Category: life
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Absolutely unreal!
After two weeks travelling around Cuba I have to say, it was amazing! Havana, Santa Clara, Cienfuegos, Trinidad. I covered only about a quarter of the country by geography, but it just doesn’t seem enough. You could easily spend a month in the place. The people are fantastic, the country is safer than most places…
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Viva la Cuba!
Arrived in Havana a couple of days ago. It’s a really nice city. I had expected to be hassled pretty much everywhere, but it’s not like that at all. The people are really friendly, the food is good and the mojitos are sensational. Off to Santa Clara tomorrow if I can manage to communicate 🙂…
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I feel an election coming on
Now they want to ban HIV positive migrants… http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/6551245.stm Truly this is a bumper news day!
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Further censorship in Australia
Every time Australia’s government is in the news these days I can’t help but to be astounded. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/6551003.stm Once again, in an election year the “tough on <whatever>” line comes out, further eroding civic freedoms. This time they have started censoring books and films that “glorify terrorism”. The following line in the article below left…
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Finally – I’m booked!
After weeks of procrastinating, I finally booked a casa particular in Havana. So that’s now my first bit of accomodation sorted. Flights, tourist visa, accomodation, vaccines, a couple of salsa lessons up my sleeve and language lessons on the iPod. I am officially ready for cohibas, mohitos and a really great holiday. I recommend casaparticular.org…
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How much Spanish?
As my first step, I set a goal to learn enough Spanish by the 20th of April to get by on my solo trip to Cuba. Holiday grade language is pretty straight forward, right? “Una cerveza por favor!” I got a copy of Michel Thomas Spanish, and it’s going really well. The pace is pretty…
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Why I am ashamed of the Australian Government
I don’t typically blog about politics but there is something that I need to express my views on. For those who are unfamiliar with the story, a guy called David Hicks, an Australian, was captured in Afghanistan by the US military and sent to the detention facility at Guantanamo Bay. After years of confinement, and…
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Java PC Emulator/Open Source Goodness
After the recent announcement by Dell that they were going to be selling Linux-based desktops and laptops, I decided to check out their site to see what’s on offer. For some strange reason the open source laptops they are selling don’t come with Linux at all (?) but with FreeDOS. I had never heard of…
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Why risk life and limb?
Running with the bulls is possibly one of the most insane things you can do, and definitely right up there with the essential European experiences. My cousin did it a few years back, and I can’t be outdone 😉 See more progress on: Run with the bulls in Pampalona
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Talking causes accidents
A long time ago, I posted (http://jakubkorab.blogspot.com/2005/07/hands-free-mobile-use-causes-crashes.html) about a study in which researchers found that talking on a hands free phone kit was just as disruptive as using a mobile phone. I laughed that it was actually talking to other people that was the culprit. Well now it turns out that that’s not far from…