We have been studying in Hoi An for a month already, the days fly by so fast. This town is filled with great food, happy people and beautiful scenery. It’s quite a small place and walking around is easy. Our usual day is getting up to the sound of the local farm animals, just in
Hi there! In this post I would like to show you a few activities that we have done during the weekends here in Ghana. On the weekends we have no lectures or seminars so they are available for us to explore the country we are in. On our first weekend here we went to Elmina,
My first blogpost is about an average day here in Ghana, which I am so exited to share with you. Actually we won’t have many “average” days here since we will have 3 weeks of field work in the middle of the course. In the field work period we will be staying in different field
The ‘Peace and Conflict’ course was complete by the first week of November and I went back to my hometown. My friends and family were curious to know about the three months I had spent studying peace and conflict, an unconventional subject. The add-on journey to Nepal and my adventures there, added to the excitement.
In Nicaragua you will get the unique chance to visit a turtle hatchery, where you can be a part of freeing baby turtles in the sea to help the endangered turtles. The baby turtles are endangered because many people go hunting for the eggs and sell them, as turtle eggs are viewed as a rare
Now you are probably all set for going to Nicaragua. You are probably very excited, and maybe a little nervous. I am back in Norway, and i can tell you that my last 4 months in Nicaragua have been nothing less than incredible. Both in the hostels, in school, and at after-school activities, you
A semester in Buenos Aires is a thrill and a one time experience. Understanding how the Argentine society works is a study full of suprises. This information below might be handy to start with. 1. Do not order packages from online and expect it to get to you during your stay in Buenos Aires. This
Buenos Aires has a thriving nightlife with chock-full restaurants at midnight and bounteous possibilities for 24-hours partying. If you head to the neighborhood Palermo you will find crowded nightclubs, or boliches, as the Argentine call them. The custom is to meet your friends at a pre party, la previa, around 9 or 10. Then, when
Argentine football is a theater of fanatical supporters cheering their players nonstop with emotion and songs, drums and smoke machines at the tribune. The so-called los hinchas or the supporters, also assault them swearing and saying that they play like they were dead and even worse things, but worshiping is far more normal. In the
In Buenos Aires’ oldest neighborhood, Monserrat, with building mostly being more than a hundred years old, you do not only find the utterly important public edifices as the Casa Rosada seating the Argentine government and president, the Libertador Building housing the Ministry of Defense, and the famous avenue Avenida de Mayo connecting the Plaza the
