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.

algarve

I have travel lately to Alte, a beautiful little village in the middle of Algarve region, surrounded by hills and vegetation. There I've found this very unusual store that sells soaps made by olive oil.

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Nos ultimos tempos tenho visitado com regularidade Alte, uma pequena aldeia situada no meio dos montes algarvios. Por lá encontrei uma pequena loja de sabonetes naturais feitos à base de azeite.

Roma

Last time in Rome I discovered this beautiful little food store called Il genovino d'Oro . It's an one man store, that besides having fine gourmet food from all over Italy it also has spices for pasta and all sorts of foods. Spice are made by the owner and are from natural ingredients. Sorry, i have no pictures to publish along the post.

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A ultima vez que visitei Roma descobri a Il genovino d'Oro, uma pequena loja dedicada à venda de produtos gourmet dos 4 cantos da italia assim como uma enorme lista de especiarias criadas pelo próprio dono da loja. Os produtos são naturais, um must se passar pela capital italiana nos próximos tempos.

travel guides

I'm deeply sorry but it took me a bit longer than August to start posting here. I would like to start writing again by bringing news regarding the new 2011 Louis Vuitton travel guides. Besides new 7 destinations, LV also started to have some promotional videos.

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As minhas sinceras desculpas pelo atraso nos posts deste Verão. Começo a nova época com a noticia dos novos guias de viagem da marca de luxo Louis Vuitton. Para além de updates e 7 novos destinos, a marca decidiu-se ainda por promover alguns dos seus guias através de videos publicados no youtube.

this blog is on holidays during August.

tree house hotel

Novo hotel na Suecia. A new hotel in Sweden.

Three days London from HerrHildebrand on Vimeo.

Travel Memories not necessarily mean photography. The new video digital era has brought to us another easy way to tell our travel stories. I recently found this beautiful small homemade film about 3 days in London. Surely an inspiration.

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As memorias de viagem já não significam necessariamente apenas um album de imagens. Desde que as novas máquina fotográficas digitais permitem a possibilidade de filmar - com qualidade, as nossas historias de viagens podem ser contadas de uma outra forma. Recentemente descobri uma belissima prova disso mesmo, num filme simples mas muito eficaz sobre 3 dias passados em Londres. Uma inspiração!

Volta ao mundo / Round the world trip

Um dos ultimos posts no blog da Lonely Planet partilhava alguns conselhos sobre como planear uma volta ao mundo. Lê-lo fez-me recordar a minha e tantas conversas posteriores. Estão lá os meus conselhos que posso dar para quem quer viajar.

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One of the last blogs from Lonely Planet shares some tips and advices for those who wish to travel around the world. It made me remember my rtw trip back in 2001 and a lot of conversations i had with friends afterwards. The tips are in fact 100% true.

cartier bresson / holiday magazine

Some other interesting photos were published in http://photemera.blogspot.com.

They are from the famous photographer Cartier-Bresson on an assignment to Holiday

Magazine about different european destinations including Portugal.

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No blog http://photemera.blogspot.com encontram-se um conjunto de trabalhos publicados na velhinha Holiday Magazine, um dos quais dedicado à Iberia. O mais curioso é que estes trabalhos foram fotografados por Cartier-bresson, um dos mais famosos fotografos de todos os tempos.

google maps

A minha capacidade de organização é testada quando realizo

trabalhos sobre viagens. Sobretudo em artigos dedicados a

bairros em metropoles como Londres ou Nova Iorque.

Quando visitei Londres há 2 semanas atrás descobri a potencia-

lidade dos google maps, que a partir de um conjunto de moradas

nos permite construir o nosso próprio mapa.

Eu sei que não deve ser novidade para ninguém, mas não podia

deixar de partilhar a minha descoberta!

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My organizational skills are tested every time i work on trips,

Specially in articles about neighborhoods in places like London or

New York with so many interesting places.

When I visited London two weeks ago I discovered how helpful

google maps can be for travellers, letting you built your own map

from your own adresses (in a very easy way).

I am pretty sure this ain't a discovery for most of you, but i just had

to share my discovery.

florença no verão / summer in florence

Jonathan Jones é um critico de arte Inglês, com um blogue

no Guardian que visito com regularidade. Há pouco tempo

escreveu um belissimo exercicio de descoberta sobre a cidade

de Florença (no Verão). http://gu.com/p/2hzym

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Jonathan Jones is a british art critic, who has a blog in guardian

about art. A couple of weeks ago he wrote a very interesting

art travel story about the italian city of Florence (for summer).

http://gu.com/p/2hzym

100 years after

"In 1910, the German publisher Baedeker brought out a new edition of its Handbook to Great Britain. The volume was the last Baedeker guide to Britain to be published before the First World War. And although earlier versions were replaced every few years, the 1910 edition would not be updated for almost two decades. The next one came out in 1927. As such, it shaped the experience of a generation of travellers to England, Scotland and Wales.

Baedeker, which began producing travel books in 1835, helped pioneer the modern concept of a travel guide. Unlike many earlier guides, in which writers spun narratives about their own journeys and experiences, Baedekers were informational and service-oriented — listing steamboat fares and passport requirements, recommending suitable clothing and suggesting how much to tip.

The guide was not universally embraced. An unsigned review in The New York Times, dated Nov. 12, 1910, lambasted Baedeker’s Great Britain, saying that the use of a guidebook denies the traveler the delight of the unexpected, and remarking icily, “Why has the Lake District received extraordinary honours and not the scenery of Wales?”

100 years after a NYT journalist done a small update on his guide book. http://travel.nytimes.com/2010/05/09/travel/09footsteps.html

The fashion world meets travelling. This curious little (literally)

thing will cost around $450 usd which is pretty much what

you'll pay for any plane trip from Lisbon to almost

anywhere in all Europe. A choice, like everything i guess.

Only available in July in YSL boutiques.

holiday magazine

I found these photos in http://photemera.blogspot.com. They are from

Robert Capa, a photojournalist more famous from his mid-20th century

war pictures than from his travel reports. This was an assignment from

Holiday Magazine. The outcome is very very interesting, mainly for the

gap between this work and what we've seen in today's travel mags.