RE: Photo Series #53: Simple Sunday Photography | A Message from Nature
Exactly!
I think that our generation lives in a so fast pace life that we're feeling the time pass faster than our grandparents or parents - it's information, internet, news, all being thrown in our minds - that's why we are trying to reconnect with nature.
We don't want that 9-5 job anymore, yet the "old" society is having a hard time understanding that; my parents for example just can't understand how I'll live in a car or a boat, because in their generation they were not given such option.
I see here in Brazil more and more people feeling that living in a city is not the way to go, there's a clear movement of people moving into cars to travel around, the number of sailboat residents is incresing, even the usage of bicycles instead of cars is getting bigger.
Yes about all the fast pace and info being thrown at us constantly driving our need for a simpler life in nature; we are in the position to look for alternatives thanks to having no issues of hunger, thirst, security, war to face...therefore let's not forget how priviledged we are 🙏
Unfortunately I cannot have this discussion with my own parents. They would not understand either.
So happy to hear about these movements in Brazil! It is much easier when we are surrounded by like-minded people :)
You are absolutely right!
I've read a text once entitled "Traveling is not for everyone", at first I thought the title was kinda strong and arrogant, but then I understood it was talking exactly about what you are saying, it was actually a critic to very privileged people who can afford to choose a different life.
After that I've decided to travel for 2 months with almost no money, to feel how it is the necessity to fight everyday for food and a place to sleep. It for sure has changed a lot of things in my life.
From all the places you have visited, what was the one more degraded? What are people doing to change that?
Because here we have some starvation regions and lack of water, but government seems to just forget.
Cambodia was heart breaking for me; even though it has been years since the genocide has stopped, the poverty is so vast, and sadness and fear in people's faces has not vanished. They are the most gentle people I have met. Unfortunately, Vietnam's government has still so much power over the country, that can you imagine all of the fees to see Angkor Wat (45usd per person, and there are millions going to see it) end up in Vietnam's hands instead of helping the country recover. Not sure what the people there are doing or even can do, but personally when I visit such places, I try to pay for services directly to local people. For example, we were in Angkor Wat for 3 days and we hired a personal local guide to tell us all about the temple, the history, the people. He is the one that told us about all the fees going to Vietnam. Normally we never hire guides, but in this case we thought we could help a little. Did the same in Nepal and Egypt Seeing that the money stays in the country and with a company that hires locally and treats its emplyees well.
I can imagine! It's so sad to see power supressing the people, it's like people are trapped in that system without being able to fight back. I try to imagine how much they could achieve by working together.
Hats off to you for thinking about contracting guides to help.
I've heard that Cambodia is super cheap in terms of accomodation and food. Is it a violent country?
In Brazil the violence is getting worse everyday...
Oh my goodness, not violent at all; quite the opposite: they are such gentle, good people. It is super cheap there. Anywhere in SE Asia (except for Singapore) is dirt cheap to travel, esp when compared to Europe.
Yaa that's what I've heard.
I just can't understand how some parts of South America can be so violent, I think violence here is directly related to drug dealing.
That's too bad :(
And, I think you're amazing for deciding to travel for 2 months with barely any money. I can't even begin to imagine the courage that takes. Hat off to you friend!
Nah you should not think I'm amazing, amazing are the many families in the poor parts of Brazil that live the month with the same amount of money I had at the time, they need to feed the whole family I was only me.
But I gotta say it was a lot of fun and not that easy, I had to find some minor works to keep on going (i.e. cleaning and gardening)