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。。三十多年來，竟也走了大半個非洲，大部分歐洲及亞洲。加上幾乎整個西半球，卻隻數得近一百七十個國家。。
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回首往事，出國已然三十載有餘。平日苦於繁務，有空隻顧雲遊四方，而不得閑暇構思遊記。粗略估計，竟也走了半個非洲，大半個歐洲及3/4以上的亞洲。。加上幾乎整個西半球，卻隻數得區區百二十來個國家。與大家一樣，先是歐，美，澳，然後亞，非，拉：折服於亞洲文化之繁多，在新加坡學術休假近三年，當此為跳板囊括了周邊國家和地區。。非洲之行（除西非外）已為南半球兄的“縱貫非洲四萬裏”所錄，南美卻是在零星旅程之後被一個萬裏長征所覆蓋。。若幹年前，在西藏高原無甚反應，激起上山之念，直到南美阿空加瓜敗走麥城，從此收兵。至於下海，也隻到過幾個世界級潛水地。。先貼幾張。有機會再從頭道來。。
乞力馬紮羅，坦桑尼亞
撒哈拉，摩洛哥
維多利亞瀑布，津巴布韋
Ngrongro 火山口
斯威之蘭國王
南極洲
夏威夷大島火山
號稱世界第一的潛水地
“地獄之門”
..以免重複飛往同一地區。（打字實在太慢) here is a brief list of the sites covered by my trip to the area of Central America (between Mexico and Colombia):
- Panama: Canal - Miraflores Locks (15km away) and Gatun Locks (70km away); Castillo San Lorenzo - very hard to get to but excellent - i did by rental car (standard costs about $25/day); Panama Viejo - ruins by Henry Morgan - in the capital itself.
- El Salvardo: San Salvardo the capital - full of policemen - quite safe; Joya de Ceren - 30km away ($25 by taxi) - a special Mayan site, but check to see if it is open.
- Guatemala: the capital is a kind of hectic - only good for day time walking - central parque surrounded by beautiful buildings; Antigua - the old capital of the whole Central America (till 1724) - a mecca for the self guided tourists, from where one gets the $7 hiking package to Volcan Pacaya - one of the few places in the world to step on the rolling lava (the only other such place was found in Hawaii Big Island, but much farther away from the volcano lips); Tikal - 500km from the capital - a unique Mayan site with 44-63 meter tall temples.
- Belize: only 4-5 hr bus ride from Flores (gateway to Tikal), where one should skip the city - one of the worst i have ever seen - but still having chinese restaurants, and hop onto a fast ferry to one of its Cayes (Caulker, e.g. where there are not only chinese restaurants but also hotels) to see the world 2nd largest coral reef (for that reason i skipped Roatan Isl of Hongduras, and Bocas of Panama).
- Hongduras: takes a long day to bus back from Flores to its west end - Copan, one of the 4 major Mayan sites featuring fine sculptures (the other 3: Chichen, Palenque - in Mexico, and Tikal); Tegu - the capital - a chaotic city, with its chinese restaurants guarded by the gun man and iron bars.
- Nicaragua: with two well preserved colonial cities - Leon, which is less touristy but more charming, and Granada - claimed to be the earliest in the America Continent (1524) - do not miss the tour to Isleta on the shoreline of Lago Nicaragua; in between one finds the capital - Managua - which could be toured by an hour taxi when switching mini buses.
- Costa Rica: its beaches on the Pacific side were somewhat disappointing; Fortuna - the gateway to Volcan Arenal and hot spring - is somewhat attractive, especially the Fortuna Water Falls; Monteverde is a kind of joke - trivial ziplines burried in the trees are much more expensive than the ones i took across the Victoria Falls in Zimbabwe; San Jose is safe but much less appealing - only the hotel i stayed (Casa Morazan) owned by banana baron was a kind of interesting...
the 7 countries are well connected by luxury buses, which are much cheaper than airflights... i would definitely chose Guatemala if only 1 country out of the 7, which could actually be grouped into a visit to Cancun- Merida (Mexico), connected by Belize. If extra i would pick up Nicaragua or Honduras,... and leaving Costa Rica the last in the region, although it is filled with western tourists.
...do not mean to be negative, but Costa Rica has very little to offer, compared to the neighboring countries. For example, Volcan Arenal could only be viewd from distance, whereas one can step on the lava of Volcan Pacaya where i almost got my shoe burnt. Neither is SJO a match to Antigua, Leon or Granada. Not to mention Tikal, Copan or Joya de Ceren...
1, Meeting the penguins *
2, Amundsen-Scott South Pole Stn
3, Cruising the Lemaire Channel *
4, Cape Evans (Ross Island)
5, Shackleton's Hut (Cape Royds, Ross Sea)
6, Paradise Harbor *
(7, Grytviken, South Georgia Island)
8, Deception Island *
9, Antarctic Museam at Port Lockroy
10, Charlotte Bay & Curverville (Boot) Islands
11, Whale Encounters *
12, Cape Denison (Ross Sea)
13, Kayaking
14, McMurdo Stn (Ross Island)
15, Ross Ice Shelf (Ross Sea)
http://www.belltrip.cn/youji/a-76393.html
http://www.yidianzixun.com/article/0DpSb7Xc
http://19417439.blog.hexun.com/101709005_d.html
還進一步被轉載：
https://read01.com/dBPzQk.html
甚至評為“精品遊記”：
http://cd.belltrip.cn/team
http://jl.belltrip.cn/team
有趣至極，立此存照。
http://www.worldometers.info/geography/countries-of-the-world/#example
(plus Kosovo as a new country; and St Martin, Antarctica as territories)
一個提供”最後一分鍾價格”的網站：
www.ushuaiaturismoevt.com.ar
該公司坐落在Ushuaia。目前所列價格低至5500-5900美刀，為10天左右，百人或以下的郵輪，登陸南極半島之旅。較之其他歐美預訂機構價廉不少。當然，除去那些僅提供隔海遠眺，但不能涉足陸地的豪華郵輪。
但該公司要求將部分款項電匯，比別家麻煩一些。
Disclaimer: 筆者與該公司並無瓜葛，僅僅從它購過南極船票而已。恕不提供任何擔當與責任。近兩年前(2013-14) 該網價大概是4500，為3-4人房。筆者為住雙人房付了大概4900/人。而同船不少人費用高達8千，多因其他預訂機構層層盤剝所致。順便說，抵達Ushuaia後，該公司門口所掛的最後一分鍾價格為3900/人。
更為重要的是，在通常的小相機中（compact,傻瓜機等），感光元件隻有2 -- 4毫米寬。而根據物理學，最小‘光點’的尺寸一般在3微米左右，所以它們最多隻能接受一百萬左右個‘光點’。所謂的千萬個像素全成了‘擺設’（當然，鏡頭設計/製造也變得很容易）。在手機相機中這個問題尤其嚴重。
而一般單反相機(SLR)的‘底片’尺寸為35毫米寬（×2/3高），可接收近一億個‘光點’。所以它的照相質量顯然‘不可同日而語’。與此同時，鏡頭尺寸也得加大，一般要50毫米以上的直徑。比小相機幾個毫米的直徑要大的多，也重的多，更難做得多，大景深亦然。
近幾年流行的‘微單’（mirror less），是重量與質量兩者兼顧的一種設計。其中的佼佼者Sony-nex的‘底片’達到了23毫米寬，近‘單反’的2/3. 而重量隻有幾分之一。
當然，若您對質量不講究，那麽這些就算白搭了。
美國，法國，意大利，埃及，印度，秘魯，土耳其，加拿大，巴西, 以色列/新西蘭.
（2）我心目中的 Top 10 （城市）人類遺產；
金字塔，婆羅浮屠，泰姬陵，吳哥，雅典神廟，佩特拉，鬥獸場，奇琴尼查，蒲甘，Djenne清真寺/馬丘比丘
（3）我心目中的 Top 10 自然風景；
南極半島，珠峰腳下，維多利亞瀑布，天使瀑布，Serengeti, Amazon, Galapagos, Sipadan(diving), Sahara,
加拿大北極地區(黃刀..白馬…Nahanni…Dempster Hwy…Tuk…北冰洋）
（4）我心目中的中國十佳旅遊目的地（城市或地區均可）。
西藏，喀什及喀拉昆侖公路，敦煌到吐魯番，西安周邊，北京周邊，台灣環島，香港到澳門，九寨黃龍，武陵源，曲阜到泰山/黃山到西遞。
(僅列已到過之處。中國旅遊目的地，包括港澳台，單獨列在第四項，不參與前三項的名單。)