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The windmills of Zaanse Schans

August 7, 2019 / Ulrika / 0 Comments

We visited Zaanse Schans after this village was decided to be the place for a small bubb.la meet up with a Swedish/Japanese family that we wanted to meet. We always try to meet up with like-minded people when we travel around in the world and here in the Netherlands a few fellow bubb.la members currently live.

Zaanse Schans is a village with historic wooden buildings set up with the intention of preserving the historical heritage of the Netherlands. Many of the buildings here were relocated to the Zaanse Schans expansion plan between 1961 and 1974, and restored to their former glory. Only a few of the windmills are still on their original property. It feels like an amusement park, because of the many tourists coming here (2.2 million visited in 2017). We bought the Zaanse Schans Card 15 Euros (10 Euros for children between 4- 17 and below 4 for free). With the card you can visit several museums free of charge for an entire day. However, the windmills you still have to pay for to enter (5 Euros to enter each windmill).

Vi åkte till Zaanse Schans efter att denna by bestämdes att vara platsen för en liten bubb.la-träff med en svensk/japansk familj som vi ville träffa. Vi försöker alltid träffa likasinnade människor när vi reser runt i världen och här i Nederländerna bor för närvarande några bubb.la medlemmar.

Zaanse Schans är en by med historiska träbyggnader inrättade med avsikt att bevara det historiska kulturarvet i Nederländerna. Många av byggnaderna här flyttades till Zaanse Schans expansionsplan mellan 1961 och 1974 och återställdes till sitt tidigare skick. Endast ett fåtal av väderkvarnarna står på sin ursprungliga plats, resten är flyttade hit. Det känns som en nöjespark på grund av de många turister som kommer hit (2,2 miljoner besökte stället år 2017). Vi köpte Zaanse Schans-kortet för 15 Euro (10 Euro för barn mellan 4- 17 och under 4 gratis). Med kortet kan du besöka flera museer gratis en hel dag. Väderkvarnar måste man fortfarande betala för att gå in i (5 Euro för att besöka varje väderkvarn).

Some of the windmills of Zaanse Schans on this side of the river: De Huisman (Spices), De Gekroonde Poelenburg (Wood saw), De Kat (Paint), The Seeker (Oil), Bovenkruier (Wood saw), De Os (oil), Het Klaverblad (Wood saw), De Bonte Hen (Oil).

We came to Zaanse Schans in the morning when the weather was a bit colder, but the prognosis was promising sun, so me and Othilia had dressed for that.

We were waiting for our company of today a fellow bubb.la member that we have wanted to meet as soon as we knew we were going to the Netherlands.

Stefan, Aki and their daughter came with the train meeting us and it was so fun to spend a day with this family, we would love to do it again someday.

Zaanse Schans is a created windmill park with old windsmills transported from the whole country to be in the same place. It feels more like an amusement park for tourists, than a genuine village, but the windmills are still running and you can walk into them if you pay 5€ at each entrance. The other houses are museums, some are free and some you need to pay an entrance fee to get in, and others are restaurants, cafes and shops.

The Netherlands are known for clogs (Klomp in Dutch) and we have actually seen normal people walking in those in supermarkets. There is actually a clog making man in Zaanse Schans and a clog museum is a part of his working place.

Clogs in all forms can be found here.

There were a lot of clogs for purchase as well, not just for show!

Putting Othilia in place for the photoshoot I had planned with her dress from Bali, bought by mormor (grandmother) approximately half a year before Othilia was created. The problem was that Othilia only wanted to walk into the water so we had to act fast.

The hat were on her head for approximately 20 seconds before it ended up in the water. The hat was rescued by Stefan, but most of all quick thinking by Aki.

Next to the mills you have other historical buildings that have been transported here.

We decided to walk around in this part to take photos. We had so much to talk about with Stefan and Aki so we didn’t want to end the day to early. Othilia got the other hat, while the yellow hat was drying.

Zaanse Schans!

A garden in Zaanse Schans!

It looked like at least some of the houses here had people living in them!

We visited the museum of Dutch clocks and we could appreciate the craftmanship and work dedicated to these clocks. The boats and whale in the lower part of the clock was actually moving.

The first store opened by Albert Heijn, the largest supermarket chain in Netherlands, has also been moved to Zaanse Schans. The store orginally opened in 1887 in the town of Oostzaan. We said goodbye to Aki and Stefan for this time around, but we would meet Stefan again a few days later.

In the Swedish “bubb.la”

July 8, 2018 / Ulrika / 2 Comments

We had to enter the Swedish bubbla, but fortunately for us we have our own “bubb.la” with family and friends that we like to be inside when we are in Sweden. The big day for us is coming closer so we want to spend this last time with family and friends before we will go and welcome our child. This time around it was going to be all about bubbles with a name giving ceremony, bubb.la meet up with Boris and a wonderful bubb.la wedding.

Vi var tvungna att åka in i den svenska bubblan, men lyckligtvis har vi vår egen “bubb.la” med familj och vänner som vi tycker om att vara inne i när vi är i Sverige. Den stora dagen för oss kommer allt närmare så vi vill spendera denna sista tid tillsammans med familj och vänner innan vi ska åka och välkomna vårt barn. Den här gången skulle det handla om bubblor med en namngivningsceremoni, bubb.la-träff med Boris och ett underbart bubb.la bröllop.

Back on Swedish soil and we realized that we were close to the most Southern point in Sweden – Smygehuk. Also, Ulrika is showing off her week 29 belly.
We visited Smygehuk in the early morning before we headed North, it was going to be a long day on the road for us.

We had lunch in Kalmar and decided to tick another thing off the bucket list. Ulrika has never seen Ölandsbron, the 6 kilometer long bridge that connects the island Öland to the mainland.

We came back to Sweden for Ulrika’s nephew Filip’s name giving ceremony, the secular version of baptism, and to spend time with our families before we need to focus on welcoming our girl to this world.

We celebrated Midsummer, the Swedish feast that is the closest to a national day Sweden has. Here we danced to classical Swedish ballads around a leaf- and flower-covered Phallus.

We got the opportunity to meet and speak with Boris, one half of the podcast “radio bubb.la”. Here he is with Ulrika’s nephew Filip. We also bought a signed copy of his book ” Inte mitt krig” about the death of the Swedish leftist movement during the 70’s and how they instead infiltrated the institutions causing the Swedish state to swell into an enormous bureaucratic and socialist apparatus, which is the main reason why today’s Sweden is collapsing.

You can find the book here at Cultura Aetatis, the publishing house under the bubb.la umbrella.

We also got the opportunity to dress up to celebrate the union of our friends Martin and Sofia, the founders of project bubb.la and radio bubb.la. Ulrika found a dress that she could wear at 30 weeks of pregnancy.

It was a lovely ceremony in Stockholm and Boris was the marriage officiant. Thank you Martin and Sofia for letting us be part of your special day.

the first dance as a married couple!

We headed back to Ulrika’s family to spend more time with them. Filip loves water so we took him to Högbosjön one day.

He didn’t hesitate to get in the water even though the water temperature was far from the indoor baby pool he is used to.

We also spent one day at Furuvik, an amusement park and zoo, near Gävle and we chose a nice day to be here, Sweden played against South Korea at the World Soccer Championship, so we were almost alone in the park.

We had a barbecue party with a few of Ulrika’s cousins.

and “det lilla livet” got her first pair of shoes from Linnéa, one of Ulrika’s cousins. Thank you Linnéa!

” Det lilla livet” has gotten a lot of things from both mormor (maternal grandmother), moster (maternal auntie) and friends, so it was time to organize our girl’s things.

It was time for our girl to get her own back pack and for us to gather all her things. It is only two month left before she will be here, so from now on her back pack will travel with us.

The Corax Conference 2017

August 15, 2017 / Ulrika / 1 Comment

Corax Conference 2017 blew us away! Ever since we heard about the 2016 conference, we knew that we wanted to attend this year’s version and we bought our tickets before the first speakers even were announced. When the first line of speakers finally were revealed, we knew that we were in for a treat. Corax conference aimed to cover most viewpoints existing under the big umbrella called Libertarianism and we think that they did a really good job attracting diverse speakers from different standpoints. Most interesting was to hear from Professor Hans-Herman Hoppe and his clarification of his and his predecessor Murray Rothbard’s visions of Libertarianism. We highly recommend purchasing a remote ticket so you can listen to his and the rest of the speakers talks from the Corax conference.

However, the most controversial talk of the conference was surprisingly Jeff Deist’s speech, which was broadcasted from Mises University, and we can’t understand why really. We can highly recommend listening to Tom Woods show episode 966, where you’ll find the whole speech and good points from Tom Woods, really explaining why this speech is nothing more than highlighting the importance of decentralization.

Ulrika also thought that talking to and listening to Julie Borowski was especially fun, since she has been following Julies work on Youtube for several years now. That’s why she gets the honor of being on the first picture in this blog post. More about the conference can be read in the figure texts. We had a fantastic week on Malta, so thanks to Bubb.la/Cor.ax for making this happen!

Coraxkonferensen 2017 fick oss att tappa andan av glädje och lärdomar. Ända sedan vi hörde om 2016 års konferens visste vi att vi ville delta i årets version och därför köpte vi våra biljetter innan de första talarna ens hade tillkännagivits. När den första raden av talare äntligen presenterades visste vi att vi skulle få vara med om en enastående tillställning. Coraxkonferensen syftar till att täcka de flesta delarna under det stora paraplyet som kallas Libertarianism och vi anser att de gjorde ett riktigt bra jobb. Höjdpunkten var att höra från professor Hans-Herman Hoppe där hans förtydligande av hans och hans föregångare Murray Rothbards visioner av Libertarianismen var väldigt klargörande. Vi rekommenderar starkt att du köper en fjärrbiljett så att du kan lyssna på Hans-Herman Hoppe och resten av föreläsningarna från Coraxkonferensen.

Den mest kontroversiella föreläsningen på konferensen var överraskande nog Jeff Deists tal som sändes från Mises Universitetet. Vi kan starkt rekommendera att lyssna på avsnitt 966 av “the Tom Woods show” där du hittar hela talet, samt bra poänger från Tom Woods, som verkligen förklarar varför detta tal inte är något annat än ett framhävande av vikten av decentralisering.

Ulrika uppskattade också att få chansen att prata med och lyssna på Julie Borowski, eftersom hon har följt Julies arbete på Youtube i flera år nu. Därför får Julie äran att vara med på den första bilden i det här blogginlägget :). Mer om konferensen kan läsas i figurtexterna eller lyssna på sammanfattningar från både radio bubb.la och radio frihetligt. Vi hade iallafall en otroligt bra vecka på Malta, så stort tack till Bubb.la/Cor.ax för anordnandet av detta!

Julie Borowski, one of the speakers that Ulrika was looking forward to listen to. Her Libertarian Youtube-channel is funny and makes Libertarian viewpoints accessible on topics that are discussed today. Libertarianism in social media was her main topic during this conference.

Sofia and Martin, the founders of bubb.la and Cor.ax, made this conference happen. There aren’t any conferences in the world that gather speakers from such different stand-points that can be found under the big umbrella called Libertarianism, so we didn’ẗ want to miss this for the world.

The main speaker was the legendary Professor Hans-Herman Hoppe, a rare sight on the international speaker scene. We feel blessed to have had the opportunity to listen to his current viewpoint.

Adam Kokesh, the NOT president of the USA 2020, was also a speaker on the conference. We had the pleasure of listening to Adam last year on the Anarchapulco conference in Acapulco. He will do a European tour 2018 and he will come to Sweden, so don’t miss him when he comes to your country!

Matthew Reece, writer on the Zeroth Position, had a great lecture about the neo-reactionary and the alt-right movement. Highly informative.

This is Corax conference for us. Matthew Reece and Adam Kokesh wouldn’t be invited to the same conferences in the US, but here they could meet and have a discussion on stage, a rare event in the Libertarian movement. Unfortunately, Adam had to leave early so we just have to look forward to the next time Matthew and Adam can meet on stage.

Jeff Deist, the president of the Mises Institute in the US, held an interesting lecture on decentralization for both us and the Mises University with the help of Skype and cameras. It was one of the best speeches we listened to and it was also one of the most controversial apparently. We highly recommend you to listen to the Tom Woods episode linked above in the text, if you want to learn more about what Jeff actually said. Also in the picture, Hans-Herman Hoppe waving to the Mises University attendants.

Brendan O’Neill, a Marxist-Libertarian journalist from Spiked online. He talked about his case for a Libertarian-marxism, but we found it confused and we didn’t agree with his advocacy for democracy.

Bubb.las own doomster ;), Johnny Mellgren, held a spot on lecture about the next financial crisis.

Other speakers were not familiar to us, but were very interesting. Moritz Bierling held two lectures during the conference. The first one was a Jordan Peterson-inspired lecture about SYSO – Sorting YourSelf Out, instead of the degenerative YOLO (You only live ones)-view of life.

The second lecture was about the internet phenomenon memes and trolling, and what it means.

We got good laughs from his lecture. We were really bad at taking photos, so we don’t have any pictures from the Lichtenstein as a Libertarian utopia lecture by Andreas Kohl or the lecture about free economic zones in the world by Simon Sarevski, which is a shame.

We do have one blurry picture of Simon wearing his T-shirt displaying a nice quote by Bastiat.

We found more nice T-shirts worn by other conference attendants.

Dinners and activities were also on the schedule, so we had the chance to talk to each other all night if we wanted.

Or take sneaky pictures on Hoppe! Btw love the look on Sofia’s face when she discovers what Pontus is doing 🙂

We also met friends that we haven’t seen in a long time. We had the pleasure to get to know these guys in Acapulco last year. It was great catching up with Shamus and David on Malta.

We noticed a stricking resemblance between Pontus and Aron Askew, the campaign manager of Adam Kokesh’s presidential campaign.

We also had time to enjoy the cliffs of Malta before we left the conference. Pontus is not naked 😉

Last, but not least, we want to thank Sofia, the organizer of this Conference, for this excellent and well-organized week and we hope to meet you again soon!

Corax Conference on Malta

April 29, 2017 / Ulrika / 2 Comments

We are excited for the Corax conference on Malta, which will take place 28-30 July this summer. Ulrika monitored the day of ticket release earlier this winter, so that we would not miss out on the desirable tickets. Only 150 tickets are released to the Corax conference. Cor.ax is the international edition of the Swedish Libertarian news aggregator bubb.la, and we are extremely happy to get hold of two tickets. The first speakers have already been announced and the line up looks very promising. The legendary Hans Hermann Hoppe will be speaking at the conference, as well as Julie Borowski, that Ulrika follows on Youtube and twitter, and Adam Kokesh, that we listened to when we were at Anarchapulco 2016. The reason that the Corax conference takes place in Malta is that the founders of bubb.la /cor.ax, Sofia Arkestål and Martin Eriksson, have migrated to Malta. We visited them this winter before we started our trip in Southeast Asia, and Ulrika has finally edited the pictures from our visit to Malta and uploaded them to the blog. You can see below what is waiting for you if you are going to Malta this summer. It will be very fun to meet more bubb.la and cor.ax people this summer – hope to see you at the Corax Conference!

Vi har siktet på Corax-konferensen den 28-30 juli på Malta i sommar och Ulrika bevakade biljettsläppet tidigare i vinter för att inte vi skulle gå miste om de åtråvärda biljetterna. Endast 150 biljetter släpps till Corax-konferensen. Cor.ax är den internationella varianten av den svenska libertarianska nyhetsaggregatorn bubb.la, och vi är oerhört glada att ha varsin biljett. Första talarna har redan släppts och det ser väldigt lovande ut. Den legendariska Hans Hermann Hoppe är en av talarna, samt Julie Borowski, som Ulrika följer på Youtube och twitter, och Adam Kokesh, som vi lyssnade på när vi var på Anarchapulco 2016. Anledningen till att Corax-konferensen tar plats på Malta är att grundarna till bubb.la/cor.ax, Sofia Arkestål och Martin Eriksson, har migrerat till Malta. Vi hälsade på dem i vintras innan vi begav oss mot Sydostasien och nu har Ulrika äntligen redigerat bilderna och laddat upp dem till bloggen. Nedan kan ni se vad som väntar er om ni också tänkte komma till Malta i sommar. Det kommer bli väldigt roligt att träffa fler bubb.la och cor.ax människor i sommar – hoppas att vi ses på Corax-konferensen!

Flying to Malta in January 2017.

We left Sweden covered in winter for a bit warmer weather.

Our mission was to explore the island and hang out with the Swedish ancap community on Malta. Here having dinner with a few of them.

First day we walked around in the capital, Valletta, and visited S:t Johns Co-Cathedral, a Baroque church built in 1572. The church is known for the architecture and the paintings by the great artists from that time. The most notable is the oil painting “The Beheading of Saint John the Baptist”, which was created by Caravaggio. We were not allowed to take pictures there, but we can tell you that it was one the most extraordinary paintings we have seen so far. You should go to see both the church and the painting if you’re ever find yourself in Valletta. Below you’ll find a slideshow with more photos from this place.

Photos from S:t Johns Co-Cathedral and Valletta:

On our second day on Malta, we decided to try out their public transportation system. The infrastructure on Malta works great and for 1.5 Euro (2 Euro during the summer), you can ride the buses for 2 hours before purchasing another ticket. You pay in cash to the driver and then you sit down and enjoy the ride. The good thing is that you can go almost anywhere on the islands during that time, so we decided to jump on a bus that could take us to the west side of the island.

Our goal today was the Dingli cliffs that Ulrika had spotted while coming in for landing, and she immediately said that she wanted to visit those cliffs. We changed bus in Mdina and our second bus broke down, so we had time for a coffee while waiting for the next bus.

The Dingli Cliffs. Most people watch them from the road, but we’re not most people so we hiked down the limestone rocks to get as close to the edge as possible.

Finally next to the edge and Ulrika is making good use of our new camera. More picture from the Dingli cliffs can be found in the slideshow below.

Photos from the Dingli Cliffs:

On our third day on Malta, Sofia felt well enough to come with us to explore Marsaxlokk, a fishing village in the southeast part of Malta.

Seafood was our choice for lunch and it was the best octopus we’ve ever tried.

Most of Malta is beige, so nice coming to Marsaxlokk and seeing all the colorful boats at the harbor.

We also walked along the coast looking at the industrial parts of the harbor.

More pictures from Marsaxlokk and Zejtun can be found in the slideshow below.

Thanks Sofia for a wonderful day.

Photos from Marsaxxlokk and Zejtun:

Sliema has a big Swedish expat community living there. Malta has favorable tax system so you’ll find a lot of Swedish people here working in the online casino industry and online loans industry. You’ll find “little Sweden”, a grocery shop with Swedish favorite food brands, including a “lösgodishylla”, a Swedish Pick-n-mix sweets shelf. You’ll find more pictures from the shop in the slideshow below.

The Maltese are mostly Catholic, so you’ll find a lot of churches here. Maltese people are also very fond of cats so in Sliema, you’ll find a park inhabited by street cats that the Maltese people take care of and feed voluntarily.

Paceville is the backpacker place and the party streets, where you find these kind of places.

Photos from Sliema, S:t Julians and Paceville:

We returned to Sweden after five days on Malta to plan our present trip. However, we will see the island again in July when the Corax Conference is scheduled!

Freedomfest Stockholm 2016!

July 12, 2016 / Ulrika / 0 Comments

Ulrika kan stolt meddela att Pontus är en av årets talare på Freedomfest 2016 i Stockholm den 27:e augusti! Har ni tid och vill höra mer om frihetliga tankar och om Bitcoin så är ni varmt välkomma till en hel dag med frihetliga föreläsningar! Vår vän Caroline King, som driver bloggen den andra resan, ska prata om frihetligt föräldraskap och Martin Eriksson, grundaren av bubb.la, berättar hur frihetliga nyheter sprider sig över världen! Missa inte heller vår nya vän Martin Jacobsson, som är handen bakom i fablernas land. Flera andra personer står på talarlistan, bland annat personen bakom bloggen läkare utan vänster, samt flera andra intressanta talare! Det ska bli jättekul att ses i Stockholm i augusti!

Ulrika is proud to announce that Pontus is one of this year’s speaker at the Freedom Fest 2016 in Stockholm on the 27th of August! You’re welcome to a full day of freedom lectures, if you have time and want to hear more about libertarian ideas and Bitcoin! Our friend Caroline King, who runs the blog “den andra resan“, will talk about peaceful parenting, and Martin Eriksson, the founder of cor.ax, is going to tell us about how libertarian news are spreading across the world! Do not miss our new friend Martin Jacobson, who is the hand behind “I fablernas land“. Several other people are on this year’s speaker list, including the person behind the blog “Läkare utan vänster“, and several other interesting speakers! It will be great to see you in Stockholm in August!

Caroline och hennes familj träffade vi på Bali för ganska exakt ett år sedan! We met Caroline and her family in Bali exactly a year ago!

Vi fick möjlighet att bistå Martin med arbetsyta och wifi för inspelning av radio bubb.la i Acapulco tidigare i år! We were able to help Martin with a workspace and wifi for recording of radio bubb.la in Acapulco earlier this year!

Pontus och Ulrika på en jättetrevlig Bitcointräff i Kuala Lumpur på deras resa med att söka upp Bitcoin-intresserade människor i världen! Pontus and Ulrika at an awesome Bitcoin meetup in Kuala Lumpur on their travel to meet Bitcoin-minded people in the world!

Annalkande storm av anarkister! / Approaching storm of anarchists!

February 29, 2016 / Ulrika / 0 Comments

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Vi hade nu hittat ett boende och det var dags att lära känna alla ankor här i Acapulco! Det var en exponentiell ökning av anarkister som började 2 veckor innan konferensen startade och med det så intensifierades också träffarna och aktiviteterna. Vi tänkte här ge er en bildkavalkad på det vi var med om och mäniskorna vi träffade istället för att försöka beskriva det i text! Enjoy 🙂

We had now found an accommodation and it was time to get to know all the ancaps here in Acapulco! It was an exponential increase of anarchists which started two weeks before the conference, so there was a lot of people to meet up with. Therefore, the number of meetings and activities also intensified. Here we give you a cavalcade of pictures of what we did and the people we met during that time rather than trying to describe it in text! Enjoy 🙂

Vi mötte upp på en ordinarie träff och fick möta en del av den lokala anarkistgruppen! Här med familjen Freeman! We attended a regular meet up and we got to meet some of the local anarchists in Acapulco! Here we are with the Freeman family!

Resten av den lokala gruppen anarkister som vi mötte upp där! The rest of the local group of anarchists we met up there!

Vi var och storhandlade för första gången på länge! We went and bought in bulk for the first time in a long time!

VI har varit med på Pokerkvällar hemma hos Linus! We have been on poker nights at the home of Linus!

Vi har varit med på pokerkvällar hemma hos Linus! We have been on poker nights at Linus apartment!

Vi har badat i poolen som hör till vår byggnad! We have been swimming in the pool that belongs to our building!

Vi mötte upp en del av svenskarna som också kommit till konferensen, Denise, Charlie, Linus, Erik och Klas finns med på bild här då vi möttes upp för en lunch! We met up with some of the Swedes who also where here for the conference! Denise, Charlie, Linus, Erik and Klas is pictured here when we met up for lunch!

Vi har varit på hemmafest och värdparet har hittat ett hem med en fantastisk pool och utsikt! We have been at a home party and the hosts have found a home with a fantastic pool and view!

De har även en bar i poolen! They also have a bar in the pool!

Achara visade också hennes senaste konstverk som skulle auktioneras ut vid konferensen till förmån för Larken Rose "The mirror"-projekt! Achara also showed her latest piece of art that would be auctioned off at the conference in favor of Lark Rose's "The Mirror"-project!

Achara visade också hennes senaste konstverk som skulle auktioneras ut vid konferensen till förmån för Larken Rose’s “The mirror”-projekt! Achara also showed her latest piece of art that would be auctioned off at the conference in favor of Lark Rose’s “The Mirror”-project!

Mer folk som var med på festen! More people who were at the party!

Efterfesten hamnade hos oss! The after party ended up at our place!

Ulrika fick reda på var det hemliga kaffeshoppen låg och följde med de lokala anarkisterna för att inhandla gott kaffe! Ulrika found out where the secret coffee shop was located and went with the local anarchists to purchase good coffee!

Ulrika fick reda på var den hemliga kaffeshoppen låg och följde med de lokala anarkisterna för att inhandla gott kaffe! Ulrika found out where the secret coffee shop was located and went with the local anarchists to purchase good coffee!

Hon provade även en frappucino som var alldeles för söt! She even tried a frappuccino that had to much sugar in it!

Hon provade även en frappucino som var alldeles för söt! She also tried a frappuccino that had to much sugar in it!

Det var middagar ute nästan varje kväll! There were dinners out there almost every night!

Det var middagar ute nästan varje kväll! There were dinners out almost every night!

Försökt kolla på superbowl-finalen! Tried to watch the super bowl final!

Vi har varit på fester på husttak! We’ve been to parties on a rooftop!

och har haft fantastisk utsikt över Acapulco! and experience nice views of Acapulco!

Fler och fler ankor kom på träffarna ju närmare konferensen vi kom! The closer to the conference we came, more ancap’s started to show up to the meetings!

Det blev många sena kvällar de här veckorna! There were many late nights during these weeks!

Vi har också fått en liten vardag och träning har stått på schemat de flesta av dagarna. Ulrika håller på med en Yogautmaning och försöker lära sig tekniken! We also have introduced workouts on our schedule that we have done most of the days. Ulrika is also doing a Yoga challenge and try to learn the techniques!

Och vi har också lagat mat som vi ätit medan vi njutit av vår utsikt! And we have also cooked our own food that we have been eating while enjoying our view!

Bubb.la grundarna Sofia och Martin dök upp och Martin sände radio bubb.la från våran lägenhet! The founders of Bubb.la, Sofia and Martin, showed up and Martin transmitted radio bubb.la from our apartment!

Bubb.la-grundarna Sofia och Martin dök upp och Martin sände radio bubb.la från våran lägenhet! The founders of Cor.ax, Sofia and Martin, showed up and Martin transmitted radio bubb.la from our apartment!

Vi hade svenskträff på vår balkong och vår hederssvensk Doug var också med 🙂 We had Swedish hang out on our balcony and our honorary Swede Doug was also invited 🙂

Vi var även på nattklubb och det var länge sedan vi var ute och dansade så här! We even went out to a night club and it was a long time since we were out and danced like this!

Ny adress och frihetliga tongångar! / New address and libertarian progresses!

January 28, 2016 / Ulrika / 1 Comment

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Välkommen till vår nya blogg! På ytan har inte mycket ändrats, så det stora jobbet för Ulrika har varit det som inte riktigt syns. Det är tur att Ulrika inte visste vilket jobb det är att flytta en blogg, annars hade hon kanske inte satt igång det här projektet. Många lärotimmar med mycket frustration har det blivit, men nu känns det enklare att leka webbdesigner och kodknackare. Erfarenheten har gjort att Ulrika lovar att ge uppmuntrande ord till människor som faktiskt jobbar med att flytta och designa bloggar hädanefter, ni gör ett bra jobb!

Det har ju hänt en hel del sedan vi skrev sist som vi vill delge er. Först är det att vi äntligen fått kontakt med anarkokapitalister här i Mexiko och det visade sig att vår nya vän Pete bor i San Cristobal del las Casas, så vi möttes upp för middag och vin en av de sista kvällarna för oss i San Cristobal. Det var så roligt att träffa en likasinnad människa och ha vettiga diskussioner om allt från små vardagliga erfarenheter till globala händelser. Vi jämförde Sverige och Nya Zeeland och en hel del nickande instämmanden blev det. Det ska bli roligt att träffas i Acapulco om en månad!
Sedan har vår kära nyhetssajt vuxit ett steg och erbjuder nu premiumtjänster för ca 45 kr månaden så att man kan stötta bubb.la-projektet helt i en frihetlig anda baserat på frivillighet, tillskillnad mot socialistmedia som SVT och SR. Bubb.la är vår främsta källa till nyheter om vad som händer i Sverige och världen, och det är också via bubb.la som vi fått upp ögonen för andra frihetliga bloggar och tidningar. Vi har självklart blivit premiummedlemmar och vill du vara med och stötta projektet och få frihetliga och intressanta nyheter i ditt flöde eller som podcast, så kan du följa dessa länkar: facebook, hemsida, poddradio och premiumtjänsten.
Grundarna till bubb.la har även flyttat till varmare breddgrader och Sofia, som är en av grundarna, har även en egen blogg som vi vill tipsa om! Vi länkar även till bloggen här till höger, Sofia Arkestål – Politisk flykting!
Vi har också flyttat på oss och bytt ut varma tröjor och luvor till strand och bikini, men mer om det i nästa inlägg!

Welcome to our new blog! Not much has changed on the surface of our blog, so most of the work for Ulrika has been on what is not really visible. It is fortunate that Ulrika did not know how much work it is to move a blog, otherwise she might not started this project in the first place. Many hours of learning, with a lot of frustration, but now it feels easier to play web designer and code writer. The experience has made Ulrika make a promise to give words of encouragement to people who actually work with moving and designing blogs, you are doing a great job!

A lot has happened since we last wrote a blog post that we want to share with you. Firstly, we have finally made contact with anarcho-capitalists here in Mexico and it turned out that our new friend Pete lives in San Cristobal del las Casas, so we met up for dinner and wine one of the last evenings for us in San Cristobal. It was so nice to meet a like-minded person and have sensible discussions about everything from small everyday experiences to global events. We compared Sweden and New Zealand and a lot of nodding in agreement happened when we did. It will be fun to meet again in Acapulco in a month!
Secondly, our dear news site has grown a step and now offer premium services for 5 Euro a month, so now you can support the bubb.la project entirely in a libertarian spirit based on voluntarism, unlike the socialist state media that is called SVT and SR. Bubb.la is our primary source of news about what is happening in Sweden and the world, and it is also through bubb.la that we have found other libertarian blogs and news sites. Would you like to support the project and get interesting, libertarian news in your feed or as a podcast, just follow these links: facebook, home page, podcast and premium service.
The founders of bubb.la has also moved to warmer climates and Sofia, one of the founders, also has her own blog that you should check out (it’s in swedish)! We also link to the blog to the right, Sofia Arkestål – Political refugee!
Thirdly, we have also changed our location, and exchanged warm sweaters and caps with beach and bikini, but more on that in the next post!

Middag med Pete i kalla San Cristobal del las Casas! Dinner with Pete in the cold San Cristobal del las Casas!

Pete redigerar anarchastavsnitten, så vi fick se bakom kulisserna på “The Anarchast“. Pete is editing the anarchast episodes, so we got to see behind the scenes of “The Anarchast“.

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Stöd bubb.laprojektet! Support the bubb.la project!

Sipadan en kärlekshistoria, säkerhetsläget och grattis Bubb.la 1 år!

June 23, 2015 / Ulrika / 4 Comments

Vi har äntligen fått uppleva Sipadan och vi kunde inte föreställa oss innan vad vi skulle få vara med om, men vi kan säga att våra förväntningar definitivt infriades! Sipadan har blivit utnämnd till en av världens vackraste dykplatser just för sin mångfald av marint liv och det klara vattnet. Det är en liten vulkanö där korallrevet stupar rakt ner 600 meter en liten bit utanför strandkanten innan det når sjöbotten. Det är som om man dyker vid en jättehög korallvägg! Djurlivet är fantastiskt här och vi har fått sett hajar, jättesköldpaddor, barracudor, skorpionfiskar, muränor, bläckfiskar och en massa färgglada fiskar (stora som små), sniglar och koraller i alla dess former och färger. Det är som om alla fiskar som samlas vid Sipadan går på steroider, då de är väldigt stora jämfört med andra ställen vi dykt vid tidigare. Vi gjorde tre dyk vid Sipadan, “South point”, “Barracuda point” och “Midreef” och även om alla dykplatserna var fantastiska så var höjdpunkten “Barracuda point” då vi hamnade i ett stim av jättebarracudor och där hajarna och sköldpaddorna var överallt! Vi lyckades också dyka ned till 31 meter då vi jagade efter en haj för att få med den på film. Vi kommer lägga upp ihopsatta filmklipp ifrån dyken nedan, så ni kan få en aning om vad som väntar er om ni dyker här, dock ser man mycket mer färger själv än vad kameran snappar upp.

Vad gäller säkerheten här så finns det militärbaser på varje ö (de som tillhör Malaysia) och vi kände oss väldigt trygga av att se militärer med maskingevär på ryggen på Sipadan och bra att veta är att delar av ön är avstängd för turister just på grund av den militära närvaron. Vi har även sett militärbåtar ute på havet och säkerhetsvakter med maskingevär patrullerandes inne i Semporna. Det sistnämnda är på grund av den ökade säkerhetsrisken efter kidnappningen i staden Sandakan (ligger en bit norr om Semporna) för några veckor sedan. Tydligen är rika kinesiska turister måltavlor (enligt rykten) och det allmäna rådet är att turister inte ska röra sig utanför turistområdena i mörkret och inte heller promenera på stranden när det är mörkt.

Nu blir det lite information om själva resan till Semporna från Kota Kinabalu. Vi tog bussen från bussterminalen i Inanam som ligger cirka 10 km utanför KK. Bästa sättet att ta sig från KK till Inanam är med buss som kostar 1.5 ringgit (om man inte vill betala för taxi). Det ska gå flera bussar dit från centrala KK, men vi tyckte att det var lite krångligt att hitta till rätt busshållsplats. Vi hittade iallafall buss nr 4 och den utgår från Jalan Tunku Abdul Rahman (södergående riktning, efter rondellen nära hotellet Shangri-La) och tipset är att vara ute i god tid då det är mycket trafik (det tog 50 minuter för oss ut till Inanam). Nattbussen från Inanam till Semporna var inte världens bekvämaste sätt att färdas på och vi fick inte mycket sömn, särskilt inte då polisen klev på bussen kvart i tre på morgonen och kollade identitshandlingarna, men vi kom till rätt ställe och var framme i Semporna halv sex på morgonen.

Vi vill också tipsa om en jättebra nyhetsajt som plockar ut de libertarianska russinen ur nyhetsflödet både i Sverige och utomlands. Bubb.la har nu funnits i ett år (grattis!) och startade som ett crowdfunding-projekt av Martin Eriksson och Sofia Arkestål som vi naturligtvis var med och stöttade! Vi har även bidragit som medredaktörer med att välja ut nyheter, sätta rubriker och rösta upp olika medredaktörers bidrag (medans vi var kvar i Sverige). Så om du är trött på statlig socialist-propaganda genom “oberoende” media så tycker vi definitivt att du ska spana in bubb.la:s hemsida, facebook och twitter! Men det bästa sättet är nog att följa Bubb.la nyhetsflödet via valfri RSS-läsare. Redaktörerna gör ett väldigt bra jobb med att sätta egna rubriker med libertariansk infallsvinkel till nyheterna och det kan bli riktigt dråpliga rubriker emellanåt 🙂

We finally got to experience Sipadan and we couldn’t imagine beforehand what to expect, but we can say that our high expectations were certainly fulfilled! Sipadan has been appointed as one of the most beautiful dive sites in the world for its diversity of marine life and the clear water. Sipadan is a small volcanic island and just off shore the coral reef drops 600 metres before reaching the ocean bottom. You are diving next to a huge coral wall! The wildlife is amazing here and we have seen sharks, giant turtles, barracudas, scorpion fish, moray eels, octopuses and a lot of different colorful fishes (large and small), snails and corals in all forms and colors. It is as if all the fish in Sipadan is on steroids, because they are very large compared to fishes in other places we’ve been diving in the past. We did three dives at Sipadan, “South Point”, “Barracuda Point” and “Midreef”, and although all the dive sites were amazing, the highlight was “Barracuda Point” where we ended up in a school of big barracudas and where sharks and turtles showed up everywhere! We also managed to dive down to 31 meters when we chased after a shark to catch it swimming with our GoPro camera. We’ll post the assembled videos from the dives below, so you can get an idea of what awaits you if you dive here, however, you’ll see much more colors yourself than what our camera could pick up.

As for security here, there are military bases on each island (those belonging to Malaysia) and we felt very safe when seeing soldiers with machine guns on their backs when we were on Sipadan and good to know is that parts of the island is off-limits to tourists because of the military presence. We have also seen military boats at sea and security guards with machine guns that patrols the streets of Semporna. The latter is due to the increased security risks following the kidnapping in the town of Sandakan (located a bit north of Semporna) a few weeks ago. Apparently, wealthy Chinese tourists are the targets (according to rumors) and the general advice is that tourists should neither move outside the tourist areas in the darkness, nor walk on the beach after dark.

Here is a little more information about the actual trip to Semporna from Kota Kinabalu. We took the bus from the bus terminal in Inanam located about 10 km outside KK. The best way to get from KK to Inanam is by bus which cost 1.5 ringgit (if you do not want to pay for the taxi). There are several buses that goes from the center of KK to Inanam, but we found it a bit tricky to find the right bus stop. Hovewer, we found bus No. 4 and it starts from Jalan Tunku Abdul Rahman (southbound direction, after the roundabout near the hotel Shangri-La) and a tip is to be out in time when there is much traffic (it took 50 minutes for us to get out to Inanam). Night bus from Inanam to Semporna was not the most comfortable way to travel and we did not get much sleep especially since the police got on the bus quarter to three in the morning and checked everybody’s identity documents, but we came to the right place and arrived in Semporna half past five in the morning.

We also want to promote a great news site (mostly in swedish) that picks out the libertarian cherries in the news flow both in Sweden and abroad. Bubb.la has now existed for one year (congratulations!) and it started as a crowdfunding project by Martin Eriksson and Sofia Arkestål and we of course gave our support! We have also contributed as co-editors by selecting news, adding headers and voting up different co-editors contributions (while we were still in Sweden). So if you’re tired of the states socialist propaganda by “independent” media we think that you definitely should check out bubb.la:s website, facebook and twitter! But the best way is probably to follow the Bubb.la newsfeed through your choise of RSS reader. The editors do a very good job of making their own headlines with an libertarian touch to the news, and it can be really hilarious headlines from time to time 🙂

Pontus står i busskön för att åka ut till Inaman och bussterminalen i KK! Pontus standing in the queue to go out to Inaman and the bus terminal in KK!

Pontus står i busskön för att åka ut till Inanam och bussterminalen i KK! Pontus standing in the queue to go out to Inanam and the bus terminal in KK!

Trött Pontus lyckas sova på bordet i fyra timmar efter en resenatt med lite sömn! Tired Pontus manage to fall asleep on the table for four hours after a travel night with little sleep!

Trött Pontus lyckas sova på bordet i fyra timmar efter en resenatt med lite sömn! Tired Pontus managed to sleep on the table for four hours after a travel night with little sleep!

På väg ut mot Sipadan och hittade lite seasteading hus ;)! We found seasteading houses on the way out to Sipadan ;)!

Dykinstruktör Simon (från Jönköping) passar på att vila inför kommande dyk Diving instructor Simon (from Jönköping) took the opportunity to rest before the dives!

Pontus passade på att vila också! Pontus took the opportunity to rest too!

Selina och Tong (från Kina) tillsammans med vår divemaster Couscous (eller Cooze som han egentligen heter)! Selina and Tong (from China), together with our divemaster Couscous (his real name is Cooze)!