In search for a better life She is 24 years old. She is beautiful, but her face is marked by scars and a black eye. Her eyes are distant and there is a sense of hopelessness all over here. Her friend is more vivid, with a wild curly hair and colourful sport clothes. The third friend is...

      To find your own place in the world is something that can take a whole life. Or is it a western thing? When I get exhausted of my thoughts and worries about what I will do in the next year, I think about all those who don’t have a choice, and that my thinking is just...

One of the most rewarding, painful and interesting experiences from my four months in South Africa is also one of the most unexpected. As I was born in Ecuador, grew up in Spain and moved to Sweden when I was thirteen, I’ve always seen my self as multi-cultural, capable to adapt easily to...

It is January 2012 (already!!) and when I summed up 2011 I realized that most of my memories are from this beautiful island that too few people know about…in a few weeks I will leave this country and I suspect that I will be a pain to my friends and family back in Skane telling them how...

It is November and last week was pretty eventful, to say the least… It all started with me coming home last Monday and being greeted by the little puppy that lives in our compound, since I have still not managed to get him to “sit” he kind of overpowered me and bit my hand,...

To start with, I miss Leah!! She has just left me for an awesome climate caravan to COP17 in Durban. I am not jealous at all! She is going to travel from Kenya to Tanzania, Malawi, Zambia, Botswana and finally spent around two weeks in Durban, South Africa. Things I miss about Sweden (or...

  Hi friends! Been a while, but realizing that I am taking the lead in LUMID posts, I don’t feel guilty The last month has been up and down, and up and more down again. Not going into every detail, but rather a reflection around what I am learning here… despite these...

Karibo na NaRobbery! The life in Nairobi continues. I have been here for 2 months now, sounds so little when you are putting it in words! Well, what have happened? Frida the lucky bustard, have been robed twice! Hell ya, for my own comforting I had a really good time, before the robbery, on...

I can’t believe it is October, time does fly by…. I guess you could say that I have “settled” into Port Moresby life now and even managed to get out of town last Sunday when I went to Fisherman’s Island and discovered why they really call PNG paradise on earth! I...

Sri Lanka After three weeks in Sri Lanka, several litres of water and failed attempts to eat a whole meal of rice and curry, I am questioning if I will ever get used to the spicy Sri Lankan...

My dear little bike… i miss it so.  I named it Oscar and it was tourqoise.  It had a tendency to lose its chain, and sometimes had some issues with flat tires.  Luckily though… it always gave me the freedom to roam, whether it be early morning slipping to geocentrum on the...

“Could it be true?! Vegetables, real vegetables!!?” This was my reaction a few days ago when I went to the little shop near my house and saw canned veggies. Yes, canned veggies was the  source of my excitement. My exact words to the shop attendant: “So many new...

Last week I was in Jaipur doing a pilot study for an evaluation that my office has been assigned to carry out in seven states. We are evaluating this government scheme that started three years ago to provide scholarships to students from religious minority groups.My real task in the project is...

  I thought it was going to be exciting to come to South Africa. Everyone said, when I told them that I would be living in South Africa for eight months, “å vad spännande”. And to some extent it has of course been, but, oh, there are more exciting things than this…I think when I...

And FINALLY I am into the LUMIDER´s blog! Borrerito is on air! Some of you guys might now that I am very reluctant to learn new technologies and log into new websites, however, I have to accept that navigating into your stories, encountered feelings, funny anectodes and beautiful pictures,...

When I first arrived in Papua New Guinea (or PNG as everyone calls it) almost 4 weeks ago the first thing that I noticed in the airport was a sign saying that I would now be arriving in paradise. I have to say that I really enjoy living in Port Moresby, (apart from almost getting car jacked...

  Finally got close to Christ today. The Christ Statue was built by the Indonesians even though you would think it was a gift from Portugal. It stands on top of a cliff at the furthest point of a cove that is view-able from all along the coast. As you approach it slowly winding up the...

I will have to check if this past week could have been my most multicultural week in the history. It was also a great example on how you as a foreigner, without the common network of friends, end up in random events and gatherings that I would never attend at home. Tuesday I was on a musical...

Thought you all might like to see this cool screen shot from behind the scenes. It shows me all the places someone has accessed our blog from! Normally I’d be like…Bhutan? Kiribati? What the heck?!?! But no…it’s just our awesome network. Quite impressive really to see...

One thing I’ve learned since arriving to Kiribati that affects my life on a daily basis is the fact that i-Kiribati (demonym for Kiribati inhabitants) believe that their ancestors reincarnate into rats. It’s not the most shattering piece of information about the country that I’ve come...