Saudi Arabia, Yemen and women.
I’ve been here in Yemen for just five days, and what strikes me most is 1) how tasteful the bread is and 2) most women are covered in black from head to toe. What strikes me even more is that the veil is not mandatory.
There are Yemeni woman driving car (I have seen at […]
Looking for some water (scarcity)
Just after entering Mexico I take in the car José, Blanca and the little four-month-old José Luiz. The renting contract of the car states that the insurance does not cover any other persone than me. But says also that the insurance is not valid in Mexico (it does not say anything about Canada). So […]
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Naples, a journey to the Vesuvius
“Thursday 22nd, about ten on the clock in the morning, the thundering noise began again; the oldest men declared, they never heard the like; and, indeed, it was very alarming: we were in expectation every morning of some dire calamity.”[1] It is not the Doomsday – it is the Vesuvius, the Neapolitan volcano, erupting […]
Protest in Buenos Aires
A protest in Buenos Aires, September 2005. Images and music - at the end the police charged… I liked the town.
Belfast pictures
Murals are modern frescos, but not all the towns seem to appreciate this artistic expression. Early April 2006, the minister for Social Development announced that £1 million (€1.5 million) would have been allocated to erase the murals, at least the most aggressive. If they will ever begin the job, it will take […]
Foto Canoa Quebrada
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Mi prendo dieci giorni di vacanza. Per poco piu` di una settimana la smettero` di viaggiare nella campagna brasiliana e me ne andro` a trovare Marino, a Canoa Quebrada. L’anno prima ero rimasto un mese in Brasile, per il documentario, e non avevo neanche visto […]
Fotografie di Belfast
I murales sono i moderni affreschi, ma non tutte le citta` sembrano apprezzare questa forma d’arte. Belfast probabilmente la subisce.