They will be celebrating Mother’s Day in Thailand these days. This day is dedicated to all mothers and above all to the all mums’ mum, but that doesn’t mean to Mary, but to Queen Sirikit. In 1976, Thai people moved the mother’s day from April 15th to August 12th, when the present queen, the wife … Read more
‘Ci son laj farang su ki…’, ‘Bon dai tei farang pon…’, ‘Lei či ton farang pai…’, ‘Čaj farang lu pi tai pen’. Have you understood anything? Neither have I. But this is the approximate mixture of voices and words we hear when we walk by people around here. Slovenian conquerors We don’t understand a thing, … Read more
Our path is continuing in Thailand. From Vientiane, we took a bus across the border to the border town of Nong Khai in Thailand, and from there we took a night sleeping train to Bangkok. They say that you did not experience all of Thailand if you did not take a night train from north … Read more
A real story. In a village near Hanoi, there was a leprous man. Since the history has been written, lepers are removed from society, marked and condemned. That’s a disease that many still believe it is cursed and these people are dangerous and unworthy of ‘normal’ societies. Ready for incineration People in the village drove … Read more
The thermometres in Hanoi showed 41 degrees a few days ago. That was a record in the last sixteen years. The steam was so dense that you could cut it, the asphalt temperature reached 61 degrees, some houses were even burned down. For Westerners, who are not used to such temperatures, the air conditioning is … Read more
We flew from Manila to Vietnam. Another culture, different people, new challenges. Just a few kilometers from the airport and a short hour drive to the capital, Hanoi, lies the rural town of Soc Son. There, a married couple Victoria and Hai Duong one and a half years ago founded a private kindergarten for children … Read more
There comes the time when there are many typhoons in the Philippines. There are usually at least twenty typhoons per year there. But we’re moving forward. Not because we are afraid of accidents and because water in Navotas would flood streets and homes, but because our one month’s visa expired, and at the same time … Read more
Filipinos usually immediately associate the word ‘slum’ with crime. With a reason, of course. In these poorest and most marginalized parts of Manila, violence, shooting and drugs until recently were the number one problem. ‘Even here in front of our house you could get amphetamines for only 100 pesos (2 euro),’ we were recently told by … Read more
2 AM. I was on the toilet when I heard a loud scream. Silva’s. I thought she was having a bad dream. But when I came into the room, the lights were on, she had a messy hair and was completely awaken. ‘Cockroach fell on my head!’ she was shocked.‘What?!’‘A cockroach. It must be here somewhere. … Read more
We spent Easter literally in the air, on four different airplanes. From Brussels to Milan. From Milan to Istanbul. From Istanbul to Kuwait. And from Kuwait to Manila in the Philippines. When we were asked about how we survived this great holidays, we could reply as follows: ‘Very vividly and symbolically. Just as Jesus rose from … Read more
Asia, particularly its coastal parts, has always been an attractive tourist destination. Fine beaches, friendly people and low prices. Ten years ago, when I spent three months travelling through Thailand, from south to north, I even met Europeans who decided to spend the whole winter in this warm country. According to their calculations, it pays … Read more
The space in front of the altar in the chapel of Slovenian pastoral center in Brussels was filled with children. Priest Dr. Zvone Štrubelj, who runs the center for four years now, had prepared a special theme for his First Communion pupils. They were discussing about a word ‘table’. We were invited to join in … Read more
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