Hi there!
Since this is our final day on this journay, we just celebrated (or emotional eated) on a fine restaurant nearby. I had a traditional course which is called bobotie. Bobotie it's finely chopped meat with curry. Ida had a bredies - meat, tomatoes and vegetables. If you're allowed to drink, the beer named umqombothi from South-Africa is recommended.
This trip to South-Africa wouldn't been the same without Nelson Mandela. This fantastic man fought against apartheid and for dark-skinned people's rights. If it wasn't for him, dark-skinned people would still be discriminated by 'us whites'. Unfortunately, discriminating like this still takes place in several parts of the earth. We are in 2012, racism has to stop now!
This is our last day on our colourful and educational journey. It has been the time of our life, which we will never forget. I've had such a great time, that going back home to Norway today is unthinkable. We have experienced both people and places we will never forget. I also feel that we have grown older on our travel. When we saw how people lived in both India and South-Africa, we realized how lucky we are because we're born in Norway. I definitively recommend a travel like this to become able to look at life in perspective. When we're older, we will definitively go back to the beautiful countries we've been to!
- xoxo Ingrid
http://www.travelmarket.no/S%C3%B8r-Afrika/c-ZA/reiseguide.htm
We're two gurls who is on an all-around-the-world travel in this very moment! Follow our travel and experiences on this blog! xoxo 2xi96
mandag 22. oktober 2012
onsdag 17. oktober 2012
Africa’s living conditions
HELLO!
Here is a big reality check
for you guys. Did you know that of South Africa’s 45 million citizens half of
them live below the poverty line? More than one in five adults has HIV, and that
it is greatest among the poorest and when they die, their children sitt back
all alone.
Today there are over 1
million orphans in South Africa and the number is increasing. The worst part is
that there are no people or organisations that can take them in and take care
of them and love them. When poverty and bad living conditions are spread over South
Africa it makes the people living there more exposed for drugs, prostitution and abduction. The kids get
abducted to become child soldiers that get used, manipulated and brain washed
to kill people even their own parents. If you don’t know that much about child soldiers
you should watch the movie “blood diamond”. The movie is about a boy getting
abducted and the father trying to get is son back both physical and mentally. I
really recommend the movie!
The orphans that loses
their parents and don’t get mixed up with that are very ill prepared to cope on
their own. In most cases, the grandparents have to take care of these children,
grandparents who basically barely have enough to feed themselves. In other
cases the eldest child in the family has to take responsibility for her or his
younger siblings.
Here is a picture of a woman with her children living in poor conditions. |
Here is a picture of the movie cover "Blood Diamond" |
Sourses:
xoxo ida
BLOODY GOLD MINING CONFLICT
Hey guys!
Have you heard the news? Right now, it's a bloody conflict over gold mining in South Africa! It has been going on for two months now. It's actuallyn the most serious labor conflict in in Africa's economy since apartheid was abolished in 1994. 100 000 workers have been striking for better working conditions and higher salary. The 16th of August 36 of the workers got shot by the police. Overall, 50 workers have been killed and 15 000 have lost their jobs during this conflict. It is really important for the companies, the trade unions and miners, the country's economy and social conditions to solve this violent conflict. This worries me a lot, and I hope that we won't get involved in this crisis.
This is a picture of what happened on the 16th of August. This tragic case helps me to appreciate my life in Norway. To be born in Norway is like winning the lottery. I think that everyone need to see their life in perspective. Me included. The moral of the day - appreciate the small highlights in life, and be grateful of the life you have!
- xoxo Ingrid.
Sources:
http://www.nrk.no/nyheter/verden/1.7263398
http://www.nrk.no/nyheter/verden/1.8353090
Have you heard the news? Right now, it's a bloody conflict over gold mining in South Africa! It has been going on for two months now. It's actuallyn the most serious labor conflict in in Africa's economy since apartheid was abolished in 1994. 100 000 workers have been striking for better working conditions and higher salary. The 16th of August 36 of the workers got shot by the police. Overall, 50 workers have been killed and 15 000 have lost their jobs during this conflict. It is really important for the companies, the trade unions and miners, the country's economy and social conditions to solve this violent conflict. This worries me a lot, and I hope that we won't get involved in this crisis.
This is a picture of what happened on the 16th of August. This tragic case helps me to appreciate my life in Norway. To be born in Norway is like winning the lottery. I think that everyone need to see their life in perspective. Me included. The moral of the day - appreciate the small highlights in life, and be grateful of the life you have!
- xoxo Ingrid.
Sources:
http://www.nrk.no/nyheter/verden/1.7263398
http://www.nrk.no/nyheter/verden/1.8353090
THE SAVANNA NEXT
HI!
Yesterday we were out on
a night club, and met some cute, native boys that promised to take us sightseeing.
We have been looking forward to go sightseeing in South Africa for so long! The
thing I am most excited about is seeing all the cute, wild animals, especially leopards. I have seen a lot of animal programs on my television and
have been dying to see them in real life for a long time now.
The wildlife sanctuary
we are going on a safari in is Haweqwa Nature Reserve. It
is filed with harsh nature, beautiful mountains and allot of wildlife. It is
going to be a long ride, but it will be worth it. The animals we will most
likely see are lions, leopards, white rhinos, blue wildebeest, kudus, impalas,
hyenas, hippopotamus and giraffes if we are lucky.
Here is a picture of a white rhino and a baby w.hite rhino |
tirsdag 16. oktober 2012
HELLO CAPE TOWN!
This is our first post located in South Africa! We are in the hotel lobby right now. The time is 09:39 AM, so we have plenty of time today to explore the capital of South Africa; Cape Town. This beautiful city is the most popular tourist destination in Africa, due to its good climate, natural setting and well-developed infrastructure. Cape Town is the second-most populous city in it's country after Johannesburg with 3,5 million people citizens.
Similar to India, South Africa was a British colony from 1975 until 1931. That's probably the main reason to that 51,9% (2001) of the people in Cape Town have English as a first language. 43,7% of the population in this city has Afrikaans as their first language as well.
Our first task here in Cape Town is to take the gondola up to Table Mountain. The trip is expensive, but I've heard that it's worth it! That's believable if you take a look at the picture of Table Mountain below. When South Africa was a British Colony, the brites tried to take advantage of the Table Mountain-area. They wanted to have several places to stay at on the route from Great Britain to India.
After that, our next task today will be to check out the local nightlife. We will try to get in touch with some native boys, and probably convince them to take us sightseeing tomorrow!
Stay tuned!
- Xoxo Ingrid
Sources:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cape_Town
http://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Det_britiske_imperiet
Similar to India, South Africa was a British colony from 1975 until 1931. That's probably the main reason to that 51,9% (2001) of the people in Cape Town have English as a first language. 43,7% of the population in this city has Afrikaans as their first language as well.
Our first task here in Cape Town is to take the gondola up to Table Mountain. The trip is expensive, but I've heard that it's worth it! That's believable if you take a look at the picture of Table Mountain below. When South Africa was a British Colony, the brites tried to take advantage of the Table Mountain-area. They wanted to have several places to stay at on the route from Great Britain to India.
After that, our next task today will be to check out the local nightlife. We will try to get in touch with some native boys, and probably convince them to take us sightseeing tomorrow!
Stay tuned!
- Xoxo Ingrid
Sources:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cape_Town
http://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Det_britiske_imperiet
onsdag 10. oktober 2012
LAST DAY IN INDIA
Hi!
To day was our last day i India. its been a blast being here, and we will miss it. Because it was our last day we did something special today. We went to explore how the living conditions are in the slum of New Dehli. When we came there we smelled a stank of trash and feces. When people think of the slum they think of a criminality and that it is dangerous. Of course it can be dangerous to flash your money around, but if you act normal, you will find the trip worth while. 85% of the people who live there actually have jobs. Even well paid people live there.
If you want to take a trip in the slum you should bring a local, so that you wont get lost. At times it can feel like a labourint. The streets are narrow and if you are claustrophobic I don't recomend it. There has actually been a lot of discussion around the slum of New Dehli. In 2010 they hid the slum with bamboo curtains during the commonwealth games. This was not well accepted by the people and that was debated. But in spite of this, I recommend you all to go to the slum when you are in New Dehli. You will become able to see trifles in perspective and to appreciate your life. We definitely did.
sourses:
*http://mya.blogg.no/1295563387_slummen_i_india__et_u.html
*http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slum
- xoxo ida
To day was our last day i India. its been a blast being here, and we will miss it. Because it was our last day we did something special today. We went to explore how the living conditions are in the slum of New Dehli. When we came there we smelled a stank of trash and feces. When people think of the slum they think of a criminality and that it is dangerous. Of course it can be dangerous to flash your money around, but if you act normal, you will find the trip worth while. 85% of the people who live there actually have jobs. Even well paid people live there.
here is a picture of the slum from above. |
here is a picture i took during the trip. |
If you want to take a trip in the slum you should bring a local, so that you wont get lost. At times it can feel like a labourint. The streets are narrow and if you are claustrophobic I don't recomend it. There has actually been a lot of discussion around the slum of New Dehli. In 2010 they hid the slum with bamboo curtains during the commonwealth games. This was not well accepted by the people and that was debated. But in spite of this, I recommend you all to go to the slum when you are in New Dehli. You will become able to see trifles in perspective and to appreciate your life. We definitely did.
sourses:
*http://mya.blogg.no/1295563387_slummen_i_india__et_u.html
*http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slum
- xoxo ida
torsdag 4. oktober 2012
EXPLORING THE INDIAN FOOD CULTURE
Hi guys!
Today is our official food-exploring-day.
Our plan is to try out at least ten different dishes. Indian food is full of
hot spices and sauces. We started our day with nashta, which is breakfast. Each region of India has a huge variety of hot and cold
dishes to start the day. We are in New Delhi, north in India. Here they serve
big, hearty breakfasts. A lot of the population here are farmers, and they need
the correct nutrition to survive the day. A popular dish is different varies of stuffed
bread called parathas. We had that for breakfast, and they were really delicious!
Later we'll try proper indian tandoori chicken! I can't wait! My body is screaming for more exciting tastes and spices. Yummy for my tummy!
- xoxo, Ingrid
NEXT STOP SHISHA BAR
hi!
We just came back from Taj Mahal. Let me just say OMG! I literally think that heaven is a place on earth. If I die I want my husband to build a building like that for me and bury me in there. It was so amazing in there. Did you know that it took 21 years to build? That is a long time. It was rumoured that Shah Jahan was going to build another building but in black on the other end of the river, but that was just a rumoure. Right now are we sitting in a shisha bar, relaxing and enjoying life.
For you that dont know what a shisha bar is, a shisha bar is a place where they offer a type of water pipe, offend called a Hookah. The concept of hookah actually originated in India, only then available for the wealthy ones. It was very popular during the Mughal rule, which was in the period from 1526 to 1757. The hookah has since become less popular; however, it is once again garnering attention, such in cafés like this. The use of hookah from ancient times in India was not only a custom, but a matter of prestige. Rich and landed classes would smoke hookahs.
There is also tobacco smoked in hookahs in many villages as per traditional customs. Smoking tobacco-molasses is now becoming popular amongst the youth in India. There are several chain clubs, bars and coffee shops like the one we are in now in India that offer a wider variety of mu‘assels, including non-tobacco versions.
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1. The first picture is a picture of Shah Jajan
2, The second picture is a picture of Taj Mahal i took.
-xoxo Ida
torsdag 27. september 2012
DAYTRIP TO AGRA
Hey guys! I'm waiting in the reception for Ida, she has to find out what to wear on our daytrip to Agra. We are actually going to see the famous Taj Mahal! The great palace is known as the jewel of Muslim art in India and one of the universally admired masterpieces of the world's heritage. The construction began around 1632 and was completed around 1653. You can see Taj Mahal on the picture.
I'm so grateful of that India has English as a second language. When natives talk to me on their first language, I look completely like a question mark.We try to learn a few phrases though. सुप़भात means good morning, and is pronounced like suppanhatt. India has
English as a second language because of the British colonization in the 16th
century. This period had an influence on India’s culture, language, official
administration, education system etc.
Stay tuned everyone, another post is coming tonight!
- xoxo Ingrid
onsdag 26. september 2012
NAMASTE PPL!
Hey, guys!
This is our first post on this blog. My name is Ida, and I'm travelling with my bestfriend Ingrid. We're in the middle of a huge travel around the world. Both of us are 16 years old and are going on this travel to India and South Africa to experience new cultures and countries. (....and food of course...)
In this very moment we sit on an internet chai café, in the center of New Delhi. We're both enjoying a big cup of chai tea. Right now, we have been travelling for over 24 hours, so our feet are grateful of that we are finally resting. It's actually overwhelming that we're here! I have been looking forward to this for so long, and now it's happening!
When we came to the airport, a wave of humidity hit us. India has extremely various climate - from tropical in the south to temperature and alpine in the Himalayan north. A lot of stressed people ran around us, and I felt like I was cramped in a small box filled with one billion people. On the picture you can see our fabulous hotel. With aircondition!! Thank god!
Here is a map over the average annual temperature in India. As you can see, New Delhi isn't in the hottest zone, but for us Norwegian girls, over 20°C is hot! |
I will update later, stay tuned!
- Xoxo Ida
Sources:
http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=File:India_average_annual_temperature_map_en.svg&page=1
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Climate_of_India#Statistics
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