Does 30 days in the wilderness, living in the bush change you as a person? Does it bring on a bigger understanding of things? Will the experience make you comprehend the complexity of nature, environment and life better?

I walked into the bush and after spending 30 days there, I walked out with a different insight pertaining to hunting, nature and the balance of the human race on the environment.

2011 started in a revolutionary fashion with the people of northern Africa turning on dictatorships and oppression. The 28th January sparked a mass medial revolution aimed at outgoing tourism from Sweden, as the Ministry for Foreign Affairs called of all travel to Egypt. This sent media on a rampage to crucify the tourism industry for sending travelers to dictator countries.

All of a sudden everyone became aware of this and the question whether or not it’s ethically correct to travel to countries that are controlled by dictators that oppress its own people, could be heard on the news and in heated debates.

I was myself confronted by this question on two occasions by different journalists. I believe that the question is highly relevant but hardly justified. My view was, and still is, to turn the question around. We need to ask ourselves if it is ethically correct to make countries, destinations, families and people fully reliable on the income of tourism and then all of a sudden when the uprising is on, we leave them to their own destiny and poverty.