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12 August 2015
Film Review: Alone Across the Pacific (1963) by Kon Ichikawa, *****
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Synopsis A powerful hymn to the human spirit, Alone Across the Pacific by renowned Japanese director Kon Ichikawa (An Actor's Reveng...
26 July 2011
Recensione: Sommergibili a Singapore, di Achille Rastelli, ****
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Sinossi Questo libro trae lo spunto da una serie di lettere inedite inviate alla famiglia da un sottufficiale macchinista, Pietro Appi, fri...
04 May 2011
11. - 4 MAY: Cruise on the Yangtse:
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The highlight of an otherwise quiet day is the Shennong stream cruise. We leave our ship for a ride on a smaller ferry up the Shennong rive...
22 April 2010
Book Review: Sailing Around the World, by Lizzi Eordegh and Carlo Auriemma, *****
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Synopsis In 1993, Elisabetta Eordegh and Carlo Auriemma set sail aboard the specially designed Barca Pulita (which translates, literally,...
Recensione: In barca a vela intorno al mondo, di C. Auriemma e L. Eordegh, *****
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Sinossi Le foto di questo volume documentano le avventure di Elizabetta Eordegh e Carlo Auriemma. Coraggiosamente, alla fine degli anni ...
28 August 2007
24° g - 28 AGO (1a volta, Agente Marco nel Pacifico, si vive solo due volte!): trasferimento a Tongatapu e partenza
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Sveglia alle 4 di mattina, un rapido nescafè con scatola di biscotti integrali che hanno l’aria di stare sulla mensola del balcone di Taki d...
25 August 2007
21° g - 25 AGO: trasferimento a 'Eua
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Da oggi proseguo da solo, il gruppo è rientrato. Mattinata in giro per Nuku, poi a mezzogiorno mi imbarco sul traghetto per 'Eua. Traver...
04 March 2007
Recensione: Novecento, di Alessandro Baricco, *****
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Sinossi Il libro racchiude la storia, raccontata dall'amico suonatore di tromba, sotto forma di monologo, di Danny Boodmann T. D. Le...
02 September 2005
15° g - 2 Sett: Zanzibar, escursione alle isole vicino a Stone Town
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Si parte verso le 10 con la barca di Viviana, una sarda che vive qui da anni con la figlioletta, per una interessante escursione. Prima appr...
16 August 2005
Book Review: Longitude (2005), by Dava Sobel, *****
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(Testo italiano di seguito) Synopsis ‘ Sobel has done the impossible and made horology sexy – no mean feat ’ New Scientist Anyon...
07 July 2004
Recensione: Addio Eden(2002), di Ambrogio Borsani, *****
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Sinossi Ambrogio Borsani è andato alle isole Marchesi per ricostruire la storia di grandi anime alla deriva nei Mari del Sud. Il viaggi...
05 May 2003
Ode Triste del Mare, dagli atolli maldiviani.
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La fin de lo vagare è già imminente e quindi è d'uopo dir lo risultato per quelli ch' hanno avuto e per chi ha dato ed anche per ...
01 April 2003
Book Review: The Life and Adventures of John Nicol, Mariner, by Timothy Flaney, *****
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Description The true story of a pioneering sailor who travelled the world at the end of the 18th century. In his many voyages, the Scottish...
23 August 2002
16. - 23 AUG: From Nong Kiaw to Muang Khua by slow boat
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At the crack of dawn a madly crowing rooster woke everyone up. He must have been worried that if we had overslept we would have missed the b...
16 August 2002
9. - 16 AUG: Border crossing into Laos, dolphins, Dong Khong
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The last leg of the Mekong ride in Cambodia is the most difficult and adventurous. There is no scheduled public service from Stung Treng to ...
15 August 2002
8. - 15 AUG: Sambok monastery, and from Kratie to Stung Treng
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Early in the morning we try and visit the Sombok monastery, the main cultural interest in Kratie, but it is about 10 kilometers out of town ...
14 August 2002
7. - 14 AUG: From Phnom Penh to Sambok, near Kratie
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Sailing upstream Again we are up at the crack of dawn. At the capital’s boat jetty, a few peddlers offer drinks and snacks. One, improbabl...
12 August 2002
5. - 12 AUG: Vietnamese village and departure to Phnom Penh
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Waking up at the crack of dawn was not so hard as I expected, even after several long days of uninterrupted walking in the jungle and amidst...
18 July 2002
Book Review: River's Tale, A year on the Mekong (2003, by Edward A. Gargan, *****
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Synopsis From windswept plateaus to the South China Sea, the Mekong flows for three thousand miles, snaking its way through Southeast Asi...
02 May 2001
Book Review:The Floating Brothel: the Extraordinary True Story of An Eighteenth-Century Ship And Its Cargo of Female Convicts, by Sian Rees, *****
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list of names of convicts shipped to Australia Synopsis In 1789, 237 women convicts left England for Botany Bay in Australia on board...
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