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May 18, 2005
Calm after the storm
Hi All,
Just a quick update from the embassy. After the storms which ravaged the camp last night, we awoke to a ravaged embassy, plates and cups everywhere, with a KBS film crew onsite to film it all at seven in the morning. We have spent much of the day trying to repair the damage of the storm and enjoy the calm day a little more after the intensity of yesterday.
We will be getting a visit from the local whale meat restaurant elders tomorrow, although the police have infomed us that this particular bunch are too old to actually cause any trouble!
So today we have been enjoying the break in the storm, and took great pleasure at intercepting the international archery contestants who arrived in coachloads late this afternoon to visit the whaling museum. Despite the best intentions of the officials, we spoke with several of the contestants, gave out badges, and asked them to ask their guides why they hadn't been told about the whale meat factory plans in their tour of the 'city of whales'.
Tomorrow we wil be acompanying a meeting with kfem to the mayor's office, although we do not know if they will even agree to see us.
So we continue to prepare for attack and/or eviction, whilst simultaneously trying to focus on strenthgning our public engagement methods in the embassy. Every day more and more locals cautiously come by, bringing smiles and offers of help - today an offer to clean all our washing for example - the community here are obviously divided on our presence, and we need to win as many as we can over.
More soon,
Best,
Jim
Posted by Adele at May 18, 2005 06:10 PM
Comments
Hello there
My name is Bernardo and im from Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
Im a frequent visitor of this weblog and im reading all Greenpeace's news about whaling and south korean attempt to build the whale meat factory. I admire the attitude to protect whales and hope that everything ends up very well in the 19th june.
You guys are an example for all the world, Brazil is very proud of your actions, and we are in your side of this war.
Good luck.
Posted by: Bernardo S. at May 19, 2005 01:04 AM
