A day in pink at Amsterdam Gay Parade

Manu | 5 August 2012 | no comments
A day in pink at Amsterdam Gay Parade

I must say when Amsterdam wants to party, it does it right! This year, it was the first time I was in town for the Gay Pride, as I am usually hanging around Edinbugh this time of the year. Here in the Dam, the 2 most important days of the year are Queensday and The […]

Holland: land of wind and windmills!

Manu | 1 August 2012 | 1 comment
Holland: land of wind and windmills!

What a fairy land  the country side of Holland is! A truly surprisingly beauty that I didn’t expect at all. As soon a s you step up from the city center, Holland invades your sight with its peaceful bucolic landscapes of green. You are not going to see the majestic mountain peaks of course, but […]

Riga, from far away lands to us…

Manu | 26 July 2012 | 3 comments
Riga, from far away lands to us…

The day I and my friend arrived to Riga we were almost at the end of our crazy journey that had brought us there in one week from Denmark, crossing Sweden, reaching Finland by 17 hour boat ride, getting to Helsinki where we didn’t find any accommodation, spending the day there and then sailing to […]

Terschelling, a Dutch surprise

Manu | 18 July 2012 | no comments
Terschelling, a Dutch surprise

Terschelling, Holland, September 1st, 2009 I just arrived and I already feel like finishing my 1st Travel Diary with the memories of Terschelling, this tiny unknown island that hides unique sceneries and that is already part of me.

Football, my true passion!

Manu | 11 July 2012 | no comments
Football, my true passion!

 I was there and it was amazing! It was beautiful watching it, listening to it and being part of it. The moment of the National anthem gave me chills as I felt so much alive and in love with my country for the first time again, after so many years.

“On the road” of inspiration…

Manu | 27 June 2012 | 3 comments
“On the road” of inspiration…

Watching “On the road”, yes, and I say “watching” and not reading it, has been a full of expectation experience that was fully fulfilled!

London, how it all began

Manu | 22 June 2012 | no comments
London, how it all began

It was the 23rd of July  2005 when I arrived in London for  the 1st time . It was only few days after the bomb attack, everybody had suggested me and my friend not to go, but that place was calling us since ever. It was a deserved trip after a long year of study […]

Tasting the destinations…

Manu | 31 May 2012 | 1 comment
Tasting the destinations…

  I have always believed that the first half day you get anywhere is usually the sweetest! If you arrive in the morning it’s definitely too early. First of all you are tired already, the day is long and you tend to overdo  due to all the time you have. Arriving in the early afternoon […]

About the Argentinians

Manu | 20 May 2012 | 3 comments
About the Argentinians

Argentinians drink and love drinking mate. It’s not only their hobby. It’s their way of living. They bring it with them wherever they go, and in every place there is a hot water machine so that they can refill their thermos and never be without mate. Anywhere.

Good Bye Argentina!

Manu | 3 May 2012 | no comments
Good Bye Argentina!

What a strange and sad feeling leaving Argentina and its people. Until the last moment, this country has showed me such a joyful sense of friendship and welcome, that at my departure I felt surprisingly sad to leave. Argentina, a place to discover and enjoy. Its people love complaining about their country but they are […]

Puerto Madryn, goodbye Patagonia

Manu | 27 April 2012 | no comments
Puerto Madryn, goodbye Patagonia

My last stop in Patagonia is Puerto Madryn, on the East cost, and it couldn’t be better, after  long sleepless night on a bus from Comodoro, and before another one on a bus to Buenos Aires. Puerto Madryn gave me a sip of sun and warmth after the cold temperature and for both body and […]

Ushuaia…

Manu | 23 April 2012 | 5 comments
Ushuaia…

There must be a reason if they call it La fin del Mundo, and you definitely need to get here to fully understand it and get this incredible feeling of being at the edge of everything, mountains, roads, sea, life…. Here La fin del mundo, the Worlds end, doesn’t have only a geographic meaning, but […]

Somewhere in Tierra Del Fuego

Manu | 21 April 2012 | 1 comment
Somewhere in Tierra Del Fuego

This journey to and through Tierra Del Fuego is an adventure itself and it’s really enduring all my resistance. I left El Calafate at 3 in the morning heading to Rio Gallegos, where I got the connection to Ushuaia after a couple of hour waiting at the sunrise in the station. And then it started. I couldn”t […]

El Chalten, at Mother Nature’s home

Manu | 19 April 2012 | no comments
El Chalten, at Mother Nature’s home

When I arrived to El Chalten I was not sure about my decision, as the weather was not going to be very nice and it looked like a place where you can only go hiking an that’s it. It thought I may have slowed don my trip but, as I was here, what I could […]

Perito Moreno, Patagonia of my heart

Manu | 18 April 2012 | 2 comments
Perito Moreno, Patagonia of my heart

I must admit that today I got  chills standing in front of the Glacier Perito Moreno! It was ages I didn’t feel such an emotion for a place that made me almost cry at the end. The first impression I had of the Glacier is that it’s alive. I could feel it, even on the […]

El Bolsón, la buena onda

Manu | 16 April 2012 | no comments
El Bolsón, la buena onda

Only 2 hours bus from Bariloche, that for Argentina is almost like you can go walking, among beautiful mountains peaks coloured by the warm autumn Nature, lays El Bolsón, a village what wouldn’t attract the attention of anybody if it wasn’t for the fact that it has been chosen by a hippie community as their […]

Bariloche, touching the blue

Manu | 15 April 2012 | 1 comment
Bariloche, touching the blue

Arriving to Bariloche is a wonderful sweet surprise that enchants all your senses. The town lays quiet on the shores of a wonderful blue water lake, surrounded by high mountain ranges: it’s the Andes and this is the first time I see them. The Andes embrace this area refreshing it with a cool breeze all […]

Waking up in the Pampas…

Manu | 14 April 2012 | 3 comments
Waking up in the Pampas…

07:35 am, April 13th…Somewhere in the Pampas of Argentina Waking up in the middle of the Argentinian pampas is like waking up on a different planet. What I am watching now from my window is simply one of the most a spectacular landscapes ever seen. It’s desert, no sign of human life is around, the […]

Impressions of a 20 hour bus travel …

Manu | 14 April 2012 | no comments
Impressions of a 20 hour bus travel …

23:00 pm, APRIL 12th 2012 I have left Buenos Aires at 2pm this afternoon to start a crazy 20 hour trip with destination San Carlos De Bariloche. It’s 11pm now. I am on this bus a already since 9 hours and I will arrive at destination in 12. I have already watched 4 movies, read […]