＃WORLD DREAM TOURING : 【アンゴラ】ルアンダ～ウイジェ（Uige）の旅

＜僅か３２０キロほどの移動に７時間もかかるとは。。（疲）＞

<I've never thought that it took 7 hours for just 320 km of distance... *tired*>

昨日は事務作業と休養をかねて三日目のルアンダ滞在となった。ケープタウン以来たまってきた撮影データを日本に送るためDHLを探す。ホテルのスタッフに聞いても明確な返事が返ってこなかったのでiPhoneのマップソフトを利用して行くとドンピシャ！超～助かる！！　帰りにアフリカ仕様コンセントの三つ又を購入したり蚊の殺虫剤がなくってきたので探してみたけどこれは入手出来なかった。ホテルのインターネットも三日目からサーバーがダウンしているようで重要なメール（キンシャサでの子供アポイントやビザ関係など）を送ることが出来なくなった。夜は近くに日本食屋があるというので行ってみた！まず値段はやはり高い。インターネットで情報収集してみてわかったことだが今アンゴラは石油産業が軌道に乗ったとのことでバブル状態が始まったところらしくなんでも物価が高騰している時期のよう。だからホテル代も、食事代もちょっとまともなところは異様に高く世界中のビジネスマンの間では今アンゴラは世界一物価が高いところと言われるほどになったとか。話しを戻すと和食屋はとってもおしゃれがレストランで高級の部類に入るだろう。メニューを見ると「yakitori」があるではないか！（嬉）もうそれにしようと思いつつも他にどんなものがあるのかな～と一通り見てみると、「beef katsu」がある！ケープタウンで焼き鳥は失敗したのと、私は岐阜出身で東海地方の名物ミソカツは私の大好物。なので今回はビーフカツを頼んでみた。飲み物はミネラルウォーターのみ。ライスは付いていつのか聞くと付いていると。注文を終えたところで水と一緒にポッキーの太いやつ（なんていうんだっけ？(笑)）がオリーヴオイルとシーチキンと一緒に出てきた。これはサービスだろうと思い食べたら結果、チャージされていた。それもまだ残っているのに途中で下げられるし。。そうこうしているうちにカツが来た！一目見て「カツじゃない・・」(笑)　でも、ほうばる！・・味は、うーん。。大きいカツを一切れ残すことに。まあ良い経験をした。結局ライスも別料金でチャージされていて料金はしめて４０００円！ここまでのアフリカの旅での教訓は「なんとかして日本食を探して食べるよりも地元の美味しい料理を食べるべし」

It was my 3rd day staying in Luanda to work on documents work and also rest yesterday. I look for DHL to send the filming data of the interviews which I've had since Cape Town to Japan. I asked a staff from the hotel but couldn't get clear answer, so I used my iPhone to look for it and follow the iPhone map then it was there! Very useful!! On my way back to the hotel, I dropped by some shops to buy a three-pronged outlet for Africa, and I looked for bug killer for mosquitoes but couldn't find it.The server of internet in the hotel has been down since my 3rd day of staying and I cannot sent important emails which are for making appointments in Kinshasa and also related my visa etc.I heard that there is a Japanese restaurant near the hotel, so I went there for my dinner! First, the price is expensive. I found out from the internet that oil industry in Angola has gotten on the right track and started the economic bobble, so it seems that now is the term that commodity price is rising. Therefore, cost of hotels and foods are really expensive, and it is said that Angola is the highest commodity price in the world by businessmen from all over the world. Back to concerts, the restaurant will be kind of very snazzy and high-class. When I check the menu, there is "Yakitori"! *happy* I almost ordered it but I was checking other dishes, then I found "beef Katsu" aka deep flied beef! The yakitori in Cape Town was fail and I'm from Gifu prefecture where has the local specialty Miso-Katsu which is my favorite, so I ordered beef katsu this time. Also I ordered order water as my drink. I asked a server that rice is aside or not then he said it's aside. When I finished ordering, I was served water with biscuit, olive oil and chunk tuna. I thought it was just free appetizer but actually it charged. And even there is some left some on the dish, they took my place away... Then the beef Katsu came! When I saw it, I thought "it's not Katsu..." (LOL) But I ate! Well... the taste was... hmm... I left one big piece of it. Well, I got good experience. The rice was charged too, so the total price is 4000 JPY! My lesson from the trip in Africa is "I should have local delicious foods instead of looking for Japanese food one way or another. "

さて今日はついにルアンダを離れDRCコンゴへ向かうための次の町へ。このルアンダの次の町をどこにするかが迷った。旅程にあるヌゼト～マタディ～キンシャサの海側を通るルートは大変な悪路が予想される。山側の国道でアンゴラの中央を通るUige（ウイジェ）経由もありルアンダで多くの人に聞いてみた。総合的にはウイジェ経由のほうが安全ではないかという声が多かったので旅程ルートを変更することにした。朝、ホテルでチェックアウトの支払いをしようとするとカードが通らない。このことで約３０分以上ロス。通信事情もまだまだ相当悪いようだ。結局全てUSドルで支払い出発することに。ホテルを出るといきなり大渋滞！これも今のアンゴラを象徴することらしい。一気に車両の台数が増えたのに道路インフラは全く追いついていなく１キロ移動するのに数時間かかる日もあるらしい。街を抜けるのに１時間半もかかった！これは本当に辛かった。。道路はスシ詰め状態で戦争のように我先にと低速で抜き合う。途中嫌なドライバーがトラックで私のバイクにわざと当ててきた！それも二度も！私が当てられ、よろけるのを見て別のドライバーがその運転手に文句を言ってくれている。道もガタガタ未舗装路で土ぼこりが凄い！本当に発展途上国とはよくいったものだ。２０年後のルアンダを見てみたいと思った。

渋滞の街を抜けると逆に舗装路が始まりそれはウイジェまで続く。ただしかなりのワインディングロードなのでスピードは全然出せない。あと、また？！また？！またー！！？？というほどポリスストップの嵐。ほとんど他の車両は一時停止後、警官が行って良いよという感じでスルーしていくのに対し、私に対してはいろいろと話しかけるのとパスポートを確認してくるので常に時間がかかる。基本的にアンゴラの警官もいい人ばかりだがもう少しなんとかならないかな(苦笑)

Well, I will leave Luanda and go toward to the next town for going to DRC Congo today. I dithered which town I should chose for next from Luanda. It is expected the bad road situation for the ocean side route which passes N'zeto, Matadi and Kinshasa as my itinerary. There is also a route via Uige which passes along the center of Angola by the national highway by the side of a mountain, and I asked many people in Luanda. Since there were many opinions that the way via Uige was synthetically safe, I decided to change my itinerary route. In the morning, I checked out and tried to pay by my credit card but the transaction didn't go through. I lost my 30 mins about it. It seems that communication circumstance is still bad at here. I paid by US dollars. When I left the hotel, I hit heavy traffic! Seemingly it is that this also symbolizes the present Angola. It seems that there is a day that it takes several hours to move just 1 km although many vehicles increased at a stretch, the infrastructure of the road has not caught up at all. It took an hour and half to go through the town! It was really painful... The road was jam-packed and everyone try to get ahead of others by slow speed like a war. One not nice guy hit my motorbike on purpose! Actually twice! Other driver who saw that　I　staggered got on at him. The road is not pavement surface road, so the dust rise so bad! It is the right word to be said as developing country. I thought that I want to see Luanda 20 years later from now.

After I went through the traffic, the pavement surface road has been started and it continued to Uige. But it is the winding road so I cannot be speedy. And I wanted to say again and again and AGAIN?! because there were too many police stops. Most of cars were just stopped temporarily then police let them go, but they talked to me and asked me to show my passport, so it takes time every stop. Basically police men in Angola are nice people but isn't there anything they can do... *bitter smile*

ルアンダからウイジェはアンゴラ北部に部類する。道中の村の雰囲気も今までと違う感じもある。一番驚いたのは何か吊るしてあるハンガーのようなものがある。何か動物が吊るしてあるようだ。ネズミにしてはかなりデカイ！よく見るとサル。。サルが干し柿のように吊るされているではないか。それも何匹も。そのサルを買うために止まっている車両の人もいた。撮影は失敗に終わったがえらく思い出に残る風景だった(笑)

また今日は今までで一番多く足が不自由な人を見かけた。やはり地雷の影響だろう。

From Luanda to Uige is categorized to North part of Angola. There are atmosphere of villages on the way and touch different from former. I was the most surprised thing was the thing which hang something by a hanger. It seems some kind of animal is hanged. If it is a rat, it's huge! When I look closer, it is a monkey that is hanged like dried fruits. Actually many... There were some cars which they tried to buy the monkeys also. I missed to take photos but it was the memorable scene. (LOL)

Moreover, I saw most persons with trouble in a leg until now today. Probably because of land mines.

アンゴラに入ってからトイレがこのタイプを見かけるようになった。片方は使わないから入らないんですけど(笑)　お風呂はあったかいお湯が出るが短い時間のみだった。

I've seen this type of toilet since I came into Angola. I don't use one of them so it's needless. (LOL) It was just short time to get hot water at a bath.

部屋から見える景色は或る日の上海のようだった。建設ラッシュ。

The view from my room was like one day in Shanghai. Rush to build buildings.

和食レストランのメニュー。「みそしろ」に笑った。

This is the menu in the Japanese restaurant. I laughed about "Misoshiro".

このビーフカツが。。

This beef Katsu was...

店内。

Inside of the restaurant.

ポッキーの大きいやつ(笑)

These are big pocky which is Japanese snack. (LOL)

海老フライを揚げる衣でビーフを揚げてある。超微妙な味(笑)

They use same deep fry batter as shrimps for this beef. It was subtle in flavor. (LOL)

隣がラコステだった。ブランドショップが今後増えるのでしょう

Lacoste is next to the restaurant. Brand shops will be increased here.

道に止まっていた車に私が大好きな「チェ・ゲバラ」のステッカーが。
そういえば、ロビトからルアンダの途中のスンベという町で店の壁が一面、ゲバラだったのは嬉しかった。ポルトガルの植民地からアンゴラ独立を助けたキューバ軍だからだ。チェ自身はこのアンゴラの地を踏んだのだろうか。

A sticker of my favorite man who is Che Guevarra was put on a car which parked on a street.

Thinking about it, I was happy that Che Guevarra was drawn on one wall as all over in Sumbe where was on the way I came from Lobito to Luanda. It is because it is the Cuba army which rescued Angola independence from the colony in Portugal. Did Che set foot in Angola?