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13 September 2006

Daily archive · 4 posts

Stories from 13 September 2006

The Week that Was - Bolivian Blogs

Written by Eduardo Avila · Latin America

Este artículo también está disponible en español en el sitio Blogs de Bolivia A large part of Bolivia remained at a standstill last Friday, when four of the country’s nine...

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The Sitting Party: Cross-cultural Reflections on Social Relations in Vietnam

Written by Mark Robertson · East Asia

Recently there has been a very lively discussion in the English-language Vietnam blogosphere about the phenomenon of the self-proclaimed expat expert. Kevin of What Happened to Your Hair? started it...

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Peruvian Posts Between August and September

Written by Juan Arellano · Latin America

Este artículo también está disponible en español. In the time that has passed since my previous compilation of posts, the people of Perú Político have published three summaries of the...

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Russia: Tear of Grief; Intro to Orthodox Culture

Written by Veronica Khokhlova · Eastern & Central Europe

In Moscow, Zurab Tsereteli's works seem ubiquitous - and disliked by many. In New Jersey, his first one was dedicated on Sept. 11 in Bayonne: a gift from the Russian...

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Updates from 13 September 2006

Thailand

A Bangkok girl, caught in a flood, devices wateproofing for her shoes. Her friend at Gnarlykitty blog posts pictures of the invention. “Bow had enough. She couldn't risk getting fungi on her toes and liquidised dog poos on her Substance shoes any longer. She went inside a coffee shop and invented her own protective device”

• Preetam Rai

Nigeria

These are places where Naija to the Core would really like to be this autumn.

• Ndesanjo Macha

Malawi

Soyapi Mumba writes about a new service introduced by the Electricity Supply Commission of Malawi, which enables customers to know how much they need to pay using SMS.

• Ndesanjo Macha

Zimbabwe

Zimpundit writes a roundup of the nation-wide strike by the main labor union in Zimbabwe, the Zimbabwe Congress of Trade Unions.

• Ndesanjo Macha

Estonia

Giustino of Itching for Eestimaa explains the change of his blog's subtitle: “The world's only post-communist Nordic country.”

• Veronica Khokhlova

Czech Republic

NvB: Bored in Brno? posts pictures and video from the town of Zlin: “The town is worth seeing, particularly if you're a fan of twentieth-century functionalist and utilitarian architecture. It turned out that my visit was on the weekend of the 13th annual Festival of Wind Orchestras and Folklore Ensembles.”

• Veronica Khokhlova