Archive for February, 2010
Mind the Gap
Gapminder.org is a really interesting project and website. Giving you access to statistics in an understandable way. Actually, Hans Rosling’s presentations are both fun and interesting to listen to. Giving you an opportunity to rethink your own preconceptions about the world. How fact based are your world view? Watch this video and see for your self. [...]
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Tags: Gapminder.org, Hans Rosling, link, preconceptions, statistics
San Blas Festival
Definitely a different a take on a church festival then I’m use to from Europe. A mix of culture from pre colonization and different take on catholic christianity then in Europe. People gather in front of the church to watch dans performance, fireworks, eat food, drink beer then dance to live music. An interesting mix [...]
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Tags: beer, Cusco, dance, festival, fireworks, food, Peru, pictures, San Blas, San Blas Festival, South America
Cusco is Empty
Because of the rain, landslides and closing of Machu Picchu. The amount of tourists are low. Not like that there are no tourist here. But there could be a lot more. In my hostel, I’m the only guest and in the hostel, on the other side of the road, there are two guests. It is [...]
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Tags: Cusco, disaster, flooding, information, Machu Picchu, Peru, rain, South America, turist, turists
Where is the grass greener?
I was soon going abroad, leaving Sweden and europe for a bit more then five month. Knowing that i will leave Sweden made me appreciate it, and kind of miss it even if I still was there. Taking in what i could see, knowing that the snow and the -10 to -20 celsius would be [...]
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Tags: greener on the other side, home, India, Latin America, South America
