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India (1): Welcome
India is synonym of chaos. Although they manage to keep the airport calm by not letting in anyone not travelling, once you get out of there, your survival instinct makes you observe of all details of...
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India (2): The Route
We spent 11 days in North India, starting and finishing in New Delhi. We tried to limit the travelled distances, while maximizing the places we visited. The route can be seen in this map, and was done...
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India (3): Delhi
The first impression of Delhi, the capital of India, when you arrive is that it is a hectic city with almost 10 million people continuously moving, provoking constant traffic jams in the main roads....
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India (4): Varanasi
Varanasi is synonym of Ganges. The Hinduism sacred river, where many people do pilgrimage at least once in their lives in order to perform the bath rituals. When possible, they also try to to be...
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India (5): Khajuraho and Orchha’a
Khajuraho is a small town at a night-train distance from Varanasi, and it is the perfect stop after the intense and touching Varanasi: no traffic, less people, and a relaxing atmosphere… but that is...
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India (6): Agra, home of the Taj Mahal
After the oasis in Khajuraho and Orchha’a, Agra meant going back to the India we had known a few days before: big city, traffic, and noise. Agra was the capital of the Mogul empire for a century, and...
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India (7): Jaipur
Jaipur is the market of India. The main streets in the city form a huge bazaar: shops after shops, making your life easy to buy anything you think of. As a tourist it has a couple of spots within the...
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India (8): Udaipur
We could not stop looking to the elderly couple sitting in front of us in our hotel in Udaipur during our first breakfast there. We do not consider India as an easy destination for grown-up but young...
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Tabarca – La Vila
Salir a navegar por la Costa Blanca tiene sus ventajas. La mayor de ellas: el tiempo, generalmente (toco madera), es bueno en casi cualquier época del año, y la fecha elegida para la primera salida de...
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Rodeando Ibiza
La salida del puente de mayo (4 días) pintaba perfecta: dos barcos, 13 tripulantes (para 4 de ellos, éste era su bautismo náutico), patrones repartidos equilibradamente entre los dos barcos, y un plan...
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Mar Menor
La clásica salida en velero a principios de junio es la bienvenida oficial al verano: sol, calor, y el agua a una temperatura que invita al baño (salvo sensibilidad extrema). En esta ocasión, el plan...
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Venice
When taxi is not even an option to get to your accommodation from the airport, you already know you are in a very special place. This is the case for Venice, a city occupying completely over 100...
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Switzerland
Switzerland was in my wishlist to visit since a couple of years ago. Some friends moved there and had invited me, and a Toastmasters Conference provided the perfect excuse to spend a few days visiting...
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Oxford
Two years ago, we went to Oxford as a friend had just moved there and organized a house warming. We had a great time there, and decided to establish a new tradition for that, the Biennal Oxford BBQ,...
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Oporto – Praias
A couple of images from some early morning walks (this has become a tradition by now) in two beaches in the North of Porto: Praia de Mindelo (foggy morning) and Praia de Árvore (clear day).
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Canada Roadtrip (1): The Plan
Thanks to a conference in Vancouver, I had the perfect excuse to discover the best spots in the North-West of Canada, and it is one of the trips I have enjoyed the most. I could accommodate eight days...
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Canada Roadtrip (2): Banff and Jasper
Banff and Jasper natural parks need a few days to be discovered. The more, the better. I had to accommodate this visit in five days, so it was quite intense in terms of driving: 1249 km in 19h15’ on my...
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Canada Roadtrip (3): Banff Park
Banff town was my basecamp for exploring the Banff park, not only because I wanted to have some services around after long days in the nature, but also because it is where the vast majority of...
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Canada Roadtrip (4): Banff Park
When I travel to a new and distant place, it always takes me some time to feel comfortable. I always spend the first hours/days in understanding how things work: how the map I had seen dozens of times...
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Canada Roadtrip (5): Jasper Park
After a cold night in the hostel, I went back to the resort in Saskatchewan Crossing to have a proper and warm breakfast, before resuming the path to the North. My first stop was a short hike that a...
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