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ASIA (MIDDLE & NEAR EAST, CAUCASUS & CIS) |
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Iran 98
Mt.Damavand 5670m, Esfahan, Shiraz, Perseopolis, Bam |
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Oman 03
Muscat, Salalah, 8x castles, trip to mountains
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Orient 04
AZERBAIDJAN - Baku, mud volcanos. IRAN - climb to Mt.Sabalan 4811m volcano.
TURKEY - climb to Mt.Ararat 5160m |
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Jordan 04
Aqaba, treking in Petra, Wadi Rum, Humeima
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Orient 05
TURKEY - treking Nemrut Dagi (Van lake), climb Mt.Ararat 5160m (second time!)
SYRIA - Palmyra, castle Crac, Hama, Aleppo, dead cities |
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Yemen 06 2.galery
cities Sanaa, Thula, Shibam, Kawkaban, At-Tawilah; treking in Al-Mahwit area;
treking in Djebel Bura (2260m); famous Soqotra island ! |
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Orient 06
TURKEY - trekking in Kačkar mountains GEORGIA - Vardzia monastery, attempt
to climb Mt.Kazbek 5033m, Tbilisi |
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Yemen 07
treking in Djebel Haraz, Wadi Hadramawt - Shibam, Sayun, wadi Doan |
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Orient 07
ARMENIA - Vanadzor, monasteries Sanahin a Haghpat, climb to Mt.Aragac 4090m volcano,
Sevan lake, Dilijan GEORGIA - Tbilisi, Vardzia and Sapara monasteries, TURKEY - climb to Mt.Suphan 4434m volcano |
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Saudi Arabia 07
Abha, Djebel Shoodah, Rijal Alma,
flower people from Asir mountains, Najran, Tabuk, Taima, Madain Salih, Al Ula, Jeddah |
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Transarabia 08
Arabian peninsula overland by bus
(Dubai-Salalah-Hadramawt-Sanaa-Hodeidah). Trips from Sanaa (Zabid, Jibla, Taiz, Mocca, Mukalla, Bir Ali) |
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Bahrain 08
Manama, Qala´at al-Bahrain, Diraz, King Fahd causewaz, Al-Areen,
Al-Jasra |
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Qatar 08
capital Doha - suq Waqif, business district |
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Kuwait 08
Kuwait city, trip to desert, sheep market |
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United Arab Emirates 08
Dubai, Hatta, Ras al-Khaimah, Al-Ain, Fujeirah, Liwa
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Oman mountains 08
DJEBEL AKHDAR (Bahla, Djebel Shams, Nizwa, Sayq, Hatta in UAE)
MUSANDAN peninsula (off-road trip) |
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Yemen 08
Sanaa, Djebel Haraz
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Turkey / Cappadocia 08
old Ankara, Goreme, underground city, canyon Ihlara, hot air baloon flight !!, cave monasteries |
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UAE 09
desert Empty Quarter, Liwa |
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Lebanon 09
Baalbek, vine cellars,
Cedar - mountains, Qadisha (Eden) valley, Beirut
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Northern Iraq / Kurdistan 09
Dohuk, Lailesh, Erbil, waterfalls on Zab river, Akre, Amadyia, treking in mountains |
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Orient 09
KYRGYSTAN - Karakol, trek Tian Shan, Osh, BC Pik Lenina,
CHINA - Kashgar, Karakoram Highway, PAKISTAN - trek Rush Lake, Gilgit, Lahore, INDIA - Amritsar, Delhi |
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Oman - Snake Gorge 10
canyoning through Snake Gorge in Wadi Bani Awf, via ferrata in Snake Gorge
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Expedition Apalucha 10
OMAN - Muscat, Wadi Shab, Duqm, alongside the coast to Salalah, Mirbat, treking around Rakhyut,
DUBAI - Atlantis Aquaventure, Burj Khalifa, fontain |
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ASIA (FAR EAST), AUSTRALIA & OCEANIA |
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China 90
via Russia, Mongolia. Peking, Xi an, Lanzhou, Xinning,
Kukunor lake, Labrang & Taer lamastery |
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Tibet 94
Kathmandu, Lhasa, monasteries around Lhasy, Xigatze, Mt.Everest |
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Hong Kong 06
photogalery from short stay in Hong Kongu + transit via Seoul |
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Sri Lanka 07
around Sri Lanka: Sigiriya, Polonaruwa, Kandy, Kitugake, Kataragama, Galle, Bentota |
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India 08
Rishikesh, rafting on Ganga river, Delhi, Rajastan - Amber palace and Jaipur |
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Papua New Guinea 09
climb to volcano Mt.Giluwe, original sing sing dance, Goroka - sing sing festival, Madang diving |
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Brunei 09
Omar Ali mosque, boat trip to Bangor, long house visit, sultan palace, village on poles |
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Cambodia 10
Cambodia - Siem Reap, Angkor Wat, trip to villages, MALAYSIA - Kuala Lumpur
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Laos 11
LAOS - Luang Prabang, Mong Noi, treking to mountain vallages, waterfalls, THAILAND - Ayuthaya, Bangkok
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AFRICA |
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Tenerife 97
Pico de Teide, Barranco del Inferno, Masca |
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Marocco 99
sand dunes Merzouga, palm oases, climb to Djebel Toubkal 4165 m |
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Ethiopia 2000
Lalibela rock-hewn churches, Gondar castle, Simien - the mountain fairytale,
Lake Tana monasteries, Blue Nile falls, Crater lakes around Debre Zeyit |
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Kilimanjaro 2000
5-day trek Machame - Mweka trek through western wall via Arrow Glacier Camp to the summit 5895m |
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Madeira 2002
trekking alongside water channels - Levadas,
climb to the highest mountain Pico Ruivo 1886m |
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Uganda 08
Kampala, Jinja,
one of the world's most difficult commercial rafting, lake Victoria, Entebbe |
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Kenya 10
treking Mt.Kenya up to 4200m, safari NP Masai Mara and NP Nakuru
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SOUTH & NORTH AMERICA |
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Venezuela 99
Trek to table mountain Roraima 2806m, Venezuelan Ands, National park Henri Pittierr |
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Bolivia/Chile 2002
La Paz, Tihuanaco, Huayna Potosí, NP Sajama/Lauca,
desert Atacama, climb on Licancabur 5917m and world's highest volcano Ojos del Salado 6880m text in Czech
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Mexico 2001
Climb to volcanos Colima 4330m a Orizaba 5700m, ruins Palenque, Monte Alban, Teotihuacan, waterfalls Agua Azul,
pacific coast text in Czech |
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EUROPE |
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Korsica 96
Mt. Cinto, Bavella, GR20 |
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Crete 98
Samaria, Ibros, Aradena, Irine gorges. Psiloritis mountain. Monasteries |
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Germany 99
Mosel, Trier, Schwarzwald, Zugspitze... |
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Caucasus 2000
Climb to na Gumaci 3885m, Mestia-tau 4130m and Elbrus 5633m. Adyl-su,
Adyr-su, Irik and Terskol valleys text in Czech |
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Alps - Silvretta 2001
Ascent Piz Buin 3312m and Dreilanderspitze 3197m
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Alps - Grossglockner 2001
Climb to Grossglockner 3797m
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Iceland 2003
Mini winter expedition in March 2003,
climb to Mt.Hekla 1491m, geysires, waterfall Gulfoss, volcano Elborg, peninsula Snaefells
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Athos 05
short visit of the Holy Mountain (8 monasteries, climb to Mt.Athos 2033m)
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Spain 07
family trip through central Spain: Barcelona, Tortosa, Teruel, Albaracin, Cuenca,
Belomonde, De La Mancha, Baeza, Nevado Espuňa
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Slovenian Alps 07
Adrenalin weekend: trekking, canyoning, rafting and speleo-trip. |
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Spain / Andalucia 08
family trip to Andalucia, Granada, Alhambra, treking in Sierra Nevada (climb to
Mulhacen 3482m, Veleta 3394m), Alpujarra, Capilera, Cabo de Gata |
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Russia 08
around Moscow (golden triangle) and city itself |
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SLOVAKIA |
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Rohace, spring 2001
Crossing Rohace (Westen Tatras) ridge in tough winter conditions on easter time.
Report written by Dan Michálek Text in Czech |
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Lower Tatras, spring 2001
Weekend trek to the highest Dumbier 2043m |
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Lower Fatra, summer 2001
Attempt for crossing of Lower Fatra range |
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Lower Tatras, summer 2001
Range crossing, west part (Donovaly-Chopok)
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Slovak Paradise, summer 2002
gorges of Slovak paradise,
ascend Stolica 1477m |
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Little Fatra, autumn 2002
crossing of Little Fatra range (Stefanová-Strecno)
, end of November, within 24 hrs |
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Rohace, spring 2003
II. anniversary of easter crossing of Rohace mountain range
(Huty - Jamské sedlo) |
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Expedition Apalucha 07
3. anniversary, 4-day hiking in Little Fatra, two fathers with their sons |
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LAST TRIPS
- Nepal (Apr 2011) - Anapurna region treking Gorepani, Gandruk, Chitwan NP, Kathmandu
- Laos (Feb 2011) - Luang Prabang, Mong Noi, treking to mountain vallages, waterfalls, THAILAND - Ayuthaya, Bangkok
- Kenya (Dec 2010 - Jan 2011) - treking Mt.Kenya up to 4200m, safari NP Masai Mara and NP Nakuru
- Cambodia (Dec 2010)- Siem Reap, Angkor Wat, trip to villages, MALAYSIA - Kuala Lumpur
- Papua New Guinea (Sep 2009) - climb to volcano Mt.Giluwe, original sing sing dance, Goroka - sing sing festival, Madang diving
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LAST PHOTO EVENTS
Following the Frankincense Route - exhibition of photographs from Oman, Yemen and Saudi Arabia,
May 12-15, 2011, International Bookfair SVET KNIHY, Prague
- Oman (Nov 2010) - slideshow, ZS Dobrichovice
- Mizici Romantika Arabie (Feb 2008) - photo exibition, Holiday World 2008, Prague
- Saudi Arabia (Nov 2007) - slideshow, Setkani Cestovatelu, Prague
- Saudi Arabia (Oct 2007) - photo exibition, Ovocny bar, Prague
- Promeny Berounky (Sep 2007) - photo exibition, Dobrichovice
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