.: experiencing my own country and showing YOU why is it worth visiting :.
I got finally matched!
I am going to Ghana soon, to work for one year in Capital Group - an HR agency in Accra, the capital, to work on this TN.
I still dont know when I am leaving, only one thing is for sure - soon. The company would like me to come in less than a month… Lets see if I can manage.
Looks like I should speed up with my “Slovakia travel” plans 
Again a trek that was a spontaneous decision… I have made up my mind the day before, hitchhiked to Poprad (closest bigger city), slept over with members of the LC there and in morning hitchhiked to a village right under the High Tatras and started walking… Starting altitude was 894 m above sea level, I wanted to finish on Krivan at 2494 m.
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Continue reading ‘1600 m uphill in one day - trek to peak of Krivan’
I woke up late and a little bit lazy and was thinking what to do and when I realized that I just made myself late breakfast and have seated myself in front of the TV (where there is shit nothing worth watching) I have decided that I have to get out…
The hill Magura is right above my town, I can see it from my window and the hill Suchy Vrch (1468 m), means “dry mountain”, is right behind + above it. I took a little water, camera and started walking… I was sweating like hell when I came to the top but the view, tired smile, hand fulls of wild blueberries I picked on the way and the cold glass of beer in a cottage on the way were worth it 
Few pictures are here:
http://picasaweb.google.com/klepo.slovakia/TheHillOfSuchyVrchDryMountain
This was just a spontaneous decision - two old friends of mine had birthday recently and decided to hold a small party in a pub in Bratislava. As I had nothing to do those days I have decided to go and see them. So I packed a spare shirt and trousers, a book to read in dull moments, photocamera and my set of hitchhiking signs and went
The way was fast and fun, was lucky all the time and arrived long before expected party start. I used the time to help a lost french guy find the train station and see the city from the highest spot - the WW2 memorial of Slavin. I have spent some time walking around the monument, then went down to the city and saw an exhibition about the 1968 “invasion of Soviet armies” into Czechoslovakia - the story is longer and is summed up here, but in short CS has started to be too democratic and independent on USSR and that was something USSR could not accept as it was weakening the position of the Eastern Bloc during the Cold War. People in CS have been shocked because they took it as betrayal from their comrades… The democratization was stopped for next 20 years.
I didnt take too many pictures but You can find them here:
http://picasaweb.google.com/klepo.slovakia/BratislavaTheCapital
This small building is just a part of the original house of my grandparents, it was actually the birthplace of my mother. 2/3s of it have collapsed years ago, now the “leftover” is our family “mountain holiday resort” No electricity, fresh (freezing cold) water from a spring few meters away from the house, green hills all around, warm sun in the day and sky full of stars at night…
We didnt take the casual way but took a hike via beautiful needle-shaped rocks. I had to resist a huge urge not to try and climb them.
I can take You there if You want, its possible to sleep all year round, but during the winter we would have to get through at least 0.5 m of snow and lit up fire in the stove
Pictures are here:
http://picasaweb.google.com/klepo.slovakia/TripToHillsAboveTheBirthplaceOfMyMomVillageZazriva
I just felt like walking, walking a lot, as far as I only can, just to see how far can I go… And when my mother mentioned that I should visit my grandparents, in the village of Maly Cepcin, I just combined those two things and went for this walk (it cant qualify as trek because I walked roads, village roads but roads).
I was not in a hurry and despite the sky was sometimes looking like a storm is not far away I had beautiful weather the whole time. It took me nearly 6 hours to make the distance including a few stops and detours looking for some nice sights.
Surprisingly no sores or aches after the walk… My condition is better than expected My plan to walk Slovakia across (literary) sounds more realistic day by day
Look at few pictures from the trip here:
http://picasaweb.google.com/klepo.slovakia/30KmWalkToHouseWhereMyGrandparentsLiveVillageMalyCepcin
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