Shiraz, the triumph of spring
Recognized for its open and university spirit, this city in southwestern Iran is full of flowers and poetry
Ricardo Artigas Coarasa, journalist, has traveled around the world to step on the places where history and literature have left their mark. With the philosophy that behind every trip is a story that track and in the back of any story, a journey worth undertaking, followed the steps of Hernán Cortés in the conquest of Mexico, experience embodied in "Hernán Cortés.
The steps erased " (Mirror of Ink, 2007), traced the footsteps of Mallory in the Himalayas and the memory of the conquerors in countries like Guatemala or the Dominican Republic. With the aim of the adventure is any step we take into the unknown with curiosity of childhood, visited northern Ethiopia in search of the wake of Pedro Paez, the Spanish discovered the sources of the Blue Nile, traveling collection chronicles in "The Blue Nile Sources", yet reported, and traveled to Uganda in the heat of the stories of great explorers such as Speke, Stanley o Baker. During the last twenty years has worked for media such as ABC and the Associated Press and currently does for the newspaper La Razon, where he joined the founding team and for covering the trial of 11-M.
He is coauthor of "11-M. The solidarity day stood up to terror ", a report on the coral 24 critical hours of the attacks in Madrid and has gathered some of his experiences traveling through Kenya and Tanzania in "Mzungu in Africa", orphan editor.
With the maximum Kapuscinski that "the world teaches humility", launched in March 2010 by the journalist and photographer Javier Brandoli the online travel magazine Viajesalpasado.com, specializing in travel with history.
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From Tehran to Hormuz: From Tehran to Hormuz
It is essential to get rid of any cliché about the country of the ayatollahs and the women stuffed in black, also. Iran is a fascinating country, brimming with history and contrasts, that you have to walk without fear to enjoy all its charms
Guimaraes: journey into the bowels of Portugal
If you only have one day my advice is to start at the castle to continue to fall after the hill toward the palace of the Dukes of Braganza and the old town, leaving the end Mount Penha.
On the death of Javier Reverte
Until his last day, has been faithful to his unwavering commitment to pursue his dreams. A hard-earned task that defines you more than any other
Hong Kong: the routine of the convulsive days
The former colony a truce between given week in protests against China, that they have scared away tourism and have made the city a trail of painted protest, even in Spanish
London through the eyes of a child
The look of a child is not an adult, maleada and the digital information overload and drowning in topics. What catches their attention to the city?
Ways to travel
The motivations for travel are endless. We travel behind landscapes, of people, of cities or in the wake of a childhood dream or a literary scene. We travel, also, for the sheer pleasure of escape routine. And you, Why do you travel?
Andenes: looking for whales in the Arctic
From the Norwegian town of Andenes, in the archipelago of Vesteralen, north of the Arctic Circle, boats depart each day follow the trail of the great cetaceans
Pico de la Miel: a photo story
The pictures, sometimes, you flee, but sometimes you stumble upon them accidentally as in the most unexpected moment. That's what happened to us that cold March morning in the Madrid Sierra de la Cabrera.
Anie: Pyramid Circus Lescun
Our destination is the Anie (2.504 meters), a pyramid of rock unmistakable landscape of the French Pyrenean region, but the first figure that draws our attention is the hegemonic presence of the peak Billare.
Twenty streets to enjoy Stockholm on foot
The first thing I did nothing more than set foot in Stockholm, after 18 hours I got on a ferry from Helsinki, It was walking. There we were dragging suitcases up Stadsgardshamnen, savoring the pleasant feeling of knowing a stranger, flirting with the bewilderment of groping a city to discover.
The Ten Commandments of tourists in Africa
Travelling to Africa for the first time is not easy. Some are tempted to rush out and tumble as myths and darken the horizons idyllic. But those who resist that fleeting impulse remain forever tainted by the evil of Africa, that passion for the continent, stripped of prejudice, it forces you to return again and again and, the most daring, to stay.
Mesola: the gift of the Holy Innocents
It was the third time in the last six months I was heading towards the same hill, but circumstances, in any case, They were very different. This time it was the day of the Holy Innocents and had already begun the winter.
Ephesus: Duel in the Sun with history
Hell was hot and there was a shadow in hundreds of meters around. We were helpless against the overwhelming story of Ephesus, Walking on the Aegean between the ruins of what was one of the main ports of Antiquity.
Fremont Street: the old heart of las vegas
In a country with such a brief history behind it, the 111 fremont street years is an eternity. The Las Vegas Pleistocene is, therefore, Fremont Street, where Las Vegas was Las Vegas for the first time.
Lello: the ex most beautiful bookstore in the world
Instead of a bookstore, I came across a theme park, a crowded museum where patrons struggle, as in any tourist claim, before for a photograph than for a book
Coimbra: the pyramid of knowledge
There are cities in which one has no doubt where to start. Coimbra is one of them. Its renowned university, elevated on a hill next to the Mondego River, permeates the Portuguese city with knowledge since medieval times.
Mesa de los Tres Reyes: solitude above the clouds
Hearing his name on my curiosity immediately spread the charm of medieval times. They say that up there the kings of Aragon met, Navarre and the French viscount of Béarn to settle their border cuitas.
Mountain races, but not cleaning
I have nothing against racing mountain. It is a way of loving nature far removed from mine, but also respectable. Yes I have a lot against, however, of those who do not respect the mountain or get dirty with impunity.
In debt to Mechelen
We only had two hours to explore the Flemish city of 300 protected monuments. Maybe that's why, Mechelen greeted us with rain. We deserved it, certainly.
Munich: rogue soul wanted
Munich has a Cartesian order that makes it very comfortable for the visitor. It is brotherly, open, delicious for a walk and offers a lot of good beer, but one imagines living here and almost who would end up missing that rogue and nightlife profile without which a city always ends up consuming you in its perfection.
Snowshoeing in the moonlight
If at the time when many put pajamas are getting dressed in ski clothes it is that something extraordinary will happen. And what better from Maundy Thursday evening to the mountain to walk with snowshoes under the full moon?
The carrerita Medellin
Virgin is directed towards the image of Jesus in a hurry, with the exultation of one who is reunited with her son three days after his death. It is the popular "Carrerita" Medellin, a tradition that will be repeated next Sunday in the village that gave birth to Hernán Cortés.
The mills: the weight of the stars
I do not know how much they weigh the stars, but tonight I thought we were falling all over. It could not be that heaven soportase together without falling apart so violently upon us. Anytime, there was no doubt, They start to rush.
