Papua-Nova Guinea 2003
MMP-03 - Mikronesie, Melanesie a Polynesie Termin cesty: 11.9. - 29.10.2003 (48 dni cesty) PROGRAM: Casne rano 11.9. jedu autem z pujcovny z Visty na letiste do Los Angeles. Odtud let pres Honolulu na ostrov Guam, kde diky Datovemu poledniku odpoledne 12.9. Dalsi den prohlidka ostrova autobusem. K veceru nastup do lodi “World Discoverer” na expedicni plavbu Mikronesii, Melanesii a Polynesii. Dny na oceane protkany zajimavymi vedeckymi prednaskami. Mezi 14.9. a 22.9. se nase lod potuluje po ostrovech FEDERALNICH STATU MICRONESIE (FSM) s navstevami ostrovnich obyvatelu a dovolujici caste snorklovani jejich pasazeru. Ve state Yap lod zastavuje u ostrova Gaferut, atolu Ifaluk a ostrova Satawal; ve state Chuuk jsou to ostrov Pulap a ostrovy kolem slavne Truk laguny, kde behem II. svet. valky Americane znicili 60 japonskych lodi behem dvou dnu; ve state Pohnpei atol Ororuk a ostrovy Pohnpei, Nukuoro a Kapingamarangi. Pokracujeme plavbou na jih. Mezi 23.9. a 4.10. se jizne od Rovniku setkavame s ostrovy PAPUI NOVE GUINEJE (PNG). Prvni je ostrov Tatau v ostrovni skupine Tabar, nasleduje ostrov Tingwon. Na vetsim ostrove Nova Britanie se sopkami Tavurvur (stale kouri a vybuchuje) a Vulcan (tichy v tuto dobu) navstevujeme mesto Rabaul, ktere bylo castecne znicene behem vybuchu obou sopek v 1994. Jsou zde i pamatky na japonskou okupaci behem II. svet. valky. Japonci zde meli dulezitou vojenskou zakladnu. Lod pokracuje zastavkami u ostrovu Kitava ve skupine Trobriand a Watts ve skupine Engineer. Na zaver nas “World Discoverer” kotvi v Port Moresby (hlavni mesto PNG) na velkem ostrove Nova Guinea. Mame autobusovou prohlidku mesta. Cast ucastniku plavby zde opousti lod a novi nastupuji. Behem druhe casti nasi expedicni plavby lod pluje vychodnim smerem a navstevuje dalsi PNG ostrovy. Jsou to Kwato, Wagifa, Nabwageta (posledni je casti skupiny Amphlett) a Punawan (z retezce Calvados). U ostrova Punawan zustavame dele, abychom vylovili z oceanu nasi kotvu, jejiz retez se pretrhl. Jeji cena je asi $60 tisic. Jsme uspesni. Po dvou dnech plavby na oceane vychodnim smerem priplouvame k ostrovni zemi VANUATU (behem kolonialni doby se nazyvala Nove Hebridy a byla sdilena Velkou Britanii a Francii). Mezi 7.10. a 10.10. navstevujeme ostrov Loh ve skupine ostrovu Torres a ostrovy Ambryn, Malekula, Makiro a Aniwa. Dalsi den na mori nas privadi k FIJI. Dne 12.10. kotvi nase lod u ostrova Sawa-I-Lau ve skupine ostrovu Yasawa (zde se mi podarilo utopit digitalni a video kamery). Den na to kotvime v Lautoka na nejvetsim ostrove Fiji Viti Levu (zde kupuji novy digialni fotoaparat). V Lautoka opousti lod dalsi pasazeri a novi nastupuji. Behem treti casti expedice od 14.10 do 16.10. pokracuje lod v zastavkach u ostrovu Fiji. Je to Kadavu skupina a atoly Fulanga a Ono-I-Lau. Na techto ostrovech bylo vyborne pozorovani ptaku. Od 17.10. do 19.10. navstevujeme ostrovni kralovstvi TONGA. Na hlavnim ostrove Tongatapu si prohlizime hlavni mesto kralovstvi Nuku’alofa. Pristi den pristavame na ostrovech Lifuka a Uoleva. Den na to na ostrovech Neiafu a Nuku. Diky velke bouri s vlnami pres 10 stop nemuzeme pristat na ostrove Niue, rizeny z Noveho Zelandu, a na ostrove Palmerston, ktery je casti Cookovych ostrovu a take rizeny z Noveho Zelandu. Avsak ve dnech 22. a 23.10. jsme mohli pristat na COOKOVYCH OSTROVECH (rizene Novym Zelandem). Prvni den na ostrove Aitutaki, kde byla prohlidka otevrenym autobusem. Druhy den na ostrove Atiu, kde jedeme kolem ostrova na nakladnim aute. Mezi 24.10. a 28.10. jsme mezi ostrovy FRANCOUZSKE POLYNESIE a jeji casti Society ostrovy. Prvni ostrov, ktery jsme navstivili je Mopelia s nadhernou orhologickou vychazkou. Dalsi den pohadkovy ostrov Bora Bora s autobusovou cestou kolem ostrova. Dne 26.10. opousti mnoho cestujicich lod na ostrove Tahiti a ja s nimi. (Posledni, ctvrta cast plavby pokracovala k Velikonocnimu ostrovu. Te jsem se jiz nezucastnil). Ti, kteri opustili lod na Tahiti, meli 3 dny na tomto ostrove a ubytovanim v hotelu. Prvni den byla autobusova cesta kolem Tahiti jako cast cele expedice. Druhy den jsem jsem sam navstivil hlavni mesto ostrova Papeete. Treti den jsem si zaridil trajekt na ostrov Moorea a cestu po tom ostrove se skupinkou anglicky mluvicich ve vanu. Dne 29.10. jsme opustili nas hotel velmi casne a leteli z Tahiti do Los Angeles, kam jsme dorazili kolem poledne mistniho casu. Po ziskani auta z pujcovny jedu domu do Visty. Cestovni kancelar: Society Expedition ze Seattle ve state Washington Ucast: Od asi 70 pasazeru behem prvni casti expedice k asi dvojnasobnemu poctu behem treti casti plavby. Dobre 2/3 byli Nemci a jini Evropane a jen asi 1/3 ze Severni Ameriky.
PNG - Tabar Islands - Tatua Island - Christian Walter 2003
PNG - Tabar Islands - Tatua Island - getting ashore 2003
PNG - Tabar Islands - Tatua Island - village chief 2003
PNG - Tabar Islands - Tatua Island - local people - the chief in the middle 2003
PNG - Tabar Islands - Tatua Island - welcoming ritual 2003
PNG - Tabar Islands - Tatua Island - welcoming ritual 2003
PNG - Tabar Islands - Tatua Island - local men and boys 2003
PNG - Tabar Islands - Tatua Island - traditional dance 2003
PNG - Tabar Islands - Tatua Island - Malangan art 2003
PNG - Tabar Islands - Tatua Island - dancers 2003
PNG - Tabar Islands - tatua Island - singing and dancing 2003
PNG - Tabar Islands - Tatua Island - dancers and singers 2003
PNG - Tabar Islands - Tatua Island - dancers 2003
PNG - Tabar Islands - Tatua Island - musicians 2003
PNG - Tabar Islands - Tatua Island - local products 2003
PNG - Tabar Islands - Tatua Island - local products 2003
PNG - Tabar Islands - Tatua Island - Val among locals 2003
PNG - Tabar Islands - Tatua Island - local people 2003
PNG - Tabar Islands - Tatua Island - local people 2003
PNG - Tabar Islands - Tatua Island - traditional dancers 2003
PNG - Tabar Islands - Tatua Island - dancers 2003
PNG - Tabar Islands - Tatua Island - men with their baskets 2003
PNG - Tabar Islands - Tatua Island - who chews betel nut has red mouth 2003
PNG - Tabar Islands - Tatua Island - Malangan art 2003
PNG - Tabar Islands - Tatua Island - a young man 2003
PNG - Tingwon Island 2003
PNG - Tingwon Island - people from Pamamaila Village 2003
PNG - Tingwon Island - Pamamaila Village 2003
PNG - Tingwon Island - coconut plantation 2003
PNG - Tingwon Island - parasitic plants 2003
PNG - Tingwon Island - production of sago 2003
PNG - Tingwon Island - production of sago 2003
PNG - Tingwon Island - Village 4 2003
PNG - Tingwon Island - Village 4 - Nicobar Pidgeon in hands of the boy 2003
PNG - Tingwon Island - Village 2003
PNG - Tingwon Island - Village 2003
PNG - Tingwon Island - Village 2003
PNG - Nono Island 2003
PNG - New Britain - Rabaul Caldera - Tavurvur Volcano 2003
PNG - New Britain - Rabaul Caldera - Tavurvur Volcano 2003
PNG - New Britain - Rabaul Caldera - Vulcan Volcano 2003
PNG - New Britain - Rabaul - harbor 2003
PNG - New Britain - Rabaul - at the airstrip - hot springs 2003
PNG - New Britain - Rabaul - Japanese Peace Memorial 2003
PNG - New Britain - Rabaul - Japanese Peace Memorial - local guide Charen 2003
PNG - New Britain - Rabau
PNG - New Britain - Rabaul - Yamamoto's Bunker 2003
PNG - New Britain - Rabaul - Yamamoto's Bunker 2003
PNG - New Britain - Rabaul - View Point 2003
PNG - New Britain - Rabaul - View Point - Rabaul Caldera 2003
PNG - New Britain - south of Rabaul - Japanese tunne
PNG - New Britain - Rabaul - at the market - a religious group singing and preaching 2003
PNG - New Britain - Rabaul - local market 2003
PNG - New Britain - Rabaul - local market 2003
PNG - New Britain - Rabaul - market - crushed coral lime used in chewing betel nuts 2003
PNG - Trobriand Islands - Kitava Island - local fishermen 2003
PNG - Trobriand Islands - Kitava Island 2003
PNG - Trobriand Islands - Kitava Island - outrigger canoe 2003
PNG - Trobriand Islands - Kitava Island - outrigger canoes 2003
PNG - Trobriand Islands - Kitava Island - warriors on the boats 2003
PNG - Trobriand Islands - Kitava Island - local kids 2003
PNG - Trobriand Islands - Kitava Island - warriors on a boat - World Discoverer 2003
PNG - Trobriand Islands - Kitava Island - dancers 2003
PNG - Trobriand Islands - Kitava Island - dancers 2003
PNG - Trobriand Islands - Kitava Island 2003
PNG - Trobriand Islands - Kitava Island - souvenirs 2003
PNG - Trobriand Islands - Kitava Island - Lalela village 2003
PNG - Trobriand Islands - Kitava Island 2003
PNG - Trobriand Islands - Kitava Island - local b
PNG - Trobriand Islands - Kitava Island - Lalela village - dancers 2003
PNG - Trobriand Islands - Kitava Island - Lalela village - dancers 2003
PNG - Trobriand Islands - Kitava Island - Lalela village 2003
PNG - Trobriand Islands - Kitava Island - boys 2003
PNG - Engineer Group - Watts Island 2003
PNG - Engineer Group - Watts Island - local people 2003
PNG - Engineer Group - Watts Island 2003
PNG - Engineer Group - Watts Island - three drummers 2003
PNG - Engineer Group - Watts Island - warriors 2003
PNG - Engineer Group - Watts Island - men make coconut milk 2003
PNG - Engineer Group - Watts Island - cooking coconut milk 2003
PNG - Engineer Group - Watts Island - dugout canoes 2003
PNG - Engineer Group - Watts Island - local architecture 2003
PNG - Engineer Group - Watts Island 2003
PNG - Engineer Group - Watts Island 2003
PNG - Engineer Group - Watts Island - grandmother of my local guide 2003
PNG - Engineer Group - Watts Island - village cemetery 2003
PNG - Engineer Group - Watts Island - local group 2003
PNG - Engineer Group - Watts Island - village church 2003
PNG - Engineer Group - Watts Island - village church 2003
PNG - Engineer Group - Watts Island - school - my guide and a teacher 2003
PNG - Engineer Group - Watts Island - village bell - my local guide 2003
PNG - Engineer Group - Watts Island - women carry things on their heads 2003
PNG - Port Moresby - harbor 2003
PNG - Port Moresby - harbor 2003
PNG - Port Moresby - harbor 2003
PNG - Port Moresby - harbor - World Discoverer is flying PNG flag 2003
PNG - Port Moresby City (town) - PNG ART store 2003
PNG - Port Moresby Waigani - Parliament House 2003
PNG - Port Moresby Waigani - Parliament House 2003
PNG - Port Moresby Waigani - Parliament House - main entrance 2003
PNG - Port Moresby Waigani - PNG car licence plate 2003
PNG - Port Moresby - Airways Hotel 2003
PNG - Port Moresby - Jackson International Airport from Airways Hotel 2003
PNG - outside Port Moresby - Bomana WWII Cemetery where Australians are buried 2003
PNG - Port Moresby - harbor - World Discoverer 2003
PNG - Kwato Island 2003
PNG - Kwato Island - local boats 2003
PNG - Kwato Island - dancers 2003
PNG - Kwato Island 2003
PNG - Kwato Island - local musicians 2003
PNG - Kwato Island - church with a small cemetery 2003
PNG - Kwato Island - Val (including his legs) 2003
PNG - Kwato Island - Toresian Imperial Pidgeon 2003
PNG - D Entrecasteaux Group - Wagifa Island 2003
PNG - D Entrecasteaux Group - Wagifa Island - outrigger canoes 2003
PNG - D Entrecasteaux Group - Wagifa Island - welcoming commitee 2003
PNG - D Entrecasteaux Group - Wagifa Island 2003
PNG - D Entrecasteaux Group - Wagifa Island - future and present warriors 2003
PNG - Amphlett Group - Nabwageta Island - an outrigger canoe 2003
PNG - Amphlett Group - Nabwageta Island 2003
PNG - Amphlett Group - Nabwageta Island 2003
PNG - Amphlett Group - Nabwageta Island - localy made pottery 2003
PNG - Amphlett Group - Nabwageta Island - drummer and World Discoverer 2003
PNG - Amphlett Group - Nabwageta Island - baking pottery 2003
PNG - Amphlett Group - Nabwageta Island - outrigger canoes 2003
PNG - Calvados Chain - Punawan Island - outrigger canoes - World Discoverer 2003
PNG - Calvados Chain - Punawan Island 2003