Atardecer en la Costa Brava

Aquí os dejo una bellisima foto tomada el 15 de agosto de 2011 desde un velero en el puerto de Palamos (Costa Brava, Catalunya). Espero la disfruteis.

La Provenza francesa

Chateneauf de Gadagne. Esta es una panoramica del precioso pueblo de la provenza, que nadie debería dejar de visitar. Sobretodo en otoño y primavera, cuando los campos de lavanda estan en plena "efervescencia", y solo se ve un manto violeta y todo el valle se impregna de su olor. Sus viñedos dan unos vinos excelentes (los de la región de Cote du Rhone es una de sus famosas denominaciones).

Africa. Some way of work.

Hola de nuevo. Aquí os muestro la construcción de un edificio en un lugar de Africa. Es increible la coordinación y agilidad de cada partícipe.

Verde Florida. USA.

Fundada en 1565, por los españoles, St. Augustine es “la antigua ciudad europea y puerto en los EEUU continentales". La imagen es de la Fuente de la juventud , un tributo para los exploradores españoles que llegaron a Florida.

10 años de Lonely Planet en España

Hola, ya estoy de nuevo aquí. Intentaré desde ahora dejarlo actualizado frecuentemente. De momento, os informo que quedan dias para que se acabe el concurso del 10 aniversario de Lonely Planet. Para acceder al concurso debeis pinchar aquí:

¿Quieres ojear la guía "Madrid De Museos" en primicia?

Lugares de cine.

¿quién no ha querido alguna vez vivir como un Hobbit? ¿luchar contra Anakin?, ..¿Correr como Rocky por las escaleras? Si pinchais en la imagen vereis los escenarios de películas que todos hemos visto.

Recomendaciones de lecturas de viaje para el verano

Hola amigos, os recomiendo las siguientes lecturas de viaje para el veranito. Por destinos:
1. Nepal
The Snow Leopard, by Peter Matthiessen (1978). Matthiessen is a multi-task traveler. In this book—one of many fine ones he's written—he and zoologist friend George Schaller trek through Nepal in physical search of Himalayan blue sheep and the rare snow leopard, and in spiritual search (Matthiessen is a Zen Buddhist) of the Lama of Shey at the ancient Buddhist shrine on Crystal Mountain. Enlightenment, anyone?
2. Patagonia
In Patagonia, by Bruce Chatwin (1977). Let's face it: Chatwin was weird, but brilliantly so. This book, launched around a childhood fancy for his grandma's scrap of giant sloth skin, takes him to the "uttermost part of the Earth," from Rio Negro to the Chilean town of Punta Arenas.
3. The Arctic
Arctic Dreams: Imagination and Desire in a Northern Landscape by Barry Lopez (1986). Lopez is dreamy, and his meditation on the "last frontiers" of the Arctic is as much about natural history as it is about human landscapes of imagination, desire, and progress. This National Book Award-winner is based on his travels throughout the North, including Baffin Island, Canada's Northwest Territories, and Greenland.
4. Hong Kong
Hong Kong, by Jan Morris (1989). The ever-piquant Morris masterfully unravels the enigma that is Hong Kong, from its Sino-British bipolarity to its megalithic economic structure, its hypercrowded urban landscape to its surprisingly under-explored nature reserves.
5. Australia
In a Sunburned Country, by Bill Bryson (2000). Bryson would probably be the perfect desert-island companion—an acerbic naturalist and historian who just can't keep an absurd moment or thought to himself. His Australia story teems with toxic caterpillars and ridiculous place-names ("Tittybong," for one).
6. Venezuela
In Trouble Again: A Journey Between the Orinoco and the Amazon, by Redmond O'Hanlon (1988). Here's where travel becomes, perhaps, too adventurous: Thrill-seeking, hilarious O'Hanlon takes a four-month river trip and trek in the jungles of Venezuela, a buggy, shadowy, prehistoric-seeming netherworld. The result? An illuminating diary of the jungle's wildlife and people.
7. Paris
A Moveable Feast, by Ernest Hemingway (1964). "This is how Paris was in the early days when we were very poor and very happy," recollects Hemingway in this vivid memoir of 1920s Paris, a metropolis brimming with creative types and revolutionary ideas.
8. China
The River at the Center of the World: A Journey Up the Yangtze, and Back in Chinese Time, by Simon Winchester (1996). Historian Winchester seems to know everything, but he's such an engaging raconteur you can hardly begrudge him his smarts. Here he travels the 3,434-mile (5,526-kilometer)Yangtze River, reflecting on the historic importance of the river and the social straits in which the Chinese now find themselves.
9. U.S.
Travels with Charley: In Search of America, by John Steinbeck (1961). "When I was very young and the urge to be someplace else was on me, I was assured by mature people that maturity would cure this itch," Steinbeck begins. The itch in question went unscratched until, at 58, he launched a road trip from Maine to California—accompanied by his poodle, Charley. The America he discovers surprises both himself and his readers.
10. Hungary
Valeria's Last Stand, by Marc Fitten (2009). This stripped-down modern day fairy tale depicts Zivatar, a fictional village in Hungary,as a place where not much new happens— until one fateful day when the town grump, 68-year-old Valeria, sees the elderly village potter as if for the first time, and is thunderstruck with love. Much of the charm of this tale lies in Fitten's portrayal of Zivatar, a place so far off the beaten track that German tanks (during WWII), Russian tanks (during the 1956 revolution), and even the modern highway all ignore it.

Te das Queen?

Los que no sabeis quien es "Chiquito de la Calzada" no podeis entender lo gracioso del nombre de esta lancha rápida.
Un buen nombre para un bote, si señor..

Saludos a todos!

CONCURSO FOTOGRÁFICO LONELY PLANET

Hola a todos! Me he enterado que Lonely Planet ha lanzado el concurso fotográfico DE CERCA. Ya podeis participar (pinchar la imagen). Que gane el mejor!

¿Paz en el mundo? La utopía.

No me lo llego a creer del todo pero este es el mapa que los de MATADOR TRIPS ofrecen sobre el nivel de PAZ que hay en el mundo, para los que quieran viajar...sin problemas. Un saludo.

¿Te gustan los insectos? A ellos si.

10 ciudades más fotografiadas del mundo

Según la prestigiosa web MATADOR TRIPS estas son las 10 ciudades más fotografiadas del mundo entero. La nuestra incluida!!!:

10. Toronto
9. Barcelona
8. Berlin
7. Seattle
6. Tokyo
5. Chicago
4. San Francisco
3. Paris
2. New York City
1. London

Concurso de saltos en Kitzbuhel, Austria

Concurso de saltos en Kitzbuhel, Austria. Fijaos en las piruetas que hacen en el aire. Los grabé mientras esquiaba en la estación olimpica, esta pasada semana santa.

Surf en Munich

Si, si, auqneu no os lo creais , esto lo filmé en Munich hace 15 días en el rio. Esto es a lo que se dedican los municheses surferos los sabados por la mañana.