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Travelling
We are all privileged when we travel. I have been lucky enough to travel for work and for pleasure - here are few photos from the scrap book.
People
Few things have affected me as much when I travel as the stories of the people you meet:
- In Chile the villagers told us how General Pinochet killed the opposition by throwing them down waterfalls
- Again in Chile we witnessed protests against Pinochet describing the methods of torture used and the chain of command
- In India we got caught in Kashmir when President Zia of Pakistan died, in a plane crash. The locals told us of repression, and shootings.
- In India I had breakfast with a rich person who boasted how little he paid his workforce, and what a great businessman he was - few things have put me off the caste (and class) systems so completely
- In Ecuador, the locals were incredibly friendly - despite the language barriers
- In China work colleagues who sat next door to each other for 2 years dared not talk about Tiananmen Square
- In Taiwan, I worked alongside Hitachi. The majority of the staff were Japanese, and they were a real fun loving friendly crowd, and great drinking companions - Campay !
Having witnessed at first hand some of the human rights issues, not surprisingly I have been a member of Amnesty International for years. To join see the links page.