Kategoria: Journalism
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Bogota, the City of Bicycles, Fantastic Old Town, Poor and RichBogota, Miasto Rowerów, Wspaniałej Starówki, Biednych i Bogatych
I arrived to Bogota at the worst possible time. It was friday evening during rush hours and it was raining. Usually zooming between cars in a traffic is not a problem but this time it looked like the road that was supposed to be two lane became packed with cars and trucks in four lanes…
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The Art of Travel, Adventure and Suffering. The 5 Day Trip To ColombiaSztuka Podróżowania, Przygody i Cierpienia, Czyli Pięciodniowa Podróż do Kolumbii
NONCONFORMIST TRAVELS BETWEEN POLAND AND COLOMBIA Five day odyssey to Medellin in Colombia is finished. During couple of days trip I had some time for a healthy dose of madness, found and adventure or two and eventually, didn’t get any opportunity to rest well at all. Somewhere on the way down to Medellin I visited…
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The Man Burned Last Weekend… And It Will Burn Again Next Year!Facet Spłonął w Zeszły Weekend… Kolejny Burning Man za Rok!
This year’s Burning Man started with heavy rain and unexpected gate closure. Black Rock City denizens experienced thunderstorms and a fatal accident, the first one since many years ago: 29 year old woman was run over by a bus. Burning Man is not just candies and pure fun. Difficult conditions and too much things happening…
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It’s a Time for Transformational Festival. What is Burning Man All About? (The Man Burns in 2 Days! )Czas Na Festiwal Transformacyjny, czyli o co chodzi w Burning Man! (Facet Spłonie Za 2 Dni!)
WHAT IS A TRANSFORMATIONAL FESTIVAL? A transformational festival is a counterculture festival that espouses a community-building ethic, and a value system that celebrates life, personal growth, social responsibility, healthy living, and creative expression. Transformational alludes both to personal transformation (self-realization) and steering the transformation of culture toward sustainability. Wikipedia What distinguishes transformational festivals from a…
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The Man Burns in 11 days, how to take part in Burning Man – Broadcast Live!Facet spłonie już za 11 dni: Jak Wziąć Udział w Burning Man – Transmisja na Żywo!
(Reuters/Jim Urquhart) Another sculpture made of wood will burn really soon, which is not even 2 weeks from now! The gate opens earlier though and since I’m not going this year I’ll celebrate the thing in other means, starting with this blog! There are many ways to virtually take part in the festival, here’s the…
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Lifetramp Review: what it is, how it works and how I spent a day as a muralistOpinia o Lifetramp: co to jest, na czym polega, czyli jak spędziłem jeden dzień jako muralista
If you were thinking I’d write about the Warsaw Uprising… then you were right! Yesterday, at 5 PM everybody stopped for a while and recalled what happened 70 years ago. Including my one day Lifetramp crew – Adam, Ania, Paulina, Łukasz, Maciek and Marcin. „The two most important days in your life are the day…
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Revolutionists, dictators, liberators, communists and murderersRewolucjoniści, dyktatorzy, wyzwoliciele, komuniści i mordercy
León, Nicaragua, February 2014 I didn’t ever think that I’ll be interested in politics or I’ll even write about it here. A year ago, shortly before my first trip to South America I’ve read “Latinoamerican Fever”, a book written by Polish author, Artur Domosławski. The book made it clear that a trip to South America…
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Guns On the Streets of Guatemala, El Salvador and HondurasBroń Palna Na Ulicach Gwatemali, Salwadoru i Hondurasu
In El Salvador such view isn’t anything special. Every bigger shop or office shows this message for anybody willing to enter with any weapon. Furthermore, if the business is big enough, there will be an armed guard nearby. Small grocery shops cannot afford that so they are usually protected by metal grating. Some businesses have…
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Colombian Women, Colombian Cocaine (Confusion Part Two)Kolumbijskie Kobiety, Kolumbijska Kokaina, Czyli Zamieszania Część Druga
Colombian Chicks They say that the most beautiful women of Latin America can be found in Colombia and the city with biggest ratio of pretty girls is Medellin. So I was there and unfortunately I have to admit, that during my two week stay the prettiest girls I saw were… on the airplane to Fort…
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Colombian ConfusionKolumbijskie Zamieszanie
During my first two weeks in Colombia I was really confused. It may seem that such amount of time is enough to know the country enough to write anything about it. In reality, I had too many expectations, so many that I was unable to perceive the reality that was just in the reach, waiting…