota, februar 28, 2009
Death
nedelja, december 07, 2008
It's been a month since my arrival to China
Sorry for not writing more often. It was very busy month, lot of new stuff to discover at work, new communication skills to learn, business diners, meetings and so on...My days are quite full. I hope you can forgive me...
I know some are quite passionately waiting for this post, so I guess that I made you happy with this one.
Unfortunatly I didn't take my photocamera to every place I visited, so there is limited number of pictures. Shanghai is huge city, with wide roads, huge buildings and lots of people on streets. But after week or so, I haven't even noticed Chinese people on the streets anymore...city gives you a feeling like you are at any city in Europe. Except that you have lots of problems with comunicating on street. Nobody speaks English. So, if you want to buy something, you have to use all your skills in waving with your arms...on the other hand, sellers on fake market are very good English speakers. I was amazed how good they are...and now I finally know how to bargain...at the begining I had problems with start price, but now I already know what is the worth of good I want to buy. It is quite funny and I'm starting to enjoy doing this.
Clothes there are very cheap...I got my fake Mammut for only 17€...and material is real Scholer...unbelievable. You can also buy all well known brand of watches...from Rolex, to Porsche and Carrera...for almost nothing.
Traveling by road is bad during rush hours and when it is raining. Awful...in that case I rather stay at home or walk to the place I want to go (if it is not to far away). There is also subway, but it is better to use this one only for fast movement to another, far away location.
This is basicly all..I hope you got a feeling how it is to live out here. Just four pictures are here to be seen. Sorry. I hope I will do better in next days.
By the way, I'm coming home on Dec, 17th. Hope we can see eachother.
sobota, november 08, 2008
I've placed my feet on the Chinese soil once again
Approx. 1 month ago, director of the division where I used to work, called me to join him at his office. After few minutes of relaxing in really confortable chairs he has in his office, he shot out the question which I didn't expect at all. The question was: "Will you go to Shanghai office again and stay there for a month and try to adapt to the their style of livin'? We would very like you to work for us there even though you have been there before and at that time you said no to our request. We desperatly need someone with techincal knowleagde there and we think you are the best choice."
Of course I was supprised as hell but at the same time I started to play with the thought of working at China again. And after few discussions which I had with my friends Nina and Bojan I decided to do it again.
So, we decided (Gorenje and I) that I'm gonna stay here until 16th of December and at that time I will be sure if this is what I want. I hope I will like it and that my future boss and my future co-workers will be satisfied with me and my work as well.
So, yesterday I landed here and because I asked Gorenje China team not to wait me at the airport I had to arrange my transportation to the hotel by myself.
When still at home, I read on the internet about fast train called Maglev (well, actually Bojan informed me about it, he has visited China before), so I decided to use it when I was still at home. After landing (not really smooth one) and after authorities let me enter the country I searched the ticket selling office and found out that the ticket can't be paied by US dollars, so I had to find currency exchance office. The reality was that I had to walk almost to the oposite side of an Airport building to find one.
After that I bought the ticket (it costs ~5€ for economy class, one way), I sat on train to see it's magnificant ultimate velocity. Well, to be honest I was disappointed when I saw that our speed was only 301 km/h. I expected over 400 km/h according to the testimonians on the internet. Maybe they reduced the speed of the train because it was raining outside. However, this is the fastest ground velocity, I've ever traveled with.
After arrival to the final destination, I had to find a taxi to take me to the hotel where Gorenje had already booked my room. First taxi driver wanted me to pay him 35€ for the ride but that was to much of course. After few minutes of wainting, I noticed French couple with the same problems, so I made a contact with them and asked them if they want to share the taxi to reduce the price. They accepted given opportunity and after 1 minute of bargain we manage to reduce the price to 20€ for two different locations to be taken to.
There are also some other funny storries to tell you about but since this is quite ong column I wrote, I think those storries should be left for some other opportunity to share.
nedelja, oktober 26, 2008
No words from me for such a long time...
Ohh, week or two after my arrival back to Slovenia Nina and I finally met nad went climbing to Osp. We had a wonderful climbing weekend, so I think we both want to repeat it sometime in the future...but frankly, we both don't know when it will happen again :(
I also visited few basketball matches which Elektra basketball team from Šoštanj had in past month. I made some photos which are not particulary good, especially because of quite poor light condition which forced me to increase ISO number.
Because of all that inactivity at blog some people asked me if I have been working on pictures which were taken at South America. I am sorry for the disappointment but I haven't been working on them at all. I have had very busy weeks after South America trip
:( But on my hard disk I found few pictures which are quite good and have never been published. See them below.
Next week I might go to Paklenica to climb few routes. Well, I wanna go but I am not sure if the wish will became truth. We'll see...cause I have to find few climbing fellows to go with me or me to go with them. Most of my climbing friends are leaving Slovenia at the begining of next week but unfortunately I can't join them because of my job duties. I am in the middle of huge project and I have finish some documentation papers next week and that is the reason I can't join them.
In case I won't go downthere close to Zadar, I might go climb some mountain here at Slovenia but the weather will have huge influence on going somewhere to the mountains here at Slovenia because the weather forecast for next week in not really promising... :(
Anyway, wish you very pleasant week and not very stressful visiting of graveyards at end of next week...or and have a great Halloween night before that ;)
sobota, avgust 30, 2008
Poroka kot je še ni bilo...
Poroka je bila super, svatje so uživali, starši so potočili kako solzico, mladoporočenca pa sta žarela od sreče...Drugače pa se lahko rekdokatera poroka pohvali z velikim ognjemetom nas Velenjskim jezerom...
petek, avgust 15, 2008
Na trdo v real life po 35 dneh z možgani na off :/
Za konec najinega potovanja sva odšla še pod Condoriri in imela super vreme...you wish. Ko sva bila tam (višina je 4600m) je snežilo, "igralo na orgle" in puhalo beli dim iz svoje velike Andske pipe. Tako od prelepe panorame na Cordiliero Real ni ostalo nič. Enostavno se nama ni hotela prikazati. Preostali so nama steza, Lago Negro in otroci, ki so fehtarili za sladkarije (na srečo je Simona našla nekaj suhega sadja) ter tropi lam oz. alpac (še sedaj jih ne ločim!!).Naslednji dan (to je bil petek) pa sem skočil še na kolo do Coroica...seveda po Death Road-u. Kolesarit smo začeli na višini 4600m, v snegu, megli in mrazu. Še sreča, da sem bil oblečem kot "polh" in me niti ni zazeblo...tudi, ko sem po 10 minutah spusta bil premočen do kože, me ni pretirano zeblo. Tiste nepremočljive "cote", ki so nam jih dali, niso pomagale nič. Ampak vse to je bilo še na asfaltirani cesti. Prava stvar se začne šele na makadamu. Ni minilo niti 15 minut, ko so me ustavijo in začeli kazati, kje je zgrmel kak tovornjak dol v sotesko (globoko tudi do 2oom), kje se je ubil nek Američan in tako naprej. Križi so postavljeni skoraj na vsakem ovinku. Mogoče hočejo s tem prestrašiti nekatere (pre)pogumne kolesarje, da bi upočasnili vožno. Ne priznam, ampak se mi zdi, da sem mednje sodil tudi sam. Ampak prestrašit me ni mogoče tako na hitro ;) Cesta sama pa ni nič posebnega. Impresionira le, njena umeščenost med prepade. Tudi kolesarjenje ni kaj posebnega, je pa vseeno zanimivo. Se splača vse to videt. In se v zadnjih 15 kilometrih znoret...na način kot sva se js in naš vodnik: "teranje" skoraj do skrajnosti. Res je dober pelal, js pa sem mu, kajpada, sledil. Šele na ravnini sem popustil. Ostale kolesarje v skupini sva v cilju čakala več kot 10 miniut. Mja, slikc od tu pa nimam...ker so tile Bolivijci zatajili in mi dali pokvarjeno "speštanko" od CDja na katerem so slikce, ki so jih naredili naši vodniki.
Sobota je bil najin zadnji dan...dan za nakupe, za iskanje cigar za mojega direktorja, za nakupe tisitih nekaj darilc, ki jih tako nerad nosim domov, za pisanje kartic in za živčnost glede transporta na letališče.
V nedeljo (na dan najinega leta) so namreč Bolivijci imeli referendum in vse je obstalo. Tudi avtobusom in taksijem so na ta dan prepovedali vožnjo. In tako je bilo treba že v soboto priti na El Alto, čimbližje letališču. In tako sva plačala za hotel daleč najvišjo ceno na vsem potovanju (najprej so hoteli celo 30€, a Simona je zdilala na 19€...res ji gre dober to). Zjutraj ob 4ih pa je uslužbenki celo uspelo dobiti taksi za naju do letališča (res si nišem želel nosit 27kg na mojem hrbtu tistih nekaj kilometrov...zato hvala ji!).
In potem naju letalo (no, pa še malo je blo avta vmes) po cca. 22h nespanja (no kako uro na letalu mi je že uspelo spat) odloži doma. V naši preljubi zeleni Sloveniji. Blagodejno deluje vsa ta zelena barva in tudi deževen dan kot je danes. Tam dežja skorajda nisva videla, zelene barve pa sploh ne! Vedno zelo rad pridem domov!!!In naslednji dan že služba, real life...niti ni bilo tako hudo spet v službi kot sem pričakoval, da bo. No, res pa ni bilo lih kake hude delovne vneme.
To potovanje mi bo zagotovo ostalo v spominu. Tisiti trenutki slabosti so že pravzaprav pozabljeni. Dobri pa so ostali, še so tu in verjetno bodo še dolgo ostali. Ne dam si jih izbrisati!!
Ja, je pa res, da je tu en slab spomin povezan s tem potovanjem, ki ga še moram pozabiti. No, sej sem na dobri poti, da pozabim že v nekaj dneh (to mi ni ravno težko, ker nisem ravno zelo vezan na materialne dobrine). Ta spomin je povezan s potovanjem in mojim avtomobil.om Med potovanjem sem ga namreč posodil prijateljici, ki je avtomobil nujno potrebovala. A zgodil se je ta prekleti Murphy. Nek voznik poltovornjaka jo je spregledal in zapeljal na njen pas in seveda v moj AVTO...in naredil skoraj totalko na avtu. Malo mi gre v nos, da mi punca ni sporočila po mejlu, kaj se je zgodilo, ampak je šla avto kar popravlat. Tako nisem imel možnosti samoodločanja o popravilu ali oceni totalke. Priznam, da nisem vesel zaradi tega, verjamem pa tudi, da je punca imela dober namen in mi ni hotela pokvarit dopusta. No, avto je sedaj "popravljen", le praska na boku in zadnjem odbijaču je še ostala. A tudi to bi naj naslednji teden popravli. Jebi ga, pleh je pleh, neživa stvar. Ne splača se sekirat zanj. Sam da je punca cela in zdrava. No, pa "kak € manj" bom dobil za avto, ko ga bom prodajal. Verjamem pa, da bova s tole moje prijatlco kar nekajkrat šla v hribe brez mojih stroškov ;) In ja, avto in žensk se ne posoja. Js sm se to naučil na najslabši možn način...vsaj pri delu, ki govori o avtu ;)
Zdej bo kako leto moja popotniška "duša" verjetno mirovala, potem pa jo zna kaka ideja spet malo "zdrmat". Recimo kaki Nepal, Tibet, Mongolija...zagotovo bo naslednja destinacija na vzhodu. Verjetno področje okoli Himalaje. Al pa če bo Nina spet šla na delo v kako "banana" republiko. Potem jo bom seveda moral spet obiskati tam ;)
Zdej pa se za kak teden posvetim domačim, prijateljem in tistim, ki jih že kak mesec in pol nisem videl ;) In grem malo v naše hribe...višini naproti :)
Opomba: Slika iz Death Roada je skopirana iz interneta!
sreda, avgust 06, 2008
Od visine se zvrti...
sobota, avgust 02, 2008
5 dni brezplacne masaze celotnega telesa :D
A tu se storija sele zares zacne. Ze takoj, ko sva se vsedla, je Simoni zacel teziti nek Urugvajec in je celo sred noci popolnoma znorel. Voda je namrec zalila la na avtobusu in pri temperaturah okoli nicle zna biti to precej nadlezno. Tudi nama je voda premocila rukzake in spalke, ki pa sva jih na sredo posusila v Uyunija v prostorih agencije, s katero sva potovala.
Salar je lep in vzemirljiv, a s Simono sva prvi dan brez volje cisto pasivno gledala turiste, ki so se fotografirali ob kupckih soli (narejenih seveda samo za turiste, da si pridobijo novo tocko na seznamu osvojenih turisticnih "trdnjav". Popoldne je ze bilo boljse, se bolje pa naslednji dan in zadnji dan, ko sva si ogrela premrle noge v zelo vroci vodi (za kopanje zal ni bilo casa).
petek, julij 25, 2008
Puno, otoki na jezeru Titicaca, Bolivija
No, naslednji dan pa so me zopet primle zelodcne tezave in driska. Spet sem vzel Seldiar in zacasno ustavil izgubljanje vode. Verjetno bom danes obiskal se zdravnika :S
Simona se je pa prav tako imela zelo fino na otoku, kjer sta s Paulom raziskala in prehodila cel otok.
Vceraj pa sva prispela v La Paz, glavno mesto Bolivije, ki lezi na visini 3632m. Ker je v La Pazu precej lokalov s Kubanskimi ritmi, si je Simona zazelela malo salse. Lokalci so bili navduseni nad njenim znanjem in so mi jo skoraj "ukradli"...hihi, malo heca.
Js pa sem bil malo tecen in nejevoljen, ker se mi zdi, da s svojim znanjem salse ne morem zadovoljiti plesnih apetitov Simone. No, ravno zaradi tega greva danes na enourni tecaj salse, zvecer pa plesat v nek hotel.
Nato pa naprej proti Salar de Uyuniju, kjer je baje zelo zelo mrzlo.
Aja, racunalniki so tule tako slabi, da vec kot teh nekaj slik nisem uspel dodati na blog. Dodal sem tudi eno slikco pri objavi posta o Machu Picchuju...pa tudi izgledajo zelo slabo, upam, da je razlog v monitorju. Prosim povejte, ce so vsaj priblizno dobre!
Se slisimo.