Po vcelku pr\u00edjemnom lete z Lond\u00fdna do Colomba prich\u00e1dzaj\u00fa zmie\u0161an\u00e9 pocity. Z troch bankomatov nefunguje ani jeden, a tak prech\u00e1dzam na pl\u00e1n B a vy\u0165ahujem \u017eelezn\u00e9 z\u00e1soby vo forme na\u0161ej tvrdej meny. Tu sa u\u017e na\u0161\u0165astie v\u0161etko podar\u00ed a mierim si to k v\u00fdchodu. Kto u\u017e za\u017eil ten pocit, ke\u010f z pr\u00edjemne sle\u010dn\u00e9ho Lond\u00fdna a komfortnej klimatiz\u00e1cie v lietadle, prejde t\u00fdmi dverami do hor\u00faceho a vlhk\u00e9ho vzduchu tunaj\u0161ieho podnebia, vie, \u017ee je to doslova akoby v\u00e1s mechom ovalili. A to som e\u0161te v tieni. Ako v ka\u017edej \u00c1zijskej krajine, ke\u010f sa uk\u00e1\u017ee biely turista s e\u0161te bled\u0161ou ko\u017eou, m\u00e1 hne\u010f na krku posl\u00ed\u010dkov, taxik\u00e1rov, predava\u010dov so v\u0161etk\u00fdm mo\u017en\u00fdm. Tajne so d\u00fafal, \u017ee ma z toho vynechaj\u00fa, no hne\u010f ma z tej naivity vylie\u010dili. A tak sa d\u00e1vam do re\u010di s taxik\u00e1rom, \u010do sa o chv\u00ed\u013eu zvrtne na tvrd\u00fa biznis debatu o odvoze do hotela. Z ceny som vypapu\u013eoval asi tretinov\u00fa z\u013eavu, no ako som zistil posledn\u00fd de\u0148, aj tak som diskutoval m\u00e1lo. \u010clovek sa u\u010d\u00ed st\u00e1le…
\nColombo ma viac-menej neprekvapilo, \u010d\u00edtal som o Indick\u00fdch mest\u00e1ch a o ich vz\u0165ahu k \u010distote. Zlat\u00e1 Bratislava. Asi p\u00e4\u0165 min\u00fat ch\u00f4dze od hotela m\u00e1m n\u00e1dhern\u00fa pies\u010dit\u00fa pl\u00e1\u017e, neskuto\u010dne zohriaty Indick\u00fd oce\u00e1n a… hromadu naplaven\u00fdch odpadkov. Z ne\u010falekej stanice pr\u00e1ve odch\u00e1dza vlak, tak pln\u00fd ako sa len d\u00e1. Zov\u0161adia\u013e tr\u010dia nejak\u00e9 \u010dasti tiel a v\u0161etko, \u010doho sa d\u00e1 dr\u017ea\u0165 alebo sa na tom d\u00e1 sedie\u0165, je bezn\u00e1dejne obsaden\u00e9.
\nTak\u017ee r\u00fdchlo na hotel, zobra\u0165 auto a \u0161up do pr\u00edrody. Vzh\u013eadom na \u010dasov\u00fd pl\u00e1n st\u00edham len v\u00fdlet do mesta Pinnawela, vzdialen\u00e1 asi 80 km od hotela. Mal\u00e1 n\u00e1poveda na za\u010diatok – ke\u010f navig\u00e1cia na Slovensku vypo\u010d\u00edta pr\u00edchod 11.40, v skuto\u010dnosti pr\u00eddete 11.30. Na Sr\u00edLanke o 13.30. Zrejme to spos\u00f4buje ten \u010dasov\u00fd posun.
\nJazda na SriLanke – mimochodom, domorodci to vyslovuj\u00fa ako \u0160r\u00edLanka aj ako SriLanka – predstavte si trojpruhov\u00fa cestu, zhruba ako na\u0161a cesta 1 triedy. Zmest\u00ed sa tam na \u0161\u00edrku 6 \u00e1ut, alebo 1 autobus a 4 aut\u00e1, pr\u00edpadne dva autobusy a tri aut\u00e1. Biele \u010diary na ceste sl\u00fa\u017eia iba na orienta\u010dn\u00e9 ur\u010denie smeru. No a ka\u017ed\u00e9 vo\u013en\u00e9 miesto medzi autami obsadia rik\u0161e, t\u00fdch sa do jedn\u00e9ho pruhu zmest\u00ed 2-3, pod\u013ea sk\u00fasenost\u00ed vodi\u010dov a po\u010dtu parkuj\u00facich na krajnici. V\u0161etko ostatn\u00e9 vo\u013en\u00e9 miesto obsadia motocykle. A v tom v\u0161etkom sa konaj\u00fa cyklistick\u00e9 preteky. Dvojit\u00e1 pln\u00e1 \u010diara znamen\u00e1, \u017ee pri predbehan\u00ed treba zapn\u00fa\u0165 smerovky a predbiehaj\u00faci autobus stretnete aj v t\u00fdch najstrm\u0161\u00edch kopcoch a najostrej\u0161\u00edch z\u00e1krut\u00e1ch. Ak autobus nest\u00edha do kopca dokon\u010di\u0165 predbiehanie, niektor\u00fd z cestuj\u00facich zam\u00e1va predbiehan\u00e9mu aby spomalil. Pohodi\u010dka, ni\u010d sa nedeje, okn\u00e1 s\u00fa predsa st\u00e1le otvoren\u00e9. Vodi\u010di autobusov s\u00fa \u0161ialenci. Dopravn\u00e9 predpisy s\u00fa tu len teoretick\u00e1, nedosiahnute\u013en\u00e1 veli\u010dina. Kto viac tr\u00fabi, r\u00fdchlej\u0161ie ide. Tak\u017ee v z\u00e1sade platia len dve pravidl\u00e1 – A. tr\u00fabi\u0165 B. plat\u00ed pravidlo A, inak v\u00e1s vytr\u00fabia. Napriek v\u0161etk\u00e9mu chaosu je to neskuto\u010dn\u00e1 z\u00e1bava a na prstoch jednej ruky bu som mohol zr\u00e1ta\u0165 aut\u00e1, ktor\u00e9 som videl odret\u00e9 alebo nab\u00faran\u00e9.
\nBez ujmy som dorazil do meste\u010dka Pinnawela. Meste\u010dko, \u010di sk\u00f4r osada na konci ni\u010doho sa p\u00fd\u0161i slon\u00edm sirotincom, staraj\u00fa sa tu o osirel\u00e9 a zranen\u00e9 slony. To “staraj\u00fa sa” znamen\u00e1, \u017ee slony maj\u00fa polovicu okolitej d\u017eungle upraven\u00fa ako v\u00fdbeh a n\u00e1v\u0161tevn\u00edci sa prech\u00e1dzaj\u00fa priamo popri nich. K tomu maj\u00fa dvakr\u00e1t denne k\u00fapanie “all inclusive” v bl\u00edzkej rieke, \u010do znamen\u00e1 vydrhnutie ko\u017ee kefou, pl\u00e1vanie a \u010dvachtanie sa cel\u00e9 \u0161tyri hodiny denne. Dve r\u00e1no a dve ve\u010der. A slony si to poriadne u\u017e\u00edvaj\u00fa, ako vidno aj na p\u00e1r z\u00e1beroch v gal\u00e9rii. Na k\u00fapanie doch\u00e1dzaj\u00fa po skupin\u00e1ch cez cestu, priamo pomedzi turistov. Ak m\u00e1te \u0161\u0165astie, a dostanete hotel s v\u00fdh\u013eadom na rieku, k\u00fapaj\u00face sa slony s\u00fa neskuto\u010dn\u00fd obraz hne\u010f po prebuden\u00ed, pri ra\u0148ajk\u00e1ch a pri ve\u010deri. Ne\u010faleko je botanick\u00e1 z\u00e1hrada, kde v\u00e1m ve\u013emi ochotne vysvetlia a uk\u00e1\u017eu v\u0161etky bylinky, daj\u00fa ochutna\u0165 \u010derstvo odtrhnut\u00e9 plody a vysvetlia ako sa ka\u017ed\u00fd z nich pou\u017e\u00edva v Ajurvede. Samozrejme, za men\u0161\u00ed bak\u0161i\u0161 aj prakticky uk\u00e1\u017eu mas\u00e1\u017ee s pou\u017eit\u00edm toho-ktor\u00e9ho pr\u00edpravku.
\nPo n\u00e1vrate do Colomba som e\u0161te stihol z\u00e1js\u0165 do miestnej ZOO. Slony s\u00fa tu uviazan\u00e9 re\u0165azami na noh\u00e1ch takmer bez mo\u017enosti pohybu. Skvel\u00e9 v\u00fdbehy op\u00edc, medve\u010fov a vt\u00e1ctva nedok\u00e1zali vyrovna\u0165 zl\u00fd pocit pr\u00e1ve zo zaobch\u00e1dzania so slonmi.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Po vcelku pr\u00edjemnom lete z Lond\u00fdna do Colomba prich\u00e1dzaj\u00fa zmie\u0161an\u00e9 pocity. Z troch bankomatov nefunguje ani jeden, a tak prech\u00e1dzam na pl\u00e1n B a vy\u0165ahujem \u017eelezn\u00e9 z\u00e1soby vo forme na\u0161ej tvrdej meny. Tu<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-849","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-blog"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.klonga.sk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/849","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.klonga.sk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.klonga.sk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.klonga.sk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.klonga.sk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=849"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.klonga.sk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/849\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1091,"href":"https:\/\/www.klonga.sk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/849\/revisions\/1091"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.klonga.sk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=849"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.klonga.sk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=849"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.klonga.sk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=849"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}