Tours of London by the city homeless / Londres pela mão dos sem abrigo

It's a new business idea, and a new adventure for all travellers visiting London, since it shows the city from a totally different point of view. I haven't had the opportunity to travel with them, but i truly recommend it. At least give it a thought! You can have a look here.

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É uma nova ideia de negocio e uma nova proposta de descoberta para todos aqueles que viajavam até Londres, pelo menos um novo ponto de vista sobre este destino tão turistico. Ainda que não tenha participado em qualquer dos roteiros propostos, não posso deixar de os recomendar, pelo menos como uma ideia a ter da próxima vez que se visitar a capital inglesa. Pode dar uma vista de olhos aqui.

magazine

One of my last articles was published this month in portuguese travel magazine Blue Travel. My picture is on the cover. Hope you like it!

website

O que é que eu fiz nas férias? é uma ideia muito bonita e ainda melhor apresentada. Descobri-a por acaso, no meio de outras coisas sem relação. Confesso que fiquei tentado a copiar a ideia, há obviamente a sensação de tempo, ainda que no caso deste blog me pareça uma relação desinteressada. E ainda bem, "inveja" da ideia...

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O que é que eu fiz nas férias? means what have i done in my holidays?. It's a brazilian website and blog that i've found looking for something else. I really like the idea but also the way it is presented, very clean and sharp. So much that i was tempted to steal the idea and make one on my own.

camping

Group camping trips can be difficult to arrange, thanks in large part to noise restrictions and other prohibitive rules often employed by public (and typically crowded) campgrounds. That's where the UK-based Private Camping Company comes in. With a network of farmers and landowners, the company negotiates access to private land and uses those sites to host short-term camping vacations.

Based in England's Lake District, the Private Camping Company works with local farmers and landowners willing to rent small, secluded areas of their land for short-term private camping pitches. UK planning regulations allow such landowners 28 days of "permitted development" per year in which they can use their land for nearly any temporary purpose without needing to apply for planning permission. Using land rented out in that way, then, the company provides and sets up temporary campsite facilities — equipped with water, toilets, hot showers, waste disposal, etc. — and then completely removes them afterwards, leaving the land just as they found it. Prices vary depending on the location and the required facilities, but for a group of 10 it would be roughly GBP 50 per person for a two-night weekend stay.

hotels

La Settimana del Baratto is a new concept to me. Based in Italy, it's developed by the local B&B Association which is obvious trying to get things going even during though times. Their idea is to encourage guests to use barter instead of spending money on their stay. This means that you have a chance to enjoy time away from home without breaking the bank. Last year's event was a success with 12.000 fans registered to participate in Facebook. In fact, some members continue to offer barter arrangements throughout the year. Last year, the most commonly made payment arrangements were reportedly accommodation swaps, live music performance and website translations.

The event will go on from Nov. 15 to 21. Can't wait to see the results.

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A La Settimana del Baratto é um conceito novo, como projecto - eu próprio já troquei estadia num hotel por fotografias. Baseado em Italia, é desenvolvido pela associação de B&B local e tem objectivamente o interesse de contornar estes tempos de crise que vivemos. A ideia desta associação é encorajar os viajantes a trocarem os seus conhecimentos por estadias numa das várias dezenas de unidades que aderiram a este programa. O ano passado o evento foi um grande sucesso com mais de 12.000 fans da página do facebook. As principais moedas de trocas dos alojamentos foram concertos e traduções dos websites, mas parece-me que muito mais há por fazer.

O evento decorrerá entre 15 e 21 de Novembro.

new york vs paris

for those heading to Paris or New york, or both, you should check this blog i've found. This is how they considered themselves: "A visual but friendly match between those two cities seen by a lover of Paris wandering through New York's infinite details, clichés and contradictions".

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Todos os viajantes a caminho de Paris ou Nova Iorque, ou ambos, devem dar um salto até este blog, relativamente recente mas bastante curioso. Segundo os próprios trata-se de um blog baseado "num confronto visual mas amigável entre as duas cidades visto por um amante de Paris a vaguear pelos infinitos detalhes, clichés e contradições de Nova Iorque".

website

I must confess that I have never tried Wanderfly, a new travel search engine on the web. Though, the idea seems very interesting and it does cover a gap there is for those travellers looking for answers on those internet pages - or at least among the websites I'm aware of. There are obviously some downturns. I do think it's still lacks the personal advisor touch and since i believe it will be a profit orientated website, at some point answers will come first by money than really client interest. Nonetheless, this is Wanderfly through ther own words:

Wanderfly answers this basic question: “Where can I go?” We are a personalized recommendation engine that helps you discover new and exciting experiences, based on your budget and interests. We suggest more than 1,200 destinations worldwide, and match them with thousands of activities. We help you find, organize, share and book your travel – all in one place – so you can get going and start discovering new places.

internet

Spotted by locals

I've found this website short while ago. it's not much different from many blogs going on these days about local tips pretty much every single city there is. Still, i like this one because it puts togheter 30 cities in one single huge blog. I'm following them!

website

I have a new gallery in my personal website dedicated to some

of my last works. I've called it, Food & Chefs. Hope you enjoy!

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Hoje coloquei uma nova galeria no meu website pessoal, dedicada

a algum do meu trabalho mais recente. Intitula-se Food & Chefs.

livro / book

In this impressively researched, alarming book, Rosaleen Duffy investigates the world of nature conservation, arguing that the West’s attitude to endangered wildlife is shallow, self-contradictory, and ultimately very damaging. Analyzing the workings of the black-market wildlife industry, Duffy points out that illegal trading is often the direct result of Western consumer desires, from coltan for cellular phones to exotic meats sold in London street markets. She looks at the role of ecotourism, showing how Western travelers contribute—often unwittingly—to the destruction of natural environments. Most strikingly, she argues that the imperatives of Western-style conservation often result in serious injustice to local people, who are branded as “problems” and subject to severe restrictions on their way of life and even extrajudicial killings.