Rail trip to Sardinia, part 14: light rail in Cagliari. Two lines on 950 mm tracks are a reincarnation of both former city tram and suburban rail. Served ia. by Škoda 06T, the rails continue expanding through the city (now from Repubblica to railway station) […] [Original post on pixelfed.cz]

Rail trip to Sardinia, part 13: four pictures from Sardinian railways near Cagliari, including the legendary Czechoslovak diesel engine called Goggles (DE 753-001). Velká železniční cesta na Sardinii, díl 13.: čtyři snímky z prostředí sardinských drah v okolí […] [Original post on pixelfed.cz]

Rail trip to Sardinia, part 12: The New year's eve we spent in a hot spring near Fordongianus. People of various origin come to that place for more than 30 centuries. Our first meal in 2026 was that sweet opuntia fruit. Velká železniční cesta na Sardinii, díl 12 […] [Original post on pixelfed.cz]

Rail trip to Sardinia, part 11: Narrow gauge railways. Once upon a time, the whole Sardinia was interwoven by a dense network of 1000 mm railways. Sassari is the place with most remains: a city tram and few suburban railways still operating. Velká železniční […] [Original post on pixelfed.cz]

Rail trip to Sardinia, part 10: abandoned cement plant at Scala di Giocca. Three rotation kilns were used till 2010 and from that time the whole factory is abandoned and guarded, awaiting its reincarnation. Velká železniční cesta na Sardinii, část 10.: opuštěná […] [Original post on pixelfed.cz]

Rail trip to Sardinia, part 9: lower of the two abandoned water reservoirs at Bunnari was built in 1878. The house in the picture was filled by sand filters and water from it flew to Sassari through a 5 km long tunnel (still there). Velká železniční cesta na […] [Original post on pixelfed.cz]

Rail trip to Sardinia, part 8: the abandoned water cascade of Lago del Bunnari consists of two ancient water dams built in 19th and 20th century. Both are officially inaccessible. The newer is equipped with a marble schedule naming Benito Mussolini. Velká […] [Original post on pixelfed.cz]

Rail trip to Sardinia, part 7: late on Monday we arrived to Sassari, second largest city of Sardinia. Before starting our exploration we spend Tuesday in nearby village of Osilo and in the surrounding countryside. Velká vlaková cesta na Sardinii, část 7.: pozdě […] [Original post on pixelfed.cz]

Rail trip to Sardinia, part 6: most of the Monday we spent on the train, bus, hitchhiking or just roaming through the Sardinian countryside. After the dusk we reached a thermal spring near the abandoned hotel of Viddalba. Velká vlaková cesta na Sardinii, část 6 […] [Original post on pixelfed.cz]

Rail trip to Sardinia, part 5: we spent the whole night on a ferry from Livorno to Golfo Arance. Despite the ports are equipped with railway sidings and bridges, the ferries nowadays may only carry trucks and passenger cars. Velká vlaková cesta na Sardinii, část […] [Original post on pixelfed.cz]

Rail trip to Sardinia, part 4: during our exploration of Livorno, we found a narrow gauge Montenero funicular from 1908 and took a ride to the Montenero sanctuary. A century ago, a tram line was connecting the city with this suburb, but nothing remained to these […] [Original post on pixelfed.cz]

Rail trip to Sardinia, part 3: since our ferry departs Sunday afternoon, we have the whole day for exploring Livorno. It is a rather busy, industrial city but its district of "Small Venice" is a picturesque place we fall in love with. Velká vlaková cesta na […] [Original post on pixelfed.cz]

Rail trip to Sardinia, part 2: the journey was surprisingly smooth. After greeting the statue of Ludwik Łazarz Zamenhof, the inventor od Esperanto, in Wörgl at the main station, we boarded our third train. In total, we took five trains with our InterRail ticket […] [Original post on pixelfed.cz]

Big Railway Trip to Sardinia, part 1: Saturday at 7:18 me and my 6 friends from 🇨🇿 and 🇸🇰 departed from Brno for our 18 hour journey to Livorno and Sardinia. There was no time during a quick change of trains in Vienna so our first stop was in Wörgl 🇦🇹. Velká […] [Original post on pixelfed.cz]

A trip with our kitten called Vesna to Vyšší Brod to see the famous monastery. Výlet s naším kotětem Vesnou do Vyššího Brodu, podívat se na slavný klášter. #vyssibrod #vyššíbrod #kitten #kote#kitten#vyssibrod#vyššíbrod#kotě

Christmas Eve in Rožmberk nad Vltavou. Štědrý den v Rožmberku nad Vltavou. #rozmberk #rožmberk #rozmberknadvltavou #rožmberknadvltavou #sumava#rozmberk#rozmberknadvltavou#šumava

This year there are only bits and pieces of snow in the Malá Fatra mountains 🇸🇰. But the sun is shining much better than below the foggy blanket. Letos jsou na Malé Fatře jen kusance sněhu 🇸🇰. Slunko tuale svítí lépe než v nížině pod načechranou vrstvou mraků. #malafatra #fatra#malafatra#vendovka #krivan

End of summer in h̶o̶t̶e̶l̶ ̶O̶z̶o̶n̶ an Abandoned ceramics factory with Wlasta. Konec léta v h̶o̶t̶e̶l̶u̶ ̶O̶z̶o̶n̶ opuštěné keramičce s Wlastou. #urbex #girl #urbexgirl #opustena #tovarna #photo #portrait#urbex#abandoned #factory #breclav #vlasta #wlasta #portret #decay #cute

One more abandoned brickyard: Bořínov near Nedvědice. Jitka standing in an empty kiln. Ještě jedna opuštěná cihelna: Bořínov u Nedvědice. Jitka stojící v prázdné cihlářské peci. #brick #brickyard #kiln #abandoned#brick#factory #cihelna #borinov #nedvedice #jitka#kiln#brickyard#cihelna#borinov#nedvedice

End of summer in h̶o̶t̶e̶l̶ ̶O̶z̶o̶n̶ an Abandoned ceramics factory with Wlasta. Konec léta v h̶o̶t̶e̶l̶u̶ ̶O̶z̶o̶n̶ opuštěné keramičce s Wlastou. #urbex #girl #urbexgirl #opustena #tovarna #photo #portrait#urbex#abandoned #factory #breclav #vlasta #wlasta #portret #decay #cute

Adventurous summer trip to Uzbekistan, day 14 and the last: before flying home (from Shymkent, Kazakhstan) we spent a day admiring Soviet architecture in Tashkent. It is a bit sad that the best buildings in the city are still from the Soviet era. Dobrodružná […] [Original post on pixelfed.cz]

Adventurous summer trip to Uzbekistan, day 13: first steps in Tashkent. The famous Tashkent TV tower, railway museum including this narrow-gauge beauty from my country and one of the very few cat cafés in Central Asia. Dobrodružná letní cesta po Uzbekistánu, den […] [Original post on pixelfed.cz]

Adventurous summer trip to Uzbekistan, day 12: Night and day in Andijon. After we crossed the border between to Uzbekistan, I got sick and spent most of the day in small and pleasant street café's writing my diary. At least I found some friends. Dobrodružná […] [Original post on pixelfed.cz]

Adventurous summer trip to Kyrgyzstan, day 11: I have been in Osh 16 years ago. Now I see that in meantime the small city grew into a giant metropolis. Economy of Kyrgyzstan is racing ahead supported by China. Dobrodružná letní cesta po Kyrgyzstánu, den 11.: V […] [Original post on pixelfed.cz]

Adventurous summer trip to Kyrgyzstan, day 10: back to civilization. Most of the day we spent in a car/cab on a mountain road from Kazarman to Jalal-Abad. Only few days after we left, the city was renamed to Manas. Dobrodružná letní cesta po Kyrgyzstánu, den 10 […] [Original post on pixelfed.cz]

Adventurous summer trip to Kyrgyzstan, day 9: there is only one standard way from Naryn to Osh. However also an old and abandoned route exists through a wasteland and via the town of Kazarman. It was difficult to find a driver, but a local imam took us 200 km… […] [Original post on pixelfed.cz]

Adventurous summer trip to Kyrgyzstan, day 8: Naryn. We moved to the second part of our trip, travelling through several Central-Asian towns and cities. Naryn became the first one: a settlement in the hearth of mountain wasteland. Dobrodružná letní cesta po […] [Original post on pixelfed.cz]

Intermezzo 2: In the evening we arrived to a gold mine of Кум-Төр, built by Australian and operated by Kyrgyz company. It is huge but I couldn't take many photos since we were immediately detained by security and kindly but strictly transferred in front of its […] [Original post on pixelfed.cz]

Adventurous summer trip to Kyrgyzstan, day 7: after passing the glacier we came to endless plateau, 3850 m in elevation. Nothing is here, just grass, muds, small lakes and creeks full of clear water. Not even one person. Just wolves, chamois and birds […] [Original post on pixelfed.cz]

Intermezzo 1: four pictures from the Ашутор южный iceberg. We crossed it in elevation of 4122 m. It was our first experience with glaciers and number of rifts and ice abysses was frightening. At the top we were caught by a blizzard. Intermezzo 1: čtyři fotky z […] [Original post on pixelfed.cz]

Adventurous summer trip to Kyrgyzstan, day 6: sixth day we reached the glacier Ashutor juzhnyj and we climbed over it. It is hundreds of meters smaller than in our map: this time we thank the global warming. Dobrodružná letní cesta do Kyrgyzstánu, den 6.: šestý […] [Original post on pixelfed.cz]

Adventurous summer trip to Kyrgyzstan, day 5: the whole day of climbing towards the iceberg. There was less and less trees and finally also the grass disappeared. Only stones remaining. Dobrodružná letní cesta do Kyrgyzstánu, den 5.: celý den stoupáme výš a výš […] [Original post on pixelfed.cz]

Adventurous summer trip to Kyrgyzstan, day 4: finally we stepped into the wild nature. Our plan is to climb ~3 days upstream the Чон Кызыл суу river to reach the Ашутор glacier and cross it to discover an unknown territory of great plateaus. Dobrodružná letní […] [Original post on pixelfed.cz]

Adventurous summer trip to Kyrgyzstan, day 3: the only passenger trains ride from Bishkek to the lake of Issyk-Kul, second largest mountain lake in the world (after Titicaca). And a fake Czech beer Žatecký gus, in fact made in Russia 🤦🏻‍♂️. Dobrodružná letní […] [Original post on pixelfed.cz]

Adventurous summer trip to Kyrgyzstan, day 2: Bishkek, the capital of the country. We spent one day in the city, visiting nice places such as a Ferris wheel, eating well and preparing ourselves for out journey to Issyk-Kul and to the mountains. Dobrodružná letní […] [Original post on pixelfed.cz]

Adventurous summer trip to Kyrgyzstan, day 1 - Sunday: our ground travel from Brno to Bratislava and Vienna and two flights from Vienna to Ankara and Bishkek. Dobrodružná cesta do Kyrgyzstánu, den první - neděle: pozemní cesta z Brna přes Bratislavu do Vídně a […] [Original post on pixelfed.cz]

Summer camp 4/4: After 15 days of digging gold our kids found way back from Yukon to civilization. Letní tábor Za zlatem Yukonu 4/4: Po 15 dnech rýžování zlata zvládli účastníci najít cestu zpátky z Aljašky do civilizace. #spjf #foglarovci #yukon #summercamp […] [Original post on pixelfed.cz]

Summer camp 3/4: three teams were competing to gain as many claims on golden creeks as possible. After the whole day playing we also tried a native Indian sauně called initipi. Letní tábor Za zlatem Yukonu 3/4: tři družiny soutěžily každý den, aby získaly co […] [Original post on pixelfed.cz]

Summer camp 2/4: a three-day trip to the valley of Doubravka river and quarries close to Žďárec u Skutče. Finally we built a bread furnace from wooden sticks and mud. Letní tábor Za zlatem Yukonu 2/4: třídenní výprava do údolí Doubravky a do lomů nedaleko Žďárce […] [Original post on pixelfed.cz]

Summer camp 1/4: at a traditional place close to Brzkov but this year motivated by the Golden rush on Yukon in 1897. Letní tábor s Bobří stopou 1/4: na tradičním místě u Brzkova jsme se letos vydali Za zlatem Yukonu podle zlaté horečky z roku 1897. #foglarovci […] [Original post on pixelfed.cz]

Summer course for youth instructors at Muna, part 2: Discovering a water channel on Bělá, finger painting of our fears and safety, lectures and evening game called "The Feast of Gluttony". Letní kurz pro mladé instruktory na Muně, část 2: Průzkumná plavba po […] [Original post on pixelfed.cz]

Summer course for youth instructors at Muna, part 1: Six brave girls and boys from our kid group, who reached 15 years came for a week to learn how to prepare program for younger children. Letní kurz pro mladé instruktory na Muně, část 1: Šest statečných kluků a […] [Original post on pixelfed.cz]

Once more and the last time the public transport heritage: Days of the town of Koryčany and an extraordinary steam engine train from Nemotice and back (the line doesn't serve public transport from 1970s). Ještě jednou a naposledy troška dopravní nostalgie: dny […] [Original post on pixelfed.cz]

Some pictures from the traditional public transport heritage days in Brno "under the city walls" 15th and 16th June 2025. Pár obrázků z tradičních dnů „Dopravní nostalgie pod hradbami“ v Brně 15. a 16. června 2025. #brno #nostalgie #doprava #dopravninostalgie […] [Original post on pixelfed.cz]

Train journey for a business trip to Ljubljana. It took 7.5 hours and just one change in Graz raiding trains between Brno and Ljubljana. The capital of Slovenia is fine but I miss the nice narrow gauge trams which were withdrawn in 1958 😥 Vlakem na služební […] [Original post on pixelfed.cz]

It is not well known that between Hodonice and Hevlín, the river of Dyje/Thaya has several alternative riverbeds. That one is called Old Dyje (Thayamühlbach) and since it's level was few meters elevated, it crosses original springs on special aquaducts. Není moc […] [Original post on pixelfed.cz]

A secret visit in one of the deep underground Cold war shelters under Adamov. Tajná návštěva v jednom z hlubokých podzemních krytu z doby Studené války pod Adamovem. #adamov #kryt #shelter#kryt#coldwar #nuclearshelter #protijadernykryt #studenavalka #podzemi

Easter trip to Bosnia, part 3: Our morning in Mostar, swimming and an amazing mountain railway line back to Sarajevo. Surprisingly we took a train consisting of the Talgo unit hauled by old engine of the type 441. Velikonoční putování po Bosně, díl 3.: Ráno v […] [Original post on pixelfed.cz]

Easter trip to Bosnia, day 2, evening: a walk from Sarajevo to Pale following abandoned narrow gauge railway Beograd–Sarajevo. Ten tunnels, viaducts and giant walls. Velikonoční putování Bosnou, den 2., večer: procházka že Sarajeva do Pale po stopách zaniklé […] [Original post on pixelfed.cz]

Easter trip to Bosnia, part 2: Sarajevo/Сарајево. This time we went to all the "must see places": the spring of Bosnia river, Sarajevo's trams, the renewed cable car and the famous bobsleigh track above the city. Velikonoční putování po Bosně, část 2 […] [Original post on pixelfed.cz]