Bali's Shame - Indonesia - YouTube

Bali's Shame - Indonesia - YouTube: "Not far from the beauty spots, Balis villages hide disturbing secrets. The mentally ill are left untreated and possibly hundreds are held in makeshift shackles. But one doctor wants to make a difference.
He's been restrained since the '90s. He hasn't left here at all since 1990. A villager points to an elderly man chained up next to his own excrement. Such shocking sights are not unique in Bali. Helplessness and ignorance makes parents of mentally ill patients resort to confinement. I love my child. But he's destructive. Komangs father kept him locked in a cage for eight years before he met Dr Suryani. Balis leading psychiatrist, shes campaigned tirelessly to improve the islands mental health but the Health Minister is reluctant to help: We have a limited budget for drugs. Those drugs are expensive. So she pays them out of her own pocket. Her blend of Western and Balinese methods produces great results; thanks to her treatment, Komang is now recovered and even married."

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Hong Kong - Cage Dwellers - YouTube

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From Russia with love- soul, traditions, cuisine - Hidden treasures in St. Petersburg

From Russia with love- soul, traditions, cuisine - Hidden treasures in St. Petersburg: "There was found a secret room – unknown before space between the second and the third floor, 6 square meters  The room held  real  treasures-  silver and gold plates, covers, orders, decorations, in the whole- 40 sacks were found there.
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Freighting

Freighting: "Freighting developed with the establishment of the commercial fishing industry in northern Saskatchewan. A way was needed to transport supplies to the isolated fishing camps, and bring back the fish to the fish company located in Big river. There were no roads going into the northern camps during the early years of commercial fishing. Air transportation was not considered as a method of transporting goods in and out of communities. Freighting goods into the north by canoe along the river systems had been going on since the fur trade. However, commercial fishing occurred during the winter months and waterways were frozen. The alternative used was sleighs drawn by horses over the frozen waterways and along the old Hudson Bay portage routes. "

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Isolated Settlements at the Ends of the Earth |

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Abandoned Radar Stations of the Arctic Circle | Urban Ghosts |

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Blogger: User Profile: towniebastard

One of the "Godfathers" of Nunavut blogging, I've been living and blogging about the north for more than five years. And I'm still sane. It's close to a record.
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