MatevzH - Matevz

Travelling around... usually, daydreaming about it, but still :)

My recent trips overseas:
- Tanzania (1998),
- Brazil, Argentina (1999, 2000,2001),
- Egypt (2001),
- Ecuador and Peru (2001),
- Cuba (2004), Uganda and Kenya (2005),
- India (2005-2006) ,
- Laos-Cambodia-Thailand (2006)
- India - Ladakh (2007)
- Chile, Bolivia (2008)

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Update August 2008 - due to recent crash I lost a lot (!!!?!) of entries... I recovered some... starting with Africa...
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My photo website...
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hribcek.si "new server, domain, and hopefully new blog and gallery - soon"

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Tanzania 1998
November 17th 1998 -» December 20th 1998 Brazil 1999-2000
November 30th 1999 -» February 26th 2000 Brazil 2000-2001
December 12th 2000 -» January 15th 2001 Egypt 2001
April 25th 2001 -» May 12th 2001 Ecuador-Peru 2001
June 15th 2001 -» August 10th 2001 Cuba 2004
July 9th 2004 -» August 6th 2004 Uganda-Kenya 2005
June 18th 2005 -» July 19th 2005 India 2005-2006
December 24th 2005 -» January 15th 2006 Laos-Cambodia-Thailand 2006
November 22nd 2006 -» December 20th 2006 Ladakh - India 2007
July 5th 2007 -» July 28th 2007 Chile - Bolivia 2008
December 4th 2008 -» December 30th 2008

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Last Login: October 12th 2009

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By MatevzH
December 10th 2008

Cycling galore... in heat South America » Chile » Antofagasta Region » San Pedro de Atacama

Valle de la muerte

In San Pedro its difficult to get bored (at least during first days of stay). All that you do, is marked by 3 things. Heat, lots of driving and early departures. And of course, as any other tourist, after an arrival to San Pedro, you start contemplating different options and trips in and around. On the top of the list of all agencies is a trip to Valle de la Luna, which includes sidetrip to Valle de la muerte. So, i decided to join... my own way... As a big fan of cycling, I wanted to check local bicycles and paths [View Full Entry]

By MatevzH
December 9th 2008

A look into the stars South America » Chile » Antofagasta Region » San Pedro de Atacama

A bright side of the moon

What to do in San Pedro de Atacama during the night? Party? Nah... everything closes early... Sleep? Not really... See the stars? Of course... Atacama desert is famous also becasue of its weather (what else hehe). They only have a few rainy or cloudy days and nights in the year. Usually, from march do early december its completely clear... Also, there is little light pollution. Therefore, this desert is famous for its star gazing, and when you drive from La Serena north, you can see a plenthora of observatories on the hills... And apparently, near San Pedro they are building the [View Full Entry]

By MatevzH
December 8th 2008

Getting hot in San Pedro South America » Chile » Antofagasta Region » San Pedro de Atacama

Bus station in Santiago

Enough of big cities. Enough of resting. I wanna drive around. I wanna travel around :) And I got my dose of travelling. Bus "cama to calama". And buses here are really wow. Size and comfort-wise, europan buses are really small against these. As I went travelling for around 24 hours, i decided to get a bit more expensive bus to Calama, bus cama, which was really comfortable (and around 55US$ - around 40.000 chilean pesos). It was actually a doubledecker, below beds (cama), upstairs semi-cama... If beds were like business sits in plane, semi-cama were economy sits. But, with a [View Full Entry]

By MatevzH
December 6th 2008

Touchdown in Santiago... bueanas dias Santiago South America » Chile » Santiago Region » Santiago

My Swiss plane

Back on the road. After 18 months of work and around 23 hours of bumping around on airplanes and airports, I have finally arrived. I was on time in Zurich. Enough time to browse for a book (yep, forgot one at home), but unpleasantly surprised. Very bad collection of english book in the international terminal. But anyway, i didn't need a book on a Swiss flight. It was a nice flight, and I thought I was going to Brasil, as majority of passangers were speaking brasilian portuguese, which is so pleasant to the ear. And above all, flying over Andes and [View Full Entry]

By MatevzH
December 6th 2008

Going to Chile... South America » Chile

Map

It was one late afternoon in late November... fed up with everything, in desperate need of vacation... Started browsing my world map in the office, and thinking where to go... So, i immediately found a few spots in the world, where would be nice to go in this time of the year... Northern Laos, central India,... Unfortunately, there was a blockade of the Bangkok airport, there were terrorist attacks in Mumbai... What if I find some other location... As i would be going alone, what part of the world i would love also to see... New Zealand... ah, too far and [View Full Entry]

By MatevzH
July 27th 2007

Coming home - through Jordan Middle East » Jordan

Amman

Last day in Delhi was nice. I rented myself a car for a few hours (ok, a taxi, to drive me to posh district where the embassies are) - 350Rs, however, my lunch in this posh safe-haven can be expensive... but hey, still cheap... Flight towards Jordan was in early hours, so no partying and big farewelling from Delhi. Don't know why the flight has to leave so early, but i got to get up at 2:30 am. As Delhi was still sleaping, the airport was like a huge ant town, bustling with activity... First impression of Jordan... VERY HOT and [View Full Entry]

By MatevzH
July 25th 2007

Back to monsoon India Asia » India

Manali

After exciting drive, first stop was Manali... Manali is actually quite agreeable place. This is one of the locations which is popular among indian turists during hot monsoon summer. Its cooler than in the plains of India, and the effect of the monsoon is smaller and more pleasant. As a starting point for indian Himalaya and a gateway for Ladakh this is also popular with foreigners. Some also come just to be in touch with buddist religion, and some are actually quite "spiritually high"... hmmmm.... literally... So, you can do here lots of stuff... One can go rafting in summer and [View Full Entry]

By MatevzH
July 23rd 2007

One of the most dangerous roads: Leh-Manali Highway... Asia » India » Himachal Pradesh » Manali

Truck down the road from Lachulung La
... dont look down :)

It was an early morning... 3:30am and waking up with strong tea ...and time for... one of the most exciting roads in the world... The Leh-Manali Highway is a highway in India connecting Leh and Manali. It crosses some of the highest mountain passes in the world, including , , and Tanglang La (5,325 m), Lachulung La (5,059 m - actually this is a double pass, a few km down road you have to go over another, albeit a bit lower pass), Baralacha La (4,892 m) and Rohtang La (3,978 m) and is open only between June and mid-September when snow [View Full Entry]

By MatevzH
July 22nd 2007

Survival of the fittest - trekking sucessufly finished Asia » India » Jammu & Kashmir

Pony man

Finally... its finished... 11 days in a tent, 11 days of walking, around 100 kilometers on foot, the highest point of the trek Gongmaru La 5250m, temperature changes from 30C during the sunny days and 3C during the night, lots of sun, some rain and a few storms... thats a short resume of a trek... Trekking is finished. It was more difficult that i expected. Basically, that was because as I wasn't prepared. Nor physically, nor mentally. Before the trekking i didn't even think about what i'm going to do... Yep, it was physically difficult. Altitude was one of the factors. [View Full Entry]

By MatevzH
July 11th 2007

A few more monasteries and a start of a trekking Asia » India » Jammu & Kashmir

Young monk
Thikse monastery

So, the day has come. A day to start trekking. But hey, we won't start walking right away. First we have to visit a few monasteries... cool :) Basically, we are now going up river, on the road towards Manali. Well... then the driver says, we have to go off road... reason? he hasn't got an offical tourist licence as a taxi driver, so he has to hide. There is actually a control just a few kilometres away from Leh. So, off road... and that was actually interesting, as we first went towards Spiti and then across some unbeaten tracks, off [View Full Entry]

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