Travel Advices

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Last Monday November 8 was held in London on the Trade Show world tourism industry. On this occasion, Survival International, Human Rights, had organized a demonstration supporting his call for a boycott of tourism in Botswana.

Remember, in September, Survival had declared a boycott of tourism in Botswana to denounce the political crackdown by the Botswana government against the Bushmen of the Kalahari. Indeed, at the conclusion of a trial whose Bushmenetaient emerged winners, they had been granted the right to live on their land. Provided they are still deprived of their only water well and the right to hunt for their food has been banned. A luxurious lodge has been implanted in the middle of their territory without their consent and blocks access to their single well whose survival depends on them yet!

One of the booths at the World Travel Market, which opened last Monday the Excel Centre, was shared by the national organization of tourism and Botswana Wilderness Safaris, a tour company well since having implanted the controversial luxury lodge in question !… Meanwhile, the government is drilling new wells exclusively for wildlife and authorizes Wilderness Safaris has opened a tourist lodge with a pool near their community.

In support of this denunciation, Survival had recently started a petition online calling Wilderness Safaris lodge withdraw its territory bushman. The number of signatures now stands at 15,000. Read the rest of this entry »

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The 28th edition of the Annecy Italian Cinema will be held from September 28 to October 5, 2010

Annecy Italian Cinema held its first edition in 1983 and since this event every year the best of contemporary Italian film production.

For the 28th edition of this event, became the rendezvous for lovers of Italian cinema, various sections are foreseen.

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a selection of works of the year, including a dozen feature films – first or second film – in competition and as many documentaries presented in the context of a specific competition. Will also offer film portraits of filmmakers and comedians.

A selection of films of director Sergio Leone accepting the award for lifetime achievement.

A selection of homage to the Piedmont region and its capital, Turin (in partnership with the Piedmont Film Commission)

A retrospective of the filmmaker Giuliano Montaldo (Sacco and Venzetti, gold glasses, the shortcut… ) Read the rest of this entry »

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The site Bellaciao: colorful, multiple, or the best cotoie fortunately the worst, mixed, weird, and Dadaist picabien, exploring all sorts of records and rhetorical systems, and polemiqueur funny, surreal encounter of an umbrella and a sewing machine on a dissecting table, heads of Lenin on the keyboard of a Steinway or Bosendorfer…

Fairly quickly, crates of France sounded hollow, purchasing power was passed through the profit and loss. Remained the rights of man. After the trip President Sarkozy in Tunisia last week, we must recognize that this concept is no longer included in the priorities of French diplomacy. Read the rest of this entry »

Despite the ease that it seems clear, the restaurateur says he dreams only of returning to Senegal, he said, because our future is our country. To believe Ibrahima, they are more old immigrants living in Madrid to maintain the dream of returning to homeland..

Perspective far from enthusiastic Matar. Arriving in Spain, there are about a year, after 13 days aboard a boat, the young national Yarakh (a district of fishermen Dakar) thinks only of earning a living to avoid having to return in the galley of a fishing which reported nothing.

Born into a fishing family and knowing that fishing, Matar said he left his native Yarakh where fish is confiscated by European vessels to wander in vain to Ziguinchor in Mauritania through Guinea-Bissau before resolve to embark for Spain in the canoe from a friend and sides of 90 candidates for the clandestine journey. Read the rest of this entry »