Melastmohican's Blog

I am now in Cuzco waiting for my transfer to airport and doing last minute shopping for gifts. Today I will fly from Lima back home.

I have done Inca Trail. It was tougher than I toughteven if trail itself is not that difficult. What makes it difficult forme was that I made many things first time in my life. First time I was hiking on altitude around 4000m, first timeI giked 4 times in rowso there was not time [...]

I spent 4 days in Amazon jungle. It´s amazing but rauning season alrady started so it was quite muddy. We have to walk in rubber boots. I am in Cuzco tonight. Tomorrow I will go to Inca Trail.

I am waiting at Lima airport for my flight to Puerto Maldonado. It looks I did not take any ATM card with so I have to wait till 9:00 for bank opening to get some cash cause I do not have PINs for my credit cards. MIstake, always carry some cash with you [...]

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In an extraordinary cross-gender performance, actress Krystyna Feldman becomes the curmudgeonly Polish folk artist Nikifor, a naive painter whose prolific talent and sheer stubbornness brought him national fame. Based on a true story, My Nikifor (crystal globe award, Karlovy Vary 2005) unfolds in mid-20th-century Poland across a gray winter landscape further oppressed by Communist party [...]

Xara announced that it intends to make its flagship graphics product, Xara X (in its latest and greatest incarnation, Xara Xtreme), Open Source. Xara is also working to bring it to the Linux and Mac platforms.

Xara Xtreme on Linux will not only bring a leading-edge graphic tool to the platform, but with community assistance, has [...]

I just got new lens for my camera. It should replace two of my lens Sigma 20 1.8 EX DG Aspherical RF and Tamron SP AF28-75/2.8 XR Di LD Aspherical. The Canon EF 17-40mm f/4 USM L has a very good to excellent performance. The lens exhibits very little vignetting and excellent resolution figures. The [...]

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Multiple interface languages – Picasa is now available in Chinese (simplified and traditional), Dutch, English (U.S. and UK) , French, German, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Portuguese, Russian and Spanish. When you start Picasa, the software will automatically match your system’s native language. To change the language in Picasa, go to Tools > Options. Change the [...]

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