Marcus blogg

2008-07-10T10:37:00.000-07:00

Some parts of this country is just stunningly beautiful. Liberia is covered with very green rain-forest.

2008-07-10T10:34:00.000-07:00

Many old cars around Liberia. This one has probably been standing still for a while :)

2008-07-10T10:32:00.000-07:00

Palm Wine is rather popular in the rural areas around here. We went out on a hunt for it while on a visit to the town Tubmanburg about 80km:s North of Monrovia. The wine has kind of a coconut flavor and while not the best wine I have ever tasted it was not bad either. Not sure if I will ever drink it again but it was fun trying :)

2008-07-10T10:24:00.000-07:00

Keep your stuff well locked up while in Monrovia, poverty is around and thieves are quite plenty.

2008-07-10T10:18:00.000-07:00

Before the civil war this hotel was the finest in Monrovia. The location is excellent with beautiful views over the ocean and Monrovia. Unfortunately this hotel is now only used for hosting communitcation equipment like cell phone networks. I really hope someone will restore this place to it's former glory sometime in the future.

2008-07-03T04:43:00.000-07:00

This bridge used to be very busy until about a year ago when it suddenly collapsed. Fortunately noone was injured in the collapse and people now use it for diving and laundry instead. Also on picture here is my Liberian friend McGregory.

2008-07-03T04:32:00.000-07:00

Me and a couple of UN guys went to the beach last sunday to relax and do some surfing. I was actually impressed by the beaches around Monrovia. As long as you stay away from the ones near town that are infected by sewage from the city the beaches are very nice and the water very warm.

2008-06-24T14:43:00.000-07:00

The amount of Liberian dollars you get for ten US dollars :)

2008-06-24T14:09:00.000-07:00

Was somewhat surprised to see traffic jams even in downtown Monrovia. As it turns out, it happens every day! The bridge seen on this picture is where one of the major fights of the Liberian civil war played out! The brigde used to separate the two sides in the war, now it just connects two parts of Monrovia. Looking closer at the lamp-posts one can clearly identify bullet-holes from the fighting.
This UN mission is pretty well equiped with both Russian manpower and vehicles.
The enormous ballons on this picture are used to store water.

2008-06-24T14:01:00.000-07:00

One of the best views of the Sydney harbour bridge I managed to capture on this trip. Weather was a bit on the wet side. I walked over 12 kilometers on this rainy Sunday! Returned to my hotel completely soaked :)
I actually tried Kanagroo meat on this trip, not dried as on this picture but on a pizza. It's not bad but I don't see myself eating it again anytime soon :)

2008-06-15T20:45:00.000-07:00

Decided to check out some of the more popular scenery while up in the mountains.

2008-06-15T19:33:00.000-07:00

For my only free time on this trip to Sydney I decided to head up to the Blue Mountains just about 100 kilometers away from Sydney. Rented a car and got on my way. Navigating out of Sydney was not very hard and managed to reach the mountains about two hours after leaving town. One of the things I decided early on to check out on this trip to the mountains is a steam railway zig-zagging down the mountain. Unfortunately I saw the train leaving as I reached the station. The next train was about two hours away and since I did not feel like waiting for two hours I decided to catch up with the train at the bottom station, just a 45 minute walk said the staff.

After walking for about 30 mins i finally see the station down in the valley.

Hotellrum

2008-06-11T01:24:00.000-07:00

Ibland kan man inte klaga på utsikten från hotellrummet :)

2008-06-11T00:09:00.000-07:00

Tog en kort tur med en flytande bar i Tokyos hamn. Klart trevlig idé med riktigt fin utsikt över Tokyos skyline.