Korea, where past and present overlap, where the wearing of traditional costumes, old temples and a still strong Confucian life-style blend with hi-tec, modern video and street art, and the omnipresent k-pop culture. Where conviviality and food are important, but the war is never far away.
Continuation of Saudi-Arabia
Saudi-Arabia: camels, dates and a thin layer of modernity over an arch conservative islamic desert kingdom. But change is slowly coming, especially for women. Since a number of years they are allowed to drive, work, divorce and go outdoors unaccompanied by a male chaparone. Even their face need not be completely covered, although one can still rarely see more than the eyes.
The country is on the move, the economy, especially along the coast, is booming, but the dark past is still present and many people miss out on the progres being made.
Mysterious lost civilizations, transit route for hundreds of thousands of migrants fleeing poverty and terror, an indigenous population fighting against centuries of discrimination and for the preservation of their own culture, powerful political differences, music, festivals - Mexico is a land of contrasts.
