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Peñacerrada

Posted on 20/08/2013 by freelander

(Haz clic sobre cualquier imagen para verla con detalle.) Es un espléndido día soleado de mediados del verano en Álava, ideal para una pequeña excursión en moto. Cojo el mapa y elijo al azar una ruta. Me pongo en marcha. … Continue reading →

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Russia II: Raduzhniy, restricted town

Posted on 01/10/2012 by freelander

(Click on any photo for a full size view.)   The neighbouring railway stations Kazhanskiy and Yaroslavskiy constitute the main eastern Moscow hub, and that afternoon I was bound to the former for meeting Lyuda and taking together a train … Continue reading →

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Russia 2012 photo album

Posted on 13/09/2012 by freelander

This is a selection of pictures from Moscow, Vladimir & Raduzhniy. Click on any thumbnail to enlarge (the photo). . He aquí una selección de fotos tomadas en Moscú, Vladimir y Raduzhniy. Haz clic sobre cualquier miniatura para ampliarla.

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Russia I. MOCKBA. The arrival

Posted on 07/08/2012 by freelander

. Though it was hardly four in the morning when the Czech Lines’ airplane landed, dawn was already faintly breaking over the horizon. Moscow Sheremetyevo airport was barely awakening. To my surprise, the border-crossing procedure was much easier than what … Continue reading →

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Pacific Costa Rica in photos

Posted on 20/07/2012 by freelander

. In a good company I set forth to Costa Rica on June 2012, the hottest time of the year in its Pacific coast, for a preparations trip. A better yet company awaited us there. An outstanding host lodged us, … Continue reading →

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A week in Kiev. May 2012

Posted on 12/06/2012 by freelander

. After spending three delightful days in my beloved Toruń (Poland), plus one more in a collapsed and messy Warsaw, that works in a frenzy for showing a pretty face of progress, developement and modernity to the world and to … Continue reading →

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Epilogue: The golden circle

Posted on 08/04/2011 by freelander

  That morning of our fifth and last day’s journey was radiant: the sun shone on the white blanket covering the land, emphasizing, by contrast, all the colours around: the deep blue of a nearby lake, the dark grey line … Continue reading →

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Episode 4 (3rd part): Hvoll, an inhospitable youth hostel

Posted on 07/04/2011 by freelander

  If you’ve ever seen the ocean waters hurrying upstream for ransacking–as if living creatures, as if soldiers for the plunder of a defeated city, as if looters after the wreckage of a vessel–the spoils of a glacier’s end, there … Continue reading →

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