Category Archives: travel

Mingalaba!

Apparently it makes little sense to end my Myanmar posts with the Burmese word for hello, it makes more sense to close the series with the memories that will last longer. Not the temples or monasteries, not the rural landscapes … Continue reading →

Buddhism and pagodas

9 Jan ’12

Although you can easily find Hindu temples or Muslim mosques the religion drives that part of Asia is Buddhism, being the chosen faith of nearly 90% of the Burmese people. And you can find it everywhere: from majestic temples, Buddha statues and … Continue reading →

Just kids!

25 Dec ’11

As the posting schedule of my Burma photos was approaching the Christmas season it started to become obvious in my head that I had to do a children’s post for Christmas day! One of the best things of leaving the “western world” … Continue reading →

Rural life

24 Dec ’11

Despite having large cities like Yangon or Mandalay, Myanmar still is a very rural country where half of it’s population works on agriculture or fishing. So it’s no wonder that even in the most visited places people still managed to do their … Continue reading →

Bagan

21 Oct ’11

I love “scape photography”: landscape, cityscape or seascape photography! Some places absolutely overwhelm you just for being there, and you can stand and look for hours. But the thing is Myanmar it’s all about people, capturing close portraits and subtle … Continue reading →

Day markets, night markets

3 Oct ’11

Wherever I travel I have to go to the local market, either faraway in Southeast Asia or closer to home, a busy market full of fresh goods and colorful vegetables, people announcing their products, haggling or picking the best tomato or piece of … Continue reading →

To the streets of Burma!

22 Sep ’11

After the close and intimate portraits of young monks, and some not so young, where we sat and were allowed to share a space, interacted and played around, where what was sought was eye contact, a kind of complicity between … Continue reading →

Monks

12 Sep ’11

Back from Myanmar (or Burma, if you prefer) and back with lots of photos and lots memories! It’s was an overload to the five senses, fortunately only Vision can be reproduced in a photo but you’re still overwhelmed by everything happening around, but … Continue reading →

Southeast Asia

24 Feb ’11

Browsing my photo archives, for various things as creating a portfolio of choosing photos for prints or stock, made me realize there was lots of older hidden material to share, here in particular. …Like this elderly lady smoking at a Vietnamese bridge, … Continue reading →

Sanabria Lake

2 Feb ’11

Last weekend I went again to catch season’s colors with my camera, this time I looking for Winter’s colorless, barren landscapes, looking for sleepy woods and empty villages, possibly with snow or ice as a cherry on the top of … Continue reading →

The very first photo of 2011

14 Jan ’11

Just my like last photo of 2010, my first first photo of 2011 was another case of carrying my gear for non photographic trips but, unlike the last photo of 2010, I didn’t had to fighting with the elements, just … Continue reading →

The very last photo of 2010

13 Jan ’11

A few days after my last photowalk of 2010, my last “hunting session” of the year where I packed my arsenal and went to the wild looking for the prey (actually it was a calm riverside scene), I had one … Continue reading →

A bit more Autumn colors

31 Dec ’10

Another photo showing Autumn colors from another of my many trips to northern Portugal and Northern Spain this year. It’s a matter of trying to make the most from a beautiful region in the time of the year where it shines the most.

Autumn colors

29 Nov ’10

One of the great sorrows I have in my country is the lack of proper autumn colors, Portuguese forest has been invaded by pine trees and eucalyptus in the last decades, turning Autumn in just a colder and less interesting … Continue reading →

Lots and lots of vine leaf details!

5 Nov ’10

Went to the Douro Valley last weekend (day one, day two), taking my changes to see Autumn making is way throughout the vineyards and ended up focusing a lot on the details.

Istanbul

21 Jul ’10

Wandering in Istanbul. This photo has a story.

Al-Hamma

22 Apr ’10

Alfama (from arabic Al-hamma), the medieval, with its Moorish and Islamic origins, quarter of Lisbon which happens to be heart of city, a small village that dwells within the big city limits, where the time has a different meaning, it … Continue reading →

Reynisdrangar

19 Apr ’10

All this talk about the ash cloud blocking, literally, half Europe led me to a severe case of Icelandic wanderlust that made me browse the photos taken during my trip two years ago, this obviously ended up in uploading some … Continue reading →

Wandering in Indochina

12 Oct ’09

I’ve returned from Southeast Asia two months ago, but I just realized haven’t published any its photos (not including a handful of snapshots shared in my Facebook account). Actually I haven’t published any photos at all so its about time … Continue reading →

Trakai Castle

24 May ’09

Yet another fragment of my Baltic tour: Trakai Castle, apparently the only European medieval castle built on an island. And great place to spend a lazy day.

Riga Biker

23 May ’09

I’ve been slowly updating my Baltic trip photos to my Flickr account, I’m doing it in a slowly pace and maybe in a couple of weeks I’ll have them all uploaded. Baltic Tour

Baltic tour

28 Apr ’09

Most of the times travel means a gap in the photo gallery timeline, first it’s all the preparation before leaving, next it’s physical absence while traveling and then the aftermath and the return to everyday’s routines.