On the third of our sixteen weeks in Nicaragua with Kulturstudier, we (a small group of 6 students) decided to travel to the island of Ometepe. Ometepe is an Island consisting of two connected volcanoes, which rise 1394 And 1610 meters above sea level. The island of Ometepe is not encircled by the sea. Ometepe
Through Kulturstudier, I had the privilege to visit this colourful country and I am delighted to share some travel experiences and tips for students attending this course in the future. Nepal is a country that richly rewards its guests and definitely lives true to its tag of being one of the most beautiful places on
We might say that … in heaven there awaits us… the Platonic idea of the tango, its universal form. – Jorge Luis Borges For more than 20 years, street dance tango dancers have gathered at the very heart of San Telmo, at the Plaza Dorrego. In fact, the Sunday “Milonga of the Indian” at the
If there is anything called rich culture then it is that of the Ghanaian culture. Culture as it is universally defined by the Cambridge English Dictionary is the way people live and relate with others: it could be Inter-personal, Inter-group or Intra-group kind or relation. In the Ghanaian culture, this way of liFe manifests
Looking back a couple of weeks, I wanted to write a short blog post about our trip to Ba Na Hills! It all started with just a couple of people who wanted to go, but after some excellent recruiting by some, and reading the Ba Na Hills description from the website, we quickly became a
We shifted to Kathmandu. This is a brand new and completely different place from Puducherry. Even though we are sad to leave India we are all happy to be in this new city, which has so much to offer. For the occasion I thought to write about just some of the things to do and
Before I decided on heading to Nicaragua, I had never heard of Volcano boarding, so don’t be surprised if you haven’t either. What is Volcano boarding? It’s exactly what it sounds like: You receive a board (a wooden sled), hike up a volcano, and ride the board to the bottom. This was a trip organised
«Sustainable Development is development that meets the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own need.» (The Brundtland Commission´s report «Our Common Future» from 1987) More than half a decade ago, at the beginning of the 1950s, the tool Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) had its marks. Howard
Not only is the wilderness of Tigre a braid of jungly deltas and the Paraná river splitting into sedimentary streams encircling 500 islands, but it was also home of the indigenous tribe Guaranis. Then, when the Spanish claimed the land 35 km north of Buenos Aires, they named it “Las Conchas” (the shells) because of the
So, as I sit here with my Norwegian roommate and Norwegian classmate asking me to embrace my inner Norwegian identity, I am amazed at the progression of events in my life. As an Indian, I was never taught to give much thought to Scandinavia; Europe mostly only meant Western Europe. And now here I am,
