Tuesday morning was warm and blindingly bright, as usual. Instead of going for a morning swim, I walked over to the grocery store on the other side of the road. Juho, Heikki and I had planned to make a Finnish breakfast for our hosts. However, surprisingly, there was no rye bread and Finnish Oltermanni cheese at the store so the …
Days 23 and 24 from Nepal – Summing up Dubai!
The grandeur and booming consumerism in Dubai felt really strange after all that we had seen in South Asia. The surrounding society’s whole way of thinking completely changed during one flight. The focus point of life in Dubai is making money or developing one’s career. The riches of the Dubai emirate haven’t been based on oil for a long while …
Jewellery for sale!
Store of Hope -internet store is finally open! I thought that I could tell you a little bit about what the feelings here in Finland have been like now that I’m finally holding the jewellery in my hands. And it seems that they are also being wanted by others! The sales has started really well and the most popular ones …
Nepal day 21 and 22 – Weekend in Dubai!
In Dubai weekend runs from Friday to Saturday so our weekend started a day before yours in Finland! For the first time on this trip we had two whole days during which there was nothing we needed to get taken care of. Heat and huge buildings The autumn has just begun in Dubai and that means that temperatures during the …
Video: 2nd village video
When we were in Nepal we visited another project which emphasizes support for schools that are run by government. They improve schools through educating teachers and fulfilling the needs of the children. We also saw another castless school in a village. – Mikael H Video: www.kuvastin.fi Music: www.revivalhymns.com/