tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-177338640391131665.post5916885234889530606..comments2023-09-03T09:18:17.636-07:00Comments on GALFROMDOWNUNDER UPOVER: Now blogging for Fastcompany.comgalfromdownunderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02699175645123777544noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-177338640391131665.post-56131848902378449312009-12-18T16:20:25.931-08:002009-12-18T16:20:25.931-08:00I read Bjorn's vitriolic vivisection of "...I read Bjorn's vitriolic vivisection of "The Handsomest man" and it left me puzzled. Had he read the same book I and all the others had read? Or perhaps I had read (and Lived) it, with rose tinted glasses. <br />When My wife and I traveled Cuba, using Lynette's book as a guide, the experiences we had were OURS not Lynette's. Nevertheless there were similarities. Neither of our journeys were done in a vacuum. The countryside, music, food and people, are what constitute, 'the culture', and we, in our own way, experienced all it had to offer, in the short time we were there.<br /> His quote, "please write about the culture, the people and the history of the countries that you visit and your experience in relationship to these cultures", was the most puzzling. Separating people and culture, is like taking the apple out of the pie. With history, that's best read in books.<br /> Life is not a journey down a path festooned with flowering roses. Occasionally one is bound to come upon a pile of shit,,, and it's the shit that makes the roses bloom. Bjorn is just a thorn.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11008979945808652850noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-177338640391131665.post-1804545223091748822007-06-24T16:47:00.000-07:002007-06-24T16:47:00.000-07:00I respect what Bjorn has to say, as everyone has t...I respect what Bjorn has to say, as everyone has the right to an opinion. And books can be interpreted in many ways.... That being said, I admit that my initial thought was similar to "joe hippo's" (see comment from 6/21/07). Is this person referring to The Handsomest Man in Cuba??? I enjoy Lynette's style of sharing her travels to the reader. <BR/>Bjorn, when you publish your experiences in Cuba, I will be happy to consider those accounts as well. CheersKatehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10101375462357375271noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-177338640391131665.post-65025893191269233642007-06-21T09:52:00.000-07:002007-06-21T09:52:00.000-07:00was that the same book i read?joe hippowas that the same book i read?<BR/>joe hippoAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com