well hello there

´To travel is to discover that human beings in other lands and culture are

 also people with whom we can share our laughter and our tears and that

 what we have in common is a great deal more than the sum of all our

 differences' (Margaret Silf, 2006)

 

I haven´t really been updating my life as a student have I? LOL well, I blame it on the most precious thing we have, the time...Going from the media, journalism and tourism last week, we headed for Härnösand, a bit further up north in Sweden, to participate in a course with SIDA (as we received a scholarship from Sida for our study in the Seychelles). The course was a preparation for studies abroad and the aim was to learn more about national/international development work and dimensions. Topics was sustainable development, gender development, politics, human rights based approach etc. We had both swedish and african professors holding the seminars, we met doctors, travellers, previous minor field students and a bunch of other inspiring students, from all over Sweden who is also on their way to proceed a minor field study. Loooong interesting and challenging 3 days.

 

I am slowly adjusting my brain to understand the phenomena tourism in the field of studies and we are currently reading about critical turns in the studies, different ideologies that have impacted the tourism researches and authors through the years.  

It´s soon to be four weeks left to the Seychelles. The Visa is taking care of, we got our insurance from our university, the last vaccination is dealed with. As far as we know the accommodation part is ready. We do need to sort out litterature before we go as we don´t know how much that will be available over there, neither if we will have access to internet at all stages. Anyway, time flies! puss och kram