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In Europe, Islands in the Mediterranean, Itália On  19/10/2004  No comments

I decided to continue with the “escapade trips” to islands. After Mallorca it was Sardinia. This time I went with Maxim, we got the excuse of his birthday to do this first trip “by errante”. Now, besides doing the web pages, he was photographing making videos with me.

As soon as we got there it rained really strong. Alghero’s old town was empty, looking abandoned and there was water everywhere. We had a good dinner in an Italian restaurant and went back to the hotel. Next day it was sunny and like that it was the 4 days in Sardinia, a perfect climate for traveling. We rented a car, essential to see the island. First we drove to the east side of the island. We were surprised by the amount of garbage by the highway near Nuoro. There was fridge, sofa, oven, parts of cars, all thrown away by the shoulder of the road. We stopped in Nuoro to have lunch and walk around the mountains. The region is known by its murals. We saw some interesting one, even by the roads.

Before getting t...

In Spain, Islands in the Mediterranean On  02/09/2004  One comment

I took advantage of my mother’s visit to Spain to go to Mallorca. We went for only four days. We arrive on the afternoon and we stayed sunbathing on the terrace of the hotel. Later we had a delicious torte with tea and went for a walk on the old town.

The city of Palm is beautiful, it has a very interesting old town and wide avenues with coconut tree. We realized that they were accustomed with tourists because we were always well treated in restaurants and hotels. They are hospitable, different from other parts of Spain where they seem to be bothered by the presence of tourists.

On our last day on the island we try to take a boat tour but it was not possible. He was final of the high season and in those days they had changed the schedules of the boats. We always arrived one minutes later that the boat had left. Great part was error of the workshop of tourist information that in said the wrong schedule to them...

In America, Chile On  14/08/2001  One comment

We left San Pedro early on the morning to visit Salar de Atacama. We got there for the sunrise, there was plenty of flamingos by the Chaxa lagoon. From there we went to Socaire, a small village near the salt panning. We had breakfast and visited the small church.

We started to go up the mountain toward the lagoons. Our car was the slowest, we were driving 10km per hour. The other tour groups passed us. After a few km the car broke down. We got off and walked. We were at an altitude of more than 3000m. It took us more than an hour to get to Miñiques lagoon. Then we walked a little more to Miscati lagoon. When we got there our guide showed up, the car was running. We didn’t have much time to see the lagoon because we had to go back before the last car, just in case ours break down again.

On our  first way up the car stopped again and didn’t run. A van that was behind us decided to push us to the top of the mountain. Imagine a car pushing the other one, like in a cartoon...