Comments on: The African way http://www.cycletheplanet.com/2008/04/14/the-african-way/ Just another WordPress weblog Thu, 29 Jul 2010 13:59:12 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.1.3 By: Uwe Rothe http://www.cycletheplanet.com/2008/04/14/the-african-way/#comment-99 Uwe Rothe Sun, 20 Apr 2008 19:28:01 +0000 http://www.cycletheplanet.com/2008/04/14/the-african-way/#comment-99 Hello, Fine to here from you again. It was a time ago since the latest update and I was awaiting some more storys. Now I am reading from my european chair, thinking about Africa and I have a feeling that you are condemn the african to much. For example: 1) houw could the manager of the hotel know about a better change rate when not able to calculate? 2) Sitting all day long doing nothing is maybe the only way to stay alive. If I like to paint my house than I go to the next market buy some paint-- do they have a market next door and even the money? 3) Drinking the water which they polluted bevore? Here in the Netherlands everyone rides in a big car, if possible bigger than the one the neighbor has. But we all inhale the air we polluted before. So everthing is relative. And you are right, I think all these can be reduced to two simple facts: education and attitude. Hope that you find your best way in Africa, greetings from my lazy chair, Uwe Hello,
Fine to here from you again. It was a time ago since the latest update and I was awaiting some more storys. Now I am reading from my european chair, thinking about Africa and I have a feeling that you are condemn the african to much. For example: 1) houw could the manager of the hotel know about a better change rate when not able to calculate? 2) Sitting all day long doing nothing is maybe the only way to stay alive. If I like to paint my house than I go to the next market buy some paint– do they have a market next door and even the money? 3) Drinking the water which they polluted bevore? Here in the Netherlands everyone rides in a big car, if possible bigger than the one the neighbor has. But we all inhale the air we polluted before. So everthing is relative.
And you are right, I think all these can be reduced to two simple facts: education and attitude.
Hope that you find your best way in Africa,
greetings from my lazy chair,
Uwe

]]> By: Dottie Ragouzis http://www.cycletheplanet.com/2008/04/14/the-african-way/#comment-106 Dottie Ragouzis Thu, 24 Apr 2008 17:38:28 +0000 http://www.cycletheplanet.com/2008/04/14/the-african-way/#comment-106 Your decision to come back to civilization is the best you could possibly make.I know there are a lot of very relieved people. Much love to you both. Dottie R. Your decision to come back to civilization is the best you could possibly make.I know there are a lot of very relieved people.
Much love to you both.
Dottie R.

]]> By: Tony http://www.cycletheplanet.com/2008/04/14/the-african-way/#comment-107 Tony Fri, 25 Apr 2008 07:49:11 +0000 http://www.cycletheplanet.com/2008/04/14/the-african-way/#comment-107 Interesting..... learned helplessness, or a culture of helplessness and hopelessness. I wonder what happens to those who do try to improve their own lives - to themselves or their improvements. It would be worth keeping an eye (or ear) out for those stories and examples. Enjoy the Nederlands. Love, Tony Interesting….. learned helplessness, or a culture of helplessness and hopelessness. I wonder what happens to those who do try to improve their own lives - to themselves or their improvements. It would be worth keeping an eye (or ear) out for those stories and examples.
Enjoy the Nederlands. Love, Tony

]]> By: sabine macwaters http://www.cycletheplanet.com/2008/04/14/the-african-way/#comment-110 sabine macwaters Sat, 10 May 2008 14:01:26 +0000 http://www.cycletheplanet.com/2008/04/14/the-african-way/#comment-110 Wow! this is a root question every where, for each and every one of us, I think: can we have what we want by working for it and making the choices and priorities, or are we waiting for soemeone to hand it to us. I, too think education is a critical part of the answer, the education we start with from the time we are tiny. I also call this culture. Like teaching girls how to be equally capable as any other humans. Or teaching boys to cook and clean up... And so on forever! One trick is being willing to take these lessons inside ourselves. Love, Sabine Wow!
this is a root question every where, for each and every one of us, I think: can we have what we want by working for it and making the choices and priorities, or are we waiting for soemeone to hand it to us. I, too think education is a critical part of the answer, the education we start with from the time we are tiny. I also call this culture. Like teaching girls how to be equally capable as any other humans. Or teaching boys to cook and clean up… And so on forever!
One trick is being willing to take these lessons inside ourselves.
Love,
Sabine

]]> By: Roger und Katja http://www.cycletheplanet.com/2008/04/14/the-african-way/#comment-121 Roger und Katja Sat, 14 Jun 2008 20:31:53 +0000 http://www.cycletheplanet.com/2008/04/14/the-african-way/#comment-121 Hello Chantal and Antoine We are still following your tracks by reading your stories. It's just incredible for us to see how far you allready got since we met you in Tarifa and Marocco - Congratulations to you! It allways gives us a different view of our own life, reading your stories about the people of those countries and how they are living in such different conditions. Thank you for that! Yours Katja and Roger Hello Chantal and Antoine

We are still following your tracks by reading your stories.
It’s just incredible for us to see how far you allready got since we met you in Tarifa and Marocco - Congratulations to you!

It allways gives us a different view of our own life, reading your stories about the people of those countries and how they are living in such different conditions. Thank you for that!

Yours

Katja and Roger

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