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Chile está exigindo valor mínimo para entrada em seu território. Agora para entrar no Chile 🇨🇱 qualquer pessoa estrangeira,independente do período e o motivo da viagem,é preciso comprovar o valor de 46 dólares por cada dia na imigração. Esse é valor mínimo de subsistência que estão pedindo. #turismo #tourism #instatravel #travelblogger #travelgram #trabelblog #instagramdeviagem #instagramdeturismo #noticiasdeviagem #noticiasdeturismo #viagemeturismo #turismochile #chile #santiagochile #skycostanera #turistanochile #chile🇨🇱 #instachile (em Mirador Sky Costanera) https://www.instagram.com/p/CpkX1H3uuTv/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

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The canalhouses in Amsterdam

[john-is-on-the-rails]

This post begun 09:17 03/05/18 in Berlin Central Station and finished 14:05 04/05/18 at Prague Metronome Park: 

I’m heading out of Berlin Hauptbahnhof, the main train station. Built in time for the 2006 world cup, surprisingly England went out on penalties to Portugal that time, it’s more like an airport than any rail station I’ve seen. A shopping mall trains go in and out of. I had a ‘super’ smoothie from a juice bar just off platform three. I think super means it has a banana in it. The term ‘superfood’ has always puzzled me. It appears to mean ‘anything that isn’t a burger with chips next to it’. Blueberries are a superfood apparently. I’ve always just thought of them as...well...food.

I began with the Jung quote because I was thinking about it yesterday after hearing a discussion on a podcast a few days ago. Side note: I ended up watching a Slavic jazz band at an Irish bar last night. There was a young guy sat opposite me, taking notes and drinking whiskey. Cool kid. I dropped my phone, smooth, and as he passed it back to me he said ‘I have put you in my notebook, I hope that’s OK’. I said it was and asked him what he was writing. Turned out he was a Sri Lankan student studying psychology in Amsterdam. We got chatting and I told him the Jung quote above, which he duly wrote down in my section of his notebook. I hope it gave him something to think about anyway! 

The podcast host used the Jung quote during the podcast to argue that when reading history you should imagine you are the perpetrator rather than the victim. Because statistically, it is much more likely that you would have been complicit than be one of the minority of people who truly rebel against the dominant ideology, often with mortal consequence's for them. It made me think about the history of Germany in a different way. I’ve always thought ‘of course I would have stood up to the Nazi’s, wouldn’t I?’ But, If you put yourself in a position where going against the state means almost certain death for you and your family, would you actually do it? It’s a difficult question to confront and you might not like the answer. With the luxury of hindsight, it is much easier to be courageous. Could you really have seen through the Goebells propaganda machine that was bombarding you with anti-Semitic rhetoric? That’s how terror states work. They make people complicit by weaponising fear and anxiety. Look at Stalinist Russia, dissenters did not last long there. 

Over the last couple of days, I've been reading Joseph Frankl’s account of his experiences in Auschwitz and Dacau concentration camps. It’s only a short read, 150 or so pages, but I would urge anyone to read it to get an honest insight into the psychology of the camp internee, as well as the prison guard. His account, as a psychologist by trade, focuses on how his and his fellow detainees' mental states changed when reduced to their most basic need, to survive. Dr. Frankl openly admits that the ‘best of them’ did not make it out alive. It's also interesting to hear that those whom you might naturally assume would survive, physically robust people, for example, can actually fare much worse in reality. Those of a more sensitive and cerebral nature, often with a less hardy physical stature, are sometimes more able to cope with such a harrowing experience by losing themselves in their heads. Detachment is key to surviving such horrors according to Frankl.

On Tuesday, I visited the monuments to the darker side of Berlin's history. The picture they paint of a city divided in hatred is difficult to reconcile with the multi-cultural, diverse and vibrant place that Berlin is today. It isn't the same city. The same as a person isn't the same person they were ten years ago. Time heals all and hope springs eternal, as they say. The possibility of change is what hope is. I would have been too embarrassed not many years ago to sit in this park on my laptop in bare feet, as I am doing whilst writing this. 

I'd have worried what people looking at me were thinking. Now I try only to worry about what is in my control. What other people think is not one of those things, when you try and control the thoughts of others, it ends badly. This is attested to by the Holocaust memorials, the topography of terror and the Jewish Museum in Berlin. I visited each of these sites in one day, and I'm not too proud to admit that it brings tears to my eyes now writing about it days later. There are two major holocaust memorials close to the Reichstag building and the Brandenburg Gate. A smaller, more intimate memorial to the Roma and Sinti who were persecuted by the Nazis. It is very peaceful and less physically impactful than the Jewish memorial further on past Brandenburg Tor. A slightly risen circular water feature trickles peacefully in the centre of a clearing surrounded by sycamores. A simple triangle is at the centre of the pool, upon which a fresh flower is placed daily. I didn't stay here long. An elderly couple were embracing and crying, maybe for a lost loved one. I felt like I was intruding so respectfully left them to grieve. 

The memorial to the millions of murdered Jews is a couple of minutes walk away. Comprised of around two thousand seven hundred stone blocks and pillars, the floor falls away and becomes more uneven as you move towards the centre, giving you an uneasy and slightly nauseous feeling. The pillars become larger and more and more light is filtered out. It becomes increasingly overwhelming as you move through the stone maze, as the sound of the city is muffled and your senses dulled. Now and then you'll see someone cross the path ahead, and then disappear again. I think the feeling of loneliness and a descent into chaos is a fitting memorial to the Holocaust. The quietness and stillness of the place perfectly represent the hole left by the erasing of millions of people from European society. 

Next stop was the Topography of Terror. Both indoor and outdoor exhibitions on the site of buildings which during the Nazi regime from 1933 to 1945 were the SS Reich Main Security Office, the headquarters of the Sicherheitspolizei, SD, Einsatzgruppen and Gestapo. Most of the buildings were destroyed by allied bombing or knocked down after the war, the site was forgotten about for decades. The visitor centre on site now is a glass and steel structure with wide open spaces and a timeline that takes you through the evolution of the Nazi state. It makes harrowing reading but I took my time and worked my way through the exhibit. The tour ends with a video reel of show trials after the attempted assassination of Hitler in 1944. An elderly priest, who had heard the confession of one of the would-be assassins nine months before and warned him against taking any action, was called in as a witness but left with a death sentence to be carried out the next day. It made tough watching. The outdoor exhibitions tell the story of 1933 and the Nazi’s rise to power. The displays are set in front of what is left of the basements and cellars of the original buildings. I thought it best not to dwell for too long on what happened in those spaces. 

My final stop was the Jewish Museum on the old East side of town. You can see the difference in architecture immediately when you move from West to East over the old line of the wall. It feels like there is still a divide of riches between the two sides of Berlin. I wasn’t sure what to expect from this museum as it was a last minute suggestion from google maps that sent me there. This place took my breath away and finally made me shed a tear after an emotional day. The building is set out as an art installation, as well as a museum. I was wandering through the building looking at a wall of artifacts, slowly moving my way down a corridor. I noticed a large door at the end with no signage on it but decided to give it a push anyway. I entered a vaulted room, towering walls all around making it feel claustrophobic. The walls were jet black. The door slammed behind me, sending an echo around the chamber, after that all noise from the outside was isolated. A single window in the roof was the only source of light. That was when I felt a rush of emotion for all I had seen and learned that day.

Despite the tough subject matter, I felt strangely alive when I left the museum and headed off back into Berlin centre. Perhaps I had realised how very lucky I am to live in the circumstances I do. I sat and had a drink near the Brandenburg Gate, where I was joined by some feathered friends. Hope springs eternal.

[lifedreamersblog]

Bournda National Park is a hidden gem by NSW coast between Sydney and Melbourne. You can find here some cool hikes, top swimming spots and options for some fun kayaking. We only stopped for a night, visiting #hobartbeachcampground . But we will definitely want to come back. The list of places we want to come back to gets longer and longer... Do you have places you want to come back to? #hiking #hikes #nswparks #nsw #nswnationalparks #lovensw #lovenature #camping #campinglife #vanlife #lovethisview #lifedreamers #lifedream #lovecamping #travelindelica #trabelblog #blogger #travelwithus #coupletravel #naturephotography #views #oceanview #ocean #beach #hobartbeach (at Bournda National Park) https://www.instagram.com/p/CJ9m2zWMX_z/?igshid=19r819f1saodu

[talesbytravelers]

Kheerganga is located Himachal pradesh near by deep in Parvati Valley Or kullu Valley) . It's a amazing place in Himachal. Treking is little bit difficult here. To reach this view point step by step guide is required here. If you want to reach Kheer Ganga early and do plan,come back the same day,it's not possible. At least one day is required here. After reaching kheer ganga you can enjoy the natural hot water spring bath, eat lunch .inside the dense forest there is a beautiful view of a flowing waterfall on the path itself ....... . . . . Reposted from @er.father_ghumakkarbawa Use #talesbytravelers to get featured . . . #manalidiaries #kullu #pravativalley #himalayas #pahadi #pahadiswag #shimladiaries #manalidiaries😍 #gwalior #gwalior_wale #gwaliorfort #gwaliorkila #mp #madhyapradesh #suryamandir #traveler #trabelblog #travelingram #instragram #instraboy #bloggerstyle #blogger #blog #bloggerlife #india_clicks #indianfood #indiaturisom #incredibleindia (at Kheerganga Parvati Valley) https://www.instagram.com/p/CFfLSfLpcwe/?igshid=1kr3b0cxuld72

[timiistraveling]

3. Cultural differences and Korean customs 1/?

Everyone who ever read a bit more about Korea knows that - as most Asian countries - cultural and social values are a bit different compared to the ones in Western countries. I thought about talking about the most striking differences for a bit, as they were at least for me very interesting, weird and some even funny.

1.Ambiguity

This can be seen in almost every aspect of Korean lifestyle only if we pay a bit of attention. Starting from the architecture (especially in Seoul) to fashion, the coexisting of two styles is like a personal talent of the country.

Just imagine visiting one of the tallest buildings you have ever seen. Everything is made with the latest technology, it has the fastest elevators, and the architecture of it is stunning. It”s amazing to see how developed the country is in this aspects. But then, leaving the building and after walking literally 10 minutes, you enter the market place, which seems like another world. Everything is dirty, the crowd is unbearable - the stink too - there are old ladies screaming everywhere trying to lure especially the tourists to eat at their stand, people are talking with their mouths full, managing to spit out the food, and there’s little to no chance to be able to escape the maze without being stepped on.

This is just one, maybe a bit more extreme example, but as I mentioned before this ambiguity can be found in many more fields, so let’s take the workplace as the next example. Here respecting your elders and the ones in higher position than yours is the base of society, so kicking over the rules in day to day life could get you in real trouble. Employees will always speak “up” to their employers using formal language, make lower bows when they meet and show respect in every aspect of life. The one and only case when they are allowed to treat each other as almost friends, and not just people working together is when they go out to the company organized drinking parties, where everyone eats together and then gets shitfaced together. (I’m not even kidding about this one, I’ve never seen so many well dressed adult with suitcases being so drunk that they actually fall asleep on the streets or at bus stops) Such a nice way to socialize, right?

( Korean businessmen play in a water fountain on a Seoul street in 2009 - Photo by Ingmar Zahorsky )

The last field I want to mention is fashion. Now if you walk a bit on the streets, you will observe some pretty weird things about the casual, day-to-day way Koreans dress. You can easily tell that people pay way more attention to the way the look in this country than in most European countries. At the same time it’s not rare to see people dressed really well, or in high school uniforms wearing slippers or shoes with stepped down heels, transforming this way a perfectly good pair of footwear in to slippers. This indeed might be because wearing something that is so easily removed is more comfortable, especially if you consider the Korean trend of taking of shoes at some restaurant, or even in cafes.

Another thing that might come as striking is girls leaving the house with removable hair curlers left in their bangs. I haven’t figured it out yet if it’s out of laziness or if it’s the newest fashion trend, but seeing it for the first time was quite weird.

2. Spitting on the street

Now this is a thing that I had a very very VERY hard time getting used to with (and I still haven’t completely) , even though I come from Romania, which is - without dissing the country - not the cleanest place in Europe. People here, especially if they smoke, do it often and always accompanied by a very loud sound. And no, it’s not only the old men doing it, I’ve seen very pretty, petite Korean girls, dressed ready to party spitting after every smoke of a cigarette. Very attractive, really.

3. Showing respect and Korean Age

Like in most Asian countries, Korea is very conservative when it comes to hierarchy, be it in the family, at the workplace or in any social situation. They have quite a few different speech levels (seven to be exact), and they are used to show respect towards a speaker's or writer's audience, or reflect the formality or informality of the situation. Also bowing is a very important part of any interaction – the workers in cafes, shops and restaurant will always bow as a sign of respect when a customer enters or leaves their stores, and will use formal language with them.

One of the first question people ask each other when they meet for the first time is regarding the other person’s age, as if there is even only one year between them, they will use a different, more formal language. Until the question is asked, everyone uses the formal way of speech. Koreans tend to use their Korean Age when answering the question mentioned above, or just say here year of birth. And yes, there is something named Korean Age. By their system, you are usually 1 but sometimes 2 years older than your International Age. You can find numerous sites and pages that will convert you I.A. in K.A. but let me explain it, because actually it’s pretty easy. Here, you are born 1 year old and then, when the new year begins everyone ages 1 year together! This means that if you were born let’s say on the 5th of december, you would already be 2 in january. It might seem super very weird for a foreigner, but they truly believe that it’s way easier to keep up like this about everyone’s age. You do you Korea!

Another very important thing to remember is that here money (or anything else) is always given and taken with two hands, with one hand on the heart or with one hand holding the other. The same goes when pouring a drink (usually you don’t pour for yourself, but for the other, who will do the same for you), shaking hands, etc.

This it it for now, but I’m gonna get back to this topic in future articles~

[reviews4you]

The mad tea cups . . . #rides #vacation #orlando #florida #mommydaughter #momlife #disney #magickingdom #madteaparty #teacups #travelblogger #blogger #blog #blogging #travel #traveling #trabelblog (at Mad Tea Party.) https://www.instagram.com/mythical_reviews/p/BwbOY2XH3KT/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=76014o1ral0u

[suzettesimon]

Life is about Moments. Create them, don’t wait for them. #allaboutsuzie . . . . . . . . #pleasureoflife #suzetteventure #wheninfrance #alainllorca #bellevue #bellevie #lavieestbelle #cestlavie #holiday #lifestyle #travelgram #trabelblog #michelinstar #instapassport #instago (at Alain Llorca - Hôtels et Restaurants) https://www.instagram.com/p/BmdbTorhS7q/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=10652nf57ftsr

[196sheena-blog]

2 saal pehle, Hume tumse pyaar tha, Hume tumse pyaar tha, Aaj bhi hai aur kal bhi rahega! Cheers to the people that have loved me then and love me still! You make me stronger everyday by just being. Missing this trip vibe and gang a lot. :) *Crying to bed every night* #instagoodmyphoto #travelblogger #trabelblog #instatravel #travelgoals2018 #travelingram #travelcouplegoals #2instagoodportraitlove #greens #silhouttephotography #mahindrascorpio #peoplescreative #documentyourdays #lifestylebloggers #longdrives #clubmahindra #lifestylephotographer #throwback @illegalvisuals @royalsnappingartists @illgrammers @way2ill_ @heatercentral @theimaged @moodygrams @createcommune @thevisualcollective @livefolk @globalcapture @artofvisuals @ig_color @bravogreatphoto @visualambassadors @folkgood @feedbacknation @instagood @mobilemag @fatal.frames @thecoolmagazine @weekly_feature @igpodium @igshotz @thebest_capture @gallery_legit@club_mahindra @foodofclubmahindra @travelbugindia @streets.of.india @natgeo @lonelyplanetindia @lonelyplanet @vanlife.magazine (at Club Mahindra Madikeri)

[blogtrip-blog-de-viajes]

Mis fotografías son y serán mis momentos memorables durante mis viajes. #travel #viagem #voyage #blogtrip #viajar #blogvoyage #trabelblog #sonyalpha #tourism (à Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes)

[britboyinthebush]

When you think he’ll stop but he just keeps getting closer and closer and closer. #elephant #elephants #africanelephant #knp #kruger #krugerpark #krugernationalpark #sanparks #sanparksknp #wildife #africansafari #africanwildlife #wildlifephotography #travel #canon #wildlifephotographer #safari #canonphotography #travelwriter #travelblogger #trabelblog #britboyinthebush #africa #southafrica (at Kruger National Park)

[lifedreamersblog]

Feeling the spring vibes... 🌷🌼🌞 * * * * #fallscreek #spring #springtime #mountains #mountainhikes #mountainviews #góry #australianalps #alpineshire #fallscreek2020 #springinthemountains #lovemountains #lovemountains❤️ #aussiealps #aussienature #trabelblog #lovetravels #podróżnik #podróżemałeiduże #podroz (at Falls Creek) https://www.instagram.com/p/CEurI7FFrpQ/?igshid=1gzvn9016lr91

[imdexstaryu]

The HOBBITON Tour. This place is magical on and off camera. It really transports you back in time and gives you that happy mood. #HOBBITON #LordOfTheRings #moviesettour #middleearth #TheShire #magicalplace #vacationmode #traveldiaries #January2018 #trabelblog #photoblog #firstdestinationof2018 #wheninnewzealand #Matamata #Auckland #NewZealand (at Hobbiton shire Matamata NZ)

[talesbytravelers]

ग्वालियर दर्शन -1 राजा महाराज के भौकाल और डाकू डकैत की दहशत के बीच स्टूडेंट लाइफ के फुल मज़े लेने है तो अपना ग्वालियर One among many hill forts of india , the gwalior fort stands on a vast rocky hill named gopachal.originally built in red sandstone and lime morter ,the fort is one of the prominent structures in gwalior. Gwalior fort is one of the most beautiful forts I have ever visited.वैसे तो हम लौंडो को ये सब किला दुनिया पसंद नही आती लेकिन ये सही चीज़ है यह सब है ,कलाकारी भी और माहौल भी और यह से रात का व्यू । The fort hai had a long history attached and captured by many rulers in the past.over the years ,the fort has undergone many changes but remains an important marvel of gwalior.. . . Reposted from @er.father_ghumakkarbawa Use #talesbytravelers to get featured . . . #gwalior #gwalior_wale #gwaliorfort #gwaliorkila #mp #madhyapradesh #suryamandir #traveler #trabelblog #travelingram #instragram #instraboy #bloggerstyle #blogger #blog #bloggerlife #india_clicks #indianfood #indiaturisom #incredibleindia #indian #instraindia #photooftheday #madhyapradeshtourism (at Gwalior M.P.) https://www.instagram.com/p/CFH6g1FJqFh/?igshid=1kic6bojtlkcb

[lapeter63-blog]

#australia #oceania #scogliere #mare #sea #acqua #instagram #travel #trabelblog #travelphoto #viaggio #italia #photo #photos #phptography #photografy #art #garden #giardino #nature #verde AUSTRALIA. (presso Australia)

[annaswonderlust-blog]

Feed your curiosity #curiosity #feedyoursoul #mondaymotivation #mondayquotes #quotestoliveby #travelquotes #subway #travel #instagood #igblogger #trabelblog #wanderlust #tagblender #nyc #summer #ny #travelphotography #citiview #exploretheworld #aroundtheglobe #instalikes #instafollow #me #happy #glbetrotter #instadaily #instasky #igtravel #igpics #igersdaily #photooftheday (at New York, New York)