"In one of my favorite books, Travels in Hyperreality, Umberto Eco
travels through the hyperreality of American Tourist destinations. He
describes how reality is recreated in museums, theme parks and the
Disneylands of America. How they constantly meet your expectations by
creating destinations that are better than art, better than history,
more natural than nature. You can see the Venus de Milo, with arms and
everything. This also applies to the largest pyramid in the world –
it’s in Las Vegas. The goal of the architect was simple – if you have
been in the Las Vegas pyramid, you will be disappointed by the pyramids
of Egypt. They will be smaller, less “real”. This video is the
Norwegian version of Hyperreality. It is not enough to be actually in
“The worlds most beautiful adventure”. You must be stimulated even more
– by blasting Greig at 200 decibels – they give you the true Norwegian
Fjord experience – the most beautiful moment of your lifetime"
From here
Bet mamma ir dzirdējusi ka Latvijā tagad krīzes laikā izpārdos pēdējo bagātību, kas mums ir - mežus. Labi, es par laimi varu izdzīvot bez slimnīcām, jo esmu vēl diezgan vesels. No skolām esmu ticis laukā. Bet ja kāds tiešām sāks zāģēt mežus Ķemeru nacionālajā parkā, tad gan es esmu ar mieru ķēdēties pie priedēm vai (drīzāk) spridzināt baļķvedējus.
Jo lai gan reljefa ziņā mūsu zemīte ir tāda visai plakana, es vienmēr esmu lepojies ar to, ka mums tiešām _ir_ mežš. Nevis kokaudzētava ar kokiem rindās, bet mežs, kur koki krīt kā pagadās un stirnas nav retums.