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Himalayan bike or how to dilute the self-esteem in a nanosecond

We met him by chance on the streets of Lhasa hours before heading to Everest Base Camp. There Richard, Vitoria firefighter traveling alone. Going to make our own path, the 1.100 kilometers from the capital of Tibet in Kathmandu, but cycling. Way, be diverted to greet some friends to Sishapagma. Today I go to sleep feeling very small. Some people have a cataplines as eight thousand.
byRicardo Coarasa
31 January, 2011

Uganda: the last refuge of gorillas

In a corner of the world, in tropical forests that engulf borders, the last gorillas survive land. Go on your quest is a huge experience, unforgettable. We in Uganda, in Bwindi National Park, tracing the footsteps of these great primates to which, Ranger warns the Nkuringo, it is better not to make eye contact so they do not feel challenged. Here we go.
byRicardo Coarasa
19 January, 2011

The world's cheapest menu

Travel to Tibet and do not visit a Buddhist monastery is like being in Port Aventura and not the Dragon Khan ride or go to 'Lucio' for the first time and not asking about broken eggs. The advantage of a few days in Lhasa before entering the Himalayas, as well as gradually acclimate to the altitude, that makes no nonsense- is that in the vicinity of the capital of Tibet is located three of the most important: Drepung, Will there Ganden.
byRicardo Coarasa
17 January, 2011

Selva de Oza: Crown of the Dead

Pyrenean forest of the Selva de Oza, in the province of Huesca, keeps the secret of our ancestors. One hundred stone circles are distributed in the shadows of pine and beech. ¿Antiguos graves? "Remains of cabins? The bold hypothesis, in view of the evidence that has survived since the Middle Ages, suggest that we are at the scene of a famous episode of uncertain location: the battle of Roncesvalles.
byRicardo Coarasa
11 January, 2011

The birthday party is not Tibet

The Chinese effort to celebrate in style on the establishment of the Lhasa Tibet Autonomous Region is, for the native population, something like the non-birthday of Alice in Wonderland. Pure paradox: a party where balloons only (Chinas banderolas, floats, an imposing stand in front of the Potala, slogans everywhere) and a cake with candles without blowing.
byRicardo Coarasa
10 January, 2011

Africa on a bike. One million rocks

An authentic account of a motorcycle trip through Africa. A book detailing the reality of the black continent beyond the postcards and luxury safaris. En "Un millón de piedras" chewing desert dust, they suffer the corrupt, sometimes, African bureaucracy and finished the night drinking with the strange bedfellows who always invents the way.
byMiquel Silvestre
8 January, 2011

The Grand Canyon bird's eye view

From the heights, Colorado River seems harmless, unable to cause huge erosion, goldsmith patiently, began to light up the Grand Canyon now makes ten million years. We flew over the Nevada desert toward the neighboring Arizona, in the western United States, enjoying one of the most sensational performances of Nature.
byRicardo Coarasa
18 December, 2010
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