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PORTUGAL | Fri, 11 May 2018 | By pbm6 | Views [348]
I walk down to the Tagus. It’s as wide as the River Mersey is here near the mouth. I pass the large gothic facade of the Jerónimos Monestry in the centre of Belém. Riverside are the Torre de Belém (Belem Tower) and the Padrã... Read more >
Tags: belem, circumnavigations3.amazonaws.com/aphs.worldnomads, lisbon, portugal
PORTUGAL | Thu, 4 Jun 2015 | By davidpearlman | Views [472]
First things first, I went to the Castillo de San Jorge in Lisbon. It is the largest Castle in Lisbon, practically looming over the skyline. I made a decision to see it before I left. The night before, (two nights ago), I did a recon mission to find ... Read more >
Tags: portugal, sintra
PORTUGAL | Fri, 29 May 2015 | By davidpearlman | Views [518]
Yesterday, I left the UK. I took a 2 1/2 journey by train to London Gatwick airport, which involved changing trains at a station called Reading. The train(s) stopped at the typical England villages, with a car park, nice town square, some with ... Read more >
Tags: airplane, lisbon, portugal
PORTUGAL | Fri, 20 Feb 2015 | By michaelmau | Views [299]
THE VIEW FROM MY BALCONY
at the top of Beco do Monte invites me to explore the seven hills of Lisbon. There’s the Jardim de S. Pedro de Alcântara where Ricardo Reis thought about Lydia and Marcenda. There’... Read more >
Tags: lisbon, portugal, run
PORTUGAL | Fri, 7 Nov 2014 | By markoo | Photo Gallery | Scholarship Entry
The short thing is I am not very good with words, and by nature though sociable I am not really talkative. That's probably why I have found myself in this art of photography where I can quietly and comfortably communicate- express myself without fear ...
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Tags: permaculture, portugal, roots
PORTUGAL | Mon, 25 Aug 2014 | By jazzanomadica | Views [1690]
“I know Honey, let’s get married in a 600 year old UNESCO World Heritage Site! That will impress all your friends!”
Ok, maybe that’s not how the conversation would have gone, but that is definitely what had eventually happened.... Read more >
Tags: europe, lisbon, portugal
PORTUGAL | Sun, 24 Aug 2014 | By jazzanomadica | Views [1709] | Comments [3]
The drive from Vancouver had taken over a year. The distance on the most direct route is 7248 kilometres, but that trip saw me drive more than 20’000 kilometres. Canada is a vast country and trying to reach North America’s eastern most ... Read more >
Tags: cabo da roca, europe, lisbon, portugal
PORTUGAL | Sat, 23 Aug 2014 | By jazzanomadica | Views [1984] | Comments [1]
“Marijuana? Hashish?”
First impressions mean a lot, and this was mine when I arrived in Lisbon, Portugal. I had barely stepped outside the doors of the Metro station when a man in his 50’s with a thick moustache and protruding beer ... Read more >
Tags: europe, lisbon, portugal
PORTUGAL | Wed, 7 May 2014 | By consultingnomad | Views [247]
When people talk about love and relationships I would often find myself twiddling my thumbs, I am young and am yet to experience either - at least with a person. But you see my greatest love affair of all has been with the world. I've swam with ... Read more >
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PORTUGAL | Sat, 12 Jan 2013 | By journal_by_brusonja | Photo Gallery | Scholarship Entry
My name is Dusan Stojancevic. I am from Serbia, former Yugoslavia.
I love Photography as long as I can remember. Probably I inherited the passion from my parents, who always had the cheap Russian cameras at home.
By education, I am a Food Engineer, ...
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Tags: algarve, lisbon, portugal, tavira
PORTUGAL | Mon, 7 May 2012 | By mettesv | Views [389]
So finally Jess and I have started to manage all the photo she takes. Before Portugal and that's a month ago we had almost 2500(!) pictures from our travels together. I have divided them up by country and tagged them with different things (try holy for ... Read more >
Tags: help x, portugal
PORTUGAL | Wed, 2 May 2012 | By mettesv | Views [631]
I will postulate that there is no off the beaten path! Everything have been done, seen and eaten. But travelling should not be about being the most special and innovative traveller the world have seen, it is about finding the way that you personally ... Read more >
Tags: portugal, sintra
JAPAN | Sun, 22 Apr 2012 | By marcosfernandes | Views [4471] | Comments [1] | Scholarship Entry
Arigato and obrigado are two ways of saying thank you, both deriving from the first western language ever heard in Japan in the sixteenth century: Portuguese. Following the footsteps of our ancestors, we embrace this modern Japanese adventure with gratitude.... Read more >
Tags: buddhism, gueisha, japan, maiko, portugal, ryokan, shinkansen, shinto, shintoist, travel writing scholarship 2012 arigato obrigado
UNITED KINGDOM | Fri, 26 Aug 2011 | By emily_mcd | Views [641]
The
beautiful empty beach stretches out in front of me as I turn the corner from
harbour. All I can hear was the waves in the distance as the gently lap the
sand and my flip flops tapping on the boardwalk as I walk towards the horizon.
The sun ... Read more >
Tags: algarve, portugal
USA | Sat, 4 Sep 2010 | By alexkozovski | Views [651]
I realize there exists a massive hiatus in my writing between now and Leh but it was inevitable. At some point it became a necessity to live and experience rather than sit behind a computer and write about it. For next time I think I have an idea ... Read more >
Tags: black sea, bosphorus, bulgaria, goodbye, india, jordan, nyc, portugal, spain, turkey
PORTUGAL | Thu, 1 Jul 2010 | By alexkozovski | Views [621]
I am leaving tomorrow and am full of contradictory emotions. Nothing new more or less. One is the expansive happiness to change, to move on , onwards to something new and interesting, natural ebb and flow, the exciting horror of new wrapped in a blanket ... Read more >
Tags: camping, ericeira, portugal, praia, ribeira dílhas, surfing, tent
PORTUGAL | Wed, 30 Jun 2010 | By alexkozovski | Views [979] | Comments [1]
Ok. It appears that you are reading this blog. Yes YOU!! You make me happy and I love you. The first night sleeping in the tent was quite eventful. First it started raining, thank you tent for being waterproof (to a point)but ofcourse nothing is waterproof, ... Read more >
Tags: camping, ericeira, portugal, praia, ribeira dílhas, surf, surfing, tent
PORTUGAL | Tue, 29 Jun 2010 | By alexkozovski | Views [663] | Comments [2]
My sincere apologies for not writing sooner. It has been an amazing time, and the internet can be a scarcity. However in case anyone was wondering, I can happily say that my beard has been growing as expected. Soon I hope i can braid it and put beads ... Read more >
Tags: camping, ericeira, lisboa, porto, portugal, surfing, tent
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