Itinerario viaggio in Tanzania, 19 AGO - 10 SET 2005

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	DATA	Itinerario	Notte
1	19 ago, ven	volo x Arusha (JRO), via Addis Abeba	in aereo
2	20 ago, sab	arr 5:00am check-in hotel, giro culturale	Arusha (Golden Rose)
3	21 ago, dom	mercato, scorte, transfer Lake Manyara, Eyasi	Eyasi (camp)
4	22 ago, lun	Hadzabe/Tatoga Bushmen villaggi: caccia con arco e frecce	Keratu (Kudu camp)
5	23 ago, mar	game drive Ngorongoro	Ngorongoro (Lodge)
6	24 ago, mer	game drive nel cratere per giornata intera e visita villaggi masai e Sonjo	Ngorongoro (Lodge)
7	25 ago, gio	trasferimento, Olduvai Gorge, e game drive in Serengeti	Serengeti (Ikoma camp)
8	26 ago, ven	Game drive in Serengeti	Serengeti (Ikoma camp)
9	27 ago, sab	trasferimento a Lago Vittoria	Lake Victoria (Stop Over)
10	28 ago, dom	attività al lago Vittoria, villaggio Lamadi, giro in barca, pesca, medico tradizionale, giochi, musica	Lake Victoria (Stop Over)
11	29 ago, lun	trasferimento e game drive nel pomeriggio	Serengeti (Lobo, lodge)
12	30 ago, mar	Visita Natron, camminata e bagno alle cascate	Natron (campeggio)
13	31 ago, mer	trasferimento e ritorno ad Arusha	Arusha (Golden Rose)
14	1 set, gio	Bus x Dar es Salaam, ferry x Zanzibar	Stone
15	2 set, ven	escursione in barca (7 ore) per isole vicine	Stone
16	3 set, sab	tour spezie, tardo pm transfer per Nungwi	Nungwi (Jambo)
17	4 set, dom	spiaggia	Nungwi (Jambo)
18	5 set, lun	spiaggia	Nungwi (Jambo)
19	6 set, mar	transfer to Buwejuu, spiaggia	Buwejuu (Sun Sea)
20	7 set, mer	spiaggia	Buwejuu (Sun Sea)
21	8 set, gio	spiaggia	Buwejuu (Sun Sea)
22	9 set, ven	am volo x Dar; mercato Mwenge	In aeroporto
23	10 set, sab	7:00 volo x Addis, coincidenza per l’Italia	Italia

Book Review: Longitude (2005), by Dava Sobel, *****

 (Testo italiano di seguito)

 Synopsis

‘Sobel has done the impossible and made horology sexy – no mean feat’

New Scientist

Anyone alive in the 18th century would have known that ‘the longitude problem’ was the thorniest scientific dilemma of the day – and had been for centuries.

Lacking the ability to measure their longitude, sailors throughout the great ages of exploration had been literally lost at sea as soon as they lost sight of land. Thousands of lives, and the increasing fortunes of nations, hung on a resolution.

Book Review: A Journey in Ladakh, by Andrew Harvey, ***

Synopsis
High up in the remote mountain passes on the Indian border with Tibet, China and Pakistan, Ladakh has been a centre for Buddhist meditation since three centuries before Christ and is one of the last places on earth where a Tibetan Buddhist community still survives. Arriving by rickety bus, Andrew Harvey was unprepared for the breathtaking splendour, colour and silence of the landscape, and was entranced by the simple way of life of its people, for whom the sacred and everyday merge into one. Frustrated by the spiritual poverty of his sophisticated, western, intellectual lifestyle, Andrew Harvey finds peace, hope and freedom in the Buddhist teachings of Thuksey Rinpoche at Shey monastery, and discovers spiritual strength.

Book Review/Recensione: Ancient Futures, Learning from Ladakh, by Helena Norberg-Hodge, ***

Recensione in italiano alla fine di questo post

Synopsis

The swiftly evolving socioeconomic life of Ladakh, whose people struggle to balance growth and technology with cultural values, offers crucial lessons in sustainable development. This gripping portrait of the western Himalayan land known as “Little Tibet” moves from the author’s first visit to idyllic, nonindustrial Ladakh in 1974 to the present, tracking profound changes as the region was opened to foreign tourists, Western goods and technologies, and pressures for economic growth.

Book Review: Ladakh - Crossroads of High Asia, by Janet Rizvi, *****

Synopsis
This highly readable volume offers the first authoritative account of the history, religions, culture, and social conditions of Ladakh, the land often celebrated as the last outpost of Tibetan civilization. Relatively isolated from the rest of India as well as from Tibet by the world's highest mountains, Ladakh stands at the crossroads where Islam and Buddhism met and blended to produce an entirely unique culture.

Writing with feeling and personal knowledge born out of years of study and years spent in the region, Janet Rizvi presents much more than a mere coffee-table pictorial guide.