Not All Roses

When ever one travels, takes a holiday to explore a new place, we tend to depict only the beautiful and delightful parts in our stories and pictures. It is easy to look over the uglier parts of the country when you are having the time of your life, living like a king on your holiday.

I have no misconceptions of what is the reality for many people living in these destinations that are exotic to me. I come from a privileged country and while I am no means rich or well off in Finland, I am rich compared to a lot of people in the third world countries. While we in Finland have it good by default, in many parts of the world people really have to survive. I'm so lucky and grateful to be Finnish.

I often travel to countries where the same money I would use in back at home for one meal, will buy me four when travelling, or one night of accommodation in an average Finnish hotel equals to five nights in a beautiful central location Airbnb.

The following pictures are both a reminder to me and you that it’s not all happy go lucky in a country where we westerner go for the great weather and cheap amazing food and accommodation.

People sleeping on the streets, wearing rags for clothing and having build shelters of what ever was available. While I bitch about freezing my lil tush inside an apartment with no heating and no insulation, some of these people sleep outside.

Shot with using both the Fujifilm X100F, and the Nikon D7200 with the Sigma 50-100mm f/1.8.

_{Okay this last one might just be a tourist who had too much to drink, but it fits in with the other pictures.}