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    Ainu people – Japanese Indians

    by Ewcyna 18 June 2013
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    I came to the mountains to Lake Akan (climbing all day and with the wind in your face.. ), because it is the place where they lived and still live Japanese Indians – Ainu people. It is a Japanese ethnic minority but as such was considered very recently, Probably a dozen years ago, after a rather fierce battle with the Japanese Government. As I read not long ago, ie. in the 80-90's, the then Prime Minister of Japan expressed the opinion, the superiority of Japan over other nations is that, it is a mono-ethnic nation… hmmm.. the blue blood?

    What is interesting, one of the principal investigators Ainu was Bronislaw Pilsudski, brother Joseph.
    Well, Currently the. Ainu village is just a commercial open-air museum, while Lake Akan where they lived over there is something magical. Following the path wzdłż shores, among the ancient trees reached the holy place, where thermal springs – and in this case it is a brown bubbling swamp. Mysterious place they added mist hanging over the lake.. In Water in the silence has several fishing enthusiasts .. Regardless of its size I suppose, that took.

    And a few words about the little-known, though related to the Ainu topic. Has anyone thought, because I have never in my life, the population of Japan is somewhat caste? At about 1 million. Japan is the local “untouchable”, that is, people burakumin.
    It was not until I started to be interested in Japan, here and there, I've made scant information about. While riding in Japan also saw places, homes, which resembled barracks.. especially in Hokkaido remember two such situations, but I had no conscience to do there pictures. Maybe that's where people lived beet? For me, this is a shock, that there is still discrimination against this population, especially in their employment. A few years ago came to light case concerning the sale of large Japanese corporations list of persons who are burakumin, to identify or reject them in the recruitment process.

    such article of It describes the, as someone wants – but in Angielski..

    In every society there are social classes, but for me it's a shame and disgrace to deprive people of the chance to change their fate. Especially in the twenty-first century.

    And when I asked a Japanese friend Toshio about this topic is the first thing you said is how I know. Interesting..

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  • Japan

    Up in the Air

    by Ewcyna 27 June 2013
    by Ewcyna 27 June 2013

    I was scared to look at the map, because the road to Sapporo led by a fairly substantial mountain range. I do not know how it is, why with so many hills and mountains I cycle every day I in Japan, but…

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  • Japan

    On the train

    by Ewcyna 16 June 2013
    by Ewcyna 16 June 2013

    No, there'll be a super-fast shinkansenie, but the journey is a unique experience, but this time as we know it by bike. This morning I got thinking. Since the last resting passed 2,5 week and…

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    Ainu climate

    by Ewcyna 27 June 2013
    by Ewcyna 27 June 2013

    There are days to cycle and days to hang around. That day was evidently to hang around. Slowly, since the road followed down the river, Here some lunch, here chatting with the Nepalese and the afternoon came quickly. What…

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    Sapporo

    by Ewcyna 27 June 2013
    by Ewcyna 27 June 2013

    I went to Sapporo but did not have a big appetite to explore. Well, just a big city in the vicinity of which the winter Olympic games took place in 1972, for Poles significant, because Wojciech triumphed on the large hill…

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    School

    by Ewcyna 27 June 2013
    by Ewcyna 27 June 2013

    I descended from the pass not in the fog any more – what a relief. The evening approached, so I was looking for a place to sleep well deep in my soul I dreamed so it was a dry one . Well…

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South of Italy.. really?! South of Italy.. really?!
It is difficult to talk about Puglia region (Italy It is difficult to talk about Puglia region (Italy) without focusing on the gravine, which are very deep karst rock formations found which are the result of an erosion process. The ravines can reach a depth of 100 meters. Matera gained UNESCO heritage status and is the most known town in the area. #The third, #massafra and #GravinadiPuglia are just some of the places where it is possible to admire these masterpieces of nature.
Taking advantage of sunny and warm November days I went on a few days trip around #gravine region to see a bit lesser known Puglia. Particularily interested in #cyclepaths I found one very picturesque one, built on an old train rail route between #palagianello and #castellaneta that crosses ravine stone bridges. 
#puglia has so much to offer! 
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Italy by the sea in autumn 🍁. November, welcom Italy by the sea in autumn 🍁. 
November, welcome. 
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Escaping winter for the 10th time! Cote d'Azur is Escaping winter for the 10th time!
Cote d'Azur is good for a start, even though the last 3 days it was raining cats and dogs... It's not all about the promenades by the sea. Exploring mountain villages made it a good day.
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SHOWS/ SLIDES September/October 2023 (E SHOWS/ SLIDES September/October 2023
(Eng. Invitation to the upcoming presentations in Poland from my Silk Road bike journey) 

Dear! In the coming weeks I will again have the opportunity to share stories from my journey along the Silk Road from China to Turkey. Several shows are planned in Silesia, in Gdynia and Warsaw.  Some are paid, others are free admission.
I cordially invite everyone, not only bicycle twisted.

7.09 (Thursday) godz. 16.30  Skoczow (province. Silesian), Electric Theatre, ul. Mickiewicz 3 
 (bilety 15 PLN)

11.09 (Monday) godz. 19.00 Katowice, NAMASTE Travelers Club,  ul. Jan Sobieski 27
(bilety 15 PLN)

ticket(wtoPLN ) godz. 18.00 Oswiecim, Oświęcim Cultural Center ul. Śniadecki 24 
(wstęp wolny)

15.09 (piątek) godz. 16.30 Gdynia, Gdynia Travel Workshops, Pomeranian Science and Technology Park (wstęp wFree entranceer - Warsaw: 
3.10 godz. 18.00 (wtorek) DK Kadr, ul. ofTuesday32 
6.10 godz. 19.00 (piąthek) DK Lowicka,Fridayahours.
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Brittany is a little different France. No vineyard Brittany is a little different France. No vineyards here, but loads of castles, grazing cows and sheep, mostly rocky coast and wind. Pray so it blows at your back! 
I have planned for years and finally got there this summer. Lots to explore left there still though! 
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The Lavaux vineyard area stretches between Lausann The Lavaux vineyard area stretches between Lausanne and Vevey on a terraced, steep northern slope of Lake Geneva overlooking the peaks of the Alps.  A beautiful lake and even rows of lush green vines always create a beautiful sight, but I was wondering why is it a UNESCO site?
 "Oh, just millionaires started buying up the land and building houses there, that was the only way to protect the place," explained Anna, a solo cyclist friend who lives nearby and whom I finally met after years of Facebook virtual acquaintance.
I left Geneva looking at the sky with justified concern, because the last days here there was a storm after storm.  Fortunately, during the ride along the lake, it cleared up and we could soak up the beautiful views.  Just like on Lake Garda, the views here are luxurious.  I passed the spas of Thonon les Bains and Evian - the latter is known for its bottled water brand.  Here I could drink it at the source for free, apparently it does well. It was also time for the last bath.  It is difficult to provide any comment to the curr, in the evening I found myself on the Riviera, because that's what they call the shore between Montreaux, Vevey and Lausanne.  The density of people and buildings plus the most crowded week of the year and the long Swiss weekend did not bode well for accommodation, and that's exactly what happened.  There was one big disco on the coast and at the campsites, apart from the disco, were packed.  Like it or not, with no chance of wild camping - scared of being fined too - I went back 12 km to one of the earlier campsites. It was packed, but I didn't care as I put my tent up at midnight.
The decision to skip cycling through southern Switzerland and the higher mountains was not easy, oh no.  I returned to it several times, but the weather madness was the reason.  So if you are looking for a flatter Switzerland, I recommend the trail along the lakes and rivers, i.e. the northern part of the country. 
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Neglectig Instagram continued.. this photo is a fe Neglectig Instagram continued.. this photo is a few weeks old, but well.. do many wonderful places visited the last months mostly due to #housesitting that it's hard to remember. After Lago di Garda I enjoyed Piemonte and Val d'Aosta and having a few weeks before another assignment I decided to go to north of France. Started with a nice bicycle path along La Seine river. Idyllic landscape, multiple castles with the impressive medieval fortress of Château-Gaillard overlooking the meanders of the Seine, flanked by limestone cliffs.. cycling in France can get as easy and enjoyable as that .. Pushing my bicycle through the chinese Tian Shan feels like an old, unbelievable story here
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- What are you doing here, are you traveling alone - What are you doing here, are you traveling alone?  asked Marco in front of Lidl seeing me packing my groceries. It's still the cheapest market in Italy and sometimes I buy there, although the amount of packaging plastic they use makes me sick. And it was in this market in Peschiera del Garda that I heard the biggest mix of languages for weeks, which made me even more surprised that anyone paid attention to me at all.
 - Do you want to sleep wild?  There are places by the lake, but not here. You can stay at my place if you like, but it's 15 km away - he added. 
Not this time, I was going the other way. 
When at the end of my stay in Tuscany I received a housesitting offer by Lake Garda, I thought to myself - why not?  I was here only once by bike. I've also decided to cancel housesitting gigs in Spain for other reasons.
The lake area is kind of luxurious, a nice change.
This is the largest lake in Italy, an extremely picturesque place.  As befits its post-glacial origin, it is long, the circumference is 160 km and in the northern section it bites into high mountains. Turquoise water, green trimmed lawns and high mountains on the horizon.Very touristy, but it's enough to cycle 5 km from the coast you embrace rolling hills, vineyards, crops and it's very normal and still beautiful.
But nature is not doing so well. Water level in Lake Garda is at its lowest in decades. In the face of the worst flooding in the Po Valley in over years, it's like a paradox. The lakes aren't just views but large bodies of water used in agriculture and power plants. The German press warned their readers,thousands of whom come here on holiday: "Lake Garda is so low that diving is dangerous."
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