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Showing posts with label minorities. Show all posts
Showing posts with label minorities. Show all posts
07 October 2016

Trekking in the New Territories of Hong Kong

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Meeting Stanley at my hotel in Mong Kok. He is a late-twenty-something Hongkonger who free-lances as a tourist guide. We hop on the ever t...
22 September 2016

Walking around Fenghuang, Hunan

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Folk music by the Miao minority Nel pomeriggio gita per visitare un villaggio della minoranza dei Miao. Ci si arriva in bus e poi in ba...
20 September 2016

A passeggio per Fenghuang

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Fettuccine cinesi, tipica colazione Colazione molto cinese oggi, ma ormai ci sono (quasi) abituato e anzi quando mi alzo la mattina non vedo...
03 November 2014

Book review: South Africa: A Traveller's History (2003), by David Mason *****

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Travel to multi-colored South Africa Synopsis A Traveller's History of South Africa is intended as a comprehensive single volume s...
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10 October 2011

Book Review: Slaves of the Cool Mountains, by Alan Winnington, *****

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Author with released slaves in Yunnan Synopsis Beijing, 1956: foreign correspondent Alan Winnington heard reports of slaves being fre...
29 April 2011

6. - 29 APR: Shangri-la, lake Bitahai, Shudu and visit of town, shopping

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Lake Bitahai In the morning we make a trip to lake Bitahai , the highest in Yunnan at 3500msl. Nice walk along the river, abou three kil...
28 April 2011

5. - 28 APR: Drive to Shangri-la, via leaping Tiger gorge, Tibetan villages

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We leave Lijiang for a drive north, toward the Himalaya. At the Yangtse we cross the “border” between Yunnan and the Shangri-la (formerly Zh...

Recensione: Benvenuti nel paese delle donne, di Francesca Rosati Freeman, ****

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A sud delle nuvole Sinossi Un viaggio straordinario 'a sud delle nuvole', alla scoperta di Nu Guo, il paese delle donne. Qui a...

Book Review/Recensione: Leaving Mother Lake, by Namu and Christine Mathieu, *****

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Recensione italiana di seguito Synopsis The Tibetans refer to Moso country as "The Country of Daughters" because of their uniq...
27 April 2011

4. - 27 APR: Lijiang, Jade Dragon Mountain, Baisha, market

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Up early and off to a bus ride to the mountains of Yulong Xueshan (Jade Dragon Mountain), where we leave the bus and buy some tickets. To do...
26 April 2011

3. - 26 APR: Fly from Chengdu to Lijiang, Yunnan. Naxi concert

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Alalalei! (Hello!) is the first word in Naxi language I learn from our guide upon arrival in this small but pretty and efficient airport in ...
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18 November 2009

Film Review: Kurdish Yezidis (2009) by Florence Gavage, *****

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Synopsis According to ancient legend, in the beginning God created a white pearl and a bird. He then created seven angels including M...
14 November 2009

Film review: The Last Assyrians, by Robert Alaux, ****

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For six years Robert Alaux researched and wrote this documentary. It is the first film that tells the complete history of the Assyrian Chal...
03 October 2009

Film review: Afghanistan, Messengers from a Dark Past (2007), by Hossein Sadre and Florence Gavage, *****

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Synopsis Having been ravaged by over twenty-five years of civil war and strife, Afghanistan has today lost nearly all that made up its rich...
24 August 2005

6° g - 24 Ago: Ngorongoro

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Giornata intera nel cratere. Ho preferito passare due giorni qui, anche a costo di dover eliminare il parco di Terengire dal programma, e tu...
22 August 2005

4° g - 22 Ago: Eyasi, caccia con i Boscimani – Keratu

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Partenza prima delle 6 per essere dai Boscimani , popolazione di raccoglitori e cacciatori presente un po' in tutta l'Africa meridio...
20 August 2005

2° g - 20 AGO: Arusha e villaggio dintorni

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Arrivo ad Arusha molto presto, siamo a 1800mslm, ci vengono a prendere in aeroporto. Andiamo in albergo dove mi incontro con Don, il corrisp...
20 June 2005

8° g - 20 Giugno: Valle INDO NORD, da Lamayuru a Dah, via Khalsi 120 KM ORE 4

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Partenza da Lamayuru sul presto. Arriviamo in tarda mattinata al campeggio di Dha Hanu, ci sistemiamo e proseguiamo per il villaggio di Dha...
10 August 2003

4° g - 10 AGO: gita a Qara Kilise e Santo Stefano

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Lunga gita verso il nord, stancante ma ne vale sicuramente la pena. Le strade in Iran sono mediamente buone o molto buone. Paesaggi brulli e...
26 August 2002

19. - 26 AUG: Muang Sing market, trek in the jungle

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Muang Sing market Six o’clock in the morning and the market is already in full swing. Ladies from around the province are deployed to thei...