The life of Christians in the Middle East

The life of Christians in the Middle East

"Life was never easy for Christians. In the fourteenth century, were virtually wiped out by Tamerlane in Mongolia and Central Asia."
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A cross the Himalayas with a rookie driver

For: Ricardo Coarasa
A cross the Himalayas with a rookie driver
As we left Lhasa, Bumble each of the buttons on the dashboard to make sure what they are. Circulates 50 km / h, are continuing their sharp braking and cornering takes every invading the wrong lane, whether or not visibility. The driver of the SUV that should lead us to Kathmandu, 1.100 km across the Himalayas. I will travel through one of the most dangerous roads of the earth with a conductor trainee. I'm excited.
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The reincarnated brown ant

For: Juancho Sanchez / Gustavo Castelão (text / photos)
The reincarnated brown ant
The height reduces the oxygen level and complicated movements. At first it is imperceptible, but then it will increasingly notice. The dawn of our eighth day of the Annapurna circuit is overwhelming.
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Norbulingka: the Dalai Lama's "driving school"
For: Ricardo Coarasa

Norbulingka: the Dalai Lama's "driving school"
The summer palace of the highest spiritual authority of Buddhism, the "Jewel Park", is the antithesis of the city-fortress of the Potala. In the walled garden outside the current Dalai Lama Lhasa, Tenzin Gyatso, learned to drive in two and a Dodge Austin as his predecessor did bring in pieces across the Himalayas to the astonishment of people who lived at anchor in the Middle Ages.
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Glacier Gangapurna: ally against altitude sickness
For: Juancho Sanchez / Gustavo Castelão (text / photos)

Glacier Gangapurna: ally against altitude sickness
I do not know the other, but I stress me up for minutes. It's like that and it's time for truth and, on the one hand, want to face it sooner, and, other, want to run. At the moment, clear, I stay.
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Jaffa: Sea Mosque
For: Ricardo Coarasa (text and photos)

Jaffa: Sea Mosque
Founded as the Bible by Japheth, one of the sons of Noah, after the Flood, have gained from the pharaohs to the mythical Persian King David, Saladin, Richard the Lionheart "Napoleon. It Jaffa, the old city of Tel Aviv, one of the oldest ports in the world, boosting the minaret of the mosque of the sea on the vast blue of the Mediterranean.
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