They were hundreds of thousands. Women, girls, babies, transgender. They were singing and protesting, drumming and dancing, they flood the streets. All of them pushing for action on gender equality. To stop gender violence, men from killing women, so-called femicidios. “Girls, not mothers” was one of this years most important messages, after a 11-year-old girl
The runner up to our long weekend we got a heads up to go to Accra. Because during this week there is an international break around the world, which means that the national teams are playing qualifying matches to the Africa Cup of Nations against Kenya. Ghana’s national team or as they are famously known
Hello and welcome to my first blogpost! In this post I want to tell you about our weekend trip to Halong Bay and Hanoi. It is really nice to have the opportunity to travel when we are in Vietnam. And when we got a long weekend, with 5 days off school that’s exactly what we
When you need a break from the porteño pizza, beef and light-salted milanesa, the Chinatown, “Barrio Chino” in Spanish, is a good option. Whether you like to cook Vietnamese, Thai or Indian food at home, this is definitely the place to come shopping the ingredients (our to get a sweet fortune cookie). Located along some
If you ever decide to rent a car and drive, following the coast line of Ghana you will notice something standing out from the ordinary. A series of enormous white castles spread out along the coast. Many of these are Ghana’s most popular tourist attraction, heck just in Elmina and Cape Coast alone you have
A visit to the ESMA memorial museum in Buenos Aires, is a visit to the last civic-military dictatorship (1976-1983) and the terrorism committed to the Argentinian people. To Argentina’s dark past. Although it might seem surprising, the former military detention facility is located along the busy Avenida Libertador, one of the principal avenues north of town,
In between the lecture period and the group paper period, we got a long weekend to relax and do as we pleased. Most of our class went hiking whilst others travelled to other cities in Nepal like Chitwan or Kathmandu. I and five other students did the Mardi Himal Trek whilst others did the Poon
I love the first two weeks in a new country. The new impressions, the new smells, the scenery, the noises and how it all connects into a picture of what to expect the coming semester in Cape Coast, Ghana. Everywhere in town there are speakers that thump the latest from Ghana’s top charts. Children as
All backpackers go. So does the rest of the young tourists and dancy locals. Every Monday non-stop for 12 years, a group of 16 percussionists have gathered to make an energetic outdoor show at the Ciudad Cultural Konex in Buenos Aires. The whole concert is improvised, believe it or not, making the rhythmic show even
Pokhara is a city full of possibilities for the adventurer, the artist, the sporty traveller and someone who simply wants to have a good time. What makes Pokhara so appealing to tourists and us students is that it does not have monuments, museums or other classic tourist attractions in the same way Paris, London, Rome
