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Approximately 5 hours drive all the way, means the famous Great Rift Valley. The first half of the tour road is relatively good, after half the voyage, near the Masai Mara fast I thought he was when Britain was unable to cope, driver and tour guide, pointing antelope let us look at roadside, so beautiful and gentle animals appear so close in front of me, let me once forget the fatigue and the heart excited.

First day of the 4 pm to 6 am the next morning 8:30 to 4 pm on the third day morning, 7:30 to 10:30, three times into the Masai Mara plains to see animals. From dawn to dusk, all kinds of animals start to appear in front of so near and yet so real.

Sensitive timid dik-dik, see the car coming, quickly turned to jump. Who feel comfortable in a group of zebra, and sometimes moving, Jing Si toys in general. Large tracts of hill and dale wildebeest, zebra, buffalo live in harmony, like as friends. Antelope, black and white fur Cheng was very beautiful, always run very fast, looks by far they casually eating the grass, and always alert. Noon when the heat Mara river hippo lolling, motionless.Occasionally a few zebra crossing Mara River, so that when we think of the great migration across large tracts of spectacular. Lions are always very dignified pace in the grasslands or open repair, sometimes mighty one, sometimes two thick kiss, a young lion prey to the corner just eat too much horse, a lion of aging defeat In the light of slightly sad. Cheetah is a master of hunting, constantly make fun of just caught a small living creature, dangling from its neck in front of us walking around. What mighty elephant, in front of us like a monster, however, quite naughty baby elephant, playing with each other and rubbing. Giraffe among submerged trees in the far, only a slender neck and a gentleman to see them in the leaves of the top dining.

All the animals live in harmony, staged a peaceful and killing the animal kingdom, the food chain linked together, we came to visit a stranger into the car seemed to have little to disturb the animals.

Masai Mara and Nairobi, the trip can be seen from Maasai, I was profoundly affected children along the way that I drove over Marseille will be waved, and you see people dressed in colorful Masai Masai dress, holding a long stick stand under the trees, like Lonely planet’s cover image in general.

Rovos Rail is the world’s most spacious and luxurious train and farthest from the Cape of Good Hope, Cape Town, Zimbabwe … … halfway through Africa, along the way so that visitors viewing the diversity of the African style. Train more than ten square meters dedicated suite, with flowers, refrigerator, wardrobe, and even with a large Victorian claw foot bathtub. Just lying in bed, you can use the camera to capture awareness of antelope, the train pushed the rear floor glass doors can keep the field. It has been 14 times a year on board Rovos Rail.
With other trains biggest difference is the “Rovos Rail” train full of dreams, dreams about train travel on the British aristocratic life, dreams, and calm on the age that noble dream.

Rohan Vos, Anglo-South Africans, from 1986 to the present, when under his luxurious Rovos RAIL train left, he’ll wear starched suit, take your own plane, from the residence in Cape Town to the railway station, rain or shine. In the platform, he will be pure of London English and British humor welcomed dozens of guests from around the world, took notes and itinerary. Playing in the melodious sound of the violin, read the names of the passengers were Rohan, will be returning to the gentlemen and ladies pose the aisle, under the guidance of the conductor on board “African Pride”, which listed known as the world’s top luxury train carriages. All this seems to reflect the noble life of a re-release old movies.

Opened the car door, you have all been frightened eyes of all living: a dozen foot-square-meter suite of flowers, sofas, refrigerators, large wardrobe ranging; five large windows are free to open; King Size Big bed and never put away. Bathroom, in addition to 24 hours hot water large glass shower room, but there are still with Victorian claw foot bath big! Just lying in bed, you can use the camera to capture alert antelope, as well as circling the sky not by name of the bird.

A burst of tinkling bells, is a conductor with the old, the issue of the dinner call. Put on suits dress, a door to enter the dining car, drivers Bianjiang a roses in the front passenger, and shouted the names of the passengers. This section 1903 is simply a gorgeous antique cars palace, crystal glass, Edwardian Floral, ornate ceiling fan slowly rotating, flowers and wine in the air the breath of God, which is not being diverted to a royal dinner ?

“After dinner, the train pushed the glass door on the rear of the floor of the exposure to the vehicle. African night a cool breeze mixed with the faint fragrance of walking towards me, the stars close finally understand why some people 14 times a year to board” African Pride. ”
Luxury label the U.S. “National Geographic” magazine by Rovos Rail difference between the 21 and she was named one of the world’s top ten luxury trains. European aristocracy to as “tracks cruise” and “Mobile five-star hotel.”

Present “African Pride” day and night trip, including the Garden Route tour, only once a year trip to Namibia and Tanzania tours, wildlife adventure tours, etc.. Luxury 10-day bills “Rovos Rail” luxury train tour price is about 30 000 to 4 million, while the African common market tour, 8 day trip, costs are around 20,000 yuan. So doing we take the “Rovos Rail”, is already quite value for money.

Seychelles is a stagnant place to time, where all earthly distractions seem to have turned into the clouds

Seychelles is a pearl in the Indian Ocean. It integrates the characteristic of the island, leaving people feeling is more pure and more pure to: blue sky, green sea, magnificent clouds, fantastic beaches, exotic sea coconut, the vast amount of giant turtles and beautiful coral reefs, and ready to close contact with groups of whale sharks … …

Seychelles is located in the southern tip of the equator, 1,000 miles away from the African continent, with many such as pearl-like granite and coral islands scattered. American movies, “Jurassic Park” was here for filming, Hollywood detective movies to here as the location to which the most famous was undoubtedly the “007.”

In the Seychelles, were in harmony with nature has been the most perfect interpretation. Quiet, romantic, laid-back, lazy, where you can quietly “polish” time, enjoy the original ecology of wanton bathing and nourishing.

Seychelles is a stagnant place to time, where all earthly distractions seem to have turned into the clouds.

“Mini-capital” and engaging wins

As the largest island of Seychelles, Mahe Island, attract many tourists. Around the island, clouds, fog, several overlapping peaks, verdant Bitou, a block of stone grotesque. Mahe is also thick with more than 70 different characteristics of the beach, many excellent natural beach, including swimming, sunbathing, wind bath, sand bath, everything.

The most famous Beauvallon beach, sandy soft delicate, step on the foot will be a wonderful, crisp feel. Reflected in the brilliant sunshine, the beach here shows a variety of colors: sometimes become a feminine pink, sometimes showing brilliant gold. Sometimes water-clear, such as amethyst, and sometimes green like jade.

Seychelles capital, Victoria, Mahe Island, located right across the country about 90% of 8 million people live here. Seychelles Victoria is the only city, the city beautiful and elegant, lush luxuriant vegetation, is the world’s smallest “mini-capital”: only a set of traffic lights, a movie theater, a post office, a bus terminus. It was pretty small, like a cartoon fairy tale kingdom city, Ring Ring is also not take half an hour.

Victorian two-story buildings generally. It is said that Seychelles has an unwritten rule that no building shall not be higher than the coconut trees.

1903, to celebrate the Seychelles became a colony of the British Empire, the British in the Victorian city center modeled on the British “Big Ben” looked like, put up a “small bell.” Now the clock is still standing here quietly, quietly appreciate the things vicissitudes, and the clock opposite the Seychelles the only traffic lights.

Seychelles is a singular “melting pot country,” Anglo-French colonial rule had it been, a variety of people gathered here, in this piece of pure paradise reproduction, habitat, and assimilation. Today, the Seychelles people different skin color, religious beliefs and diverse.

Seychelles hospitality, good purity, respect for nature. President meets foreign guests never wear a suit, no tie, a short-sleeve shirt trouble.

Every weekend, Victoria became a ghost town. People are leaving the city, to the beach to relax. Beer is the preferences of local residents, species variety, taste different. When night falls, people greet the sea breeze, listening to the sound waves shore to a glass of fresh beer, really extremely comfortable.

In the west coast of Mahe Island, near a bus stop, tourists can visit the studio Michael Adams. Michael Adams is the Seychelles, the most famous painter, also a minor celebrity in Europe, his works are mainly exported to Europe. The old man had traveled over the last century 80′s Lijiang River, left deep impression. Here, people can listen to him chat about experiences and feelings in China, see Guilin under his brush.

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See also warp the Garden of Eden

Do reward the fruits of love

About 40 km south from Victoria, is the world’s rare plants – sea coconut home lsland, it is also the second largest island in Seychelles, the island terrain, the most attractive course ought to have been income World Heritage List of the Seychelles national treasures – the sea coconut. Sea coconut, orchid and giant Amorphophallus Chitose said “the world’s greenhouse three rare plants.”

Sea coconut is not long in the sea, but in the long ago, the Maldives fishing were found floating in the sea coconut, they mistakenly thought it long in the sea. Later, it was found that coconut had long island in the Seychelles, Praslin Island in May Valley is the largest sea of coconut origin.

Sea coconut tree is divided into two sexes, male tree, tall, petite female tree. Male tree can grow up to more than 30 m, usually 56 meters higher than the female tree. Male trees and female trees are always growing side by side, but the roots are intertwined. It is said if one of a cut or die, the other strains would “die for Love.”

Sea Coconut is also divided male and female, female fruit round and large, seemingly female buttocks, is the world’s most important seeds, up to 2 30 kg, while the male fruit is an important organ like the men, so will they Seychelles as “the love of the fruit.”

But nobody likes to be the sea of love palm trees, “witness.” Legend stormy night, the sea is male and female strains of coconut trees lingering moment, the leaves would rustle loud. If anyone witnessed this romantic, he would later run into strange meeting misfortune after another. Sea coconut is regarded as the Seychelles, David, is extremely rare palm tree to cut down the sea, or picking the fruit, or take away the sea coconut, must hold a permit issued by the local government. It is said that the famous British general George Gordon debut this island, the face of this piece full of rich tropical land, he asserted that there is “biblical” Garden of Eden.

Exposure to the jungle fantasy

The island in May Valley Park known as the world’s smallest in the world cultural heritage, there live rare black parrot, Seychelles and Nightingale. Endangered black parrot, as the Seychelles national bird, is the protagonist here. They are also the island’s endemic species, crow tactfully Chhnang. In fact, whole body was dark brown parrot, because often in the shade in the flight, had been mistaken for black.

May Valley, initially just a private estate, now it has become a beautiful scenery and rare plants clouds, rare birds and bird tour of the national park. One entered here, can feel a strong original style. Tall upright variety of wild land of palm trees stands, they brazenly soared higher. Have low family, closely surrounded by the ground, airtight, a group of a group, people can not poke any one. Dense group of tall trees to become a ray of sunshine tear for him, then the sun cut a piece hardwood torn apart. Exposure to this piece of thick tropical jungle, the feeling will be a kind of warp, it seems there really are believers long for Paradise.

Faced with these vibrant flora and fauna, visitors will find themselves only accidentally into the uninvited guest, and strange creatures is the supreme master of here. They followed their own principles, in accordance with their own unique way grows.

Praslin Island, northeast of Lazio beach is more quiet, as regular visitors to the quiet love of the land. It is about 1 km, the sea is also the clearest. The reason may be poor, few tourists here. People sitting on the soft sand, watching the magnificent view of the distant, dream-like, greedily sucking the soft sea breeze brought a special atmosphere.

TortoisePass with the tortoise

In the Seychelles, if someone’s baby was born, the family would adopt a little like a turtle, it accompanied the baby grow together. Seychelles coins are stamped patterns like tortoise, turtles in the Seychelles shows the status of the national mind. Seychelles is a paradise on land giant tortoises, heavy and relaxed these guys from time to time with you their territories, they pass.

However, to glimpse the huge number of sea turtles, but also to Alda does not pull the island, which is the famous “Turtle Island.” The island has 100,000 giant tortoises. These big guys, some 2 meters in length and weighing over 200 kilograms, even to the four individual 500 kg, the shape of an elephant, hence the “tortoise,” said. Turtles like to hide in broad daylight as the thick bush, but sooner or later come out to eat after midnight. Strong noon sunlight, people in the shade of an always crowded like to see turtles. Wait until daylight retreat, these behemoths began to come out to feed the collective. Afar off to, they like heavy armored vehicles slowly creep forward, people can not help laughing.

However, the family turtle reproduction object is is a very difficult thing. Male and female turtles turtles successfully into the marriage hall is not easy, even a small chance of their breeding, generally no more than 2%. Even if the baby turtles born, we must face the omnipresent threat: not to be “enemies” swallowed, the body is crushed to death by their parents overweight. If the baby were able to escape unharmed these disasters grow, live to 140 years old not be a problem.

In addition, the island there is a rare green turtles, a very high economic value, is the turtle in the crowd.

Bird island dress with warmth

From Mahe Island to the northwest direction, about half an hour journey by plane, is the fame of Bird Island. Bird Island is very small, equivalent to 78 football pitches, where the protagonist is the only habitat of the birds here.

Visitors can walk around the Bird Island 45 minutes a week, where people can find hundreds of different bird species. May to October each year, nearly 3 million terns breed here. There are no residents, only one hotel, lighting is minimal lighting, everything seems isolated.

Too many people on the island of birds can not imagine them to keep from twisting your head off. Bend down, look up, they are likely to close touch with you. These birds of the alien “invaders” do not fear. Here, you can see the birds an enjoyable for both the warm images, you can also see the chicks are hungry, starving cute, you can also see the care of a respectable mother of the children’s scenes carefully. Small bird will get lonely island dress extra warm

Fall in love do not change the original villages face

And filled with a little city of Victoria this bustling tropical town compared to La Digue is like an old old original village. La Digue Island derives its name from French explorer dufresne’s a name of the vessel. In fact, the Seychelles everywhere can find the French colonial culture in the Western blot.

Everything here, though after years of baptism, but still a go its own way, the world has not changed in appearance. All the island to retain its original features, in accordance with the arbitrary extension of their own style. Residents of the island is very simple, nothing that was earth edification of sophistication, and their means of transport was ox cart or bicycle. No modern industry to enter, the air here seems extremely fresh, fragrant breezes often will nostrils.

Near the beach is the world’s Dehas to be one of the most photographed beaches. It is said that the famous erotic movie “Emmanuel” once in the viewfinder, attracted a large number of European tourists have come. Boulders on the beach and one each in the shape of a culmination of the beauty of curves, edges and corners of the recently highly. These graceful granite scattered on the beach, so lonely beach look lively. Rock, sand, sea water, to jointly construct a beautiful watercolor painting.

Articles freelance writer | Wu Ming

    Seychelles Travel Guide

Geography: the Republic of Seychelles Islands in the eastern Indian Ocean, Africa, the 115 islands, the largest island is Mahe.

Visas: visa, but must provide a valid passport, return ticket and proof of accommodation or life (such as hotel reservation form) and so on.

Flights: Canton, to the Seychelles, Emirates can take a turn for the better from Dubai can also take a turn for the better Kenya Airways from Nairobi. Three hours flying time 12.

Consumer: VISA, MasterCard and American Express credit cards can be used in the Seychelles.

Currency: Rupee (SCR) as legal tender in the Seychelles, one U.S. dollar convertible 5.5 rupees.

Time difference: Seychelles 4 hours earlier than Greenwich Mean Time, 4 hours later than Beijing Time.

Equipment: It is recommended to bring along light summer clothing, no less than SPF30 + sunscreen, hat, sunglasses and other items of equipment are necessary.

So a group of people around, or for work or personal interest, they will not be familiar to some of our country. Work and travel among the deeply felt a foreign country’s unique local culture. Hangzhou High School teacher Yan Han river, as one of the 50 international volunteers to work year in East Africa, Ethiopia has had a unique exotic life.

About primitive tribes live the most simple hotel bath not more than 5 minutes

Han Yan and other volunteers have been in southern Ethiopia, the work of the State of Arba Minch. Several months, Han Yan heard, here’s National Park the most noteworthy, then, about the few friends who chisi south toward the door Alba most beautiful and mysterious Forest Park embarked.

Raiders did not find anything prior to departure, holding a travel canon, and ran all the Southern National Park on the road. Han Yan and friends of the election in early May for a weekend departure, specifically to avoid the rainy season, because every year in June to September is rainy season in southern states. Tourism Collection according to the introduction, starting from the Arba Minch, near the station set up for foreigners TOURIST HOTEL (Hotel), accommodation, very convenient. However, Bill 240 per night (Ethiopia currency, Yan Han 1 yuan when traveling approximately equal to 1.1 birr) in fact is not cheap.

The car sat for a whole day to reach the destination Gold Town, you can live as long as 50 birr per night hotel, but the room is surprisingly simple. Mixed with cow dung and branches wall made building, walls painted green and white paint. The roof is a layer of aluminum skin. Room with only a lamp and a bed, looked relatively clean.

Local long drought, but the hotel set up a simple bathroom. 4 iron a circumference, crossing a branch above the horizontal ride, add a plastic bucket with a tap. In the shower, through the aluminum skin big gap, you can see the outside of the village and is walking around the village. In Africa, of course, need to save water, a bath before and after no more than five minutes. Otherwise, use no water, and a bubble can only wait for a rescue.

What to eat, in addition to bread, is the local staple food, “Raj Britain.” Will be a “moss bran” ground into powder, after 12 days fermentation, and then Luocheng pizza, and then the beef and mutton, onions, potatoes, made sauce. In addition, it spent only 2.5 Bill, the drink of the local most natural pure mango juice, pear juice, and sugar cane juice and wild. Ethiopia’s rich coffee, take 2 Bill, you will drink of the most flavorful cup of coffee.

As for transport, said Han Yan, Ethiopia travel agencies generally responsible only for vehicles. Into the forest park, usually require four-wheel drive vehicles, each able to seat six or seven a day, 1700-2000 Bill of car rentals are not cheap. General by the driver and tour guide, then spend 60 Bill to hire a gun as a security guard and guide the local people can enter the southern states vast national forest park.

Naked lips containing more than primitive tribe hidden deep in the jungle plate

Although primitive tribes had not been to, but just listen to other people’s experiences, Han Yan on the right was full of longing.

One volunteer had such an interesting experience: the two local people rushed a sheep, were each pulling a sheep hind legs, with two front legs to pull the sheep they hurry; another volunteer opportunities to stop in the middle of two horses in a daze, the locals told him the two horses are thinking.

When a pedestrian reaches of the South Han Yan, Gold town, state, Tolmie township, in the guide and driver, led into the Mago (Mago) and Omo (Omo) the two National Park deep in the jungle when saw the most primitive tribes living in the local. Tribal people mostly naked, body painted with colorful paint, neck, lips, ears, head of decorative fully shown the original style.

Mago National Park in the depths, Han Yan met MURSI tribe. The tribal woman’s lips and ears are decorated with carved patterns of large and small plates, so the tribe, also known as “lip plate family.”

Tribal woman, from a young age will be in the lower lip, or cut a hole in the earlobe Department, then the cut on the small-embedded. Bigger hole in the can make it, so when, and back to the plate more. Age, longer, more for larger plates. Family practices in the lip plate, the plate the greater the more beautiful girl, so when she became a bride, was the bride price is also more. Therefore, the size of the small cap from the beverage bottle, to 10 cm of tape, you can see.

Lip disk family with these disks, disk is painted with natural pigments of the original pattern. General You can spend 20 Bill, you can buy a completely hold in the hands of the plate.

In addition to the lips and ears, their head and neck, will wear jewelry with the indigenous style, color, generally red, yellow, green, three of these “pan-African colors” constitutes.

Later in the Omo National Forest Park, Han Yan, and intimate contact with HAMER tribe. HAMER, dressed in tribal people, with the lip plate is completely different family. Tribe every woman’s hair, almost like a soft brown root rope, drawn to, from head down to the spread around. Han Yan realize that the hair by hair bundles of creamy linen-like hand, and then a kind of natural plant pigment reddish brown mashed against the Sheung Shui, the wipe in a root “hemp rope “, the final coagulation.

HAMER tribal woman looks very beautiful, the body in addition to suspension of sheep or cow in the waist, neck, wearing brightly colored beads crustaceans, the longer there is no other shelter. Women’s back, and some looked like being beaten stick up the healing stripes kyphosis, Han Yan and his entourage will be the called the “brutal beauty.”

Continue in-depth, Han Yan, later visited a people naked, body painted a variety of paint tribes.

While visiting the tribes along the way, housing, decoration, clothing and living habits are close to the original, but the tribal people, with simplicity and kindness touched every person to go visit. Sitting in the shade enjoying the breeze, Han Yan, three children came to see the village, wanted to see her sunglasses. Get glasses, children glasses to the sun with curiosity to see what color the sky. Han Yan, put them one by one, the child’s face the most brilliant smile.

Into the vast prairie and the animal world Zero

To the African grasslands, watch the most rare wild animals, also features tours of Ethiopia.

Only half a day away from the Southern states by car, you can reach the vast expanse of Neiqi Sa National Forest. Han Yan said, this forest park, 380 species of birds, 90 species of mammals and 1,000 species of plants, called a paradise for animals.

Neiqi Sa National Forest Park, has two colored lakes: Green Lake Chamo and Lake Abaya red. The narrow strip between two lakes, like God in the lake draw a great bridge between so people can come from one direction to another direction, therefore, known locally as “God’s Bridge.”

Forest Park, four wheel drive in the rough bumps on the road after a brief stop to stop and enjoy the beautiful wilderness, the two agile, strong Spring Hope everyone slower to catch small antelope, the jump to uphold the jungle next to go the. Guide explained that this is a small antelope occur in pairs. Han Yan said, to see the back of the case, most are like the wizard said.

Along the way, there will be large and small monkeys in the road on both sides of the shuttle. A huge body of monkeys, sitting in the roadside a large stone, motionless, like a natural carved out of stone.

The vast grasslands of Africa, the most interesting part is the crowds of zebras. Not far from the street, a group of zebras grazing leisurely self-serving, does not seem to care about Han Yan these visitors into grasslands. Only when we close them gradually, they will move slowly to the distant point. These wild black and white zebra skin color, Han Yan said, you know, the fashion industry in the black and white, always lead the mainstream fashion colors, it appears that zebra can be considered the most fashionable animal species.

In the zebra base, we also found two brown animals. Wizard tell you, this is svinavatn Chuan-Ling, a long face endangered animals. They grow tall withers, slightly tilted back, the main habitat in the forest park.

Later, when visiting Mago National Park, Han Yan has also seen a small antelope called DICK, huge crocodiles, lizards, snakes, into a piece of blue ling, pelicans, and various not yell the name of the bird .

Interestingly, the way she had also picked up a large African tortoise. However, the big turtle fear, fright incontinence, and finally we had to please the train a large turtle. Han Yan said that in fact the way the pools in area, have lived many of these turtles.

Experienced a period of Trolltech trip, return when the cable car to reach a man named KONSO the place, it was already late. Han Yan found that the prairie is very deep dusk, silhouetted against the sunset in the wildernesses of earth, and quite magnificent. Farmers used wooden poles for driving a flock of sheep, walk straight on the road leading to the distance, as if a splendid evening go grazing plan.