Carno Pages

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26 November 2000

Recensione: In Sudamerica, di Italo Moretti, ****

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Sinossi Dei fatti che hanno segnato la storia dei Paesi latinoamericani negli ultimi trent'anni si parla sempre più spesso, per la loro...
06 November 2000

Recensione: Straneurocrate (2000), di Marco De Andreis, *****

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Sinossi Poche cose risultano più ostiche e tediose dell'Europa comunitaria. D'altra parte l'Unione europea ha un'importanz...
26 July 2000

Book review: Zero, the Biography of a Dangerous Idea (2000) by Charles Seife, *****

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Synopsis The Babylonians invented it, the Greeks banned it, the Hindus worshiped it, and the Church used it to fend off heretics. Now it...
08 March 2000

Book Review: Men Are from Mars, Women Are from Venus, by John Gray, *****

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Man and woman in a Sikh temple Synopsis A practical guide for improving communication within relationships, helping both sexes get wh...
25 February 2000

Recensione: Lettera da Singapore, ovvero il Terzo Capitalismo, (1995) di Giuseppe Bonazzi. ****

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Sinossi Il libro nasce da un'esperienza personale dell'autore ed è strutturato in maniera inconsueta: a una prima parte scritta ...
01 January 2000

Today is not the start of the new Millennium!

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To see when the new millennium actually starts, go to my post of 1 January 2001! Much of the world celebrates the new Millennium today, bu...
22 December 1999

Itinerary of trip to Rajasthan, India 22 December 1999 - 10 january 2000

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View Rajasthan trip in a larger map This the map of my itinerary. Soon to be followed by details and pictures from this trip...
19 September 1999

Book Review: Bad Times in Buenos Aires (1999), by Miranda France, ****

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Synopsis In 1993 Miranda France moved to South America, drawn to Buenos Aires as the intellectual hub of the continent, with its wealth o...
11 September 1999

Book review: Cobra Road, by Trevor Fishlock, ***

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Synopsis Trevor Fishlock set off from the harsh and haunted gables of the Khyber, zigzagged to the dazzle of India's southern tip at C...
18 August 1999

19. - 18 AUG: Flight back to Brussels and end of trip to Zimbabwe

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Morning at leisure and transfer to the airport where out faithful KLM Boeing 747 is reassuringly waiting on the tarmac. It is the end of a...
17 August 1999

18. - 17 AUG: Harare

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mostly dedicated to Shona art. Museum and shopping to be expanded
16 August 1999

17. - 16 AUG: Flight to Harare

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Relaxing morning at our cliff-edge hotel before we have to start to get ready to return to Harare for a couple of days of shopping and visit...
15 August 1999

16. - 15 AUG: Victoria Falls - rafting - ULM

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Full day of activities in and around Victoria Falls. In the morning I go for a white water rafting tour down the Zambezi. You can do this ...
14 August 1999

15. - 14 AUG: Flight back to Victoria Falls

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We get up fairly early and have a good breakfast. After saying goodbye to our hosts we head back to the airstrip with our pilot. The blond l...
13 August 1999

14. - 13 AUG: flight from Victoria Falls to Chizarira

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In the morning we transfer to the Vic Falls airport to board a private plane to Chizarira. We are welcomed by a serious looking blonde lad...