Countries/Pavilions visited: Nepal, India, Sri Lanka, Oman, Israel, Qatar, Morocco, Palestine, Pacific, Malaysia, Cambodia, New Zealand, Indonesia, Singapore, Australia, UN, Finland, Estonia, Lithuania, Norway, Ireland, Libya, The Netherlands, France
(1)Nepal: let’s start with Asia today! Nepal was nice with a tower that was leading up and up till the point where you could see the surrounding Pavilions from the top.
(2) India: nice feeling of India with videos and many bazaars over there.
(3)Sri Lanka: a man who is making an elephant.
(4)Oman: once again I got affirmation to visit this beautiful pearl in Indian Ocean. Very beautiful landscapes there and also presented in an appropriate way.
(5)Israel: the pavilion with the most pleasant and romantic time while queuing thanks to the loquacious birds under the trees. Inside pavilion there was a special lamp theatre.
(6)Qatar: I liked this Pavilion most of the Arab country pavilions I visited. The country was presented with a good current culture baggage, for example, henna drawings on hands.
(7)Morocco: a huge white 3-store building with something different in each floor. From music and video materials you go further and explore the local market with different traditional goods, after that you finish your visit with multimedia exhibition.
(8)Palestine: joint pavilion; it showed the traditional crafts work.
(9)Pacific: and now I started to enter a new world after Asia and Middle East and some European pavilions. It felt it to be greener, fresher and filled with a different passion and culture.
(10) Malaysia: lots of greens, birds twittering, free chocolate to taste :)
(11) Cambodia: big stones and great attempts to show the country with its monuments. Nice souvenirs to buy in the end of the visit.
(12) New Zealand: impressive dark tunnel with sounds of thunder and a real Christmas tree (not the one as for Xmas) in the end of the visit.
(13) Indonesia: large pavilion with lots of information for all kinds of needs: business, tourism etc.
(14) Singapore: video of daily life in Singapore.
(15) Australia: it will always have its uniqueness with the cute figures of kangaroos and koalas.
(16)UN: a stop after finishing Pacific area and before going one more time to European area. No special comments here, lots of information.
(17)Finland: the impression of whiteness, purity and innocence as the Pavilion was all covered white with a magician in the middle making tables fly and doing other magical activities. Impressive landscapes of Finland and Helsinki on the background.
(18)Estonia: cute pavilion with many pigs inside. What’s happening there? You can give your vote for the issue that seems to be the most important for you to save our planet within ‘Better city, better life’ topic and leave your vote and win a trip to Tallinn.
(19) Norway: to be honest I was waiting in a line because of the cheerful and good-looking guy with a Norwegian flag in his hand taking care of the queue and after certain time letting new people in. Also, the nice Norwegian indie music on the background (like Royksopp) made me linger there. The Pavilion itself showed beautiful landscapes of the beautiful country.
(20)Ireland: you can see a real concert here or at least get a feeling of it while standing in front of the big screen and seeing U2 and other Irish bands playing live. There is also a very interesting way of comparing the living room now and many years ago. Nice way of showing how the lifestyles of people have changed thanks to the technologies.
(21) Lithuania: similarly to the last Expo in Zaragoza, also here you can play basketball. :)
(22) Libya: time to sit and view landscape show.
(23) The Netherlands: lots of orange color, also smells so good there as it's possible to buy fries. Nice place for taking a rest.
(24) France: long queue to wait and impressive views in the Pavilion and the feeling you are in a green posh garden and later on - expensive city.
This was my last Pavilion in the last day of Expo. It had been a long day with lots of information. I started with Latvia, my original country and ended with France which by coincidence was my next destination after China. But now on the late evening it was time to go back to the hostel and take some rest before exploring Shanghai the next day.
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