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fredag 22. mai 2009
Political situation in Yapacani
For around a month ago I wrote about some farmers that "closed" the Town Hall, now I feel for continue telling about that beautiful situation. When I returned from La Paz 3 weeks later the Town Hall was still closed and there been several road blockades and other demonstrations. Nevertheless, the politicians are dissagree more than ever and the situation continues. One of the Mayors generally supported by the farmers and the countryside and the other Mayor is supported by the city. Right after I got back the farmers was tired of sitting guard outside the Town Hall, since the situation has been dragged out a long time. They decided to make a brick wall infront of the gates, now there is impossible to get in unless you break down a brick wall. I have to laugh each time I see that. The days have passed in this manner for the last week and a half.
Then I got reminded I should write about it, suddenly there was a lot of trash in the street, big piles all over the places. When I asked some more about different consequenses there was a lot and more is soon to come. All those who are employed are not getting paid and there are already many who stopped working. Schools, hospital and other public buildings are loosing the electricity since the bill hasnt been paid. No breakfast at school. No small children support to the mother, this is really bad for many poor mothers. All projects been closed and many others had to stop their work since they cant get authorization to continue. This is only what is already the problem, people believe it will only get bad from the comming week. What worse can be I can only wait and see.
Yesterday the "city" people organized a march against the Town Counsil. They gather some of the trash from the street, then walked to the homes to the members of the counsil and dumpded the trash in their gardens. They also walked around with dolls of the Mayors, that they was hitting, kicking and later burned in the city senter. This time I didnt follow it, but I saw everything on the local evening news. Now I am excited about what will be in the newspaper. However, in the newspaper there are also some other national topics I am excited about, but I dont have time to write about them. I sometimes feel everything here is a joke, it is hard to really take it seriously, since I find it hard to be true.
Then I got reminded I should write about it, suddenly there was a lot of trash in the street, big piles all over the places. When I asked some more about different consequenses there was a lot and more is soon to come. All those who are employed are not getting paid and there are already many who stopped working. Schools, hospital and other public buildings are loosing the electricity since the bill hasnt been paid. No breakfast at school. No small children support to the mother, this is really bad for many poor mothers. All projects been closed and many others had to stop their work since they cant get authorization to continue. This is only what is already the problem, people believe it will only get bad from the comming week. What worse can be I can only wait and see.
Yesterday the "city" people organized a march against the Town Counsil. They gather some of the trash from the street, then walked to the homes to the members of the counsil and dumpded the trash in their gardens. They also walked around with dolls of the Mayors, that they was hitting, kicking and later burned in the city senter. This time I didnt follow it, but I saw everything on the local evening news. Now I am excited about what will be in the newspaper. However, in the newspaper there are also some other national topics I am excited about, but I dont have time to write about them. I sometimes feel everything here is a joke, it is hard to really take it seriously, since I find it hard to be true.
onsdag 20. mai 2009
Soon Champions League final
Next wednesday Manchester United will meet Barcelona at Olympia Stadium in Roma. This is a huge event that might not happen in a long time. Therefor I feel for mention it here to. It has been on my mind the last two weeks and no I probably am thinking to much about it. This year I will see the final in Santa Cruz, maybe with my coordinator Jose, if not probably alone since I am quite alone to have a passion for English football here. Last year I watched it in Poland with some scottish and many polish people, that was more or less equally passionate. However, this is not really important, since I will enjoy the game and are already more nervous than I probably should be.
Back to Bolivia. The sun is back and the daytime temperature is warm norwegian summer and the night time it is just a little warmer than perfect. I been using the days to prepare and make some interviews, preparation for the information work in Norway, I read newspapers and about the history of philosophy. I find it stranger and stranger that I only have around 2weeks left in my family. The time passed by very quickly and I also just want to relax and enjoy the end of an experience I probably never have again.
For the end it now looks like we will get an autorication from the Cuba Consulate to follow and write an article about the medical and teaching brigades they have here. If we get that it be great and very interesting. I also have some interviews with the opposition in Santa Cruz, with some Parlaments members so I am preparing questions and try to read myself up on different topics. Which takes time since it is on spanish. We also get to visit a oil instillation and interview the labour union there. So I finally have enough to do and I can controll it more myself. The last 2 months been frustrating with bolivian organization and work culture, excluding and other problems, but that is all a part of the culture experience. A thing you can say to everything, good and bad.
The last days a started to loose more in chess against my 12year old brother. I never played it much and feel I learned a lot from playing against him, he have a different style than me that I never find I good way to defend against. I want to continue play when I get home, I really like this game. Even though a 12 year old boy often beats me. In the beginning I usually won, but now it is more 50- 50. He adapts and learn faster than me, something that my small instinct for competition dont like.
I have also been dreaming about a lot norwegian food lately, for some reason a bowl of rice for breakfast every day isnt my favourite thing. Even though when I was travelling I started to miss rice a lot and the rice breakfast. When I realized that I was almost shocked, since home I never liked rice so much, but now I cant be without it at the same time I want to be without it. Most of all I want to eat shrimp on loff bread, with a lot of majones. I also am looking forward to eating norwegian ice cream, my own made variaty home, mixed with everything. And I am missing the norwegian nature, the safe forests, the sea and things that are familiar.
Lets all watch the game on wednesday. It will be a great day, I hope. I am a little bit scared, anyway I got to go.
Chao
Back to Bolivia. The sun is back and the daytime temperature is warm norwegian summer and the night time it is just a little warmer than perfect. I been using the days to prepare and make some interviews, preparation for the information work in Norway, I read newspapers and about the history of philosophy. I find it stranger and stranger that I only have around 2weeks left in my family. The time passed by very quickly and I also just want to relax and enjoy the end of an experience I probably never have again.
For the end it now looks like we will get an autorication from the Cuba Consulate to follow and write an article about the medical and teaching brigades they have here. If we get that it be great and very interesting. I also have some interviews with the opposition in Santa Cruz, with some Parlaments members so I am preparing questions and try to read myself up on different topics. Which takes time since it is on spanish. We also get to visit a oil instillation and interview the labour union there. So I finally have enough to do and I can controll it more myself. The last 2 months been frustrating with bolivian organization and work culture, excluding and other problems, but that is all a part of the culture experience. A thing you can say to everything, good and bad.
The last days a started to loose more in chess against my 12year old brother. I never played it much and feel I learned a lot from playing against him, he have a different style than me that I never find I good way to defend against. I want to continue play when I get home, I really like this game. Even though a 12 year old boy often beats me. In the beginning I usually won, but now it is more 50- 50. He adapts and learn faster than me, something that my small instinct for competition dont like.
I have also been dreaming about a lot norwegian food lately, for some reason a bowl of rice for breakfast every day isnt my favourite thing. Even though when I was travelling I started to miss rice a lot and the rice breakfast. When I realized that I was almost shocked, since home I never liked rice so much, but now I cant be without it at the same time I want to be without it. Most of all I want to eat shrimp on loff bread, with a lot of majones. I also am looking forward to eating norwegian ice cream, my own made variaty home, mixed with everything. And I am missing the norwegian nature, the safe forests, the sea and things that are familiar.
Lets all watch the game on wednesday. It will be a great day, I hope. I am a little bit scared, anyway I got to go.
Chao
torsdag 14. mai 2009
Back in Yapacani
So I was finally back after 3 weeks away. It didnt feel like 3 weeks, since it been intense and something happened all the time. Anyway I am now back. Strange to say, but I actually was looking forward to some time "home". When I was come walking up my street the kids came welcoming me. Simona, my mother, was also very happy and she said that everyone been asking when I be back. And they changed my room, now my bed is under the window, which is better.
The last work period have also started and it is the last chance to get the information we need for later. At the same time it is the beggining of the end. I feel a little stressed because there is a lot I will like to do. At the same time the people I am suppose to work with proved to be usless, so I often feel they are working against me. Which is starting to annoy me a lot. So the last week of my last work period I started on getting my own contacts. However, that proved to be harder than first assumed, expecially since the Town Hall still is closed.
Which brings me on the next case. The political situation is still in a dead lock. Farmers are sitting outside the Town Hall with baseball bats and the 2 Mayors are both claiming the other is not for real. And no organisation want to do anything without a "green light" from the Town Hall, so nothing is going on. Luckily am I now able to read news papers and so get some more information and I have some different other small things to work with to, but I wish something could work a little normal here. Or that people could tell the truth, not just what they believe I would like to here.
Now I been complaining a little. It is not bad is it just that the time is coming to an end and I want to do something.
And the winter has come, more wind and maybe 16 degrees at night. People are almost a little scared and are putting on more clothes, even though it is still 30 or more at day time. One of the chicken also got kids when I was away, soo there are small chickens running around. More important, Alberto one of my "brothers" become father to a little boy. I will try to make them name the kid Johan, if that is failing I try Hans. It could be fun.
The last work period have also started and it is the last chance to get the information we need for later. At the same time it is the beggining of the end. I feel a little stressed because there is a lot I will like to do. At the same time the people I am suppose to work with proved to be usless, so I often feel they are working against me. Which is starting to annoy me a lot. So the last week of my last work period I started on getting my own contacts. However, that proved to be harder than first assumed, expecially since the Town Hall still is closed.
Which brings me on the next case. The political situation is still in a dead lock. Farmers are sitting outside the Town Hall with baseball bats and the 2 Mayors are both claiming the other is not for real. And no organisation want to do anything without a "green light" from the Town Hall, so nothing is going on. Luckily am I now able to read news papers and so get some more information and I have some different other small things to work with to, but I wish something could work a little normal here. Or that people could tell the truth, not just what they believe I would like to here.
Now I been complaining a little. It is not bad is it just that the time is coming to an end and I want to do something.
And the winter has come, more wind and maybe 16 degrees at night. People are almost a little scared and are putting on more clothes, even though it is still 30 or more at day time. One of the chicken also got kids when I was away, soo there are small chickens running around. More important, Alberto one of my "brothers" become father to a little boy. I will try to make them name the kid Johan, if that is failing I try Hans. It could be fun.
tirsdag 12. mai 2009
Lago Titicaca, Peru and some more islands
Puno is a Peruan city on the shore of Lago Titicaca.
Some Indians started to build islands of reed to get away from the Incas, those communities still lives on several built islands, but today mainly of tourism.
One of there homes. Each family only have one house like this and there are around 10 families on each island.
A little girl who gets her home invaded of tourists each day.
There are two less famous islands outside of Puno, whit some Inca ruins and terrace agriculture. I stayed one night at one of those islands.
Sunset from the island.
Nisser er ikke bare et norsk fenomen
Small houses, terrace agriculture and a few trees, the whole island is more or less like this.
The family I stayed with on the island. Stayed there with a Slovenian couple and they used me as translator :)
One of many stone things left by the Incas or someone else.
Some Indians started to build islands of reed to get away from the Incas, those communities still lives on several built islands, but today mainly of tourism.
One of there homes. Each family only have one house like this and there are around 10 families on each island.
A little girl who gets her home invaded of tourists each day.
There are two less famous islands outside of Puno, whit some Inca ruins and terrace agriculture. I stayed one night at one of those islands.
Sunset from the island.
Nisser er ikke bare et norsk fenomen
Small houses, terrace agriculture and a few trees, the whole island is more or less like this.
The family I stayed with on the island. Stayed there with a Slovenian couple and they used me as translator :)
One of many stone things left by the Incas or someone else.
Lago Titicaca, Isla del Sol
Lago Titicaca lies between Peru and Bolivia about 3800moh. Lago Titicaca was a holy place both for the Inca culture and other older civilizations before the Incas. The Sun was supposed to be born at Isla del Sol and the moon on Isla del Luna. Today there lives around 3000 people in three different communities, only connected by walking paths. Today they live of agriculture, fishing and turism.
There was a full moon on the Sun Island. My last night I was sitting outside watching it for a long time. And the moon is right over the Moon Island.
There were many holy buildings on the Island when the Spanish came, but since they plundered everything its only some ruins around there today. It takes around 3 hours to walk from South to North on the island.
One of the bay's with the Royal Mountains in the background.
Dinner at the Hostel. When the sun is shining the temperature is nice, but as soon it dissapears it gets cold.
Sunrise from my window. Paid 15kr for a singel room and this view. The island you can see is Isla del Luna.
There was a full moon on the Sun Island. My last night I was sitting outside watching it for a long time. And the moon is right over the Moon Island.
There were many holy buildings on the Island when the Spanish came, but since they plundered everything its only some ruins around there today. It takes around 3 hours to walk from South to North on the island.
One of the bay's with the Royal Mountains in the background.
Dinner at the Hostel. When the sun is shining the temperature is nice, but as soon it dissapears it gets cold.
Sunrise from my window. Paid 15kr for a singel room and this view. The island you can see is Isla del Luna.
søndag 3. mai 2009
1 May
President Evo Morales holding a speech.
And this is a youtube link from before the speech.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pfw1YT2yFvM&feature=channel_page
Walking with the banner
I walk in my first 1 of may march in La Paz. We was invited by the national petroleum union to walk with them, in the same march that the President Evo Morales walked in. It was really fun, we carried their banner, something that made some people look twice on it. During the march the miners used dynamite as firecracker in the middle of the street. So each time the march stopped we knew that a explosion soon came. It was small holes in the asphalt after it. Later we came to the President palace where Evo Morales held his speech. Later I saw parts of it on BBC, so theoreticly I was on BBC. At one moment I was only 2 meters away from Evo Morales and one of the other norwegians got to shack hands with him. So that was the first time I celebrated 1 of May.
And this is a youtube link from before the speech.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pfw1YT2yFvM&feature=channel_page
Walking with the banner
I walk in my first 1 of may march in La Paz. We was invited by the national petroleum union to walk with them, in the same march that the President Evo Morales walked in. It was really fun, we carried their banner, something that made some people look twice on it. During the march the miners used dynamite as firecracker in the middle of the street. So each time the march stopped we knew that a explosion soon came. It was small holes in the asphalt after it. Later we came to the President palace where Evo Morales held his speech. Later I saw parts of it on BBC, so theoreticly I was on BBC. At one moment I was only 2 meters away from Evo Morales and one of the other norwegians got to shack hands with him. So that was the first time I celebrated 1 of May.
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