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The Constant Revolution

  • Connecting Europe Express
    • Day 1 – Connecting Europe Express Journal – Lisbon to Covilhã
    • Day 2 – Connecting Europe Express Journal – Covilhã to Madrid
    • Day 3 – Connecting Europe Express Journal – Madrid to Bordeaux
    • … click to see all 36 episodes
  • Destinations
    • Africa
      • Botswana
        • Kingdom of Elephants – Botswana
      • Namibia
        • Deserts of Namibia
        • Etosha and Namibia Wildlife
      • Uganda
        • Uganda: Murchinson Falls Vs Queen Elisabeth National Parks
        • Uganda: Chimps, Treks and Parties in Fort Portal
        • Uganda: Kabale for Bwindi and Lake Bunyonyi
        • Entering Uganda: Entebbe and Lake Victoria
      • Zimbabwe
        • Victoria Falls and Crazy Rafting
    • Asia
      • Central Asia
        • Kazakhstan
          • Almaty: Central Asia’s Garden of Eden
          • … And Then You Get Invited in a Yurt for Dinner
        • Kyrgyzstan
          • Kyrgyzstan: Spectacular Ala-Kul Trek
          • Son-Kul’s Remedy to Travellers Apathy
          • The Last Great Hike in Kyrgyzstan – Lenin Peak
        • Tajikistan
          • Tajikistan: The High Lands of the Pamir Highway
          • Tajikistan: Powerful Wakhan Corridor
          • Tajikistan: Last Adventure in Bartang Valley
        • Uzbekistan
          • Uzbekistan: Three Legendary Cities on the Old Silk Road
      • Far East
        • China
          • Guangxi
            • Discovering the Karst Landscapes of the Li River
            • A Magic Light Show on the Li River
          • Sichuan
            • 4 Days of Solitude: Trekking Yading Nature Reserve
            • Good Vibes in Chengdu: What to See and Do
            • Yeah, Yeah… Pandas!
            • The Two Holy Mountains of Buddhism and Taoism
            • The Sichuan Opera Experience
          • Yunnan
            • A Two-Days Itinerary in Kunming (and something more)
            • Marvel of Yunnan: Trekking at the Tiger Leaping Gorge
            • Relax and Culture at Lijiang’s Old Town
            • Shangri-La, where China meets Tibet?
        • Japan
          • Those Little Japanese Oddities
          • Mad Tokyo Mad Tokyo
          • The Quiet Side of Tokyo
          • Kyoto: More than Just Temples
          • Nozawa Onsen Off Season
      • Indian Sub-Continent
        • India
          • An Honest Review of 15 Delhi’s Sites Worth Visiting (or not)
          • A Random (but Totally Cool) Day Tour in South Delhi
          • Eyes of Delhi – Photography Project
          • Sanctuary of Beliefs: a Walk around Old Delhi
          • Thoughts in front of Gandhi’s Memorial
        • Nepal
          • A Day Tracking Tigers
          • A Travel Guide to Bardia National Park
          • Chilling, Planning, and Paragliding in Pokhara
          • Guruwa: Healers of Tharu People
          • Manaslu and Tsum Valley Trek Explained
          • Tharu People: a Rural Way of Life?
        • Sri Lanka
          • A Complete Two Weeks Itinerary to Discover Sri Lanka
          • The Perfect National Parks Combo in Sri Lanka
          • Sri Lanka: Escapade at Horton Plains
      • Russia
        • Real Baikaaal!
        • Russia: 8 Days in the Altai Republic
        • The Contenders: Vladivostok vs Khabarovsk
        • Is it possible to see the Amur tiger in Russia?
      • South-East Asia
        • Borneo
          • Borneo’s Wildlife: the Sound of Sabah’s Rainforest
          • Sabah’s Amazing Diving and Secret Beaches
        • Cambodia
          • Banlung and the Virachey National Park Jungle Experience
          • Cambodia: Paradise on a Highway to Hell
          • Feel of Mighty Mekong in Kratie
          • Slumber of Senses in Sleepy Kampot
          • The Angkor Temples and Siem Reap
        • Laos
          • A Dreamlike Travel Itinerary in Northern Laos
        • Malaysia
          • Cameron Highlands’ Jungle Trails
          • Chilling at the Amusement Park in Langkawi
          • Penang’s Cultural Melting Pot
          • The Skylines of Kuala Lumpur
        • Thailand
          • An Honest Review of 8 Destinations in Thailand
        • Vietnam
          • 5 Great Places to Visit in North Vietnam
      • Western Asia
        • Azerbaijan
          • The Other Side of the Caspian Sea
        • Georgia
          • Georgia: 8,000 Years of Winemaking
    • Australia
      • 8 Places to Visit on the Australian East-Coast
      • Red Centre: Dreaming the Stars
      • Sydney and the Blue Mountains
    • Europe
      • Greece
        • A Welcome Back to Europe with “Open Arms”
        • Greek Islands: Milos Vs Santorini
      • Iceland
        • 4 Cool Things about Trekking Laugavegur in Iceland
        • Reykjavik and the Golden Circle
      • Italy
        • Italy: “Borghi” of Beautiful Apulia
        • Italy: Jaw-Dropping Matera!
        • Marvels to Visit around Napoli, in One Day
        • That Undecipherable Vibe of Napoli
      • Turkey
        • Is Turkey just a Money Squeezing Machine?
    • New Zealand
      • Marvels of New Zealand South Island
      • The Ultimate Road Trip in New Zealand’s North Island
    • South America
      • Argentina
        • Perceptions of Buenos Aires
        • Tales of Patagonia
        • The Best 10 Days Itinerary in North-West Argentina
        • 3 Things to Know about Torres del Paine
        • Tierra del Fuego: End of the World?
      • Venezuela
        • Relaxing in Isla Margarita
        • The most Isolated Trek in the World: Mount Roraima
  • Stories
    • Kampala to Hoima: Volunteering with Eco-Agric Uganda
    • Borneo: Community-based Eco-tourism Funds Forest Conservation
    • Connecting People with Food through “Edible Routes”
    • Living and Volunteering on the Kinabatangan River
    • Living and Working Off the Grid on a Tibetan Plateau
    • The Evergreen Bamboo Straw Solution
    • The Incredible Toys Museum Hidden in between Marche’s Hills
    • Uganda: Volunteering for Bringing Hope to the Family
  • Inner Journeys
    • Spiritual Adventures
      • Mind and Body: the Sensorial Experience of Vipassana
      • Guruwa: Healers of Tharu People
    • Ideas & Society
      • A Welcome Back to Europe with “Open Arms”
      • When We Go Numb to Horror
      • Horrors of the Khmer Rouge: S-21 and the Killing Fields
      • Pizzighettone, or the Revolution of Unchanging Worlds
      • The Strength of Superstition: Taoism in Modern China
      • Thoughts in front of Ghandi’s Memorial
      • Why I No Longer Comment on Politics on Social Media
    • Literature
      • 18 Months Worth of Books
      • Hanna Arendt’s Banality of Evil
      • Before Adam – Atavism According to Jack London
      • Dante’s Idea of Love in Borges Essays
      • Killing for the light: the White Tiger of Bangalore
      • José Saramago’s Humanity
      • Passion for Truth: The Master and Margarita
    • Personal log
  • Travel Tips
    • Border crossings
      • From Kazakhstan to Azerbaijan through the Caspian Sea
      • From Tajikistan, Through Uzbekistan, To Kazakhstan
      • From Kyrgyzstan to Tajikistan through the Legendary Pamir Highway
      • From Russia to Kazakhstan
      • Crossing the Border between Thailand and North Laos
      • Nepal to India Western Border Crossing
    • The Complete Gear List for the Trekker and World Traveler
    • Travel injury? Things to do to keep positive, expectations vs reality
    • My List of Useful Apps for the World Traveler
    • How to Use Transport in Sri Lanka
    • How to Extend your Chinese Visa in Chengdu
  • Quotes
  • Ciao!

Category: Ideas & Society

Hanna Arendt’s Banality of Evil

28 December 2019 Paolinosan Ideas & Society, Inner Journeys, Literature

A review of Hanna Arendt’s insightful essay inspired by the most controversial trial to a Nazi after World War II. What is the Banality of Evil? In her classic essay “Eichmann in Jerusalem, a report on the Banality of Evil”, Hannah Arendt retraced the story of the Holocaust and all […]

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A Welcome Back to Europe with “Open Arms”

7 October 2019 Paolinosan Europe, Greece, Ideas & Society, Inner Journeys

After an 18 months journey throughout Asia I entered Europe in Leros, Greece, where I met friends, but also some refugees from Gaza and the search and rescue crew of Open Arms. Something that made me think about life, luck and different type of journeys.  Everything happens randomly. Just when I was […]

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When We Go Numb to Horror

29 May 2019 Paolinosan Ideas & Society, Inner Journeys, Sri Lanka

I started to write a few words about the terrorist attacks in Sri Lanka in April 2019, I ended up running down the memory lane of two other tragic events that affected me dearly, and the lessons I have learned from it: the shot down of flight MH17 over Ukraine […]

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Cambodia: Paradise on a Highway to Hell

28 December 2018 Paolinosan Asia, Cambodia, Destinations, Ideas & Society, South-East Asia

Uncontrolled over-development, plastic pollution, strong corruption, and a nonconstructive, sometimes violent attitude towards foreigners, makes Cambodia one of the worse places I have visited, despite the potential to be a real paradise. Here is my experience, and the reasons behind this assessment. When you travel long-term and you visit many […]

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Horrors of the Khmer Rouge: S-21 and the Killing Fields

28 December 2018 Paolinosan Cambodia, Ideas & Society, Inner Journeys, Politics

Visiting the genocide museums in Phnom Penh is absolutely necessary to fully understand what happened in Cambodia during the Khmer Rouge regime. Here is how it went, what I have seen and felt, and the reflections about today’s world that this powerful and moving experience has caused to emerge in […]

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The Strength of Superstition: Taoism in Modern China

21 October 2018 Paolinosan China, Far East, Ideas & Society, Inner Journeys

The materialistic vision of the new Chinese society might have won over religion, but not over the strength of superstition, and thousands of years of cultural heritage. Taoism has remained in this form, but is the original wisdom completely lost? One thing can be said for sure: many, many Chinese […]

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Thoughts in front of Gandhi’s Memorial

13 July 2018 Paolinosan Ideas & Society, India, Indian Sub-Continent, Inner Journeys

The Raj Ghat, in the North-East part Delhi, is a memorial to Mahatma Gandhi, and is situated in a big green park, with long avenues and wide meadows. The black marble is settled where Gandhi cremation took place, while on the other side an eternal flame burns. Gandhi is a […]

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Why I No Longer Comment on Politics on Social Media

22 June 2018 Paolinosan Ideas & Society, Inner Journeys

One, I have been working for many years in the EU politics realm, and in communications. Two, I have discussed issues such as trade agreements, immigration, EU integration, Brexit, and whatnot millions of times, in and out the social networks. Three, I’m Italian. So? What about being Italian? So, right […]

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Pizzighettone, or the Revolution of Unchanging Worlds

2 April 2018 Paolinosan Ideas & Society, Inner Journeys

Are local realities solutions to global problems? Sometimes a seemingly unchanging world hides the potential for a constant revolution: people acting on the territory, for the territory. I have been staying in my hometown for more than the usual two or three days in a long, long time. This gave […]

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