07/07/2006
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The travel diary of Breaking the Ice
A foundation reunites people who should hate each other, and makes them work
together. It is called Breaking the Ice and it is an initiative which involves individuals who have personally experienced
the traumas and horrors of war. They would all be perfectly entitled to want to
have nothing to do with listening to the others’ point of view. And yet they leave,
aboard an old fire engine, from Jerusalem to Tripoli, in Libya. They share their
fatigue to understand each others’ problems. This is the story of their journey,
told through the diary of the participants
Waking up in the middle of the White Desert, facing a beautiful sunrise gives
you a feeling of what peace could be. This is the beginning of the last day of
our camel tour. Walking and riding camels, we cross the white desert towards the
main road. One and a half hour later, we enjoy our last lunch in the white sand.
After a stressful start, everything is going easier now and the participants and support team seem to be much more relaxed. Does adventurous circumstances lead to more community, rather than more interpersonal conflicts? As an observer from the outside, it looks as if the group of participants is becoming a team, working out seriously what their mission means to them.
After lunch, we have to take our places in the trucks again and go back to Baharia. One some days, the participants decided to stay in one truck together. But then after a while, the truck has to stop because one of the participants wants to change; the music is too loud and no compromise can be found. Against our plans, it all ended up in a tea break and the question came up, what does it mean respect each other?
After shopping for food in Baharia, we drive to the camping ground where we expect warm showers and a good warm dinner after a nice, but exhausting time in the desert. I have got the impression that the process of finding a peaceful way of living together, with different people, with different interests and different motivations, is still very intense and will hopefully lead to a successful end.
Written by
Anna Müller (doctor on the journey)
Anna Müller (doctor on the journey)
Waking up in the middle of the White Desert, facing a beautiful sunrise gives
you a feeling of what peace could be. This is the beginning of the last day of
our camel tour. Walking and riding camels, we cross the white desert towards the
main road. One and a half hour later, we enjoy our last lunch in the white sand.
After a stressful start, everything is going easier now and the participants and support team seem to be much more relaxed. Does adventurous circumstances lead to more community, rather than more interpersonal conflicts? As an observer from the outside, it looks as if the group of participants is becoming a team, working out seriously what their mission means to them.
After lunch, we have to take our places in the trucks again and go back to Baharia. One some days, the participants decided to stay in one truck together. But then after a while, the truck has to stop because one of the participants wants to change; the music is too loud and no compromise can be found. Against our plans, it all ended up in a tea break and the question came up, what does it mean respect each other?
After shopping for food in Baharia, we drive to the camping ground where we expect warm showers and a good warm dinner after a nice, but exhausting time in the desert. I have got the impression that the process of finding a peaceful way of living together, with different people, with different interests and different motivations, is still very intense and will hopefully lead to a successful end.
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