<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><?xml-stylesheet href="http://www.blogger.com/styles/atom.css" type="text/css"?><feed xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom' xmlns:openSearch='http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/' xmlns:georss='http://www.georss.org/georss' xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5599342</id><updated>2011-08-17T06:10:52.667+03:00</updated><title type='text'>Tripping Out of my Space</title><subtitle type='html'>Descriptions and impressions acquired when travelling abroad...
As viagens aqui blogueadas, sao percursos fisicos e mentais, feitos fora da minha terra...</subtitle><link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://viajeans.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5599342/posts/default?max-results=100'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://viajeans.blogspot.com/'/><link rel='hub' href='http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com/'/><link rel='next' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5599342/posts/default?start-index=101&amp;max-results=100'/><author><name>Nic</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05340945122642193217</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='28' height='32' src='http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v289/manic1708/nic.jpg'/></author><generator version='7.00' uri='http://www.blogger.com'>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>668</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>100</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5599342.post-4626316025900151380</id><published>2008-06-14T21:09:00.004+03:00</published><updated>2008-06-14T21:28:40.438+03:00</updated><title type='text'>Nao e' com Petroleo que la' vao, no entanto...</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://smg.photobucket.com/albums/v106/opinioes/qatar/?action=view&amp;current=doha2016-2.jpg" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v106/opinioes/qatar/doha2016-2.jpg" align="left" height="200" border="3" alt="Photobucket"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href="http://smg.photobucket.com/albums/v106/opinioes/qatar/?action=view&amp;current=doha2016-1.jpg" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v106/opinioes/qatar/doha2016-1.jpg" height="200" border="3" alt="Photobucket"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Doha, candidata a organizar os Jogos Oplimpicos de 2016, foi excluida da lista dos 4 finalistas.&lt;br /&gt;O Comite' Olimpico nao se deixou aliciar pelas prome$$a$ chorudas e excluiu Doha, apresentadando varios argumentos mais ou menos validos, como o clima e a falta de infraestruturas. &lt;br /&gt;O Comite' Oplimpico, perdeu contudo, uma optima oportunidadse de denunciar a forma de escravatura que o Qatar &lt;a href="http://www.ireport.com/docs/DOC-23074"&gt;pratica&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5599342-4626316025900151380?l=viajeans.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://viajeans.blogspot.com/feeds/4626316025900151380/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5599342&amp;postID=4626316025900151380&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5599342/posts/default/4626316025900151380'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5599342/posts/default/4626316025900151380'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://viajeans.blogspot.com/2008/06/nao-e-com-petroleo-que-la-vao-no.html' title='Nao e&apos; com Petroleo que la&apos; vao, no entanto...'/><author><name>Nic</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05340945122642193217</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='28' height='32' src='http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v289/manic1708/nic.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5599342.post-3098554353399989780</id><published>2008-05-17T20:45:00.009+03:00</published><updated>2008-05-19T20:45:55.989+03:00</updated><title type='text'>Perolas do Medio Oriente - Amizade.</title><content type='html'>Ha' dias na radio local, QBS, falava-se sobre a amizade. Um dos entrevistados (que eu nao consegui identificar, mas tambem talvez nao interesse muito), afirmava com uma conviccao de quem nao tem qualquer duvida de que esta a dizer uma verdade universal, qualquer coisa assim:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;"A amizade NUNCA e' possivel entre um homem e uma mulher. A amizade SO' e' possivel entre duas mulheres ou dois homens. Se por acaso se iniciasse uma relacao de amizade entre um homem e uma mulher, essa relacao acabaria INEVITAVELMENTE em relacao amorosa..."&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Pergunto-me como e' possivel alguem dizer tanta asneira numa radio publica sem o entrevistador por em causa ou fazer um comentario 'a cerca da possibilidade destas afirmacoes estarem longe de ser verdades, quanto mais universais!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Mas depois olho 'a volta, e vejo o mundo em que cresceu este "perito" em amizade, e quase quase o chego a compreender!&lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://smg.photobucket.com/albums/v106/opinioes/qatar/?action=view&amp;current=qataris.jpg" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v106/opinioes/qatar/qataris.jpg" align="left" height="310" border="3" alt="Photobucket"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href="http://smg.photobucket.com/albums/v106/opinioes/qatar/?action=view&amp;current=qataris4.jpg" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v106/opinioes/qatar/qataris4.jpg" height="310" border="3" alt="Photobucket"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href="http://smg.photobucket.com/albums/v106/opinioes/qatar/?action=view&amp;current=qataris2.jpg" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v106/opinioes/qatar/qataris2.jpg" height="310" border="3" alt="Photobucket"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;photos by Nic @ Doha, Qatar - April 2008&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5599342-3098554353399989780?l=viajeans.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://viajeans.blogspot.com/feeds/3098554353399989780/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5599342&amp;postID=3098554353399989780&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' 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href="http://smg.photobucket.com/albums/v106/opinioes/qatar/?action=view&amp;current=doha3.jpg" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v106/opinioes/qatar/doha3.jpg" width="640" border="0" alt="Photobucket"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://smg.photobucket.com/albums/v106/opinioes/qatar/?action=view&amp;current=DSC_0253.jpg" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v106/opinioes/qatar/DSC_0253.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://smg.photobucket.com/albums/v106/opinioes/qatar/?action=view&amp;current=doha2.jpg" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v106/opinioes/qatar/doha2.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;* &lt;strong&gt;D.O.H.A&lt;/strong&gt; = &lt;strong&gt;D&lt;/strong&gt;estruction &lt;strong&gt;O&lt;/strong&gt;f &lt;strong&gt;H&lt;/strong&gt;omes &amp; &lt;strong&gt;A&lt;/strong&gt;partments&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;photos by Nic @ Doha, Qatar - May 2008&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5599342-3558141718850799695?l=viajeans.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://viajeans.blogspot.com/feeds/3558141718850799695/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5599342&amp;postID=3558141718850799695&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5599342/posts/default/3558141718850799695'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5599342/posts/default/3558141718850799695'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://viajeans.blogspot.com/2008/05/doha.html' title='D.O.H.A. *'/><author><name>Nic</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05340945122642193217</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='28' height='32' src='http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v289/manic1708/nic.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5599342.post-2189039336050430643</id><published>2008-04-25T17:39:00.002+03:00</published><updated>2008-04-25T17:43:54.121+03:00</updated><title type='text'>Pausa cafe'...</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://smg.photobucket.com/albums/v106/opinioes/qatar/?action=view&amp;current=Dohasouqs.jpg" width="640" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v106/opinioes/qatar/Dohasouqs.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;... o quotidiano de alguns!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;photo by Nic @ Souqs (traditional arabic markets) in Doha, Qatar - Mar.2008&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5599342-2189039336050430643?l=viajeans.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://viajeans.blogspot.com/feeds/2189039336050430643/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5599342&amp;postID=2189039336050430643&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5599342/posts/default/2189039336050430643'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5599342/posts/default/2189039336050430643'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://viajeans.blogspot.com/2008/04/pausa-cafe.html' title='Pausa cafe&apos;...'/><author><name>Nic</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05340945122642193217</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='28' height='32' src='http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v289/manic1708/nic.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5599342.post-3855587701604692003</id><published>2008-04-04T16:17:00.001+03:00</published><updated>2008-04-04T16:19:58.784+03:00</updated><title type='text'>Primavera de Montreal</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://smg.photobucket.com/albums/v106/opinioes/?action=view&amp;current=SNC10765.jpg" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v106/opinioes/SNC10765.jpg" width="640" border="0" alt="Photobucket"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;photo by nic @ Montreal, Quebec - Canada, 21 March 2008&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5599342-3855587701604692003?l=viajeans.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://viajeans.blogspot.com/feeds/3855587701604692003/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5599342&amp;postID=3855587701604692003&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5599342/posts/default/3855587701604692003'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5599342/posts/default/3855587701604692003'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://viajeans.blogspot.com/2008/04/primavera-de-montreal.html' title='Primavera de Montreal'/><author><name>Nic</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05340945122642193217</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='28' height='32' src='http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v289/manic1708/nic.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5599342.post-4492921152514845759</id><published>2008-02-15T19:49:00.002+03:00</published><updated>2008-02-15T19:54:15.526+03:00</updated><title type='text'>Home sweet home</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://smg.photobucket.com/albums/v106/opinioes/Sri%20Lanka%20Feb%2008/?action=view&amp;current=DSC_0028.jpg" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v106/opinioes/Sri%20Lanka%20Feb%2008/DSC_0028.jpg" width="640" border="0" alt="Photobucket"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;photo by nic @ Galle Fort, Sri Lanka - Feb.2008&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Ha' sitios que nos fazem sentir em casa... logo 'a primeira vista!&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5599342-4492921152514845759?l=viajeans.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://viajeans.blogspot.com/feeds/4492921152514845759/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5599342&amp;postID=4492921152514845759&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5599342/posts/default/4492921152514845759'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5599342/posts/default/4492921152514845759'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://viajeans.blogspot.com/2008/02/home-sweet-home.html' title='Home sweet home'/><author><name>Nic</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05340945122642193217</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='28' height='32' src='http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v289/manic1708/nic.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5599342.post-449880105692436991</id><published>2008-02-05T12:00:00.000+03:00</published><updated>2008-02-05T12:19:38.802+03:00</updated><title type='text'>Peregrinação Anual</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://smg.photobucket.com/albums/v106/opinioes/?action=view&amp;current=Qatar-SriLAnkaRouteMap1.jpg"  target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v106/opinioes/Qatar-SriLAnkaRouteMap1.jpg" width="640" border="0" alt="Photobucket"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Tal como em &lt;a href="http://viajeans.blogspot.com/2005/02/chegada-colombo-sri-lanka.html"&gt;2005&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://viajeans.blogspot.com/2006/01/partida-com-destino-colombo.html"&gt;2006&lt;/a&gt; e &lt;a href="http://viajeans.blogspot.com/2007/03/tripping-back-into-my-space.html"&gt;2007&lt;/a&gt;, regresso ao Sri Lanka...&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5599342-449880105692436991?l=viajeans.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://viajeans.blogspot.com/feeds/449880105692436991/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5599342&amp;postID=449880105692436991&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5599342/posts/default/449880105692436991'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5599342/posts/default/449880105692436991'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://viajeans.blogspot.com/2008/02/peregrinao-anual.html' title='Peregrinação Anual'/><author><name>Nic</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05340945122642193217</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='28' height='32' src='http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v289/manic1708/nic.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5599342.post-2189129386219475723</id><published>2008-01-22T18:25:00.000+03:00</published><updated>2008-01-22T18:33:21.345+03:00</updated><title type='text'>Votos de muitos bons e felizes anos!</title><content type='html'>Em Taipei dia 01 de Janeiro 'as 0:00H, foi assim:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://smg.photobucket.com/albums/v106/opinioes/Taiwan/?action=view&amp;current=101-1.jpg"  target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v106/opinioes/Taiwan/101-1.jpg" width="640" border="0" alt="Photobucket"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://smg.photobucket.com/albums/v106/opinioes/Taiwan/?action=view&amp;current=101-2.jpg" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v106/opinioes/Taiwan/101-2.jpg" width="640" border="0" alt="Photobucket"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Edificio "Taipei 101" (por enquanto ainda o mais alto do mundo) Taipei, Taiwan.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Fotos gentilmente enviadas pelo meu &lt;a href="http://viajeans.blogspot.com/2005/03/foi-se-embora-o-meu-melhor-amigo-outra.html"&gt;amigo Eric&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5599342-2189129386219475723?l=viajeans.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://viajeans.blogspot.com/feeds/2189129386219475723/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' 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src='http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v289/manic1708/nic.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5599342.post-2583022525927052009</id><published>2007-12-11T18:59:00.000+03:00</published><updated>2007-12-11T19:09:46.616+03:00</updated><title type='text'>Mundos Coloridos</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://photobucket.com" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v106/opinioes/Canada%20-%20Oct%2007/11-MontrealII-Oct2007226.jpg" width="640" border="0" alt="Photo Sharing and Video Hosting at Photobucket"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://photobucket.com" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v106/opinioes/Canada%20-%20Oct%2007/10-MontrealII-Oct2007220.jpg" width="640" border="0" alt="Photo Sharing and Video Hosting at Photobucket"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://photobucket.com" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v106/opinioes/Canada%20-%20Oct%2007/12-MontrealII-Oct2007235.jpg" width="640" border="0" alt="Photo Sharing and Video Hosting at Photobucket"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;photos by nic on Oct.2007 @ Île Sainte-Hélène (U.S. pavilion for Expo 1967), Montreal, Quebec, Canada&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5599342-2583022525927052009?l=viajeans.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://viajeans.blogspot.com/feeds/2583022525927052009/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5599342&amp;postID=2583022525927052009&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5599342/posts/default/2583022525927052009'/><link rel='self' 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at Photobucket"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;photo by nic @ Montreal, Quebec, Canada - Oct.2007&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5599342-7413319602837503015?l=viajeans.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://viajeans.blogspot.com/feeds/7413319602837503015/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5599342&amp;postID=7413319602837503015&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5599342/posts/default/7413319602837503015'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5599342/posts/default/7413319602837503015'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://viajeans.blogspot.com/2007/12/veias-de-inspirao.html' title='Veias de Inspiração'/><author><name>Nic</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05340945122642193217</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='28' height='32' src='http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v289/manic1708/nic.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5599342.post-8439192592791670832</id><published>2007-11-24T18:04:00.000+03:00</published><updated>2007-11-24T18:14:28.856+03:00</updated><title type='text'>Inversões de Montreal</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://photobucket.com" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v106/opinioes/Canada%20-%20Oct%2007/8-MontrealII-Oct2007194.jpg" width="530" border="0" alt="Photo Sharing and Video Hosting at Photobucket"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://photobucket.com" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v106/opinioes/Canada%20-%20Oct%2007/3-MontrealII-Oct2007181.jpg" width="530" border="0" alt="Photo Sharing and Video Hosting at Photobucket"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://photobucket.com" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v106/opinioes/Canada%20-%20Oct%2007/7-MontrealII-Oct2007203.jpg" width="640" border="0" alt="Photo Sharing and Video Hosting at Photobucket"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://photobucket.com" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v106/opinioes/Canada%20-%20Oct%2007/6-MontrealII-Oct2007186.jpg" width="640" border="0" alt="Photo Sharing and Video Hosting at Photobucket"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;photos by nic @ Montreal, Quebec, Canada - Oct.2007&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5599342-8439192592791670832?l=viajeans.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' 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src='http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v289/manic1708/nic.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5599342.post-6602214409325608360</id><published>2007-11-16T13:52:00.001+03:00</published><updated>2007-11-16T14:58:55.436+03:00</updated><title type='text'>Real Monte - o coração da cidade</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://photobucket.com" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v106/opinioes/Canada%20-%20Oct%2007/6-Montreal-Oct2007064.jpg" width="640" border="0" alt="Photo Sharing and Video Hosting at Photobucket"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://photobucket.com" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v106/opinioes/Canada%20-%20Oct%2007/2-MontrealII-Oct2007175.jpg" width="640" border="0" alt="Photo Sharing and Video Hosting at Photobucket"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://photobucket.com" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v106/opinioes/Canada%20-%20Oct%2007/2-Montreal-Oct2007-city.jpg" width="640" border="0" alt="Photo Sharing and Video Hosting at Photobucket"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://photobucket.com" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v106/opinioes/Canada%20-%20Oct%2007/1-MontrealII-Oct2007171.jpg" width="640" border="0" alt="Photo Sharing and Video Hosting at Photobucket"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;photos by nic @ Montreal, Quebec, Canada - Oct.2007&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5599342-6602214409325608360?l=viajeans.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://viajeans.blogspot.com/feeds/6602214409325608360/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' 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src='http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v289/manic1708/nic.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5599342.post-2935999577068192021</id><published>2007-10-31T21:40:00.000+03:00</published><updated>2007-10-31T22:08:38.508+03:00</updated><title type='text'>Terapia</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://photobucket.com" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v106/opinioes/Canada%20-%20Oct%2007/1-Montreal-Oct2007.jpg" border="0" alt="Photo Sharing and Video Hosting at Photobucket"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;photo by nic @ Montreal, Quebec, Canada - Oct.2007&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;O tempo passa, inevitavelmente.&lt;br /&gt;Com ele se vao os bons mas tambem os maus momentos.&lt;br /&gt;Por isso talvez nao valesse a pena tanta agressividade e frustracao em resistir ao indesejavel... &lt;br /&gt;Sera' sempre uma questao de tempo e tudo muda... outra vez.&lt;br /&gt;Conosco ficarao as memorias&lt;br /&gt;A nos de as selecionarmos e de as revivermos ou nao...&lt;br /&gt;Por este caminho fora...&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5599342-2935999577068192021?l=viajeans.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://viajeans.blogspot.com/feeds/2935999577068192021/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5599342&amp;postID=2935999577068192021&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5599342/posts/default/2935999577068192021'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5599342/posts/default/2935999577068192021'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://viajeans.blogspot.com/2007/10/terapia.html' title='Terapia'/><author><name>Nic</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05340945122642193217</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='28' height='32' src='http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v289/manic1708/nic.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5599342.post-6419931108330246548</id><published>2007-10-11T22:07:00.000+03:00</published><updated>2007-10-11T22:34:17.912+03:00</updated><title type='text'>Ramadao - finalmente ou talvez nao</title><content type='html'>E' quinta feira a tardinha e ainda ninguem sabe se hoje e' o ultimo dia do ramadao e se amanha e' o primeiro dia do Eid (celebracao de varios dias para assinalar o final do ramadao), assim ate' agora ninguem sabe se amanha e' feriado ou nao, se se pode festejar ou nao ou seja se se pode ser ainda mais agressivo ou nao... tudo isto vai depender como os senhores sabios em Meca vao visualizar a lua. Se ela nao estiver com uma amplitude de 360,00000000 graus (atencao 'as casas decimais, factor extremamente importante para a paz mundial), nao se considera ser ainda 'lua cheia' e por isso tera' que se adiar o Eid por mais um dia... nao va' la' o diabo tece-las.&lt;br /&gt;Isto explica o porque dos feriados nunca aparecem marcados nos clendarios e porque estranhamente (me parecia) ninguem sabe quando e' que sao os feriados locais... &lt;br /&gt;Aqui toda a gente sabe que depende da forma como os senhores em Meca olham para a lua e ninguem reclama pelo facto de so o saberem com a devida e necessaria precisao, 'a ultima hora. &lt;br /&gt;Aqui ninguem reclama esta incerteza, porque aqui planear e' um conceito transcendente. A unica coisa que se planeia aqui e' a reza 5 vezes ao dia, porque ai' sim, ja esta' estabelecido com precisao de segundos quando se deve ser "espiritual" ou nao....&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;ps. entretanto, o aeroporto da capital do tal "pais mais rico do mundo", tem uma fila de mais de 500m de pessoas com bagagens e criancas, sob um calor humido, embebidos em gazes de combustiveis, 'a espera pacientemente que os agentes da pide, perdao, de seguranca, deixem entrar no terminal. E' que o aeroporto da capital do "pais mais rico do mundo" mais parece um aeroporto duma pequena cidade do  "pais mais pobre do mundo".&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;pss. eu de religioes nao percebo muito (ou nada), entao nestes periodos de quaresma nao se deveria ser mais espiritual? Se calhar exprimem a espiritualidade em agressao e desrespeito... so pode ser&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;sabe bem sair daqui&lt;br /&gt;ate' ja'&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5599342-6419931108330246548?l=viajeans.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://viajeans.blogspot.com/feeds/6419931108330246548/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5599342&amp;postID=6419931108330246548&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5599342/posts/default/6419931108330246548'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5599342/posts/default/6419931108330246548'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://viajeans.blogspot.com/2007/10/ramadao-final-mente-ou-talvez-nao.html' title='Ramadao - final&lt;em&gt;mente&lt;/em&gt; ou talvez nao'/><author><name>Nic</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05340945122642193217</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='28' height='32' src='http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v289/manic1708/nic.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5599342.post-8713043556033601795</id><published>2007-09-29T15:31:00.000+03:00</published><updated>2007-09-29T15:44:50.680+03:00</updated><title type='text'>Ao Povo da Birmania...</title><content type='html'>&lt;strong&gt;reedicao do post publicado &lt;a href="http://viajeans.blogspot.com/2006/07/abril-em-rangoon.html"&gt;aqui&lt;/a&gt;, em Julho 2006:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Tal como o calor na Birmania, o seu governo tambem abrasa e "queima" quem discordar e nao cumprir com as regras da ditadura militar.&lt;br /&gt;Os conceitos de democracia e liberdade na Birmania, sao infelizmente ja' de si dificeis de imaginar, pois oficialmente nem existem.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Estes sao os primeiros aspectos a nao passar despercebidos aos recem chegados. Para a agressevidade do clima, nao ha' sinais de aviso, mas para o clima politico, ha' um pouco por todo o lado, placards com slogans que servem para "educar" tanto os cidadaos como os eventuais visitantes que nao tenham logo compreedido onde se encontram.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://photobucket.com" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v106/opinioes/Burma%20-%20April%201998/propagandaboard.jpg" width="639" border="0" alt="Photobucket - Video and Image Hosting"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;- Oppose those relying on external elements, acting as stooges, holding negative views.&lt;br /&gt;- Oppose those trying to jeopardize stability of the State and progress of the nation.&lt;br /&gt;- Oppose foreign nations interfering in internal affairs of the State.&lt;br /&gt;- Crush all internal and external destructive elements as the common enemy.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;traducao livre:&lt;br /&gt;- Opoem-te 'aqueles que se baseiam em elementos exteriores, procedem mal possuindo pontos de vista negativos;&lt;br /&gt;- Opem-te 'aqueles que tentam minar a estabilidade do Estado e progresso da cao;&lt;br /&gt;- Opem-te 'as nacoes estrangeiras que inteferem nos assuntos internos do Estado;&lt;br /&gt;- Esmaga todos os elementos destrutivos, internos ou externos, considerados inimigos.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://photobucket.com" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v106/opinioes/Burma%20-%20April%201998/rangoonstreets.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket - Video and Image Hosting"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;O isolamento da Birmania do resto do mundo, e' patente e a sensacao de se recuar no tempo e' estranhamente nao fantasia.&lt;br /&gt;O "progresso" parou com a retirada dos colonialistas e nem a manutencao do que ja' existia se iniciou. A corrupcao da ditadura, cria pobreza. &lt;br /&gt;A cal e o asfalto vao se degradando, consomindo as pessoas e infrastruturas ate' ao ultimo tijolo.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://photobucket.com" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v106/opinioes/Burma%20-%20April%201998/outdoorbar.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket - Video and Image Hosting"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;O comercio e' quase inexistente, para alem dos mercados e dos pequenos cantos de rua que vendem cha', frutas e agua de gelo.&lt;br /&gt;O entretenimento era na altura proibido. Tinha recentemente fechado o unico pub "Johnny Guitar" que passava musica estrangeira e atraia turistas. Uma capital sem um bar, apenas os cantos de rua com pequenos bancos de plastico, serviam a local de encontro.&lt;br /&gt;'A noite, as ruas ficam desertas e a escuridao e o silencio abatem-se sobre a cidade e os seus habitantes.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://photobucket.com" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v106/opinioes/Burma%20-%20April%201998/bw-womenontheroad2.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket - Video and Image Hosting"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Os meios de transporte eram tambem muito rudimentares e inexistentes &lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://photobucket.com" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v106/opinioes/Burma%20-%20April%201998/bw-womenontheroad.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket - Video and Image Hosting"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;sendo o caminhar o mais corrente deles todos.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://photobucket.com" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v106/opinioes/Burma%20-%20April%201998/loadedcar2.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket - Video and Image Hosting"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Em vez de autocarros, eram as camionetas de carga apinhadas de gente &lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://photobucket.com" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v106/opinioes/Burma%20-%20April%201998/loadedcar.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket - Video and Image Hosting"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;que serviam para transportar pessoas, nos percursos mais longos.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Yangon (1) e' apesar de tudo, uma cidade povoada de gente simpatica e humilde, visivelmente assustada pela propria tentacao de se aproximarem e falarem com turistas. A sensacao de "big brother is watching you" e' incrivel e visivelmente sentida, havendo mesmo teorias que defendem que George Orwell visualizou a Birmania de hoje, quando escreveu "1984".&lt;br /&gt;Abril em Rangoon e' como todos os outros meses, sem liberdade e sem democracia apenas com uma pequena diferenca: Abril em Rangoon e' um mes que o sol imita o govermo, &lt;em&gt;mirando ferozmente o povo como um deus enfurecido (2)&lt;/em&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;(1) Yangon e' formada por duas palavras "yan" que significa "inimigos" e "koun", "livrar-se de", o que em traducao livre para portugues, seria qualquer coisa como "Livrar-se de inimigos", o que pessoalmente acho um nome descabido para uma capital e por isso prefiro chamar-lhe Rangoon.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;photos by Nic @ Rangoon, Burma - April 1998&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5599342-8713043556033601795?l=viajeans.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://viajeans.blogspot.com/feeds/8713043556033601795/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5599342&amp;postID=8713043556033601795&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5599342/posts/default/8713043556033601795'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5599342/posts/default/8713043556033601795'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://viajeans.blogspot.com/2007/09/ao-povo-da-birmania.html' title='Ao Povo da Birmania...'/><author><name>Nic</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05340945122642193217</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='28' height='32' src='http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v289/manic1708/nic.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5599342.post-1092287269554795647</id><published>2007-09-13T10:55:00.000+03:00</published><updated>2007-09-14T11:53:41.708+03:00</updated><title type='text'>Ramadhan</title><content type='html'>Parece-me que a partir de hoje e durante um mes, terei de andar a comer e a beber 'as escondidas; vestir camisolas de gola alta e de mangas compridas e calcas 2 ou 3 tamanhos acima do usual, tudo isto sob um sol de 40C.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;o_O&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;“All non-fasting persons should demonstrate the necessary courtesy in refraining from smoking, eating or drinking in public and in the presence of those who are fasting. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;While a high standard of propriety and conduct must be maintained at all times in public, offence can be caused by women, and even men, who are inadequately dressed. During Ramadhan in particular the appearance of women in public places in sleeveless dresses, miniskirts, slit skirts, shorts and tight jeans should be avoided and men should be properly dressed and social activities should be conducted with discretion.”&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;“Those who willfully or negligently break the fast can incur a heavy penalty.”&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;in&lt;/em&gt; comunicado interno.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5599342-1092287269554795647?l=viajeans.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://viajeans.blogspot.com/feeds/1092287269554795647/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5599342&amp;postID=1092287269554795647&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5599342/posts/default/1092287269554795647'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5599342/posts/default/1092287269554795647'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://viajeans.blogspot.com/2007/09/ramadhan.html' title='Ramadhan'/><author><name>Nic</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05340945122642193217</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='28' height='32' src='http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v289/manic1708/nic.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5599342.post-1007371324732178463</id><published>2007-09-03T11:37:00.001+03:00</published><updated>2007-09-03T11:39:22.699+03:00</updated><title type='text'>Comfortable zone</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://photobucket.com" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v106/opinioes/Hong%20Kong/hongkongnature.jpg" border="0" width="640"alt="Photo Sharing and Video Hosting at Photobucket"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;in Hong Kong :)&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5599342-1007371324732178463?l=viajeans.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://viajeans.blogspot.com/feeds/1007371324732178463/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5599342&amp;postID=1007371324732178463&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5599342/posts/default/1007371324732178463'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5599342/posts/default/1007371324732178463'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://viajeans.blogspot.com/2007/09/comfortable-zone.html' title='Comfortable zone'/><author><name>Nic</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05340945122642193217</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='28' height='32' src='http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v289/manic1708/nic.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5599342.post-3882068912833228883</id><published>2007-07-13T16:24:00.000+03:00</published><updated>2007-07-13T16:38:28.710+03:00</updated><title type='text'>Computador nao resistiu a verao ameno do Medio Oriente.</title><content type='html'>Devido a problema tecnico com o meu computador pessoal (o disco duro nao resistiu 'as elevadas temperaturas e tempestades de areia, mesmo nunca ter saido de casa), estou limitado (ainda mais) durante as proximas semanas em aceder 'a internet. Assim, nao poderei postar com a frequencia que desejaria durante as proximas semanas. Logo que souber quando o poderei fazer de novo com assiduidade, avisarei aqui.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Ate' breve&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Nic&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5599342-3882068912833228883?l=viajeans.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://viajeans.blogspot.com/feeds/3882068912833228883/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5599342&amp;postID=3882068912833228883&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5599342/posts/default/3882068912833228883'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5599342/posts/default/3882068912833228883'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://viajeans.blogspot.com/2007/07/computator-nao-resistiu-verao-ameno-do.html' title='Computador nao resistiu a verao ameno do Medio Oriente.'/><author><name>Nic</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05340945122642193217</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='28' height='32' src='http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v289/manic1708/nic.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5599342.post-8943331444514088371</id><published>2007-06-26T15:16:00.000+03:00</published><updated>2007-06-26T15:24:46.352+03:00</updated><title type='text'>* Sexta-feira 'a tarde em Muskat</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://photobucket.com" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v106/opinioes/Muskat%20-%20Oman/muskateiros7.jpg" border="0" alt="Photo Sharing and Video Hosting at Photobucket"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://photobucket.com" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v106/opinioes/Muskat%20-%20Oman/muskateiros9.jpg" border="0" alt="Photo Sharing and Video Hosting at Photobucket"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://photobucket.com" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v106/opinioes/Muskat%20-%20Oman/muskateiros6.jpg" border="0" alt="Photo Sharing and Video Hosting at Photobucket"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://photobucket.com" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v106/opinioes/Muskat%20-%20Oman/muskateiros3.jpg" border="0" alt="Photo Sharing and Video Hosting at Photobucket"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://photobucket.com" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v106/opinioes/Muskat%20-%20Oman/muskateiros5.jpg" border="0" alt="Photo Sharing and Video Hosting at Photobucket"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://photobucket.com" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v106/opinioes/Muskat%20-%20Oman/muskateiros2.jpg" border="0" alt="Photo Sharing and Video Hosting at Photobucket"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://photobucket.com" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v106/opinioes/Muskat%20-%20Oman/muskateiros1.jpg" border="0" alt="Photo Sharing and Video Hosting at Photobucket"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://photobucket.com" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v106/opinioes/Muskat%20-%20Oman/muskateiros8.jpg" border="0" alt="Photo Sharing and Video Hosting at Photobucket"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;* - O fim de semana em Oman e' Quinta e Sexta-feira.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;photo by Nic @ Muskat, Oman - May 2007&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5599342-8943331444514088371?l=viajeans.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://viajeans.blogspot.com/feeds/8943331444514088371/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5599342&amp;postID=8943331444514088371&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5599342/posts/default/8943331444514088371'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5599342/posts/default/8943331444514088371'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://viajeans.blogspot.com/2007/06/sexta-feira-tarde-em-muskat.html' title='* Sexta-feira &apos;a tarde em Muskat'/><author><name>Nic</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05340945122642193217</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='28' height='32' src='http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v289/manic1708/nic.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5599342.post-5294531277643675858</id><published>2007-06-06T16:05:00.000+03:00</published><updated>2007-06-06T16:08:03.891+03:00</updated><title type='text'>Children from Muskat</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://photobucket.com" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v106/opinioes/Muskat%20-%20Oman/muskatchild.jpg" border="0" alt="Photo Sharing and Video Hosting at Photobucket"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://photobucket.com" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v106/opinioes/Muskat%20-%20Oman/muskatchildren.jpg" border="0" alt="Photo Sharing and Video Hosting at Photobucket"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;photo by Nic @ Muskat, Oman - May 2007&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5599342-5294531277643675858?l=viajeans.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://viajeans.blogspot.com/feeds/5294531277643675858/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5599342&amp;postID=5294531277643675858&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5599342/posts/default/5294531277643675858'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5599342/posts/default/5294531277643675858'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://viajeans.blogspot.com/2007/06/children-from-muskat.html' title='Children from Muskat'/><author><name>Nic</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05340945122642193217</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='28' height='32' src='http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v289/manic1708/nic.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5599342.post-4633867623408814756</id><published>2007-05-30T16:28:00.000+03:00</published><updated>2007-05-30T20:16:20.850+03:00</updated><title type='text'>Marcas Portuguesas</title><content type='html'>"The early history of Muscat is the history of Portuguese ascendancy in the Persian Gulf. When Albuquerque first burnt the place after destroying Karyat in 1508, Kalhat was the chief port of the coast and Muscat was comparatively unimportant. Kalhat was subsequently sacked and burnt, the great Arab mosque being destroyed, before Albuquerque returned to his ships, "giving many thanks to our Lord." From that date, through 114 years of Portuguese ascendancy, Muscat was held as a naval station and factory during a period of local revolts, Arab incursions, and Turkish invasion by sea; but it was not till 1622, when the Portuguese lost Hormuz, that Muscat became the headquarters of their fleet and the most important place held by them on the Arabian coast. In 1650 the Portuguese were finally expelled from Oman."&lt;br /&gt;in &lt;a href="http://www.1911encyclopedia.org/Muscat"&gt;Classic Encyclopedia&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://photobucket.com" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v106/opinioes/Muskat%20-%20Oman/casteloportuguesemmuskat.jpg" border="0" alt="Photo Sharing and Video Hosting at Photobucket"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Castelo Portugues em Muskat, Oman - May 2007, photo by Nic&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5599342-4633867623408814756?l=viajeans.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://viajeans.blogspot.com/feeds/4633867623408814756/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5599342&amp;postID=4633867623408814756&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5599342/posts/default/4633867623408814756'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5599342/posts/default/4633867623408814756'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://viajeans.blogspot.com/2007/05/marcas-portuguesas.html' title='Marcas Portuguesas'/><author><name>Nic</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05340945122642193217</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='28' height='32' src='http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v289/manic1708/nic.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5599342.post-7203986308870878072</id><published>2007-05-28T16:30:00.001+03:00</published><updated>2007-05-28T20:13:46.409+03:00</updated><title type='text'>Muskat -1 / Doha - 0</title><content type='html'>Muskat e Doha - realidades opostas.&lt;br /&gt;Deu para constatar com imensa e agradavel surpresa, que o lados negativos do Qatar nao sao norma em todo o Medio Oriente! O novo-riquismo em estado agudo nao infectou o Oman como arrazou o Qatar.&lt;br /&gt;Em Muskat, os muskateiros (nao deve ser assim mas para agora serve) sorriem, falam e tentam ajudar quem esta' perdido. Preocupam-se com o bem estar dos outros, demonstram respeito e recebem bem a diversidade de nacionalidades que por la' passa; trabalham e sao forca activa na construcao do seu pais; sao genuinamente hospitaleiros e humanas!&lt;br /&gt;Em Muskat e' possivel integracao e socializacao com pessoas locais.&lt;br /&gt;Em Muskat existe o verde (mantido com intervencao humana, mas existe), as montanhas, as praias publicas e os castelos deixados pelos Portugueses.&lt;br /&gt;Em Muskat tanto se pode ir 'a mesquita rezar ou aos bares beber bebidas com teor alcoolico, ou aos dois sitios ou a nenhum.&lt;br /&gt;Em Muskat ninguem controla o que cada um come ou bebe, chegando ao ponto (vejam bem) de se poder consumir "bacon" quando assim se quer. &lt;br /&gt;Em Muskat respira-se liberdade, serenidade, simpatia, hospitalidade e harmonia!&lt;br /&gt;Aqui tao perto, mas felizmente para o mundo, tao diferente!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://photobucket.com" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v106/opinioes/Muskat%20-%20Oman/muskatcorniche.jpg" border="0" alt="Photo Sharing and Video Hosting at Photobucket"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Muskat, Oman - May 2007 - photo by Nic&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5599342-7203986308870878072?l=viajeans.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://viajeans.blogspot.com/feeds/7203986308870878072/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5599342&amp;postID=7203986308870878072&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5599342/posts/default/7203986308870878072'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5599342/posts/default/7203986308870878072'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://viajeans.blogspot.com/2007/05/muskat-1-doha-0.html' title='Muskat -1 / Doha - 0'/><author><name>Nic</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05340945122642193217</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='28' height='32' src='http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v289/manic1708/nic.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5599342.post-8060532075064099377</id><published>2007-05-23T19:47:00.000+03:00</published><updated>2007-05-23T19:48:52.424+03:00</updated><title type='text'>Quando me farto de Doha...</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://photobucket.com" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v106/opinioes/doha-muskat.jpg" border="0" alt="Photo Sharing and Video Hosting at Photobucket"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;... e nao posso ir mais longe!&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5599342-8060532075064099377?l=viajeans.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://viajeans.blogspot.com/feeds/8060532075064099377/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5599342&amp;postID=8060532075064099377&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5599342/posts/default/8060532075064099377'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5599342/posts/default/8060532075064099377'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://viajeans.blogspot.com/2007/05/quando-me-farto-de-doha.html' title='Quando me farto de Doha...'/><author><name>Nic</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05340945122642193217</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='28' height='32' src='http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v289/manic1708/nic.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5599342.post-7695880307420548316</id><published>2007-05-21T06:14:00.000+03:00</published><updated>2007-05-21T06:01:03.174+03:00</updated><title type='text'>Quando o passado...</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://photobucket.com" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v106/opinioes/London%20-%20Apr%202007/4-old-new.jpg" border="0" alt="Photo Sharing and Video Hosting at Photobucket"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;... resiste ao futuro!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Photo by Nic @ London, UK - Apr. 2007&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5599342-7695880307420548316?l=viajeans.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://viajeans.blogspot.com/feeds/7695880307420548316/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5599342&amp;postID=7695880307420548316&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5599342/posts/default/7695880307420548316'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5599342/posts/default/7695880307420548316'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://viajeans.blogspot.com/2007/05/quando-o-passado.html' title='Quando o passado...'/><author><name>Nic</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05340945122642193217</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='28' height='32' src='http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v289/manic1708/nic.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5599342.post-8844035588381955653</id><published>2007-05-17T20:10:00.000+03:00</published><updated>2007-05-17T21:44:32.863+03:00</updated><title type='text'>Quando a verdade...</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://photobucket.com" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v106/opinioes/London%20-%20Apr%202007/3-tshirt.jpg" border="0" alt="Photo Sharing and Video Hosting at Photobucket"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;... se esconde atraz da mentira!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;photo by Nic @ London, UK - Apr. 2007&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5599342-8844035588381955653?l=viajeans.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://viajeans.blogspot.com/feeds/8844035588381955653/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5599342&amp;postID=8844035588381955653&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5599342/posts/default/8844035588381955653'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5599342/posts/default/8844035588381955653'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://viajeans.blogspot.com/2007/05/quando-verdade.html' title='Quando a verdade...'/><author><name>Nic</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05340945122642193217</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='28' height='32' src='http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v289/manic1708/nic.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5599342.post-285431407041879066</id><published>2007-05-14T21:03:00.000+03:00</published><updated>2007-05-14T21:09:24.969+03:00</updated><title type='text'>Quando o inimaginável de ontem...</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://photobucket.com" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v106/opinioes/London%20-%20Apr%202007/1-postcardslondon.jpg" border="0" alt="Photo Sharing and Video Hosting at Photobucket"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;... encontra a realidade de hoje.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5599342-285431407041879066?l=viajeans.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://viajeans.blogspot.com/feeds/285431407041879066/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5599342&amp;postID=285431407041879066&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5599342/posts/default/285431407041879066'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5599342/posts/default/285431407041879066'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://viajeans.blogspot.com/2007/05/quando-o-inimaginvel-de-ontem.html' title='Quando o inimaginável de ontem...'/><author><name>Nic</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05340945122642193217</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='28' height='32' src='http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v289/manic1708/nic.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5599342.post-666861370832604959</id><published>2007-05-11T19:24:00.000+03:00</published><updated>2007-05-11T19:27:18.425+03:00</updated><title type='text'>Aquarelas</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://photobucket.com" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v106/opinioes/London%20-%20Apr%202007/pinknwhite.jpg" border="0" alt="Photo Sharing and Video Hosting at Photobucket"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://photobucket.com" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v106/opinioes/London%20-%20Apr%202007/white1.jpg" border="0" alt="Photo Sharing and Video Hosting at Photobucket"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Photos by Nic @ Green Park, London, UK - Apr. 2007&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5599342-666861370832604959?l=viajeans.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://viajeans.blogspot.com/feeds/666861370832604959/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5599342&amp;postID=666861370832604959&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5599342/posts/default/666861370832604959'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5599342/posts/default/666861370832604959'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://viajeans.blogspot.com/2007/05/aquarelas.html' title='Aquarelas'/><author><name>Nic</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05340945122642193217</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='28' height='32' src='http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v289/manic1708/nic.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5599342.post-1292939499013981253</id><published>2007-05-06T15:15:00.000+03:00</published><updated>2007-05-06T15:21:05.770+03:00</updated><title type='text'>London Bride</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://photobucket.com" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v106/opinioes/London%20-%20Apr%202007/white5.jpg" border="0" alt="Photo Sharing and Video Hosting at Photobucket"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://photobucket.com" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v106/opinioes/London%20-%20Apr%202007/white2.jpg" border="0" alt="Photo Sharing and Video Hosting at Photobucket"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://photobucket.com" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v106/opinioes/London%20-%20Apr%202007/white3.jpg" border="0" alt="Photo Sharing and Video Hosting at Photobucket"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Photos by Nic @ Green Park, London, UK - Apr. 2007&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5599342-1292939499013981253?l=viajeans.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://viajeans.blogspot.com/feeds/1292939499013981253/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5599342&amp;postID=1292939499013981253&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5599342/posts/default/1292939499013981253'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5599342/posts/default/1292939499013981253'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://viajeans.blogspot.com/2007/05/london-bride.html' title='London Bride'/><author><name>Nic</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05340945122642193217</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='28' height='32' src='http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v289/manic1708/nic.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5599342.post-4776396152037225388</id><published>2007-05-01T19:29:00.000+03:00</published><updated>2007-05-01T19:40:34.949+03:00</updated><title type='text'>Pink London</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://photobucket.com" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v106/opinioes/London%20-%20Apr%202007/pink5.jpg" border="0" alt="Photo Sharing and Video Hosting at Photobucket"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://photobucket.com" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v106/opinioes/London%20-%20Apr%202007/pink3.jpg" border="0" alt="Photo Sharing and Video Hosting at Photobucket"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://photobucket.com" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v106/opinioes/London%20-%20Apr%202007/pink4.jpg" align="left" width="319"border="0" alt="Photo Sharing and Video Hosting at Photobucket"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href="http://photobucket.com" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v106/opinioes/London%20-%20Apr%202007/pink2.jpg" width="319"border="0" alt="Photo Sharing and Video Hosting at Photobucket"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://photobucket.com" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v106/opinioes/London%20-%20Apr%202007/pink1.jpg" border="0" alt="Photo Sharing and Video Hosting at Photobucket"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Photos by Nic @ Green Park, London, UK - Apr. 2007&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5599342-4776396152037225388?l=viajeans.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://viajeans.blogspot.com/feeds/4776396152037225388/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5599342&amp;postID=4776396152037225388&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5599342/posts/default/4776396152037225388'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5599342/posts/default/4776396152037225388'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://viajeans.blogspot.com/2007/05/pink-london.html' title='Pink London'/><author><name>Nic</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05340945122642193217</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='28' height='32' src='http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v289/manic1708/nic.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5599342.post-5793127432213527557</id><published>2007-04-24T15:46:00.000+03:00</published><updated>2007-04-24T16:02:45.800+03:00</updated><title type='text'>Verde</title><content type='html'>The grass is definitely greener on the other side of my current fence!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://photobucket.com" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v106/opinioes/London%20-%20Apr%202007/GreeGrass.jpg" border="0" alt="Photo Sharing and Video Hosting at Photobucket"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://photobucket.com" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v106/opinioes/London%20-%20Apr%202007/GreenPark.jpg" border="0" alt="Photo Sharing and Video Hosting at Photobucket"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://photobucket.com" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v106/opinioes/London%20-%20Apr%202007/greenleaves.jpg" border="0" alt="Photo Sharing and Video Hosting at Photobucket"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;'As vezes valorizamos mais as coisas quando a ausência substitui a presença!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Photos by Nic @ Green Park, London, UK - Apr. 2007&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5599342-5793127432213527557?l=viajeans.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://viajeans.blogspot.com/feeds/5793127432213527557/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5599342&amp;postID=5793127432213527557&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5599342/posts/default/5793127432213527557'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5599342/posts/default/5793127432213527557'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://viajeans.blogspot.com/2007/04/verde.html' title='Verde'/><author><name>Nic</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05340945122642193217</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='28' height='32' src='http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v289/manic1708/nic.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5599342.post-3063510860015083581</id><published>2007-04-13T20:59:00.000+03:00</published><updated>2007-04-13T21:12:37.601+03:00</updated><title type='text'>Exceptional contradictions,,,</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://photobucket.com" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v106/opinioes/qatar/dancer1.jpg" align="left" width="316" border="0" alt="Photo Sharing and Video Hosting at Photobucket"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href="http://photobucket.com" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v106/opinioes/qatar/dancer2.jpg"  width="316" border="0" alt="Photo Sharing and Video Hosting at Photobucket"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://photobucket.com" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v106/opinioes/qatar/dancer3.jpg" border="0" alt="Photo Sharing and Video Hosting at Photobucket"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;A brighter and unusual side of Doha!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Full Moon Party @ Doha - Apr.2007&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5599342-3063510860015083581?l=viajeans.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://viajeans.blogspot.com/feeds/3063510860015083581/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5599342&amp;postID=3063510860015083581&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5599342/posts/default/3063510860015083581'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5599342/posts/default/3063510860015083581'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://viajeans.blogspot.com/2007/04/exceptional-contradictions.html' title='Exceptional contradictions,,,'/><author><name>Nic</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05340945122642193217</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='28' height='32' src='http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v289/manic1708/nic.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5599342.post-3704293090279260539</id><published>2007-04-01T19:20:00.000+03:00</published><updated>2007-04-01T19:23:15.886+03:00</updated><title type='text'>Doha Full Moon</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://photobucket.com" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v106/opinioes/qatar/dohamoon.jpg" border="0" alt="Photo Sharing and Video Hosting at Photobucket"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Back in Doha... not all is dark!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;photo by Nic @ Doha - Full Moon - 1 April 2007&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5599342-3704293090279260539?l=viajeans.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://viajeans.blogspot.com/feeds/3704293090279260539/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5599342&amp;postID=3704293090279260539&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5599342/posts/default/3704293090279260539'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5599342/posts/default/3704293090279260539'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://viajeans.blogspot.com/2007/04/doha-full-moon.html' title='Doha Full Moon'/><author><name>Nic</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05340945122642193217</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='28' height='32' src='http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v289/manic1708/nic.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5599342.post-6837694249405961752</id><published>2007-03-01T15:35:00.000+03:00</published><updated>2007-03-01T17:18:03.080+03:00</updated><title type='text'>Tripping back into my Space</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://photobucket.com" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v106/opinioes/qatar/AsiaMap.jpg" width="640" border="0" alt="Photobucket - Video and Image Hosting"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;:)&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5599342-6837694249405961752?l=viajeans.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://viajeans.blogspot.com/feeds/6837694249405961752/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5599342&amp;postID=6837694249405961752&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5599342/posts/default/6837694249405961752'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5599342/posts/default/6837694249405961752'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://viajeans.blogspot.com/2007/03/tripping-back-into-my-space.html' title='Tripping back into my Space'/><author><name>Nic</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05340945122642193217</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='28' height='32' src='http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v289/manic1708/nic.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5599342.post-691845940612288663</id><published>2007-02-28T15:08:00.000+03:00</published><updated>2007-02-28T15:33:44.001+03:00</updated><title type='text'>Park and Rest</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://photobucket.com" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v106/opinioes/qatar/parknrest.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket - Video and Image Hosting"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;O desenvolvimento desenfreado de alguns paises do Medio Oriente, e' conseguido 'a custa do enorme esforco e sacrificio daqueles que nao sao recompensados devidamente, de quem ninguem fala e nao se sentam nos bancos de traz das limousines.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;photo by Nic @ Doha, Qatar - Feb.2006&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5599342-691845940612288663?l=viajeans.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://viajeans.blogspot.com/feeds/691845940612288663/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5599342&amp;postID=691845940612288663&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5599342/posts/default/691845940612288663'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5599342/posts/default/691845940612288663'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://viajeans.blogspot.com/2007/02/park-and-rest.html' title='Park and Rest'/><author><name>Nic</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05340945122642193217</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='28' height='32' src='http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v289/manic1708/nic.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5599342.post-5402925647788636998</id><published>2007-02-23T15:42:00.000+03:00</published><updated>2007-02-23T15:43:02.096+03:00</updated><title type='text'>free run</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://photobucket.com" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v106/opinioes/qatar/freerun.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket - Video and Image Hosting"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;photo by nic @ Doha, Qatar - Feb.2007&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5599342-5402925647788636998?l=viajeans.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://viajeans.blogspot.com/feeds/5402925647788636998/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5599342&amp;postID=5402925647788636998&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5599342/posts/default/5402925647788636998'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5599342/posts/default/5402925647788636998'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://viajeans.blogspot.com/2007/02/free-run.html' title='free run'/><author><name>Nic</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05340945122642193217</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='28' height='32' src='http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v289/manic1708/nic.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5599342.post-8185145029267214365</id><published>2007-02-22T18:38:00.000+03:00</published><updated>2007-02-22T18:40:34.958+03:00</updated><title type='text'>Mother and daughter</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://photobucket.com" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v106/opinioes/qatar/womenbythesea.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket - Video and Image Hosting"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;photo by nic @ Doha, Qatar - Feb.2007&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5599342-8185145029267214365?l=viajeans.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://viajeans.blogspot.com/feeds/8185145029267214365/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5599342&amp;postID=8185145029267214365&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5599342/posts/default/8185145029267214365'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5599342/posts/default/8185145029267214365'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://viajeans.blogspot.com/2007/02/mother-and-daughter.html' title='Mother and daughter'/><author><name>Nic</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05340945122642193217</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='28' height='32' src='http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v289/manic1708/nic.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5599342.post-3501026714306674136</id><published>2007-02-21T15:25:00.000+03:00</published><updated>2007-02-21T15:27:38.104+03:00</updated><title type='text'>Father &amp; Sons</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://photobucket.com" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v106/opinioes/qatar/fatherand3boysbythesea.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket - Video and Image Hosting"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;photo by nic @ Doha, Qatar - Feb.2007&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5599342-3501026714306674136?l=viajeans.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://viajeans.blogspot.com/feeds/3501026714306674136/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5599342&amp;postID=3501026714306674136&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5599342/posts/default/3501026714306674136'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5599342/posts/default/3501026714306674136'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://viajeans.blogspot.com/2007/02/father-sons.html' title='Father &amp; Sons'/><author><name>Nic</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05340945122642193217</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='28' height='32' src='http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v289/manic1708/nic.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5599342.post-6054139311781710925</id><published>2007-02-17T11:39:00.000+03:00</published><updated>2007-02-17T11:44:01.982+03:00</updated><title type='text'>Pink Cadillacs are out...</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://photobucket.com" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v106/opinioes/qatar/pinkbm.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket - Video and Image Hosting"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;are Pink BM's in?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;photo by nic @ Doha, Qatar - Feb.2007&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5599342-6054139311781710925?l=viajeans.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://viajeans.blogspot.com/feeds/6054139311781710925/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5599342&amp;postID=6054139311781710925&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5599342/posts/default/6054139311781710925'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5599342/posts/default/6054139311781710925'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://viajeans.blogspot.com/2007/02/pink-cadillacs-are-out.html' title='Pink Cadillacs are out...'/><author><name>Nic</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05340945122642193217</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='28' height='32' src='http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v289/manic1708/nic.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5599342.post-117162210670273707</id><published>2007-02-16T13:23:00.000+03:00</published><updated>2007-02-16T13:35:06.720+03:00</updated><title type='text'>Morning Call</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://photobucket.com" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v106/opinioes/qatar/qatardespertador-1.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket - Video and Image Hosting"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Um dos muitos despertadores que todos os dias, entre as 04:30 e 05:00 da manha, quebram bruscamente o silencio da noite em competicao desenfreada...&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5599342-117162210670273707?l=viajeans.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://viajeans.blogspot.com/feeds/117162210670273707/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5599342&amp;postID=117162210670273707&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5599342/posts/default/117162210670273707'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5599342/posts/default/117162210670273707'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://viajeans.blogspot.com/2007/02/morning-call.html' title='Morning Call'/><author><name>Nic</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05340945122642193217</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='28' height='32' src='http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v289/manic1708/nic.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5599342.post-117120008686545956</id><published>2007-02-11T16:20:00.000+03:00</published><updated>2007-02-11T16:33:30.580+03:00</updated><title type='text'>The New Doha</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://photobucket.com/" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v106/opinioes/qatar/NewDoha1.jpg" width="639" border="0" alt="Photobucket - Video and Image Hosting"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Ao longe, a silhueta duma metrople...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://photobucket.com/" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v106/opinioes/qatar/NewDoha2.jpg" width="639" border="0" alt="Photobucket - Video and Image Hosting"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;A medida que nos aproximamos...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://photobucket.com/" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v106/opinioes/qatar/NewDoha4.jpg" width="639" border="0" alt="Photobucket - Video and Image Hosting"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;De perto, o esqueleto dessa metrople que ainda nao o e'.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://photobucket.com/" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v106/opinioes/qatar/NewDoha5.jpg" width="639" border="0" alt="Photobucket - Video and Image Hosting"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;A nova Doha, uma cidade a nascer em simultaneo!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;photos by Nic @ Doha, Qatar - 10 Feb.2007&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5599342-117120008686545956?l=viajeans.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://viajeans.blogspot.com/feeds/117120008686545956/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5599342&amp;postID=117120008686545956&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5599342/posts/default/117120008686545956'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5599342/posts/default/117120008686545956'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://viajeans.blogspot.com/2007/02/new-doha.html' title='The New Doha'/><author><name>Nic</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05340945122642193217</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='28' height='32' src='http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v289/manic1708/nic.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5599342.post-117034980776502306</id><published>2007-02-01T19:33:00.000+03:00</published><updated>2007-02-01T20:10:07.790+03:00</updated><title type='text'>novos mundos</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://photobucket.com/" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v106/opinioes/qatar/qatarikids.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket - Video and Image Hosting"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;photo by Nic,  Qatari Kids - Doha, Qatar - Dec.2006&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;O silencio e' talvez a melhor postura enquanto se tenta comprender novos mundos para nos desconhecidos.&lt;br /&gt;Os aspectos negativos que inicialmente lhe atribuimos resultam nao so da sua existencia mas tambem da nossa incapacidade de os interpretar e de os compreender. &lt;br /&gt;'As vezes, temos uma certa tendencia a medir o mundo com as nossas proprias medidas e esquecemo-nos que elas nao sao universais e que existem outras que nao conhecemos.&lt;br /&gt;Continuo a acreditar que o nosso mundo e' um reflexo de nos mesmos e se estivermos atentos, mesmo em meios aparentemente menos propicios, acabaremos por os detectar.&lt;br /&gt;E dai' este meu silencio, enquanto aprendo a ver a beleza que certamente existe aqui e que por ignorancia minha, nao a consegui enxergar...&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5599342-117034980776502306?l=viajeans.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://viajeans.blogspot.com/feeds/117034980776502306/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5599342&amp;postID=117034980776502306&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5599342/posts/default/117034980776502306'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5599342/posts/default/117034980776502306'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://viajeans.blogspot.com/2007/02/novos-mundos.html' title='novos mundos'/><author><name>Nic</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05340945122642193217</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='28' height='32' src='http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v289/manic1708/nic.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5599342.post-116862241829730109</id><published>2007-01-12T20:15:00.000+03:00</published><updated>2007-01-12T20:20:18.316+03:00</updated><title type='text'>Their Life</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://photobucket.com/" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v106/opinioes/qatar/motherwithchild.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket - Video and Image Hosting"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;“I have no right to say or to do anything that diminishes a man in his own eyes.&lt;br /&gt;What matters is not what I think of him, but what he thinks of himself.&lt;br /&gt;Hurting a man in his dignity is a crime.”&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Antoine de Sainte-Exupery&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5599342-116862241829730109?l=viajeans.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://viajeans.blogspot.com/feeds/116862241829730109/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5599342&amp;postID=116862241829730109&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5599342/posts/default/116862241829730109'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5599342/posts/default/116862241829730109'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://viajeans.blogspot.com/2007/01/their-life.html' title='Their Life'/><author><name>Nic</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05340945122642193217</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='28' height='32' src='http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v289/manic1708/nic.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5599342.post-116677902463378968</id><published>2006-12-22T07:15:00.000+03:00</published><updated>2006-12-22T12:17:04.650+03:00</updated><title type='text'>Finalmente, um sorriso de Qatar!</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://photobucket.com/" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v106/opinioes/qatar/childsmilling.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket - Video and Image Hosting"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Para ti,&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Felizes Dias!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;photo by Nic @Doha, Qatar - Dec.2006&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5599342-116677902463378968?l=viajeans.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://viajeans.blogspot.com/feeds/116677902463378968/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5599342&amp;postID=116677902463378968&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5599342/posts/default/116677902463378968'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5599342/posts/default/116677902463378968'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://viajeans.blogspot.com/2006/12/finalmente-um-sorriso-de-qatar.html' title='Finalmente, um sorriso de Qatar!'/><author><name>Nic</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05340945122642193217</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='28' height='32' src='http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v289/manic1708/nic.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5599342.post-116653258141820143</id><published>2006-12-19T15:45:00.000+03:00</published><updated>2006-12-19T16:13:15.650+03:00</updated><title type='text'>Preparacao para os saltos...</title><content type='html'>O treino sendo essencial, nao e' suficiente para garantir um bom salto.&lt;br /&gt;A preparacao nos momentos que o antecedem tambem irao influenciar o seu sucesso.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Assim se passa com os saltos acrobatas bem como os saltos que se dao na vida!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://photobucket.com/" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v106/opinioes/qatar/TaipeiAthlete1.jpg" border="0" height="210" align="left" alt="Photobucket - Video and Image Hosting"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href="http://photobucket.com/" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v106/opinioes/qatar/TaipeiAthlete2.jpg" border="0" height="210"alt="Photobucket - Video and Image Hosting"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;A caminho...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://photobucket.com/" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v106/opinioes/qatar/vietnamathlete.jpg" border="0" width="600" alt="Photobucket - Video and Image Hosting"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Aquecimento...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://photobucket.com/" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v106/opinioes/qatar/TaipeiAthlete3.jpg" border="0" height="440" align="left" alt="Photobucket - Video and Image Hosting"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href="http://photobucket.com/" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v106/opinioes/qatar/UzebakistanAthlete-ParallelBars2.jpg" border="0" height="440"alt="Photobucket - Video and Image Hosting"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Preparacao...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://photobucket.com/" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v106/opinioes/qatar/NorthKoreanAthlete5.jpg" border="0" height="445" align="left"alt="Photobucket - Video and Image Hosting"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href="http://photobucket.com/" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v106/opinioes/qatar/saudiathlete2.jpg" border="0" height="445"alt="Photobucket - Video and Image Hosting"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Concentracao...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;photos by Nic @ 15th Asian Games, Doha - Qatar, Dec.2006&lt;br /&gt;(ateletas de salto acrobatico representantes de (ordem das fotos) Taiwan, Vietnam, Uzebakistao, Coreia do Norte e Arabia Saudita)&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5599342-116653258141820143?l=viajeans.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://viajeans.blogspot.com/feeds/116653258141820143/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5599342&amp;postID=116653258141820143&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5599342/posts/default/116653258141820143'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5599342/posts/default/116653258141820143'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://viajeans.blogspot.com/2006/12/preparacao-para-os-saltos.html' title='Preparacao para os saltos...'/><author><name>Nic</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05340945122642193217</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='28' height='32' src='http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v289/manic1708/nic.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5599342.post-116584524146868473</id><published>2006-12-11T16:40:00.000+03:00</published><updated>2006-12-11T17:04:10.586+03:00</updated><title type='text'>Cidade Obra</title><content type='html'>Como ja’ referido aqui, estao a decorrer os 15 Jogos da Asia, competicoes olimpicas entre os paises da Asia. E’ a primeira vez que um evento deste genero e’ organizado e esta’ a decorrer num pais do Medio Oriente.&lt;br /&gt;Para poder acolher este evento, a cidade de Doha sofreu remodelacoes radicais, tendo sido quase toda reconstruida nos ultimos 3 a 5 anos. Deitaram-se abaixo casarios velhos, para se construirem edificios novos e alargarem-se as estradas existents e abriram-se novas vias rodoviarias.&lt;br /&gt;Para alem deste necessario amelhoramento e modernizacao, a exploracao do petroleo e da relativamente recente descoberta da enorme fonte de gaz natural, bem como a vontade de competir com a vizinha Dubai, provocou em Doha um crescimento descabido em todas as areas da cidade, transformsando-a num dos maiores estaleiros de obra do mundo. Junto ao mar, numa extensao de 4 a 5 kms, erguem-se em simultaneo, dezenas de torres e arranha-ceus, aparentando ao longe, ‘a noite ou ainda em campanhas de promocao do pais, uma verdadeira metrople cosmopolita. Na realidade, nao passa duma gigantesca obra, nao acabada ‘a tempo para poder ter sido abertamente exibida ao mundo, durante o periodo em que decorrem os Jogos da Asia.&lt;br /&gt;As novas estradas foram planeadas na velha escolha, que nao teve em consideracao o transito infernal que as circula. Foram construidas rotundas em vez de semaforos e o transito esta’ constantemente bloqueado nestes muitissimos pontos da cidade. Com a percepcao do erro, tentaram-se substituir as rotundas por semaforos, mas como nao se acabaram as obras antes do inicio dos Jogos da Asia, optou-se por colocar semaforos em rotundas, como se um cruzamento normal se tratasse, o que veio obviamente piorar a situacao.&lt;br /&gt;Os mapas da cidade disponiveis mostram estradas que ainda nao existem ou nao foram acabadas. As que foram acabadas nao teem qualquer sinal de indicacao, nome ou direccao, sendo a conducao aqui so possivel, por instinto ou aprendizagem com erros constantes. As novas vias, sendo de 3 a 6 faixas de rodagem permitem velocidades mais elevadas e sao frequentemente utilizadas pelos locias como se fossem pistas de Formula1.&lt;br /&gt;Chegamos entao ‘a aldeia olimpica. Ai’ as zonas perifericas, nao foram acabadas nem acessos seguros (tuneis ou pontes aereas) foram previstos, obrigando as pessoas a estacionar em terrenos baldios e atravessar a pe’ estaleiros de obras e vias rapidas em jeito de auentica missao suicida. Dentro da aldeia olimpica, o trabalho aparente estar mais ou menos acabado, mas mais uma vez ai’ faltam as infrastruturas e os services de apoio aos vistiantes. As casas de banho sao rarissimas e quando as ha’ nao estao dimensionadas para o espaco onde se inserem. Nao e’ permitido levar qualquer tipo de comida (ate’ os rebucados tiram ‘as criancas) nem de bebida e pontos de venda de comida ou sao rarissimos e basicos (apenas vendem cholocolaates batatas fritas e refrigerantes) ou mais habitual, nao existem mesmo.&lt;br /&gt;O pessoal que circula no recinto de fato treino amarelo, destinam-se a prestar apoio ao publico, mas a maior parte das vezes que experimentei os seus services, ou fui mal informado ou entao nao sabiam mesmo a resposta. A maioria sao pessoas da India, Sri Lanka e Filipinas (por habitualmente falerem razoavelemente bem a lingua inglesa). Existem tambem alguns ocidentais (os que dirigem a “orquestra por traz do palco”) que me confessaram que ninguem teve formacao para o posto que ocupam.&lt;br /&gt;A razao porque registo isto aqui, e’ simplesmente porque os media comunicam constantemente a toda a hora, a impecavel organizacao e condicoes em que estao a decorrer estes jogos, as extraordinarias instalacoes desportivas e alojamento dos ateletas e lanca autentica campanhas de propaganda, promovendo estes jogos comos os maiores e os melhores organizados ate’ a data. Segundo os media, tudo e’ perfieito para alem das expectativas, tudo ficou pronto, bonitinho e funcional. Toda a gente esta’ tao contente, mas mesmo tao contente que ate’ ja’ se fala que Doha vai apresentar candidatura aos Jogos Olimpicos de 2016!&lt;br /&gt;Fico chocado quando oico esta lenga lenga na radio, e estou em engarrafamentos de transito, por vezes 1 ou 2 horas, ou me perco porque a estrada deixa de o ser, acabando abruptamente e sem aviso previo num estaleiro! &lt;br /&gt;Como e’ possivel tantos paises e medias estarem aqui representados e nao haver um jornalista que faca uma reportagem honesta ‘a cerca das condicoes em que estes jogos estao a decorrer!&lt;br /&gt;Falhar e’ humano e deveria-se desculpar quando se sabe ‘a partida que se esta’ a tentar construir um pais desenvolvido em pleno deserto paisagistico e academico. &lt;br /&gt;Tudo seria aceitavel, se houvesse um pouco de mais sinceridade!&lt;br /&gt;Quanto ‘as instalacoes desportivas foram acabadas a tempo e as competicoes estao a decorrer na sua normalidade. As medalhas, essas vao na sua esmagadora maioria para o sudeste Asiatico, ou seja China, Japao e Coreias. Os paises do Medio Oriente, nao teem ateletas na maior parte dos desportos e quase que nao teem ateletas femeninas.&lt;br /&gt;Nos proximos posts tentarei colocar aqui fotos dalgumas competicoes, entretanto ficam aqui algumas fotos ilustrativas do estado da cidade-obra.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://photobucket.com/" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v106/opinioes/qatar/dohastadium.jpg" border="0" width="639" alt="Photobucket - Video and Image Hosting"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Zona periferica da aldeia olimpica&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://photobucket.com/" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v106/opinioes/qatar/dohastadiumtower.jpg" border="0" height="230" align="left" alt="Photobucket - Video and Image Hosting"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href="http://photobucket.com/" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v106/opinioes/qatar/dohastadiumtowergrass.jpg" border="0" height="230" align="left" alt="Photobucket - Video and Image Hosting"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href="http://photobucket.com/" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v106/opinioes/qatar/ruadeacessoaoestadio-torredacham-1.jpg" border="0" height="230" align="left" alt="Photobucket - Video and Image Hosting"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href="http://photobucket.com/" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v106/opinioes/qatar/ruadeacessoaoestadio-torredachamaol.jpg" border="0" height="230" alt="Photobucket - Video and Image Hosting"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Zona periferica da torre da chama olimpica&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://photobucket.com/" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v106/opinioes/qatar/ruadeacessoaoestadio2.jpg" border="0" height="205" align="left" alt="Photobucket - Video and Image Hosting"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href="http://photobucket.com/" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v106/opinioes/qatar/muddycarpark2.jpg" border="0" height="205" alt="Photobucket - Video and Image Hosting"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Acessos 'a aldeia olimpica&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://photobucket.com/" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v106/opinioes/qatar/muddycarpark3.jpg" border="0" height="205" align="left" alt="Photobucket - Video and Image Hosting"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href="http://photobucket.com/" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v106/opinioes/qatar/muddycarpark.jpg" border="0" height="205" alt="Photobucket - Video and Image Hosting"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Estacionamentos publicos&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;photos by Nic @ Doha, Qatar - Dec.2006&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5599342-116584524146868473?l=viajeans.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://viajeans.blogspot.com/feeds/116584524146868473/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5599342&amp;postID=116584524146868473&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5599342/posts/default/116584524146868473'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5599342/posts/default/116584524146868473'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://viajeans.blogspot.com/2006/12/cidade-obra.html' title='Cidade Obra'/><author><name>Nic</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05340945122642193217</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='28' height='32' src='http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v289/manic1708/nic.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5599342.post-116558571160658647</id><published>2006-12-08T16:30:00.000+03:00</published><updated>2006-12-08T17:12:25.286+03:00</updated><title type='text'>Visoes de  Qatar</title><content type='html'>Esclareco que tudo o que aqui tenho escrito nao e' uma critica 'a cultura nem religiao locais, mas sim ao comportamento social. A cultura arabe e' sem duvida uma cultura fascinante. Importa tambem salientar que a cultura arabe tem variacoes consoante a regiao, pais, tribos, etc. Por exemplo e em termos gerais, as culturas arabes do Norte de Africa, sao distintas das culturas arabes do Medio Oriente. Aqui as culturas arabes Magrebinas, sao consideradas como "ocidentalizadas". Justifica-se assim as diferencas visiveis na forma das pessoas se vestirem e agirem socialmente.&lt;br /&gt;Isto foi apenas uma breve explicacao para as questoes que me tinham deixado na caixa dos comentarios.&lt;br /&gt;E' notorio uma ausencia de fotografias neste blogue em relacao 'aquilo que eu habitualmente fazia. Para alem das dificuldades em postar, tambem ha' barreiras locais que nos impedem de fazer fotografia livremente. Na prmeira semana aqui, lembrei-me de tirar umas fotos ao edifico onde trabalho e em consequencia disso fui detido para ser questionado e fiquei com um registo desse acontecimento. O edifico nao tinha qualquer sinal de proibicao de fazer fotografia e para alem disso tratava-se do edifico onde estou todos os dias. A reaccao dos agentes de seguranca foi descabida e exagerada, tratando-me e classificando-me como um caso suspeito. A partir desse episodio infeliz, deixei de andar com a maquina fotografica e de fazer qualquer fotografia. Mais tarde, disseram-me que nao haveria problema desde que nao fotografasse edificios do governo. Com o tempo hei-de aprender a movimentar-me nesta neblina cinzenta.&lt;br /&gt;Entretanto estao a decorrer os Jogos Olimpicos da Asia, aqui em Doha e tudo e' trabalhado de modo a dar uma imagem dum pais normal. Aproveitando-me desta fachada, visitei a aldeia olimpica e nesse espaco com estatuto especial para os estrangeiros, fiz entao algumas fotos.&lt;br /&gt;tratam-se de Mulheres de Qatar, vestidas tradicionalmente. A maioria veste-se desta forma constantemente, inclusivamente (as poucas que trabalham) nos postos de trabalho:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://photobucket.com/" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v106/opinioes/qatar/womansittingalone.jpg" border="0" width="639" alt="Photobucket - Video and Image Hosting"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://photobucket.com/" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v106/opinioes/qatar/womansittingwithboyeating.jpg" border="0" width="639" alt="Photobucket - Video and Image Hosting"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://photobucket.com/" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v106/opinioes/qatar/2womenwalking.jpg" border="0" height="310" align="left" alt="Photobucket - Video and Image Hosting"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href="http://photobucket.com/" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v106/opinioes/qatar/2womengoingtosuperstore.jpg" border="0" height="310" align="left" alt="Photobucket - Video and Image Hosting"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href="http://photobucket.com/" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v106/opinioes/qatar/5womenstanding.jpg" border="0" height="310" alt="Photobucket - Video and Image Hosting"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://photobucket.com/" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v106/opinioes/qatar/womensittingwithkidsatcoffeeshop.jpg" width="639" border="0" alt="Photobucket - Video and Image Hosting"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;photos by Nic @ Doha, Qatar - 6 Dec.2006&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5599342-116558571160658647?l=viajeans.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://viajeans.blogspot.com/feeds/116558571160658647/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5599342&amp;postID=116558571160658647&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5599342/posts/default/116558571160658647'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5599342/posts/default/116558571160658647'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://viajeans.blogspot.com/2006/12/visoes-de-qatar.html' title='Visoes de  Qatar'/><author><name>Nic</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05340945122642193217</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='28' height='32' src='http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v289/manic1708/nic.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5599342.post-116524594737203505</id><published>2006-12-04T16:49:00.000+03:00</published><updated>2006-12-04T18:27:00.110+03:00</updated><title type='text'>impressoes...</title><content type='html'>Obrigado a tod@s que me visitam aqui no blog e decerta forma me fazem companhia aqui nesta terra hostil.&lt;br /&gt;Deixei de me queixar, nao porque as coisas melhoraram, apenas porque me rendi 'a evidencia que aqui e' assim e que por muito desumano que seja (e e'), nada poderei fazer para o mudar, a nao ser virar as costas. &lt;br /&gt;Ja pensei em o fazer varias as vezes e ate' o fiz mesmo. Num acto de quase de desespero consegui recuperar o meu passaporte, obter um visto de saida e partir uns dias para Hong Kong, para ponderar e me preparar um pouco melhor para regressar e enfrentar o que aqui nos espera. Regressei porque acredito que as conquistas da vida resultam do vencimento de desafios que ela nos lanca. Tento sempre ir em frente e aprender com as dificuldades que vou encontrando e nunca desistir nem voltar atraz. Hoje continuo ainda a esforcar-me ao maximo, para que aqui, nao seja obrigado a optar pela excepcao. &lt;br /&gt;Como me dizem, se vim parar aqui foi por alguma razao e por isso nao me quero ir embora sem a descobrir.&lt;br /&gt;Nao era e nem e' minha intensao utilizar este espaco para  um diario pessoal, mas sim de registar e compartilhar observecoes e vivencias experimentadas, focando no objecto e nao em mim, mas neste periodo de "choque" inicial e' mesmo dificil se nao impossivel de separar o que vejo e experimento e o impacto disso na minha pessoa.&lt;br /&gt;Saliento que tudo o que aqui escrevo, e' baseado a partir do meu contacto directo. Trata-se apenas das minhas impressoes, do meu modo de ver e de sentir este pais, tao particular e distinto de todos os outros que por la' passei.&lt;br /&gt;Comeco pela imagem que eu fui construindo deste pais antes de chegar ca. Qualquer pessoas que tenha acesso 'a internet e fazer uma pesquisa de websites de Qatar, ficara' com uma impressao generica de que se trata de um pais riquissimo, desenvolvido e bastante modernizado. Ficara' tambem decerto com a impressao de que e' um pais bastante ocidentalizado para um pais do Medio Oriente. Quem vir as companhas de promocao deste pasi, que passam na CNN e agora tambem na Algeciras (incrivelemente que pareca, sedeada aqui em Doha), essas impressoes confirmam-se e ate' se intensificam.&lt;br /&gt;Quando se chega aqui, logo no aeroporto, ha' algo que nos deixa desconfortaveis e nos faz ponderar. O ar hostil e aterrador dos oficiais de imigracao faz-nos sentir que nao somos benvindos e que chegamos a um campo de concentracao militar. Fui recebido com um olhar de odio e depois com um arremesso abrutalhado do passaporte e documentos para cima do balcao. Logo ai' me perguntei se o que tinha "captado" 'acerca deste pais, atraves da internet e medias, corresponderia 'a verdade. Antes de sair do terminal, as minhas desconfiancas iam aumentando. Foi ai' que tive impressao que estava num pais a preto e branco. As mulheres cobertas da ponta dos pes 'a topo da cabeca de negro. Algumas nem abertura para os olhos teem, outras apenas dois buracos para os olhos e outras a car exposta geralmente extremamente maquilhada. Os homens de tunicas brancas com veus brancos na cabeca, coroados com um aro negro. Ate' aqui tudo bem. A meu ver sao formas de vestir inadequadas aos tempos de hoje, mas tudo bem.&lt;br /&gt;Em pouco tempo descobri e confirmei que quase tudo o que tinha visto na internet e' cuidadosamente fabricado para que seja apetecivel aos olhos dos ocidentais. Ate' a imagem do centro da cidade, que parece Manhatan, e' falsa. Esta parte da cidade nao existe ainda, e' uma obra apenas. Crescem em kms de areal umas dezenas de torres que sao cobertas com panos e iluminadas 'a noite para parecer uma cidade viva 'a noite. E' mentira, alias como a maior parte de tudo que se diz daqui oficialmente. A Algecira e' uma concorrente da CNN que recentemente comecou a emitir em ingles a partir de Doha mas esta' proibida como todas as outras cadeias locais e jornais de dizerem qualquer coisa que seja de negativo 'a cerca do pais.&lt;br /&gt;Nao ne vou alongar mais, nesta area, se der voltarei ao assunto num post sobre os media aqui.&lt;br /&gt;Basicamente este pais era povoados por meia duzia de beduinos nomadas ate' que nos anos 50 se descobriu petroleo e recentemente uma das maiores reservas de gas natural. Recentemente a pouco mais de uma decada ou duas, a exploracao do petroleo passou a ser controlada pelas autoridades locais (ou seja pela familia em poder em controle absoluto politicamente e economicamente) e apos uma overdose e um enorme empanturramento de dinheiro, depois de ser ter tudo o que era preciso e desnecessario, palacios dourados e outras coisas mais, sob a direccao anonima duma das esposas do manda chuva ca do pais (que nem sabe ler nem escrever bem) comecou-se a construir o pais pela fachada (bem 'a maneira dos costumes locais).&lt;br /&gt;Trata-se de um pais que projecta e vende a imagem de "world class" e no fundo e' pior que um pais pobre do 3o mundo, pois aqui nem o servico humilde e minimo encontrado em paises do 3o mundo, existe por detras da fachada. Fachada essa tao fragil, que nem do aeroporto passa!&lt;br /&gt;Houve distribuicao de dinheiros pelos locais. Assim foram dados enormes quantidades de dinheiro a um povo que nao tinha educacao e que nao sabia valorizar nem nunca precisou aprender a valorizar nada na vida tao pouco a vida de outros principalmente infieis e furasteiros de segunda.&lt;br /&gt;O que se ve hoje em Doha, e' um horror em termos humanos. Imaginem pessoas ignorantes, rudes, agressivos, obcecados, controladores e controlados, castradores e castrados por uma religiao que nao os deixa pensar para alem de regras indiscutivelemente impostas. Imaginem tambem estas pessoas serem podres de ricas, carregados de dinheiro e de toda a luxuria material sem um pequeno vestigio de tracos humanos. Imaginem que tipo de pais se pode formar com este tipo de pessoas.&lt;br /&gt;Este post ja vai longo demais, e poderia estar aqui dias e dias a escrever, em resultado do choque que se tem ao contactar de perto por tais aberracoes humanas.&lt;br /&gt;Decerto que isto e' apenas um lado que me parece o mais visivel nesta cidade. decerto que havera' (oxala') as excepcoes e oxala' que ela sejam muitas e que eu so tenho tido encontro com o pior desta sociedade.&lt;br /&gt;Vou salvaguardar e ficar 'a espera de um dia poder vir aqui escrever um post a corrigir o que aqui escrevi, mas por enquanto, sem quere ser negativo d eforma gratuita, afirmo que neste pais, os valores que aqui encontrei foram: a mentira, a hipocresia, o desrespeito total por outros, a agressevidade e um fanatismo religioso que disfarca a verdadeira religiao deste pais: dinheiro!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;PS. O acesso 'a internet e' bastante limitado. No trabalho so terei internet daqui a umas semanas (e' o que me dizem quando pergunto) e quando tiver sera' condicionada e restringida a sites relacionados com o trabalho (oh liberdade!!!). Em casa, (bem e' uma sorte em ter arranjado casa e ftive que pagar uma burla), tenho que esperar por sei o que o que quer dizer segundo eles umas 8 semanas, oxala' dizem eles...grrrrr. Tudo aqui e' controlado por um monopolio, ou seja o governo ou seja a tal familia.&lt;br /&gt;Isto para dizer que de vez em quando venho aqui a este espaco publico. nao sera necessario dizer que a internet e' lentissima e as condicoes ambientais sao pessimas. Nao tenho concentracao, canso-me e os posts nao saem ou saem a confusao que talvez tenha sido este. Nem os leio depois porque me quero por a milhas daqui.&lt;br /&gt;Tudo isto para dizer que daqui a 8 semanas oxala', tudo voltara' ao normal porque me dedicarei a ficar em casa.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;desculpme estas lamurias&lt;br /&gt;um abraco&lt;br /&gt;:)&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5599342-116524594737203505?l=viajeans.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://viajeans.blogspot.com/feeds/116524594737203505/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5599342&amp;postID=116524594737203505&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5599342/posts/default/116524594737203505'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5599342/posts/default/116524594737203505'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://viajeans.blogspot.com/2006/12/impressoes.html' title='impressoes...'/><author><name>Nic</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05340945122642193217</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='28' height='32' src='http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v289/manic1708/nic.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5599342.post-116506909881501240</id><published>2006-12-02T17:11:00.000+03:00</published><updated>2006-12-02T17:22:57.286+03:00</updated><title type='text'>Sorrisos de Qatar</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://photobucket.com/" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v106/opinioes/qatar/qatartv.jpg" width="639" border="0" alt="Photobucket - Video and Image Hosting"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5599342-116506909881501240?l=viajeans.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://viajeans.blogspot.com/feeds/116506909881501240/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5599342&amp;postID=116506909881501240&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5599342/posts/default/116506909881501240'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5599342/posts/default/116506909881501240'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://viajeans.blogspot.com/2006/12/sorrisos-de-qatar.html' title='Sorrisos de Qatar'/><author><name>Nic</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05340945122642193217</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='28' height='32' src='http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v289/manic1708/nic.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5599342.post-116446792581003574</id><published>2006-11-25T18:04:00.000+03:00</published><updated>2006-11-25T18:18:45.826+03:00</updated><title type='text'>Obrigado</title><content type='html'>So muito rapidamente para agradecer a tod@s que me deixaram mensagens simpaticas na caixa dos comentarios.&lt;br /&gt;Nao tem sido facil, mas estou bem. Comeco a ver a luz la' no fundo do tunel e em breve espero puder sair desta fase negra (oxala').&lt;br /&gt;Ja arranjei casa (quase um mes depois de aqui chegar) mas ainda nao tenho internet nem acesso facil a cybercafes.&lt;br /&gt;Logo que a tempestade acalmar, retomarei a minha rotina aqui no tripping. Tenho imenso para contar deste pais muito muito particular...&lt;br /&gt;um grande abraco a tod@s&lt;br /&gt;nic&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5599342-116446792581003574?l=viajeans.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://viajeans.blogspot.com/feeds/116446792581003574/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5599342&amp;postID=116446792581003574&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5599342/posts/default/116446792581003574'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5599342/posts/default/116446792581003574'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://viajeans.blogspot.com/2006/11/obrigado.html' title='Obrigado'/><author><name>Nic</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05340945122642193217</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='28' height='32' src='http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v289/manic1708/nic.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5599342.post-116274201379142093</id><published>2006-11-05T18:13:00.000+03:00</published><updated>2006-11-05T18:53:33.813+03:00</updated><title type='text'>Tripping out of my space</title><content type='html'>Tambem, estava a ver que nao me deixavam carregar o blogger... dasse, isto sou ou estou mesmo num inferno. ha momentos que me esqueco que ainda continuo no planeta terra e que tudo isto nao passa dum pesadelo... mas o pior e' que nao ha' meio de acordar. Ate' me parece muito inapropriado vir para aqui agora com lamurias. Nao foi que nao me tivessem avisado, e que eu ate' tinha alguns pressentimentos, mas nunca pude imaginar que fosse assim tao dificil de tolerar o que me rodeia aqui.&lt;br /&gt;Faltam-me as enegias para teclar e mais ainda para pensar com clareza, mas em poucas palavras, encontrei aqui tudo aquilo que nao procuro, evito e rejeito, na vida.&lt;br /&gt;Talvez se deva, 'aquela fase a que eu graciosamente, um dia em Taiwan aqui designei num post, de "periodo de resistencia". A fase pela qual passamos quando chegamos a um pais novo, apos o periodo inicial da descoberta do desconhecido, quando ainda tudo nos parece engracado e diferente, a que eu tambem aqui designei de "lua de mel".&lt;br /&gt;Mas caramba, a lua de mel nunca se deu, e aquilo pelo que estou aqui a passar e' mais uma auto-defesa do que resistencia. Poderia estar para aqui a teclar o dia todo, mas faltam-me mesmo as energias. So para dar alguns exemplos, que talvez ate' nem sejam os piores, o transito aqui e' de loucos, quem nao tem carro ou conduz, nao tem lugar nas ruas. Os semaforos sao quase inexistentes e quando existem, sao apenas para os carros. Cada travessia duma rua, e' quase uma tentativa de suicidio. O calor, esse ja' era esperado, e' literalmente abrazador, e e' so' assim porque os dias ja' estao "menos quentes". As pessoas, dividem-se entre muitos grupos, mas quase todos aprenderam e adaptaram-se 'as condicoes locais - e' na verdade essencial ser-se agressivo para tudo, ate' para caminhar. Este ambiente cria monstros, e logo de pequeninos se nota a brutalidade dos gestos e posturas. E' demasiado violento para qualquer ser humano que chegue aqui vindo de qualquer sitio e muito mais ainda talvez quando se veu de culturas onde o zen era a filosofia de vida. Hong Kong, comparado com isto, e' uma paisagem do Tibete!&lt;br /&gt;Nao me vou adiantar mais na descricao das pessoas, pois talvez esteja a ser injusto, generalizar do modo que estou a fazer. Apenas queria salientar, como ignorante que sou, que me mete imensa impressao ter que olhar para mulheres completamente cobertas de negro, com tanto calor, e muitas delas afinal nem os buracaos para os olhos teem. Nao sei como hei-de reagir em muitas situacoes. como por exemplo quando seguro a porta a uma senhora e lhe sorrio, nao sei o que se passa por detraz do pano preto. Tento enxergar o contorno do rosto, mas sinto que ha medo do outro lado do pano e fico sem saber se fiz bem ou se fiz mal. Mete-me impressao de ver as mulheres todas cobertas de negro nos corredores do supermercado e os filhotes 'a procura de qual vulto negro e' a mae. Mete-me impressao ver constantemente a mesma coisa, elas de negro e eles de branco, elas ataz e eles 'a frente, mete-me impressao e nao sei se hei-de olhar, de sorrir ou de fechar os olhos a tudo e olhar para o chao. Nao sei como hei-se ser aqui, so sei que nao sou que sao aqui. Mete-me impressao trabalhar com uma mulher, colega a fazer o servico de secretaria e de nao saber como ela e', nem as expressoes faciais que ela faz. Se ela sorri ou se ela se assusta, pois so lhe vejo os olhos e nao consigo ler mais nada, para alem de medo. Nao sei se me vou habituar a isto tudo e a muito mais que nao vou ter energias para aqui deixar escrito.&lt;br /&gt;Sei neste momento, que a onda de negativismo e' demasiada e tenho consciencia de que isso me esta a afectar a forma como eu me tento defender deste novo mundo, que aparentemente nao me parece que tem algo a haver comigo.&lt;br /&gt;Sei que do outro lado do muro, ha' um desrto fantastico e sei se eu tivesse tido a sorte de ter la iniciado a minha estadia neste pais, talvez me preparasse melhor para tudo isto que eu estou a ter dificuldades em aceitar.&lt;br /&gt;Para ja', sei que vou ter de arranjar maneira de me por a milhas e de ir reflectir longe daqui se quero continuar este desafio a que me sujeitei e, reconheco agora, para o qual nao me preparei, minimamente.&lt;br /&gt;Tenho que arranjar maneira de conseguir obter um visto de saida, (sim ate' para isso nos controlam, mas disso falaremos um dia). Ainda nao decidi se vou levar tudo comigo, porque talvez esteja so a passar um periodo de adaptacao dificil e o trabalho e' de facto aliciante, talvez o pico da minha carreira.&lt;br /&gt;Vou ter que ponderar e arquitectar um plano de accao, e tudo havera' de correr bem.&lt;br /&gt;Posto isto, para quem me le, meus amigos, eu estou bem, numa trip ma', mas estou bem e vai ser muito giro um dia eu gozar comigo mesmo, pela forma patetica com que eu lidei com esta situacao.&lt;br /&gt;Ate' parece que o nomme deste blogue, foi inspirado neste episodio da minha vida!&lt;br /&gt;Ate' ja', oxala', como estes gajos para aqui dizem a toda a hora que ate' irrita.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5599342-116274201379142093?l=viajeans.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://viajeans.blogspot.com/feeds/116274201379142093/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5599342&amp;postID=116274201379142093&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5599342/posts/default/116274201379142093'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5599342/posts/default/116274201379142093'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://viajeans.blogspot.com/2006/11/tripping-out-of-my-space.html' title='Tripping out of my space'/><author><name>Nic</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05340945122642193217</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='28' height='32' src='http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v289/manic1708/nic.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5599342.post-116203971753313330</id><published>2006-10-28T15:36:00.000+03:00</published><updated>2006-10-28T15:48:37.550+03:00</updated><title type='text'>Gentes a preto e branco</title><content type='html'>Eram pouco mais da meia noite quando aterrei em Doha, capital do Qatar.&lt;br /&gt;A primeira ideia que tive quando entrei no terminal do aeroporto, era que tinha chegado a um pais de gente preto e branco. Eles vestem-se de tunicas brancas ate' aos pes, com um lenco branco na cabeca. Elas de preto dos pes 'a cabeca, muitas com apenas duas aberturas do tamanho dos olhos. Ha' no entanto algumas mulheres que teem a cara exposta e quando isso acontece, paraec que usam essa pequena area do corpo para ai' se exprimirem tudo o que podem, usando maquilhagem mais apropriadas par um palco ou tela.&lt;br /&gt;'A saida estavam 'a minha espera com um cartaz com o meu nome. Conduziram-me a um hotel, guardaram-me o passaporte e documentos e foram-se embora.&lt;br /&gt;Ninguem sabia quem e quando me iriam contactar. &lt;br /&gt;Sao 15:35 horas locais e a situacao ainda nao mudou.&lt;br /&gt;Entretanto, aventurei-me e sai 'a procura dum multibanco. O calor e' como numa tarde quente dum dia de Agosto, algures no Alentejo. O cenario nao e' bonito. Quase que nao ha' verde, apenas poeira e obras. O pais esta a ser todo reconstruido, para os Jogos da Asai, que terao lugar aqui, a partir dos fins de Novembro.&lt;br /&gt;Por enquanto, nada mais a assinalar, apenas que a imagem das gentes a preto e branco se confirma um pouco por todo o lado.&lt;br /&gt;Ate' ja'.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Doha, 28 de Octobro de 2006&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5599342-116203971753313330?l=viajeans.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://viajeans.blogspot.com/feeds/116203971753313330/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5599342&amp;postID=116203971753313330&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5599342/posts/default/116203971753313330'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5599342/posts/default/116203971753313330'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://viajeans.blogspot.com/2006/10/gentes-preto-e-branco.html' title='Gentes a preto e branco'/><author><name>Nic</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05340945122642193217</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='28' height='32' src='http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v289/manic1708/nic.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5599342.post-116191054172076582</id><published>2006-10-27T03:45:00.000+03:00</published><updated>2006-10-27T03:59:00.843+03:00</updated><title type='text'>Voltarei em breve...</title><content type='html'>As primeiras impressoes de Taiwan, ha 4 anos quando aqui cheguei,&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://photobucket.com/" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v106/opinioes/Taiwan/Slide2.jpg" width="639" border="0" alt="Photobucket - Video and Image Hosting"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://photobucket.com/" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v106/opinioes/Taiwan/taiwansmiles.jpg" width="639" border="0" alt="Photobucket - Video and Image Hosting"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Quatro anos depois, vejo que nao errei mas longe estava de adivinhar o quao verdade eram essas impressoes.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Ate ja...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;photos by Nic at Taipei, Jul 2002&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5599342-116191054172076582?l=viajeans.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://viajeans.blogspot.com/feeds/116191054172076582/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5599342&amp;postID=116191054172076582&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5599342/posts/default/116191054172076582'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5599342/posts/default/116191054172076582'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://viajeans.blogspot.com/2006/10/voltarei-em-breve.html' title='Voltarei em breve...'/><author><name>Nic</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05340945122642193217</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='28' height='32' src='http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v289/manic1708/nic.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5599342.post-116096728648827997</id><published>2006-10-16T06:03:00.000+03:00</published><updated>2006-10-16T06:11:35.096+03:00</updated><title type='text'>Ultimos minutos...</title><content type='html'>&lt;img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v289/manic1708/Taiwan/tecladochinoII.jpg"width="200"align="left" border="5" style="border:5px solid white"&gt; Este e' o ultimo post, escrito neste teclado que me pertenceu durante os ultimos 4 anos. Hoje e' o meu ultimo dia de trabalho aqui em Taiwan.&lt;br /&gt;Desnecessario sera' de descrever, o desconforto que se sente ao deixar algo que preencheu durante muito tempo, uma grande parte das nossas vidas.&lt;br /&gt;Mais uma interrupcao, mais um limbo de transicao para se seguir mais uma adaptacao e integracao. Enfim, mais um retalho de vida que aqui se completa.&lt;br /&gt;Emocoes 'a parte, a vida - oxala' - nao acaba aqui ainda. E' preciso continuar o caminho que nos foi destinado.&lt;br /&gt;Inevitavelmente, esta interrupcao da rotina, teve o seu impacto a todos os niveis em todos e tudo com que me relacionava - mesmo ate' o Tripping, ficou meio abandonado. Esta fase e' temporaria e em breve, a nova rotina se instalara'.&lt;br /&gt;Entretanto acabei de receber, uma noticia que me vai aliviar um pouco o stress e a tensao resultantes da corrida contra o tempo. A minha partida para o novo destino foi adiada de uma semana (Bendito sejam as festividades islamicas!). Agora vou puder encaixotar a vida com mais calma e quem sabe ate' actualizar o tripping com os posts prometidos de eventos que importam (para mim) de aqui serem registados e porque nao compartilhados.&lt;br /&gt;O relogio nao para, esta' na hora de premir a tecla "Publish", limpar o computador, desliga'-lo, por os objectos pessoais no caixote, tirar as ultimas fotografias com os colegas (parece-me que e' uma tradicao e nao os quero decepcionar agora no fim),&lt;br /&gt;dizer adeus e partir...&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5599342-116096728648827997?l=viajeans.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://viajeans.blogspot.com/feeds/116096728648827997/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5599342&amp;postID=116096728648827997&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5599342/posts/default/116096728648827997'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5599342/posts/default/116096728648827997'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://viajeans.blogspot.com/2006/10/ultimos-minutos.html' title='Ultimos minutos...'/><author><name>Nic</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05340945122642193217</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='28' height='32' src='http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v289/manic1708/nic.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5599342.post-115976218552862773</id><published>2006-10-02T08:13:00.000+03:00</published><updated>2006-10-03T03:24:10.436+03:00</updated><title type='text'>Um inicio num fim...</title><content type='html'>Ha' ja' algum tempo que tinha deixado de te procurar.&lt;br /&gt;Inicialmente porque nao sabia o que realmente queria e nem mesmo mais tarde, quando &lt;a href="http://www.depechemode.se/S/somebody.htm" TARGET = "_blank"&gt;a tua imagem se tornou mais bem defenida&lt;/a&gt;, porque deixei de ter ilusoes que os requesitos criados por nos, nao se encontram disponiveis, como um produto nas prateleiras dum supermercado. E ainda muito menos quando se vive no seio duma cultura tao diferente da nossa - pensava eu.&lt;br /&gt;Nao e' que essa constatação me causasse algum desconforto, antes pelo contrario, a vida continuava a sorrir-me.&lt;br /&gt;Tinha finalmente - pensava eu - atingido a serenidade necessaria para encarar a vida de forma mais realista, mesmo ate' aceitando bem a ideia de que o conceito de "alma-gemea", nao era mais do que um ideal, apenas visionado por nos todos.&lt;br /&gt;Paralelamente a este processo de crescimento interior, sem nunca me ter posto grandes questoes, via-te de vez em quando ca' fora no meu mundo exterior, ao longe, no teu proprio mundo com os teus amigos. Observava-te e admirava-te nao so' pela tua beleza fisica - essa e' obviamente visivel - mas tambem pela boa energia que emitias. Nas varias vezes que os nossos olhares se cruzaram, sentia vinda de ti, uma energia tao forte que me deixava quase paralisado. Os meses foram-se passando, talvez 2 ou 3 anos e apesar de querer, estava demasiadamente distraido, nunca conseguindo vencer as barreiras emocionais e contextuais que me impediam de me aproximar de ti.&lt;br /&gt;O que eu via em ti era demasiadamente especial, para eu me aproximar, naquele espaco com musica e apinhado de gente. Nao queria que o nosso encontro fosse apenas um encontro banal, daqueles que acontecem nas discotecas e bares entre copos e pistas de dancas... Preferia continuar a te observar ate' que o momento certo se proporcionasse naturalmente.&lt;br /&gt;Sabado passado era a minha festa de despedida. A minha ultima noite nesse espaco onde te via de vez em quando, ao longo dos ultimos dois ou tres anos. Por coincidencia, ou talvez nao, foste a primeira pessoa que vi quando entrei. De novo apenas se deu a troca de olhares e de sorrisos e de novo uma certa tensao se apoderou de mim. Dirigi-me ao bar, pedi um bebida e subi ao andar de cima. Ja' nao me recordo como se passou exactamente, so' me lembro que passado algum tempo estavas ao meu lado e nessa altura, sabia que apesar do sitio nao ser o melhor, pensei e agi rapido de modo a evitar uma grande conversa. Disse-te que em breve ia deixar o país e que gostava de te dizer algo antes de partir, mas ali nao era o sitio ideal e por isso preferia te enviar um email. Tu sorriste e foste-te embora para voltar logo de seguida com um papelinho com o teu email. Conversamos um pouco ou pelo menos tentamos e o pouco que te disse senti que ja' o sabias. Os amigos, a musica e a ocasiao, acabou por nos distrair e de novo nos separamos, mas desta vez fiquei contente por saber que finalmente te iria poder dizer o que queria ha' muito tempo.&lt;br /&gt;Mais tarde voltamos-nos a encontrar e entre a conversa casual, disseste-me que foste ver o filme canadiano "Crazy" e confessaste-me que choraste durante o filme. Fiquei curiosissimo para ir ver o filme, ficando com uma certeza de que vou gostar. A conversa tomou um rumo interessante, de relacoes inter-pessoais, falei-te do livro "Uma Casa no Fim do Mundo" e tu falaste-me do livro que andas a ler, depois descobrimos que afinal tinhamos lido muitos livros em comum e que as interpretacoes pessoais que ambos tinhamos eram concordantes. 'A medida que a conversa prosseguia, mesmo ao som altissimo da musica, ia descobrindo em ti caracteristicas que eu nunca imaginei que existissem em ti. Caracteristicas que eu admiro e de certa forma procuro nos outros e julgava (por experiencia propria) erradamente, inexistentes ou pelo menos rarissimas em pessoas com um perfil semelhante ao teu. Depois de ter conversado contigo, percebi de onde vinha a tua boa energia e da forma como te relacionas com a vida...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Vou parar por aqui com o relato dessa noite, supostamente planeada para marcar um fim acabou acabou por marcar um comeco... nao sei bem de que mas sei que foi o inicio de algo que mexeu comigo. &lt;br /&gt;O resto da noite foi a evolucao do processo de conhecimento recíproco e uma sucessao de admiracoes e quase espantos, 'a medida que iamos descobrindo o quanto os nossos mundos interiores se tocam... quase perfeito demais para ser real!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Desde ontem de manha, quando te deixei 'a porta da tua casa, ando a pensar que talvez esse tal conceito de "alma-gemea" existe mesmo e que aquela estoria Arabe que diz que somos meia-laranja e que algures existe a outra meia que nos fara' sentir completos, tem sentido!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Sera' que logo agora que estou de partida para longe, encontro aqui quem eu sempre procurava?!&lt;br /&gt;Porque nao estive mais atento aos sinais que pressentia e nao agi mais rapidamente?&lt;br /&gt;Deverei desviar o meu caminho ja' tracado, voltar para traz para ficar mais perto de ti?&lt;br /&gt;Um nao acabar de questoes, para as quais tenho que arranjar respostas de imediato, quase que me atormentam... pois sei que o tempo nao para.&lt;br /&gt;A vida - marota que e'- pregou-me esta partida de surpresa, quando menos esperava... e eu ainda nao estou bem a ver o que ela me quer dizer com isto...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;walking home around 05:30 am:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;- Butterfly... you know butterfly?!&lt;br /&gt;- a movie... a book?&lt;br /&gt;- No, just butterfly... you remind me of butterflies&lt;br /&gt;- Oh... how come?!&lt;br /&gt;- butterflies are human soul...&lt;br /&gt;(...)&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src="http://www.journeyofhearts.org/jofh/butterfly/image/bflyy_glowb.gif"&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I didn't know &lt;a href="http://www.journeyofhearts.org/jofh/butterfly/bfly_myth"TARGET = "_blank"&gt;that&lt;/a&gt;, thank you!&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5599342-115976218552862773?l=viajeans.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://viajeans.blogspot.com/feeds/115976218552862773/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5599342&amp;postID=115976218552862773&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5599342/posts/default/115976218552862773'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5599342/posts/default/115976218552862773'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://viajeans.blogspot.com/2006/10/um-inicio-num-fim.html' title='Um inicio num fim...'/><author><name>Nic</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05340945122642193217</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='28' height='32' src='http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v289/manic1708/nic.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5599342.post-115923653016945203</id><published>2006-09-26T05:06:00.000+03:00</published><updated>2006-09-26T11:01:57.753+03:00</updated><title type='text'>Madonna's Concert in Amsterdam - part I - A Aparicao da Nossa Senhora</title><content type='html'>Vamos la' tentar animar aqui um pouco este espaco para nos distrair a atencao deste periodo caotico que actualmente atravessa. &lt;br /&gt;Para isso, recordaremos nos proximos posts, momentos intensos de adrenalina e celebracao da vida, testemunhados no passado dia 4 de Setembro, na arena do Ajax, em Amsterdam, durante o concerto da Madonna, &lt;a href="http://www.confessionstour.com/"TARGET = "_blank"&gt;"&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;Confessions Tour&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt;"&lt;br /&gt;Esta serie de posts que hoje se inicia, tem como objectivos de registar aqui o testemunho desse grande e fantastico espetaculo, bem como de tentar transmitir um pouco das fortes emocoes sentidas durante esse espetaculo.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://photobucket.com/" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v106/opinioes/madonnaconcert2.jpg" align="left" width="350" border="5" style="border:5px solid white" alt="Photobucket - Video and Image Hosting"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;'A partida, Amsterdam - cidade escolhida por conveniencia de datas, para assistir a mais um concerto da Madonna - apresentava-se-me como um local menos adequado ao culto da nossa dama, quando comparado 'as extravagancas que Nova York ofereceu na noite do 20 de Junho de 2004, no seu concerto &lt;a href="http://viajeans.blogspot.com/2004/07/reinvent-yourself-as-ive-had-enough.html"TARGET = "_blank"&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Reinvention&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/em&gt; Tour&lt;/a&gt;, mas para surpresa minha, e ainda bem, estava errado!&lt;br /&gt;De facto, os espectadores que se dirigiam ao estadio do Ajax, estavam na sua grande maioria vestidos discretamente. Viam-se muitos chapeus de &lt;em&gt;cow-boys&lt;/em&gt; e algumas &lt;em&gt;material girls&lt;/em&gt;, mas nada comparado com o desfile visto na referida noite em Nova York a caminho do Madison Square, de variadissimas formas de &lt;em&gt;"madonnas-wanna-be's"&lt;/em&gt;. &lt;a href="http://photobucket.com/" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v106/opinioes/madonnaconcert5.jpg" width="350" align="right" border="5" style="border:5px solid white" alt="Photobucket - Video and Image Hosting"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Em Nova York, o espetaculo iniciou-se ca' fora, muito antes de se entrar para o estadio, descendo um pouco de intensidade logo 'a entrada e durante o tempo de espera, devido 'as regras rigidas de ordem e controle. Ja' em Amsterdam, passou-se o contrario, ca' fora, nao havendo muito a salientar quanto a personagens trajados de &lt;em&gt;Madonnas&lt;/em&gt;, o espetaculo iniciou-se com muita energia, imediatamente quando se entrou no estadio onde nos esperava um oceano de gente a curtir um som fantastico, criacao dum dj cujo nome nao registei. O ambiente era quase o de uma rave gigantesca e as regras de consumo de alcool, tabaco e afins, eram muito semelhantes 'as duma rave. O controle de seguranca era adequado e desprovido da quase paranoia, encontrada em Nova York, sendo permitido o porte e uso de maquinas fotograficas e de filmar. O tempo de espera de praxe, nao foi pesado, antes pelo contrario, contrariou em cheio o tema que a certa altura reza &lt;em&gt;"...time goes by so slowly..."&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;No meio da euforia e da boa musica, houve momentos que nem na Madonna se pensava... &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://photobucket.com/" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v106/opinioes/madonnaconcert6.jpg" height="300" border="3" style="border:3px solid white" align="left" alt="Photobucket - Video and Image Hosting"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href="http://photobucket.com/" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v106/opinioes/madonnaconcert1.jpg" height="300" border="3" style="border:3px solid white" alt="Photobucket - Video and Image Hosting"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Ate' que por volta das 21H, (1 hora depois da hora prevista do inicio do concerto), o dj calou-se... o publico excitou-se... o estadio &lt;em&gt;arroseou-se&lt;/em&gt;... e dessa luz rosa emergiram cavalos de corrida - eram os primeiros indicios de que algo extrordinario estava para acontecer... &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://photobucket.com/" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v106/opinioes/madonna-crystalball00.jpg" height="160" align="left" border="1" style="border:1px solid white" alt="Photobucket - Video and Image Hosting"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href="http://photobucket.com/" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v106/opinioes/madonna-crystalball0.jpg" height="160" align="left" border="1" style="border:1px solid white" alt="Photobucket - Video and Image Hosting"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href="http://photobucket.com/" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v106/opinioes/madonna-crystalball.jpg" height="160" border="1" style="border:1px solid white" alt="Photobucket - Video and Image Hosting"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;De repente as luzes apagaram-se, e la' ao longe ouvia-se uma voz que verbalizava palavras que faziam sentido. De respiracao suspensa, o estadio calou-se mas a tensao sentia-se a crescer. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://photobucket.com/" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v106/opinioes/madonnacistalball.jpg" width="350" align="left" border="5" style="border:5px solid white" alt="Photobucket - Video and Image Hosting"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Depois fez-se luz novamente e eis que se inicia o milagre - do ceu viu-se uma bola de cristal a descer sobre a terra, que depois se abriu em forma de petalas de flor e de la' saiu uma muher linda, com uma doce voz a cantar palavras de encantar...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.azlyrics.com/lyrics/madonna/futurelovers.html"TARGET = "_blank"&gt;&lt;em&gt; I'm gonna tell you about love&lt;br /&gt;Let's forget your life&lt;br /&gt;forget your problems...&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Era ela, Madonna in personna!!!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;A tensao rebentou por todos os lados e de todas as formas e foi um extase explosivo de duracao prolongada...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://photobucket.com/" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v106/opinioes/madonna-crystalball0000.jpg" height="195" align="left" border="2" style="border:2px solid white" alt="Photobucket - Video and Image Hosting"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href="http://photobucket.com/" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v106/opinioes/madonna-crystalball3.jpg" height="195" align="left"border="2" style="border:2px solid white" alt="Photobucket - Video and Image Hosting"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href="http://photobucket.com/" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v106/opinioes/madonna-crystalball2.jpg" height="195" border="2" style="border:2px solid white" alt="Photobucket - Video and Image Hosting"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Naquele momento, ao sentir e ser involvido por uma energia fantastica de milhares de gentes ao assistir 'aquela Aparicao, deu para imaginar o &lt;em&gt;"high"&lt;/em&gt; que algumas pessoas sentiram, numa aldeia da Beira Litoral a 13 de Outubro de 1917, ao assistirem a um espetaculo algo de equivalente para a epoca e para os tempos de entao!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;O extase continua...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;First 4 photos by Nic - Amsterdam, Sep.2006&lt;br /&gt;Other photos (Fotos da aparicao) from &lt;a href="http://www.madonnatribe.com/news/index.php"TARGET = "_blank"&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5599342-115923653016945203?l=viajeans.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://viajeans.blogspot.com/feeds/115923653016945203/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5599342&amp;postID=115923653016945203&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5599342/posts/default/115923653016945203'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5599342/posts/default/115923653016945203'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://viajeans.blogspot.com/2006/09/madonnas-concert-in-amsterdam-part-i.html' title='Madonna&apos;s Concert in Amsterdam - part I - A Aparicao da Nossa Senhora'/><author><name>Nic</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05340945122642193217</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='28' height='32' src='http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v289/manic1708/nic.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5599342.post-115880988090807840</id><published>2006-09-21T06:15:00.000+03:00</published><updated>2006-09-21T10:44:09.493+03:00</updated><title type='text'>Antes do fim...</title><content type='html'>&lt;img src=" http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y34/retratos/Sri%20Lanka/DSC01292.jpg" align="left" width="250" border="5" style="border:5px solid white"&gt; Nao, nao e' ainda o fim do &lt;em&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Tripping&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/em&gt;, e' apenas a mudanca da sua sede. Ate' la', ha' uma travessia entre dois mundos a fazer, que inevitavelmente esta' a provocar caos e dai' esta descontinuidade aqui pressentida.&lt;br /&gt;Ja’ &lt;a href="http://viajeans.blogspot.com/2005/03/foi-se-embora-o-meu-melhor-amigo-outra.html" TARGET = "_blank"&gt;aqui&lt;/a&gt; tenho dito que sinto um enorme desalento, quando tenho de fazer face ao &lt;em&gt;&lt;strong&gt;fim&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/em&gt; e logo que a vida nao e’ mais do que uma sucessão de fins, que nos conduzem a novos inicios... mas mesmo sabendo isso, nao me habituo...&lt;br /&gt;E quando se trata de um fim colectivo - ou seja o fim de muita coisa ao mesmo tempo, quase de tudo o que nos rodeia no presente - e temos que partir para longe, para comecar de novo, o desconforto e’ ainda mais penoso.&lt;br /&gt;E' um desses fins que se me avizinha. Vou deixar Taiwan, &lt;a href="http://viajeans.blogspot.com/2004/05/formosa-graas-portugal.html" TARGET = "_blank"&gt;o comboio&lt;/a&gt; vai comecar a andar e vou ter de partir para outras paragens, fazer andar outros comboios.&lt;br /&gt;Por razoes profissionais e por uma boa dose de curiosidade, em breve deixo Taiwan e mudo-me para Qatar. Nao deveria estar triste, pois tal como o Helder Blayer disse: -&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://viajeans.blogspot.com/2004/02/volta-ao-mundo.html"TARGET = "_blank"&gt;&lt;em&gt;“Quando for grande, quero dar a volta ao mundo. Foi sempre um desejo meu, desde pequeno. Conhecer terras, gentes, costumes e sei lá mais o quê.(...)”&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;br /&gt;Helder Blayer "Opramim" 1997 - Açores, Ponta Delgada &lt;br /&gt;(texto publicado na internet em link desconhecido, cujo autor encontrei a sua galeria de fotos &lt;a href="http://www.olhares.com/utilizadores/detalhes.php?id=526" TARGET = "_blank"&gt;aqui&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;- tambem eu sempre quis ver o mundo, e isso sei que e' impossivel de se realizar sem partir e sem chegar.&lt;br /&gt;Sei tambem que quando se chega a um sitio novo, acabamos por passar pelas etapas que aqui descrevi: &lt;a href="http://viajeans.blogspot.com/2004/04/integracao-cultural-da-honey-moon.html"TARGET = "_blank"&gt;“Integracao Cultural - da "Honey Moon Period" 'a Aculturacao”&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;E mesmo sabendo e experimentando isso varias as vezes, ainda nao aprendi a ser insensivel aos dias que antecedem ‘a partida, ao abandono e ao fim...&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5599342-115880988090807840?l=viajeans.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://viajeans.blogspot.com/feeds/115880988090807840/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5599342&amp;postID=115880988090807840&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5599342/posts/default/115880988090807840'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5599342/posts/default/115880988090807840'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://viajeans.blogspot.com/2006/09/antes-do-fim.html' title='Antes do fim...'/><author><name>Nic</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05340945122642193217</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='28' height='32' src='http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v289/manic1708/nic.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5599342.post-115786675130327392</id><published>2006-09-11T04:01:00.000+03:00</published><updated>2006-09-11T08:08:05.690+03:00</updated><title type='text'>Tudo tem um fim...</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://smg.photobucket.com/albums/v106/opinioes/?action=view&amp;current=hp_scanDS_69101382217.jpg" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v106/opinioes/hp_scanDS_69101382217.jpg" width="639" border="0" alt="Photobucket - Video and Image Hosting"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Manhattan&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://smg.photobucket.com/albums/v106/opinioes/?action=view&amp;current=hp_scanDS_69101342827.jpg" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v106/opinioes/hp_scanDS_69101342827.jpg" width="639" border="0" alt="Photobucket - Video and Image Hosting"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;"And in the evening, please don't touch the stars."&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://smg.photobucket.com/albums/v106/opinioes/?action=view&amp;current=hp_scanDS_691013114230.jpg" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v106/opinioes/hp_scanDS_691013114230.jpg" width="639" border="0" alt="Photobucket - Video and Image Hosting"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;On the Observation Deck&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;1st and 3rd photos: A NYC August afternoon in the 80's.&lt;br /&gt;2nd photo: free pamphlet given during the WTC visit.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5599342-115786675130327392?l=viajeans.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://viajeans.blogspot.com/feeds/115786675130327392/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5599342&amp;postID=115786675130327392&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5599342/posts/default/115786675130327392'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5599342/posts/default/115786675130327392'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://viajeans.blogspot.com/2006/09/tudo-tem-um-fim.html' title='Tudo tem um fim...'/><author><name>Nic</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05340945122642193217</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='28' height='32' src='http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v289/manic1708/nic.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5599342.post-115467379069745305</id><published>2006-08-17T09:29:00.000+03:00</published><updated>2006-08-17T06:07:16.236+03:00</updated><title type='text'>We need a holiday</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://photobucket.com" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v106/opinioes/map-holiday-aug06.jpg" width="639"border="0" alt="Photobucket - Video and Image Hosting"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Boas viajeans!&lt;br /&gt;De regresso aqui dia 11 de Setembro.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5599342-115467379069745305?l=viajeans.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://viajeans.blogspot.com/feeds/115467379069745305/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5599342&amp;postID=115467379069745305&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5599342/posts/default/115467379069745305'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5599342/posts/default/115467379069745305'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://viajeans.blogspot.com/2006/08/we-need-holiday.html' title='We need a holiday'/><author><name>Nic</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05340945122642193217</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='28' height='32' src='http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v289/manic1708/nic.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5599342.post-115293493769986404</id><published>2006-08-16T07:33:00.000+03:00</published><updated>2006-08-16T08:59:26.650+03:00</updated><title type='text'>fim do dia na birmania</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://photobucket.com" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v106/opinioes/Burma%20-%20April%201998/sunset.jpg" width="639" border="0" alt="Photobucket - Video and Image Hosting"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Termina aqui este passeio pela Birmania, que iniciamos &lt;a href="http://viajeans.blogspot.com/2006/07/vm-dias-na-birmnia.html"&gt;aqui&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;Para fechar esta serie, escolhi em alusao ao titulo do post, um fim do dia na Birmania e a minha foto preferida desta viagem:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://photobucket.com" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v106/opinioes/Burma%20-%20April%201998/burmachild.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket - Video and Image Hosting"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;photos by Nic @ Burma - April 1998&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5599342-115293493769986404?l=viajeans.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://viajeans.blogspot.com/feeds/115293493769986404/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5599342&amp;postID=115293493769986404&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5599342/posts/default/115293493769986404'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5599342/posts/default/115293493769986404'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://viajeans.blogspot.com/2006/08/fim-do-dia-na-birmania.html' title='fim do dia na birmania'/><author><name>Nic</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05340945122642193217</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='28' height='32' src='http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v289/manic1708/nic.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5599342.post-115293459330935788</id><published>2006-08-15T06:33:00.000+03:00</published><updated>2006-08-15T09:53:04.286+03:00</updated><title type='text'>Criancas da Birmania</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://photobucket.com" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v106/opinioes/Burma%20-%20April%201998/cryingchild.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket - Video and Image Hosting"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://photobucket.com" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v106/opinioes/Burma%20-%20April%201998/children2.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket - Video and Image Hosting"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://photobucket.com" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v106/opinioes/Burma%20-%20April%201998/bw-smillingbaby.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket - Video and Image Hosting"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://photobucket.com" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v106/opinioes/Burma%20-%20April%201998/bw-children.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket - Video and Image Hosting"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://photobucket.com" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v106/opinioes/Burma%20-%20April%201998/bw-child3.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket - Video and Image Hosting"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://photobucket.com" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v106/opinioes/Burma%20-%20April%201998/bw-child2.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket - Video and Image Hosting"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://photobucket.com" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v106/opinioes/Burma%20-%20April%201998/bw-child.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket - Video and Image Hosting"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;photos by Nic @ Burma - April 1998&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5599342-115293459330935788?l=viajeans.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://viajeans.blogspot.com/feeds/115293459330935788/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5599342&amp;postID=115293459330935788&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5599342/posts/default/115293459330935788'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5599342/posts/default/115293459330935788'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://viajeans.blogspot.com/2006/08/criancas-da-birmania.html' title='Criancas da Birmania'/><author><name>Nic</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05340945122642193217</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='28' height='32' src='http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v289/manic1708/nic.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5599342.post-115293479479632264</id><published>2006-08-14T08:31:00.000+03:00</published><updated>2006-08-14T08:40:43.116+03:00</updated><title type='text'>Mulher da Birmania</title><content type='html'>&lt;img src="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/e/e0/Daw_Aung_San_Suu_Kyi.JPEG" align="left" width="100" border="5" style="border:5px solid white"&gt; A democracia da Birmania continua presa em casa da Mulher que mais tem feito por ela, &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aung_San_Suu_Kyi"TARGET = "_blank"&gt;Aung San Suu Kyi&lt;/a&gt;. &lt;br /&gt;Suu Kyi e' a lider do partido "National League for Democracy", vencendo as eleicoes na Birmania em 1990, foi consequentemente presa na sua residencia, onde ainda hoje se encontra.&lt;br /&gt;Em 1991, foi-lhe atribuido, o premio Nobel da Paz, o qual doou na sua totalidade (1.3 milhoes de US$) a um fundo de desenvolvimento para a saude e educacao do povo da Birmania.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aung_San_Suu_Kyi"TARGET = "_blank"&gt;Aung San Suu Kyi&lt;/a&gt;, a Mulher que inspira e da' esperancas de melhores dias, 'as mulheres na Birmania.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://photobucket.com" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v106/opinioes/Burma%20-%20April%201998/bw-womenposing.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket - Video and Image Hosting"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://photobucket.com" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v106/opinioes/Burma%20-%20April%201998/burmacouple.jpg" width="400" border="0" alt="Photobucket - Video and Image Hosting"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://photobucket.com" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v106/opinioes/Burma%20-%20April%201998/motherandson.jpg" width="400" border="0" alt="Photobucket - Video and Image Hosting"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://photobucket.com" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v106/opinioes/Burma%20-%20April%201998/bw-childsellingontheroad.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket - Video and Image Hosting"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://photobucket.com" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v106/opinioes/Burma%20-%20April%201998/bw-market.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket - Video and Image Hosting"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://photobucket.com" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v106/opinioes/Burma%20-%20April%201998/artesanato3.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket - Video and Image Hosting"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://photobucket.com" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v106/opinioes/Burma%20-%20April%201998/artesanato.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket - Video and Image Hosting"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;photos by Nic @ Burma - April 1998&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5599342-115293479479632264?l=viajeans.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://viajeans.blogspot.com/feeds/115293479479632264/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5599342&amp;postID=115293479479632264&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5599342/posts/default/115293479479632264'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5599342/posts/default/115293479479632264'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://viajeans.blogspot.com/2006/08/mulher-da-birmania.html' title='Mulher da Birmania'/><author><name>Nic</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05340945122642193217</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='28' height='32' src='http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v289/manic1708/nic.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5599342.post-115293420035552006</id><published>2006-08-12T06:26:00.000+03:00</published><updated>2006-08-12T08:21:56.106+03:00</updated><title type='text'>Vida 'a volta dos templos</title><content type='html'>Uma heranca dum passado longinquo, e' ainda hoje fonte de alimento.&lt;br /&gt;Apear dos templos de Bagan, se espalharem num imenso oceano desertico sem infras-estruturas, os Birmanenses da regiao, nao deixam faltar nada aos visitantes.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://photobucket.com" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v106/opinioes/Burma%20-%20April%201998/animalcarsbythetemples.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket - Video and Image Hosting"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;O transporte publico e' garantido, ida e volta!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://photobucket.com" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v106/opinioes/Burma%20-%20April%201998/sellingbythetemples-ontheroad.jpg" width="400" border="0" alt="Photobucket - Video and Image Hosting"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Quando a fome ou sede apertam, o servico catering movel la' esta'!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://photobucket.com" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v106/opinioes/Burma%20-%20April%201998/templewithboy.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket - Video and Image Hosting"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Ate' os servicos de guias, esperam pacientemente pelos visitantes.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://photobucket.com" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v106/opinioes/Burma%20-%20April%201998/boyattemple.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket - Video and Image Hosting"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Sao guias que ainda nao o deveriam ser e que se formam por eles proprios, pois a necessidade assim os obriga. &lt;br /&gt;Nao falam ingles mas oferecem o seu melhor para nos valorizarem a visita. Seguem-nos a uma distancia segura e de vez em quando correm 'a nossa frente e com uma enorme determinacao em nos serem uteis, vao apontando o dedo para pequenos detalhes que doutro modo talvez nos passassem despercebidos.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;photos by Nic @ Bagan, Burma - April 1998&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5599342-115293420035552006?l=viajeans.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://viajeans.blogspot.com/feeds/115293420035552006/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5599342&amp;postID=115293420035552006&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5599342/posts/default/115293420035552006'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5599342/posts/default/115293420035552006'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://viajeans.blogspot.com/2006/08/vida-volta-dos-templos.html' title='Vida &apos;a volta dos templos'/><author><name>Nic</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05340945122642193217</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='28' height='32' src='http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v289/manic1708/nic.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5599342.post-115293401517813950</id><published>2006-08-11T06:24:00.000+03:00</published><updated>2006-08-11T07:53:36.706+03:00</updated><title type='text'>Portas e janelas abertas para o passado</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://photobucket.com" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v106/opinioes/Burma%20-%20April%201998/templedoor.jpg" width="300" align="left" border="5" style="border:5px solid white" alt="Photobucket - Video and Image Hosting"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href="http://photobucket.com" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v106/opinioes/Burma%20-%20April%201998/templedoor2.jpg" width="300" border="5" style="border:5px solid white" alt="Photobucket - Video and Image Hosting"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://photobucket.com" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v106/opinioes/Burma%20-%20April%201998/templedoor3.jpg" width="300" align="left" border="5" style="border:5px solid white" alt="Photobucket - Video and Image Hosting"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href="http://photobucket.com" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v106/opinioes/Burma%20-%20April%201998/templewindow.jpg" width="300" height="444" border="5" style="border:5px solid white" alt="Photobucket - Video and Image Hosting"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;photos by Nic @ Bagan, Burma - April 1998&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5599342-115293401517813950?l=viajeans.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://viajeans.blogspot.com/feeds/115293401517813950/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5599342&amp;postID=115293401517813950&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5599342/posts/default/115293401517813950'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5599342/posts/default/115293401517813950'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://viajeans.blogspot.com/2006/08/portas-e-janelas-abertas-para-o.html' title='Portas e janelas abertas para o passado'/><author><name>Nic</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05340945122642193217</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='28' height='32' src='http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v289/manic1708/nic.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5599342.post-115293386943319351</id><published>2006-08-10T06:35:00.000+03:00</published><updated>2006-08-10T06:40:22.503+03:00</updated><title type='text'>Bagan</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://www.sacredsites.com/asia/burma/bagan.html"&gt;&lt;em&gt;"While the kingdoms of Bagan date back to the early 2nd century A.D., Bagan only entered its golden age with the conquest of Thaton by King Anawrahta in 1057 A.D. From this time, until Bagan was overrun by Kublai Khan's forces in 1287 A.D., more than 13,000 temples, pagodas and other religious structures were built. Today, seven centuries later, approximately 2,200 temples remain standing."&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://photobucket.com" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v106/opinioes/Burma%20-%20April%201998/walkingbythetemples.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket - Video and Image Hosting"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://photobucket.com" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v106/opinioes/Burma%20-%20April%201998/bw-temple3.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket - Video and Image Hosting"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://photobucket.com" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v106/opinioes/Burma%20-%20April%201998/bw-temple.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket - Video and Image Hosting"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://photobucket.com" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v106/opinioes/Burma%20-%20April%201998/temple4.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket - Video and Image Hosting"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://photobucket.com" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v106/opinioes/Burma%20-%20April%201998/temple.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket - Video and Image Hosting"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;photos by Nic @ Bagan, Burma - April 1998&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5599342-115293386943319351?l=viajeans.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://viajeans.blogspot.com/feeds/115293386943319351/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5599342&amp;postID=115293386943319351&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5599342/posts/default/115293386943319351'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5599342/posts/default/115293386943319351'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://viajeans.blogspot.com/2006/08/bagan.html' title='Bagan'/><author><name>Nic</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05340945122642193217</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='28' height='32' src='http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v289/manic1708/nic.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5599342.post-115293365519121954</id><published>2006-08-07T08:13:00.000+03:00</published><updated>2006-08-07T09:16:34.236+03:00</updated><title type='text'>Sun rise over Bagan</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://www.sacredsites.com/asia/burma/bagan.html"TARGET = "_blank"&gt;&lt;em&gt;"There are two preeminent ancient religious cities in Southeast Asia: Bagan in Burma and Angkor in Cambodia. Both sites are notable for their expanse of sacred geography and the number and size of their individual temples. For many visitors Bagan is the more extraordinary of the two cities and this because of the view. The ruins of the more than one hundred Angkor temples stand alone and isolated in thick jungles, and only from the top of the tallest temples it is not possible to see others in the distance. Sprawling across a vast dusty plain, the ruins of Bagan are unhidden. There being no trees to obstruct the view, one may gaze over forty square miles of countryside, upon literally thousands of temples. In the early morning, from Sulamani Temple, or in the late afternoon, from Gawdawpalin Temple, the view is among the very finest the world has to offer."&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://photobucket.com" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v106/opinioes/Burma%20-%20April%201998/baganbynight.jpg" width="400" align="center" border="0" alt="Photobucket - Video and Image Hosting"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Ainda de noite, pela "fresca", partimos de bicicleta pela unica estrada daquele sitio, propositadamente construida para nos dirigir 'a terra das mil e uma pagodas, levando conosco a promessa de que o espetaculo oferecido pelo sol ao nascer, valeria o sacrificio do escaldante regresso.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://photobucket.com" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v106/opinioes/Burma%20-%20April%201998/templesunrise6.jpg"  border="0" alt="Photobucket - Video and Image Hosting"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Ao fim de alguns quilometros, o escuro da noite comeca a desmaiar sob a pressao duma fonte de luz que se adivinha mais forte, mostrando-nos as primeiras silhuetas dum oceano infinito de pagodas.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://photobucket.com" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v106/opinioes/Burma%20-%20April%201998/templesunrise5.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket - Video and Image Hosting"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Essa fonte rompe finalmente o firmamento, numa explosao de vermelho, tingindo o azul.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://photobucket.com" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v106/opinioes/Burma%20-%20April%201998/templesunrise8.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket - Video and Image Hosting"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;E em silencio absoluto que tambem se apodera de nos, a tela que nos cobre vai exibindo gradualmente e devagarinho, o seu espectro fantastico.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://photobucket.com" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v106/opinioes/Burma%20-%20April%201998/templesunrise.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket - Video and Image Hosting"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Sem saber bem, por qual verdadeira razao,&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://photobucket.com" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v106/opinioes/Burma%20-%20April%201998/templesunrise2.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket - Video and Image Hosting"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;caimos em extase,&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://photobucket.com" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v106/opinioes/Burma%20-%20April%201998/templesunrise9.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket - Video and Image Hosting"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;assistindo ao espetaculo vivo,&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://photobucket.com" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v106/opinioes/Burma%20-%20April%201998/templesunrise7.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket - Video and Image Hosting"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;de cores,&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://photobucket.com" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v106/opinioes/Burma%20-%20April%201998/templesunrise10.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket - Video and Image Hosting"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;e de silhuetas,&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://photobucket.com" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v106/opinioes/Burma%20-%20April%201998/templesunrise11.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket - Video and Image Hosting"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;que nos abraca e penetra por todos os sentidos, durante um periodo intemporal, ate' que o calor do sol nos acorda...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;photos by Nic @ Bagan, Burma - April 1998&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5599342-115293365519121954?l=viajeans.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://viajeans.blogspot.com/feeds/115293365519121954/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5599342&amp;postID=115293365519121954&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5599342/posts/default/115293365519121954'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5599342/posts/default/115293365519121954'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://viajeans.blogspot.com/2006/08/sun-rise-over-bagan.html' title='Sun rise over Bagan'/><author><name>Nic</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05340945122642193217</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='28' height='32' src='http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v289/manic1708/nic.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5599342.post-115293312492196850</id><published>2006-08-04T08:13:00.000+03:00</published><updated>2006-08-04T09:04:59.333+03:00</updated><title type='text'>rio acima</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://photobucket.com" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v106/opinioes/Burma%20-%20April%201998/peoplebytheriver.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket - Video and Image Hosting"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;as embarcacoes acordam com o nascer do sol, preparando-se para a longa navegacao.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://photobucket.com" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v106/opinioes/Burma%20-%20April%201998/river.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket - Video and Image Hosting"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;rio acima, partimos contra a corrente, as aguas baixas e as temperaturas altas.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://photobucket.com" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v106/opinioes/Burma%20-%20April%201998/treebytheriver.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket - Video and Image Hosting"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;o tempo e a embarcacao ali nao correm, apenas o fazem de forma contraditoria, a corrente e a vontade de chegar.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://photobucket.com" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v106/opinioes/Burma%20-%20April%201998/terraavista.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket - Video and Image Hosting"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;a calmaria e o calor quase que fazem delirar e procura-se em vao, sinais de mudança que acabam por chegar. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://photobucket.com" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v106/opinioes/Burma%20-%20April%201998/sellingbytheriver.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket - Video and Image Hosting"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;arrastando-se pela lama, a embarcacao aproxima-se de postos de abastecimento&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://photobucket.com" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v106/opinioes/Burma%20-%20April%201998/sellingbytheriver2.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket - Video and Image Hosting"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;que nos substituem a monotonia pela alegria.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://photobucket.com" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v106/opinioes/Burma%20-%20April%201998/goldensunset.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket - Video and Image Hosting"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;O sol finalmente da' sinais de cansaço e vai descendo aliviando-nos da sua agressao,&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://photobucket.com" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v106/opinioes/Burma%20-%20April%201998/goldenwaters.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket - Video and Image Hosting"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;e como que arrependido, oferece-nos um espetaculo de despedida,&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://photobucket.com" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v106/opinioes/Burma%20-%20April%201998/stupareflectonwater.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket - Video and Image Hosting"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;'a chegada da terra das 1001 pagodas.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;photos by Nic @ river Ayeyarwady between Bagan and Mandalay, Burma - April 1998&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5599342-115293312492196850?l=viajeans.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://viajeans.blogspot.com/feeds/115293312492196850/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5599342&amp;postID=115293312492196850&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5599342/posts/default/115293312492196850'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5599342/posts/default/115293312492196850'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://viajeans.blogspot.com/2006/08/rio-acima.html' title='rio acima'/><author><name>Nic</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05340945122642193217</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='28' height='32' src='http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v289/manic1708/nic.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5599342.post-115293288701107516</id><published>2006-08-02T11:30:00.000+03:00</published><updated>2006-08-02T11:53:47.770+03:00</updated><title type='text'>Birmania, para alem da cidade...</title><content type='html'>Como &lt;a href="http://viajeans.blogspot.com/2006/07/abril-em-rangoon.html"TARGET = "_blank"&gt;vimos&lt;/a&gt;, Rangoon, a capital e a maior cidade da Birmania, e' bastante pobre e com infrastruturas rudimentares.&lt;br /&gt;Sem admiracao, constatamos que a situcao se agrava quando de la' se sai:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://photobucket.com" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v106/opinioes/Burma%20-%20April%201998/cow-car.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket - Video and Image Hosting"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Os meios de transporte, nao sao muito diferentes daqueles utilizados ha' decadas atraz...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://photobucket.com" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v106/opinioes/Burma%20-%20April%201998/treeontheroad.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket - Video and Image Hosting"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;As vias de comunicacao sao um perigo, para quem nao conheca e mesmo se desloque a velocidade moderada.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://photobucket.com" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v106/opinioes/Burma%20-%20April%201998/cowbythehouse.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket - Video and Image Hosting"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;As condicoes de vida sao ainda mais precarias...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://photobucket.com" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v106/opinioes/Burma%20-%20April%201998/womenwithchildren.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket - Video and Image Hosting"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;As pessoas ainda mais humildes...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://photobucket.com" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v106/opinioes/Burma%20-%20April%201998/children.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket - Video and Image Hosting"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;E as criancas ainda mais privadas de tudo...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;photos by Nic @ Burma - April 1998&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5599342-115293288701107516?l=viajeans.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://viajeans.blogspot.com/feeds/115293288701107516/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5599342&amp;postID=115293288701107516&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5599342/posts/default/115293288701107516'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5599342/posts/default/115293288701107516'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://viajeans.blogspot.com/2006/08/birmania-para-alem-da-cidade.html' title='Birmania, para alem da cidade...'/><author><name>Nic</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05340945122642193217</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='28' height='32' src='http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v289/manic1708/nic.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5599342.post-115390093560316644</id><published>2006-07-28T08:01:00.000+03:00</published><updated>2006-07-28T10:18:40.250+03:00</updated><title type='text'>Ao Andre'...</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://photobucket.com" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v106/opinioes/04.jpg" align="left" width="250" border="5" style="border:5px solid white" alt="Photobucket - Video and Image Hosting"&gt;&lt;/a&gt; Em Paris, quem entra no patio central do “Palais Royal”, do lado do Museu do Louvre e precorrer o longo corredor do lado esquerdo debaixo das arcadas, acaba por chegar ‘a porta No.30 e encontra uma pequena loja-galeria de acessorios de moda, baptizada com o enigmatico nome de “&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;on aura tout vu&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;”.&lt;br /&gt;Este espaço, que nos pergunta “terá-se tudo visto”, e’ o produto de tres almas que criam arte em sintonia. Sao elas a Livia, o Yassen e o Andre’, tres pessoas amigas que eu admiro, nao so pelo seus percursos de vida, como tambem pelo que sao como individuos e pelo que conseguiram como equipa. A Livia e o Yassen vieram em caminhos separados do mesmo país (da Bulgaria) e o Andre veio de Portugal. Todos os 3 tiveram um passado intenso, cada um em seu mundo, sem se conhecerem mutuamente, ate’ que o destino os juntou ha’ uns anos, em Paris.&lt;br /&gt;Ate’ ‘a cerca de 4 anos, por razoes de trabalho, ia frequentemente a Paris, e o pouco tempo livre que dispunha, passava-o no atelier do “&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;on aura tout vu&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;”, a conversar e a observar com imensa admiracao, a forma como os tres amigos trabalhavam e partilhavam as tarefas entre si. Da concepcao, criacao, escolha e aplicacao de materias, ate’ ‘a exposicao e admiracao da obra acabada. Preocupacoes na pesquisia, seleccao e encomenda de materiais; pagamentos que nao esperavam e recebimentos que nao chegavam, eram frequentemente razoes para lhes causar algum stress, mas eles apoiavam-se sempre uns aos outros e nunca se deixavam abater. Sempre ocupadissimos, de manha ate’ a  horas tadias da noite, nao paravam, tomando a maior parte das refeicoes 'a mesa de trabalho no atelier. Raras vezes tinham tempo de sair para jantar, mas quando os visitava, arranjavam sempre tempo para me convidarem para um jantar sempre animado com conversas interessantissimas que involviam as suas aventuras passadas e presentes de cada um. Eram para mim, uma enorme fonte de inspiracao a varios niveis. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://photobucket.com" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v106/opinioes/13.jpg" align="right"width="250" border="5" style="border:5px solid white" alt="Photobucket - Video and Image Hosting"&gt;&lt;/a&gt; Foi num jantar desses que o Andre me contou um pouco de como tinha sido o seu percurso. Natural da minha cidade natal, conhecia o Andre de vista durante 2 anos em que frequentei o liceu local. Ja' nessa altua, o Andre nao pretendia provar nada a ninguem, mas nunca abdicou de ser quem ele era. Ha’ varios dias quando li no blog &lt;a href="http://gengibrelilas.blogspot.com/2006/07/paulinho-e-gisberta.html"TARGET = "_blank"&gt;Gengibre Lilas&lt;/a&gt;, um artigo de João Miguel Tavares (publicado no Diário de Notícias no 14 de Julho de 2006), lembrei-me do Andre’. Lembrei-me de ele me ter contado como tinha sido infeliz na sua juventude em Portugal, pelos dedos que lhe apontavam, os comentarios ofensivos que lhe faziam, as ameacas e pancadas que lhe davam, apenas porque ele era quem ele era e nao o escondia. O Andre’ ja' nessa altura, como adolescente, nunca se deixou ir abaixo e encarava a sua situacao com uma enorme forca interior, de forma heroica.&lt;br /&gt;Mais tarde seguiu o seu caminho, partiu ‘a procura de mais respeito, de aceitacao e de tolerancia e foi para Londres onde estudou e trabalhou. &lt;br /&gt;Lembro-me do Andre me contar um episodio passado em Londres que ilustra bem o espirito dele. Enquanto estudava e trabalhava, passou por tempos dificeis e o dinheiro era limitado. Um dia, ao passar por um pub cujo nome fazia alusao 'a cidade do Porto, sentiu enormes saudades de Portugal e apeteceu-lhe entrar e pedir um calice de vinho porto. O Andre nao tinha dinheiro, mas entrou na mesma e pediu o vinho. Saboreou-o pausadamente, ‘a medida que ia recordando o caminho dificil que o tinha ali levado. No fim, confessou ao barman  que nao tinha dinheiro para pagar e ofereceu-se para lavar copos. Este episodio foi um exemplo do espirito de lutador que o Andre' sempre teve, nao se deixando ir abaixo com as dificuldades que a vida lhe ia oferecendo e encarando-as com um certo humor.&lt;br /&gt;Entretanto acabou o curso e foi para Paris onde conheceu o seu companheiro, Yassen e a sua amiga Livia. Os 3 tinham em comum a forca necessaria que transforma sonhos em realidade. E com muita energia, lancaram-se no projecto de tornar um sonho em comum, numa obra visivel a todos.&lt;br /&gt;Os primeiros tempos nao foram faceis, mas mais uma vez nada o detinha e agora muito menos acompanhado da pessoa que amava e de uma grande amiga. A cada visita que eu lhes vazia, nao podia deixar de os admirar, nao so pela sua fabulosa capacidade de criar, como tambem pela luta diaria de trabalho sem descanso. 'As vezes via o Andre’ nas voltas em Paris com a sua motorizada, mais tarde com um citroen de muitos anos comprado num leilao, sempre em movimento e cheio de vida.&lt;br /&gt;Ano apos ano, continuavam a ser para mim a maior fonte de inspiracao e o melhor exemplo de realizacao de projectos, que eu conhecia pessoalmente.&lt;br /&gt;Nos ultimos anos que me desloquei a Paris em trabalho, o sucesso eminente e crescente da “&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;on aura tout vu&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;” era evidente, eles comecavam a trabalhar para grandes casas do mundo da moda. O atelier crescia e ja’ contava com algumas empregadas. Mas eles continuavam na vida ardua, cansados mas sempre com um entusiasmo incrivel e com uma postura de humildade, como se tudo o que tinham conseguido, nao fosse mais do que deles se esperava.&lt;br /&gt;Em 2000 recebi-os em Hong Kong, contentes por terem assinado um contrato com uma das grandes lojas dessa cidade. &lt;br /&gt;Entretanto em 2002, mudei  de emprego e de país e deixei de ir a Paris. Por circunstancias de vida de ambos os lados, a comunicacao parou.&lt;br /&gt;Nunca no entanto me esqueci destes magnificos 3 amigos e lembrava-me frequentemente deles, planeando uma visita assim que me fosse possivel...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Ha’ uns meses encontrei uma velhas fotos de Paris (que aqui publico) e lembrei-me do Andre'; ha' uma semanas em arrumacoes, encontrei os primeiros catalogos da “&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;on aura tout vu&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;” e lembrei-me do Andre'; ha’ uns dias, quando li o artigo acima referido do João Miguel Tavares, lembrei-me do Andre'. &lt;br /&gt;Lembrei-me que deveria arranjar tempo para o ir visitar... mas nunca lhe telefonei ou entrei em contacto com ele.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Ontem, recebi uma daquelas noticias, que nos cai em cima como um balde de agua gelada: &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;O Andre' partiu para a sua ultima viagem.&lt;br /&gt;O Andre’ morreu.&lt;br /&gt;O Andre morreu no dia 30 de Dezembro de 2005. &lt;br /&gt;O Andre’ morreu ha’ sete meses. &lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt;O Andre' morreu sem eu nunca lhe ter dito quanto eu o admirava, nao pelo seu sucesso, pois esse foi uma consequencia dele ser quem era, mas sim pela sua bravura de nunca se deixar vencer e de ter sido sempre quem ele era.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Num acto quase irracional, talvez resultante da falta de preparacao e do desfasamento do tempo que ocorreu entre a partida do Andre' e a chegada desta noticia, como se fosse ‘a procura dele e‘a procura do tempo que passou sem o visitar, fui 'a procura dos passos que precorreu durante os anos que nao o vi, fazendo uma busca na internet.&lt;br /&gt;Mesmo agora, meses depois da sua morte, o Andre' fez-me sorrir ao olhar para a caminhada que deixou. Os resultados da busca, devolveram-me por alguns minutos o Andre'.&lt;br /&gt;Fiquei contente pelo sucesso e o reconhecimento internacional que o Andre atingiu.&lt;br /&gt;O Andre foi alvo de pancada no liceu, a qual ele sabia e desculpava por ser oriunda de ignorancia e limites dos que o agrediam, deixou o país com a magoa de quem e’ agredido e nao aceite, mas antes de partir para a sua ultima viagem, O Andre' trinfou e o mundo reconheceu-o! &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Andre’, tu venceste, a tua estrela continuara’ a brilhar para sempre!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Assim da janela, do No.30 dos arcos do Palais Royal, em Paris ficara’ para sempre o brilho duma estrela que partiu antes do seu tempo, Andre de Sa Pessoa.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.la-couture.com/defonline/hc01_06/onattvu.htm"TARGET = "_blank"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;"Ils étaient trois. Ils sont deux aujourd’hui. Livia et Yassem, sans André, sa délicatesse, son ironie joueuse, sa beauté de prince de miniature persane, c’est presque inconcevable – mais tout aussi inconcevable que de ne pas lancer cette dernière collection conçue à trois…&lt;br /&gt;L’excentricité des bijoux d’On aura tout vu a longtemps égayé les défilés de haute couture et c’est dans la joaillerie d’apparat des grandes aristocrates du Portugal – le pays d’origine d’André – que le trio a puisé son inspiration."&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://photobucket.com" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v106/opinioes/13a.jpg" width="639" border="0" alt="Photobucket - Video and Image Hosting"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.canada.com/topics/lifestyle/style/fashionweek/story.html?id=866f74bd-1d90-4d21-99c7-c7907b31fc9d&amp;k=15174"TARGET = "_blank"&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;strong&gt;"Each garment from the skilful Bulgarian trio who go by the name "On Aura Tout Vu" - Livia Stoianova, Yassen Samoilov and Andre de Sa Pessoa - reads like a fairy tale character. They're known for the unusual materials incorporated into the whimsical shapes and forms of their clothes."&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.smartupfrance.com/article28.html"TARGET = "_blank"&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;strong&gt;"Une Smart d’exception&lt;br /&gt;La Smart Lalique « on aura tout vu » est un véhicule d'exception, né de l’imagination débordante des créateurs Livia Stoianova, Yassen Samouilov et André de Sa Pessoa, en Janvier 2003, à l'occasion des collections de Haute Couture."&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.sofeminine.co.uk/mode/hc04hiver/ONAURRATOUTVU.asp"TARGET = "_blank"&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;strong&gt;"The trio of Portugese and Bulgarian designers behind On Aura Tout Vu, only recently recognised by the Fédération Française de la Couture, dazzle their audience each season with their skilled use of colour and texture."&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.sofeminine.co.uk/mode/hc05ete/hc05ete1__menu=14&amp;-ON-AURA-TOUT-VU.html"TARGET = "_blank"&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;strong&gt;"Now officially part of the Parisian Chamber of Couture, Livia, Yassem and André, the three young designer behind On Aura Tout Vu are going from strength to strength."&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.fashionlines.com/2005/mar/runwayHC05OATV.php"TARGET = "_blank"&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Sometimes it takes three to tell the story. The story for the trio this season takes us into the world of semi-precious stones which for many of us have symbolic and spiritual meaning. The talisman and the amulet have always had a special place in the design of on aura tout vu.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.toffsworld.com/fashion_designers/haute_couture_houses.php"TARGET = "_blank"&gt;In January 2005, seven more couture houses were invited to show there collections:&lt;br /&gt;Elie Saab : &lt;strong&gt;On Aura Tout VU &lt;/strong&gt;: Laurent Mercier : Ralph Rucci : Marc Le Bihan : Ste Phane Saunier : Maurizio Galante : &lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.telegraph.co.uk/fashion/main.jhtml?xml=/fashion/2004/01/26/efparisx26.xml"TARGET = "_blank"&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;strong&gt;"On the fringes, the Bulgarians Livia Stolanova and Yassen Samouilov, along with Portuguese designer Andre De Sa'Pessoa, offered a madcap version of folkloric chic for On Aura Tout Vu, while the corsetier Hubert Barrère transformed corsets into clothes."&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.rolandcarreno.com/modules.php?name=Sections&amp;op=viewarticle&amp;artid=84"TARGET = "_blank"&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;strong&gt;"Dior, Armani, Chanel, Elie Saab, Gaultier, Reinaldo Álvarez, Valentino, Lacroix, Gyvenchy y el trío formado por Livia, Yazme y André, al frente de &lt;strong&gt;On aura tout vu &lt;/strong&gt;son algunos de los célebres costureros que presentaron sus exquisitas y lujosas creaciones en la pasarela de París la primera semana de febrero.&lt;br /&gt;(…)&lt;br /&gt;La firma On aura tout vu presentó una colección de colores vivos y un sinfín de joyas colocadas sobre el pelo y sobre cada uno de sus vestidos indudablemente alta costura, por su corte y su sofisticada confección."&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://canales.elcomerciodigital.com/extras/moda/pasarela-alta-costura.htm"TARGET = "_blank"&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;strong&gt;COLECCIONES OTOÑO/INVIERNO 2006/07&lt;br /&gt;JULIO 2006: SEMANA DE LA MODA DE PARÍS - ALTA COSTURA &lt;br /&gt;Pasarela de París - Alta Costura&lt;br /&gt;Semana de la moda de París &lt;br /&gt;VER PASARELAS DE DISEÑADORES &lt;br /&gt;Armani, Martín Margiele, Felipe Oliveira, Dior, Chanel, Valentino, Christian Lacroix, Givenchy, Dominique Sirop, Elie Saab, On Aura Tout Vu, Jean Paul Gaultier, Franck Sorbier, Anne Valerie Hash, Adeline Andre, Georges Hobeika, Eymeric Francois, Khaled al Masri, Pascal Millet,...&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.beijingscene.com/zhaole/art.html"TARGET = "_blank"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;Portuguese Jewelry in Beijing&lt;br /&gt;Contemporary jewelry designs by Andre Sa Pessoa and Yassen Samouilov&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.firstview.com/HCfall2002/ON_AURA_TOUT_VU/S001.html"TARGET = "_blank"&gt;fall 2002&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.firstview.com/HCspring2003/ON_AURA_TOUT_VU/index.html"TARGET = "_blank"&gt;spring 2003&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.firstview.com/HCspring2005/ON_AURA_TOUT_VU/index.html"TARGET = "_blank"&gt;spring 2005&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.aufeminin.com/luxe/06hcete/06hcete1__menu=16&amp;-On-aura-tout-vu.html"TARGET = "_blank"&gt;spring-summer 2006&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.elle.com/collections/8988/on-aura-tout-vu-fall-2006-haute-couture-collection.html"TARGET = "_blank"&gt;fall 2006&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.wireimage.com/GalleryListing.asp?navtyp=gls=1=13==198202&amp;nbc1=1"TARGET = "_blank"&gt;fall-winter 2006-2007&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.linternaute.com/actualite/depeche/photos/667/189377/230633/on_aura_tout_vu.shtml"TARGET = "_blank"&gt;On Aura Tout Vu&lt;br /&gt;Création de On Aura Tout Vu présentée lors des collections haute couture 2006/2007 à Paris. 07 juillet 2006&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5599342-115390093560316644?l=viajeans.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://viajeans.blogspot.com/feeds/115390093560316644/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5599342&amp;postID=115390093560316644&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5599342/posts/default/115390093560316644'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5599342/posts/default/115390093560316644'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://viajeans.blogspot.com/2006/07/ao-andre.html' title='Ao Andre&apos;...'/><author><name>Nic</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05340945122642193217</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='28' height='32' src='http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v289/manic1708/nic.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5599342.post-115104775640156325</id><published>2006-07-21T01:30:00.000+03:00</published><updated>2006-07-28T08:51:47.796+03:00</updated><title type='text'>3 Years Tripping</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://www.jencomics.com/artist_p/pedro_abrunhosa_lyrics/viagens_lyrics.html"TARGET = "_blank"&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;strong&gt;"Viajo com as mãos por entre as montanhas e os rios..."&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://photobucket.com" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v106/opinioes/Taiwan/162b.jpg" width="639" border="0" alt="Photobucket - Video and Image Hosting"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;O Trippping Out of My Space, faz hoje 3 anos.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Para festejar a ocasiao, ha' musica no ar (podendo ser iniciada carregando na palavra "Music" acima 'a direita) e roupa nova criada pelo talentoso &lt;a href="http://verdadeiroeu.blogspot.com/"TARGET = "_blank"&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Eu&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/a&gt;, a ele agradeco-lhe por se ter prontificado a criar este template sem me pedir nada em troca, mesmo sem me conhecer e pelo enorme trabalho que teve.&lt;br /&gt;Um grande obrigado ao &lt;a href="http://verdadeiroeu.blogspot.com/"TARGET = "_blank"&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Eu&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/a&gt;!&lt;br /&gt;As fotos que passam em cima no cabecalho, foram quase todas aqui publicadas anteriormente e representam um caminho precorrido.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Para abrir este post, destaquei com imensa dificuldade, uma das muitas fotografias preferidas colocadas aqui ao longo deste terceiro ano. A escolha, nao foi decidida por se tratar apenas de uma crianca com um sorriso lindo, pois com esse criterio, encontram-se neste blogue imensas outras fotografias. A razao pela qual acabei por escolher esta fotografia, foi uma razao pessoal. Trata-se duma crianca ca’ de Tainan, onde presentemente resido. Acho que o seu sorriso e olhar representam bem a forma genuinamente simpatica e carinhosa com que aqui sou recebido e aceite. A essas energias positivas, devo a inspiracao para os posts e paralelamente, para a vida.&lt;br /&gt;Obrigado Tainan!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Como se trata de mais um aniversario, aproveito para fazer uma retrospectiva do caminho que nos trouxe ate' aqui.&lt;br /&gt;Recuamos a Julho de 2003, terminava entao um periodo dificil aqui em Taiwan, de isolamento, risco e incertezas. A SARS que nos isolou fisicamente e pessoalmente durante cerca de 4 meses, quao "Ensaio Sobre a Cegueira" de Saramago, tinha finalmente sido controlada. A liberdade e seguranca da rotina acabava de se restabelecer em Taiwan. E nesse ambiente, ao procurar as noticias do dia, encontro um artigo sobre o “Blogger”. De imediato decido experimenta-lo, iniciando de forma impulsiva e experimental, o Tripping Out of My Space, com este &lt;a href="http://viajeans.blogspot.com/2003/07/tripping-is-living.html"TARGET = "_blank"&gt;primeiro post&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;O primeiro ano decorre de forma instavel, como uma aventura no desconhecido. O objectivo inicial do blogue perde-se um pouco, ora no tema ora em periodos de paragem absoluta. O primeiro aniversario e' mencionado com algum atrazo neste &lt;a href="http://viajeans.blogspot.com/2004/07/1-year-and-1-week-of-tripping-out-of.html"TARGET = "_blank"&gt;post do 1o Aniversario&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;No segundo ano, gracas aos comentarios das pessoas que o visitam, o Tripping ganha algum balanco e finalmente reencontra o caminho que lhe tinha sido inicialmente tracado. O segundo ano e' assinalado com este &lt;a href="http://viajeans.blogspot.com/2005/07/2-anos-tripar-com-o-tripping.html"TARGET = "_blank"&gt;post do 2o Aniversario&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;Hoje o Tripping Out of My Space completa 3 anos e se alguma maturidade ou evolucao e’ aparente, deve-se muito ‘as pessoas que o visitam e o complementam com a sua contribuicao.&lt;br /&gt;A tod@s, o meu muito obrigado!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Retrospectivas levam-nos de onde partimos a onde estamos e tambem a pensar onde queremos ir. Confesso que este blogue, foi ganhando quase uma vida propria ao ponto de influenciar as minhas accoes. Destaco por exemplo as reaccoes das pessoas que o visitam, durante a minha primeira visita ao Sri Lanka. Apesar de nao me conhecerem, demonstraram um enorme apoio e carinho. Era impossivel ficar insensivel a estas demonstracoes, que acabaram por me motivar ainda mais, a partilha aqui de sorrisos de criancas. E para os colocar aqui, e' 'as vezes necessario provoca-los, sendo precisamente este processo, onde eu sinto que poderei fazer muito mais. Deste modo, o blogue atravez da interaccao dos seus leitores, motiva-me a continuar nesta caminhada tendo isso em consideracao - provocar sorrisos e se possivel de longa duracao!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Por outro lado, estou consciente de que o blogue possa, por vezes ser interpretado como uma forma de exibicionismo e dai' criar, sem o querer, frustracoes. A esse respeito, tento o meu melhor possivel para nao projectar tal imagem nem provocar tais sentimentos. Se isso acontece deve-se talvez 'a minha incapacidade de compartilhar, sem focar na minha pessoa. Tento ao maximo, focar no objecto que exponho anulando-me o mais possivel, para oferecer a liberdade a quem le, de se ver involvido nas imagens ou experiencias relatadas.&lt;br /&gt;Se tenho objectivos com este blogue, e' sinceramente a partilha de momentos marcantes que tive a sorte de viver. Apenas para compartlhar as sensacoes que se possa vir a ter ao olhar ou ler e nunca para mostrar o que eu proprio atingi, isso e' irrelevante para aqui. Procuro tambem influenciar de forma positiva quem o le, mostrando que quando se quer algo com muita forca, e' muito provavel que esse algo se venha a realizar. Este blogue nao pretende ser tanto sobre o autor mas sim sobre o que ele quer compartilhar!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Para terminar este ja longo post, recordemos aqui, mes a mes, os espacos por onde andamos juntos neste 3o ano, que hoje se completa:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.jencomics.com/artist_p/pedro_abrunhosa_lyrics/viagens_lyrics.html"TARGET = "_blank"&gt;&lt;em&gt;"Viagens que se perdem no tempo,&lt;br /&gt;viagens sem princípio nem fim..."&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Agosto 2005&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Continuamos na &lt;a href="http://viajeans.blogspot.com/2005/08/tripping-in-ilha-dos-pescadores-part.html"TARGET = "_blank"&gt;Ilha dos Pescadores&lt;/a&gt;, no arquipelago de Taiwan&lt;br /&gt;Recordamos a &lt;a href="http://viajeans.blogspot.com/2005/08/tripping-in-sahara-part-ii.html"TARGET = "_blank"&gt;Argelia&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://viajeans.blogspot.com/2005/08/tripping-in-goa-part-i-olhares-de.html"TARGET = "_blank"&gt;Goa&lt;/a&gt; e suas &lt;a href="http://viajeans.blogspot.com/2005/08/tripping-in-goa-part-iv-caras-de-goa.html"TARGET = "_blank"&gt;Gentes&lt;/a&gt; e fomos a &lt;a href="http://viajeans.blogspot.com/2005/08/tripping-in-macau-part-i-centro.html"TARGET = "_blank"&gt;Macau&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://photobucket.com" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v106/opinioes/Slide1-1.jpg" width="639"border="0" alt="Photobucket - Video and Image Hosting"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Setembro 2005&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Fizemos &lt;a href="http://viajeans.blogspot.com/2005/09/o-jantar.html"TARGET = "_blank"&gt;novos amigos em Lisboa&lt;/a&gt; e &lt;a href="http://viajeans.blogspot.com/2005/09/other-side-of-zurich.html"TARGET = "_blank"&gt;Zurich&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;E partimos para &lt;a href="http://viajeans.blogspot.com/2005/09/chegada-tokyo-passo-passo-passo.html"TARGET = "_blank"&gt;Tokyo&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://photobucket.com" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v106/opinioes/Slide2-1.jpg" width="639"border="0" alt="Photobucket - Video and Image Hosting"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Outubro 2005&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Dormimos em &lt;a href="http://viajeans.blogspot.com/2005/09/tokyoneses-new-generation.html"TARGET = "_blank"&gt;Tokyo&lt;/a&gt;, numa &lt;a href="http://viajeans.blogspot.com/2005/10/aventuras-nos-capsule-hotels.html"TARGET = "_blank"&gt;capsula&lt;/a&gt; e em &lt;a href="http://viajeans.blogspot.com/2005/10/tradio-viva-nas-ruas-de-kyoto.html"TARGET = "_blank"&gt;Kyoto&lt;/a&gt;, num &lt;a href="http://viajeans.blogspot.com/2005/10/dormir-num-ryokan.html"TARGET = "_blank"&gt;ryokan&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://photobucket.com" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v106/opinioes/Slide3.jpg" width="639"border="0" alt="Photobucket - Video and Image Hosting"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Novembro 2005&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Mais a sul testemunhamos a &lt;a href="http://viajeans.blogspot.com/2005/11/osakas-amerikanamania.html"TARGET = "_blank"&gt;loucura&lt;/a&gt; de &lt;a href="http://viajeans.blogspot.com/2005/11/aquarelas-de-osaka.html"TARGET = "_blank"&gt;Osaka&lt;/a&gt;, a renascimento de &lt;a href="http://viajeans.blogspot.com/2005/11/kobe-10-anos-de-renascimento.html"TARGET = "_blank"&gt;Kobe&lt;/a&gt; e a preservacao de &lt;a href="http://viajeans.blogspot.com/2005/11/antes-de-kyoto-era-nara.html"TARGET = "_blank"&gt;Nara&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;Voltamos a &lt;a href="http://viajeans.blogspot.com/2005/11/new-order-in-macau.html"TARGET = "_blank"&gt;Macau&lt;/a&gt;, onde decorriam os &lt;a href="http://viajeans.blogspot.com/2005/11/salto-final.html"TARGET = "_blank"&gt;Jogos da Asia&lt;/a&gt; logo de seguida o &lt;a href="http://viajeans.blogspot.com/2005/11/grande-prmio-de-macau.html"TARGET = "_blank"&gt;Grande Premio&lt;/a&gt;. Passeamos pela &lt;a href="http://viajeans.blogspot.com/2005/11/noite-aviva-em-macau-o-romantismo.html"TARGET = "_blank"&gt;noite&lt;/a&gt; com aroma de &lt;a href="http://viajeans.blogspot.com/2005/11/samba-caf-e-natas.html"TARGET = "_blank"&gt;cafe' e samba&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://viajeans.blogspot.com/2005/11/confessions.html"TARGET = "_blank"&gt;Confissoes&lt;/a&gt; nas pistas de danca.&lt;br /&gt;Completei &lt;a href="http://viajeans.blogspot.com/2005/11/3-anos-na-formosa.html"TARGET = "_blank"&gt;3 anos na Formosa&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://photobucket.com" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v106/opinioes/Slide4.jpg" width="639"border="0" alt="Photobucket - Video and Image Hosting"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Dezembro 2005&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Visitamos &lt;a href="http://viajeans.blogspot.com/2005/12/hong-kong-demos.html"TARGET = "_blank"&gt;Hong Kong&lt;/a&gt; e celebramos o aniversario do &lt;a href="http://viajeans.blogspot.com/2005/12/o-ultimo-dia-dum-imperio.html"TARGET = "_blank"&gt;ultimo dia&lt;/a&gt; da &lt;a href="http://viajeans.blogspot.com/2005/12/o-dia-seguinte-festa-do-povo.html"TARGET = "_blank"&gt;ultima colonia&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;Demos grandes &lt;a href="http://viajeans.blogspot.com/2005/12/source.html"TARGET = "_blank"&gt;passeios&lt;/a&gt; por &lt;a href="http://viajeans.blogspot.com/2005/12/viagens-na-minha-presente-terra-tainan.html"TARGET = "_blank"&gt;Tainan&lt;/a&gt;, e chegamos 'a conclusao que nao e' preciso &lt;a href="http://viajeans.blogspot.com/2005/12/balanc.html"TARGET = "_blank"&gt;ir muito longe&lt;/a&gt; para ver a vida &lt;a href="http://viajeans.blogspot.com/2005/12/razoes-para-sorrir.html"TARGET = "_blank"&gt;sorrir&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://photobucket.com" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v106/opinioes/Slide5.jpg" width="639"border="0" alt="Photobucket - Video and Image Hosting"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Janeiro 2006&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://viajeans.blogspot.com/2006/01/caminho-de-angkor-wat.html"TARGET = "_blank"&gt;Cambodja&lt;/a&gt; ocupou-nos o mes e os &lt;a href="http://viajeans.blogspot.com/2006/01/sun-rise-ecstasy.html"TARGET = "_blank"&gt;sentidos&lt;/a&gt;, cheio de &lt;a href="http://viajeans.blogspot.com/2006/01/pequenos-grandes-encontros.html"TARGET = "_blank"&gt;pequenos&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href="http://viajeans.blogspot.com/2006/01/pequenos-grandes-momentos.html"TARGET = "_blank"&gt;encontros&lt;/a&gt; com &lt;a href="http://viajeans.blogspot.com/2006/01/magia-de-bamboo-coco-e-sorrisos.html"TARGET = "_blank"&gt;grandes herois&lt;/a&gt;, que &lt;a href="http://viajeans.blogspot.com/2006/01/aqui.html"TARGET = "_blank"&gt;apesar de tudo&lt;/a&gt; nao deixam de &lt;a href="http://viajeans.blogspot.com/2006/01/viagem-ao-mundo-dos-sorrisos.html"TARGET = "_blank"&gt;sorrir&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://photobucket.com" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v106/opinioes/Slide6.jpg" width="639"border="0" alt="Photobucket - Video and Image Hosting"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Fevereiro e Marco 2006&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Regressamos ao &lt;a href="http://viajeans.blogspot.com/2006/02/um-esboo-do-sri-lanka.html"TARGET = "_blank"&gt;Sri Lanka&lt;/a&gt;. Precorremos as &lt;a href="http://viajeans.blogspot.com/2006/02/pelas-ruas-de-colombo.html"TARGET = "_blank"&gt;ruas de Colombo&lt;/a&gt;, visitamos &lt;a href="http://viajeans.blogspot.com/2006/02/sada-da-escola.html"TARGET = "_blank"&gt;escolas&lt;/a&gt; e &lt;a href="http://viajeans.blogspot.com/2006/02/na-escola-sem-paredes-1-ano-depois.html"TARGET = "_blank"&gt;uma em particular&lt;/a&gt; que voltou a ter paredes. Sob o &lt;a href="http://viajeans.blogspot.com/2006/03/sri-lanka-blues.html"TARGET = "_blank"&gt;azul imenso&lt;/a&gt; e &lt;a href="http://viajeans.blogspot.com/2006/03/sol-sol.html"TARGET = "_blank"&gt;sois dourados&lt;/a&gt;, contemplamos o &lt;a href="http://viajeans.blogspot.com/2006/02/o-mar-de-sophia-no-sri-lanka.html"TARGET = "_blank"&gt;mar de Sofia&lt;/a&gt; e vimos como voam os &lt;a href="http://viajeans.blogspot.com/2006/02/os-saltadores-de-sonhos-perdidos.html"TARGET = "_blank"&gt;salteadores dos sonhos perdidos&lt;/a&gt;. Notamos a &lt;a href="http://viajeans.blogspot.com/2006/03/esperana.html"TARGET = "_blank"&gt;esperanca&lt;/a&gt; nos olhares &lt;a href="http://viajeans.blogspot.com/2006/03/resilience.html"TARGET = "_blank"&gt;resistentes&lt;/a&gt; que nos &lt;a href="http://viajeans.blogspot.com/2006/03/candid-smiles.html"TARGET = "_blank"&gt;sorriam&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;Fizemos o &lt;a href="http://viajeans.blogspot.com/2006/02/balano.html"TARGET = "_blank"&gt;balanco&lt;/a&gt; das campanhas de caridade apoiadas pelo Tripping.&lt;br /&gt;E celebramos os &lt;a href="http://viajeans.blogspot.com/2006/03/parabens-manita.html"TARGET = "_blank"&gt;anos 80 com a manita&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://photobucket.com" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v106/opinioes/Slide7.jpg" width="639"border="0" alt="Photobucket - Video and Image Hosting"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Abril e Maio 2006&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Recordamos o &lt;a href="http://viajeans.blogspot.com/2006/04/seguir.html"TARGET = "_blank"&gt;Nepal&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://viajeans.blogspot.com/2006/04/guardadores-de-reis-deuses-de-criancas.html"TARGET = "_blank"&gt;torcemos&lt;/a&gt; pelo &lt;a href="http://viajeans.blogspot.com/2006/04/sos-nepal.html"TARGET = "_blank"&gt;restauro da democracia&lt;/a&gt; que &lt;a href="http://viajeans.blogspot.com/2006/04/25-de-abril-confirma-liberdade-e.html"TARGET = "_blank"&gt;finalmente foi conseguida&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;Revemos um pouco 'a &lt;a href="http://viajeans.blogspot.com/2006/05/doutrina-do-desejo.html"TARGET = "_blank"&gt;doutrina do desejo&lt;/a&gt;. Subimos aos &lt;a href="http://viajeans.blogspot.com/2006/05/pequeno-almoo-nos-himalaias.html"TARGET = "_blank"&gt;Himalaias&lt;/a&gt; e homenageamos os &lt;a href="http://viajeans.blogspot.com/2006/05/criancas-de-kathmandu.html"TARGET = "_blank"&gt;pequenos grandes herois&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;A manita &lt;a href="http://viajeans.blogspot.com/2006/05/palavras-que-guardam-emocoes.html"TARGET = "_blank"&gt;inicia o fim dum percurso&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;O &lt;a href="http://viajeans.blogspot.com/2006/05/ang-lee-veio-sua-terra-tainan.html"TARGET = "_blank"&gt;Ang Lee veio 'a terra&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://photobucket.com" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v106/opinioes/Slide8.jpg" width="639"border="0" alt="Photobucket - Video and Image Hosting"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Junho 2006&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Descemos ao fundo do mundo, &lt;a href="http://viajeans.blogspot.com/2006/06/alma-dum-pas.html"TARGET = "_blank"&gt;'a procura duma resposta&lt;/a&gt;. Nao nos deixamos enganar com a &lt;a href="http://viajeans.blogspot.com/2006/06/sydney-cidade-postal.html"TARGET = "_blank"&gt;beleza plastica&lt;/a&gt; e as &lt;a href="http://viajeans.blogspot.com/2006/06/onda-da-vida.html"TARGET = "_blank"&gt;ondas da vida&lt;/a&gt; devolvem-nos aonde por agora &lt;a href="http://viajeans.blogspot.com/2006/06/companhia.html"TARGET = "_blank"&gt;se pertence&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;Do outro lado do planeta, a Equipa das Quina, continuava a marcar e &lt;a href="http://viajeans.blogspot.com/2006/06/formosa-reconhece-qualidade-da-equipa.html"TARGET = "_blank"&gt;a sua performance e' apreciada&lt;/a&gt; mundialmente.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://photobucket.com" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v106/opinioes/Slide9.jpg" width="639"border="0" alt="Photobucket - Video and Image Hosting"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Julho 2006&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Encontramos a resposta que procuravamos la no &lt;a href="http://viajeans.blogspot.com/2006/07/junho-em-melbourne.html"TARGET = "_blank"&gt;fundo do mundo&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;Inicia-se um passeio a &lt;a href="http://viajeans.blogspot.com/2006/07/vm-dias-na-birmnia.html"TARGET = "_blank"&gt;Abril de 1998 na Birmania&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://photobucket.com" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v106/opinioes/Slide10.jpg" width="639"border="0" alt="Photobucket - Video and Image Hosting"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.jencomics.com/artist_p/pedro_abrunhosa_lyrics/viagens_lyrics.html"TARGET = "_blank"&gt;&lt;em&gt;"E voas sobre o mar, com as asas que eu te dou,&lt;br /&gt;e dizes-me a cantar: "É assim que eu sou".&lt;br /&gt;Olhar para ti e ver o que eu vejo,&lt;br /&gt;olhar-te nos olhos com olhares de desejo.&lt;br /&gt;Olhar para ti e ver o que eu vejo,&lt;br /&gt;olhar-te nos olhos com olhares de desejo.&lt;br /&gt;Eu não tenho nada mais p'ra te dar,&lt;br /&gt;esta vida sao dois dias,&lt;br /&gt;e um é para acordar,&lt;br /&gt;das historias de encantar,&lt;br /&gt;das historias de encantar."&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Pedro Abrunhosa&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5599342-115104775640156325?l=viajeans.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://viajeans.blogspot.com/feeds/115104775640156325/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5599342&amp;postID=115104775640156325&amp;isPopup=true' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5599342/posts/default/115104775640156325'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5599342/posts/default/115104775640156325'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://viajeans.blogspot.com/2006/07/3-years-tripping.html' title='3 Years Tripping'/><author><name>Nic</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05340945122642193217</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='28' height='32' src='http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v289/manic1708/nic.jpg'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5599342.post-115293250026909112</id><published>2006-07-19T08:01:00.000+03:00</published><updated>2006-07-19T08:31:15.610+03:00</updated><title type='text'>As Criancas da Birmania e o Budismo</title><content type='html'>Num país governado por uma ditadura como a Birmania, torna-se ainda mais dificil obter a verdadeira percepcao dos factos.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://photobucket.com" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v106/opinioes/Burma%20-%20April%201998/childmonk2.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket - Video and Image Hosting"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Foi-me dito que todas as criancas do sexo masculino, teem de passar um certo tempo (de meses a anos) num mosteiro budista.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://photobucket.com" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v106/opinioes/Burma%20-%20April%201998/bw-youngmongs.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket - Video and Image Hosting"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Depois, os que escolherem uma vida nao-religiosa, terao de regressar ao longo das suas vidas, todos os anos durante um periodo de varias semanas, 'a vida de monge.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://photobucket.com" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v106/opinioes/Burma%20-%20April%201998/familyinrangoon.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket - Video and Image Hosting"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Isto para "oferecerem o seu tempo" e em troca "receberem merito" para os seus pais. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://photobucket.com" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v106/opinioes/Burma%20-%20April%201998/youngmonks.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket - Video and Image Hosting"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;As pessoas que me relataram tais factos, consideram estes habitos e costumes, naturais e parte da cultura birmanesa.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://photobucket.com" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v106/opinioes/Burma%20-%20April%201998/childmonk.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket - Video and Image Hosting"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Outras versoes mais tristes sao relatadas por organizacoes cristas (aqui nao confirmadas), que acusam o governo de obrigar todas as criancas a passarem algum tempo em mosteiros budistas, independetemente da religiao de que sao oriundas.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://photobucket.com" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v106/opinioes/Burma%20-%20April%201998/childmonk3.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket - Video and Image Hosting"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Como marginal, dau-me a ideia que certas criancas mais desfavorecidas, infelizmente so teem acesso a alguma educacao e a uma nutricao adequada, durante o tempo que permanecem nos mosteiros.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://photobucket.com" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v106/opinioes/Burma%20-%20April%201998/bw-youngmong.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket - Video and Image Hosting"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Sendo a generosidade na Birmania, um valor universal, a comida e'lhes pelo menos garantida!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;photos by Nic @ Burma - April 1998&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5599342-115293250026909112?l=viajeans.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://viajeans.blogspot.com/feeds/115293250026909112/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5599342&amp;postID=115293250026909112&amp;isPopup=true' title='4 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5599342/posts/default/115293250026909112'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5599342/posts/default/115293250026909112'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://viajeans.blogspot.com/2006/07/as-criancas-da-birmania-e-o-budismo.html' title='As Criancas da Birmania e o Budismo'/><author><name>Nic</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05340945122642193217</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='28' height='32' src='http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v289/manic1708/nic.jpg'/></author><thr:total>4</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5599342.post-115293236995357435</id><published>2006-07-18T11:31:00.000+03:00</published><updated>2006-07-18T11:36:11.723+03:00</updated><title type='text'>Budismo na Birmania</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://photobucket.com" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v106/opinioes/Burma%20-%20April%201998/budagoldenstatue.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket - Video and Image Hosting"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;O Budismo na Birmania, e' a fundacao sobre a qual assenta a cultura birmanesa, sendo tambem em muitos casos o refugio que alimenta o corpo e fornece a unica alternativa 'a educacao que em varias alturas da historia recente esteve interdita pela ditadura, com a desculpa de evitar revoltas. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://photobucket.com" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v106/opinioes/Burma%20-%20April%201998/budastatue.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket - Video and Image Hosting"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://web.ukonline.co.uk/buddhism/binburma.htm"&gt;&lt;em&gt;"According to many Buddhism Experts, Burma, the land of pagodas, is the only country in the world where Theravada Buddhism flourishes most and also the only country in the world where there are Pali Athakathas and Tikas completely published. (...) There are fifty two thousand monasteries, over one thousand monastic institutions (Colleges) and two State Pariyatti Sasana Universities (Yangon / Mandalay) plus the newly-opened International Buddhist Missionary University . There are also sixteen hundred thousand Bhikkhus and twenty five thousand novices and more than five hundred Meditation Centres. Myanmar had been twice blessed by the holding of the last two International Theravada Buddhist Councils (Synods). Tipitakadhara examination, another unique feature, ( to memorize and recite 8025 pages of the Tipitaka) has been held annually for many decades and so far six bhikkhu candidates have passed both oral and written parts."&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://photobucket.com" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v106/opinioes/Burma%20-%20April%201998/peregrinacao.jpg" width="400" border="0" alt="Photobucket - Video and Image Hosting"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.buddhanet.net/e-learning/buddhistworld/burma-txt.htm"&gt;&lt;em&gt;"The monks set out each day at first light with their alms-bowls and wander silently through the village or town collecting the food for the day. On returning to the monastery they will share the food and usually eat communally finishing their meal - for some monks their only meal - before miday." &lt;/em&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://photobucket.com" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v106/opinioes/Burma%20-%20April%201998/mong.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket - Video and Image Hosting"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://web.ukonline.co.uk/buddhism/moral1.htm"&gt;&lt;em&gt;"Every country or every race has its own moral culture, which is the characteristic of that country or that race. As for Myanmar, it has its own culture, which is based on Buddhism."&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://photobucket.com" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v106/opinioes/Burma%20-%20April%201998/pinkmonks.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket - Video and Image Hosting"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://web.ukonline.co.uk/buddhism/highord3.htm"&gt;&lt;em&gt;"Since a monk gets his daily food from such regular alms-round and because he does not partake of anything after noon, he needs no money for shopping in the market; he needs no other utensils to prepare and cook his food. He has no means of storing food for the next day either. Thus he is free from all the troubles in connection with food. If only he has a bowl to put the alms in, and if only he is healthy and strong enough to go out in the morning to receive the offertories from the devout families, then he gets enough food to sustain himself for the day. The food he receives is well cooked and usually the best part of the meal. So a monk has nothing to do with kitchen work and recipe collection or menu itemization."&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://photobucket.com" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v106/opinioes/Burma%20-%20April%201998/praying.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket - Video and Image Hosting"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Artigos sobre a influencia do budismo na Birmania, &lt;a href="http://web.ukonline.co.uk/buddhism/binburma.htm"&gt;aqui&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://www.buddhanet.net/e-learning/buddhistworld/burma-txt.htm"&gt;aqui&lt;/a&gt; ou &lt;a href="http://www.accesstoinsight.org/lib/authors/bischoff/wheel399.html"&gt;aqui&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://photobucket.com" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v106/opinioes/Burma%20-%20April%201998/stupabudist.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket - Video and Image Hosting"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;photos by Nic at Rangoon, Burma - Apr.1998&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5599342-115293236995357435?l=viajeans.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://viajeans.blogspot.com/feeds/115293236995357435/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5599342&amp;postID=115293236995357435&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5599342/posts/default/115293236995357435'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5599342/posts/default/115293236995357435'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://viajeans.blogspot.com/2006/07/budismo-na-birmania.html' title='Budismo na Birmania'/><author><name>Nic</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05340945122642193217</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='28' height='32' src='http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v289/manic1708/nic.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5599342.post-115284985739729172</id><published>2006-07-14T06:10:00.000+03:00</published><updated>2006-07-14T10:10:04.633+03:00</updated><title type='text'>Refrescar em Rangoon!</title><content type='html'>Na Birmania, ha' alturas do ano em que o calor e' de facto infernal, mesmo para os proprios birmaneses. No entanto para alguns, esse calor e' a fonte do seu ganha pao.&lt;br /&gt;Um pouco por toda a cidade de Rangoon, encontram-se vendedores de &lt;em&gt;"agua de gelo"&lt;/em&gt;. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://photobucket.com" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v106/opinioes/Burma%20-%20April%201998/sellingcoldwater2.jpg" width="400" border="0" alt="Photobucket - Video and Image Hosting"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Quando a sede aperta, os vendedores de agua la' estao, dispostos e contentes para ajudarem a resolver o problema. Pela modica quantia duns tostoes, pode-se comprar um copo de agua de gelo (copo nao incluido). &lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://photobucket.com" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v106/opinioes/Burma%20-%20April%201998/sellingcoldwater.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket - Video and Image Hosting"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;A agua e' obtida a partir do descongelamento dum pedaco de gelo, previamente colocado num filtro (do genero dum filtro tradicional de cafe') e vai pingando, gota a gota para um copo. Antes de ser servida ao cliente, essa mesma agua e' passada varias vezes pelo pedaco de gelo, para resfriar mais um pouco. A higiene deixa muita a desejar, desde a origem do gelo, 'a propria agua utilizada e ao facto dos copos serem re-utilizados sem lavagem. Mas isso sao tudo requesitos desnecessarios para os sistemas imunologicos dos birmaneses, habituados 'as condicoes precarias que o país lhes oferece. O risco de contrair uma doenca, e' no entanto, enorme para um estrangeiro!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://photobucket.com" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v106/opinioes/Burma%20-%20April%201998/sellingwatermelonjuice.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket - Video and Image Hosting"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Para os mais abonados, uma alternativa mais doce, uma fatia de melancia ou um pouco mais caro, um sumo de melancia!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;E para melhores resultados e' aconselhavel polvilhar (ou barrar) a cara com &lt;em&gt;po' de tanaka&lt;/em&gt; (1), tal como a crianca na primeira foto e a senhora da segunda, pois para alem de refrescar absorvendo o suor, e' considerado um cosmetico natural, protector solar e replente de mosquitos!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;(1) Genero de po' de talco, de cor amarelo palido, feito a partir da serradura da arvore Tanaka, abundante na floresta tropical da Birmania.&lt;br /&gt;O fruto desta arvore tambem e' comestivel, e dado 'a sua forma (de maça) e ao seu gosto e consistencia (mais a madeira do que a maça), e' designado em ingles por "&lt;a href="http://www.hort.purdue.edu/newcrop/morton/wood-apple.html"TARGET = "_blank"&gt;wood apple&lt;/a&gt;".&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;photos by Nic @ Rangoon, Burma - April 1998&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5599342-115284985739729172?l=viajeans.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://viajeans.blogspot.com/feeds/115284985739729172/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5599342&amp;postID=115284985739729172&amp;isPopup=true' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5599342/posts/default/115284985739729172'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5599342/posts/default/115284985739729172'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://viajeans.blogspot.com/2006/07/refrescar-em-rangoon.html' title='Refrescar em Rangoon!'/><author><name>Nic</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05340945122642193217</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='28' height='32' src='http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v289/manic1708/nic.jpg'/></author><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5599342.post-115260492972195291</id><published>2006-07-11T10:34:00.000+03:00</published><updated>2006-07-12T13:24:35.730+03:00</updated><title type='text'>Abril em Rangoon</title><content type='html'>Aterramos em Rangoon, actualmente designada Yangon (1), capital da Birmania, em Abril de 1998.&lt;br /&gt;De imediato nos foi bruscamente removido das bagagens, quaisquer associacoes entre Abril e Primavera, liberdade e democracia.&lt;br /&gt;O simbolismo de Abril na Birmania, nao podia estar mais afastado, do simbolismo de Abril em Portugal. E estabelecer qualquer comparacao, seria descabido e surreal.&lt;br /&gt;Abril em Rangoon, bem como no resto do país, queima como um inferno. O calor faz-se sentir com tal intensidade, que o país ja' de si quase parado, para na totalidade nas horas mais quentes do dia.&lt;br /&gt;Aproveitando a referencia feita no post anterior ao romance de George Orwell, &lt;em&gt;"Burmese Days"&lt;/em&gt;, e 'a sua excelente capcidade de descrever o meio ambiente e de o transmitir ao leitor, destaco os seguintes enxertos, para deixar aqui uma ideia do clima na Birmania no mes de Abril:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;"...the month was April, and there was a closeness in the air, a threat of the long, stifling midday hours."&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;"The heat rolled from the earth like the breath of an oven. The flowers, oppressive to the eyes, blazed with not a petal stirring, in a debauch of sun. The glare sent a weariness through one's bones. There was something horrible in it--horrible to think of that blue, blinding sky, stretching on and on over Burma and India, over Siam, Cambodia, China, cloudless and interminable."&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;"Look at that bloody sky, not a cloud in it. Like one of those damned great blue enamel saucepans."&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;" (2)...the sun glared in the sky like an angry god then suddenly the monsoon blew westward, first in sharp squalls, then in a heavy ceaseless downpour that drenched everything until neither one's clothes, one's bed nor even one's food ever seemed to be dry. It was still hot, with a stuffy, vaporous heat."&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Tal como o calor, o governo tambem abrasa e queima quem discordar e nao cumprir com as regras da ditadura militar.&lt;br /&gt;Os conceitos de democracia e liberdade na Birmania, sao infelizmente ja' de si dificeis de imaginar, pois oficialmente nem existem.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Estes sao os primeiros aspectos a nao passar despercebidos aos recem chegados. Para a agressevidade do clima, nao ha' sinais de aviso, mas para o clima politico, ha' um pouco por todo o lado, placards com slogans que servem para "educar" tanto os cidadaos como os eventuais visitantes que nao tenham logo compreedido onde se encontram.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://photobucket.com" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v106/opinioes/Burma%20-%20April%201998/propagandaboard.jpg" width="400" border="0" alt="Photobucket - Video and Image Hosting"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;- Oppose those relying on external elements, acting as stooges, holding negative views.&lt;br /&gt;- Oppose those trying to jeopardize stability of the State and progress of the nation.&lt;br /&gt;- Oppose foreign nations interfering in internal affairs of the State.&lt;br /&gt;- Crush all internal and external destructive elements as the common enemy.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;traducao livre:&lt;br /&gt;- Opoem-te 'aqueles que se baseiam em elementos exteriores, procedem mal possuindo pontos de vista negativos;&lt;br /&gt;- Opem-te 'aqueles que tentam minar a estabilidade do Estado e progresso da cao;&lt;br /&gt;- Opem-te 'as nacoes estrangeiras que inteferem nos assuntos internos do Estado;&lt;br /&gt;- Esmaga todos os elementos destrutivos, internos ou externos, considerados inimigos.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://photobucket.com" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v106/opinioes/Burma%20-%20April%201998/rangoonstreets.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket - Video and Image Hosting"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;O isolamento da Birmania do resto do mundo, e' patente e a sensacao de se recuar no tempo e' estranhamente nao fantasia.&lt;br /&gt;O "progresso" parou com a retirada dos colonialistas e nem a manutencao do que ja' existia se iniciou. A corrupcao da ditadura, cria pobreza. &lt;br /&gt;A cal e o asfalto vao se degradando, consomindo as pessoas e infrastruturas ate' ao ultimo tijolo.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://photobucket.com" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v106/opinioes/Burma%20-%20April%201998/outdoorbar.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket - Video and Image Hosting"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;O comercio e' quase inexistente, para alem dos mercados e dos pequenos cantos de rua que vendem cha', frutas e agua de gelo.&lt;br /&gt;O entretenimento era na altura proibido. Tinha recentemente fechado o unico pub "Johnny Guitar" que passava musica estrangeira e atraia turistas. Uma capital sem um bar, apenas os cantos de rua com pequenos bancos de plastico, serviam a local de encontro.&lt;br /&gt;'A noite, as ruas ficam desertas e a escuridao e o silencio abatem-se sobre a cidade e os seus habitantes.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://photobucket.com" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v106/opinioes/Burma%20-%20April%201998/bw-womenontheroad2.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket - Video and Image Hosting"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Os meios de transporte eram tambem muito rudimentares e inexistentes &lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://photobucket.com" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v106/opinioes/Burma%20-%20April%201998/bw-womenontheroad.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket - Video and Image Hosting"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;sendo o caminhar o mais corrente deles todos.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://photobucket.com" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v106/opinioes/Burma%20-%20April%201998/loadedcar2.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket - Video and Image Hosting"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Em vez de autocarros, eram as camionetas de carga apinhadas de gente &lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://photobucket.com" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v106/opinioes/Burma%20-%20April%201998/loadedcar.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket - Video and Image Hosting"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;que serviam para transportar pessoas, nos percursos mais longos.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Rangoon e' apesar de tudo, uma cidade povoada de gente simpatica e humilde, visivelmente assustada pela propria tentacao de se aproximarem e falarem com turistas. A sensacao de "big brother is watching you" e' incrivel e visivelmente sentida, havendo mesmo teorias que defendem que George Orwell visualizou a Birmania de hoje, quando escreveu "1984".&lt;br /&gt;Abril em Rangoon e' como todos os outros meses, sem liberdade e sem democracia apenas com uma pequena diferenca: Abril em Rangoon e' um mes que o sol imita o govermo, &lt;em&gt;mirando ferozmente o povo como um deus enfurecido (2)&lt;/em&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;(1) Yangon e' formada por duas palavras "yan" que significa "inimigos" e "koun", "livrar-se de", o que em traducao livre para portugues, seria qualquer coisa como "Livrar-se de inimigos", o que pessoalmente acho um nome descabido para uma capital e por isso prefiro chamar-lhe Rangoon.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;photos by Nic @ Rangoon, Burma - April 1998&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5599342-115260492972195291?l=viajeans.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://viajeans.blogspot.com/feeds/115260492972195291/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5599342&amp;postID=115260492972195291&amp;isPopup=true' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5599342/posts/default/115260492972195291'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5599342/posts/default/115260492972195291'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://viajeans.blogspot.com/2006/07/abril-em-rangoon.html' title='Abril em Rangoon'/><author><name>Nic</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05340945122642193217</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='28' height='32' src='http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v289/manic1708/nic.jpg'/></author><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5599342.post-115251491354131269</id><published>2006-07-10T08:11:00.000+03:00</published><updated>2006-07-10T13:13:42.526+03:00</updated><title type='text'>Vêm aí dias na Birmânia</title><content type='html'>&lt;img src="http://www.duplipensar.net/images/orwell/george-orwell.jpg" width="150" align="left"&gt; Nao, nao me referia 'a magnifica obra de &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Orwell"TARGET = "_blank"&gt;George Orwell&lt;/a&gt;, "&lt;a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0156148501/104-9934608-2298302?v=glance&amp;n=283155"TARGET = "_blank"&gt;Burmese Days&lt;/a&gt;", mas ja' que lhe estou a emprestar o titulo e atendendo ao actual &lt;a href="http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/sport/archives/2006/07/06/2003317587"TARGET = "_blank"&gt;clima que se vive nas terras da sua magestade&lt;/a&gt;, aproveito para lhe fazer um pequeno apontamento e recomendar a sua leitura.&lt;br /&gt;Em "&lt;a href="http://www.george-orwell.org/Burmese_Days/index.html"TARGET = "_blank"&gt;Dias na Birmânia&lt;/a&gt;", Orwell retrata-nos a Birmania dos anos 30 do seculo XX, durante a &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Imperialism_in_Asia"TARGET = "_blank"&gt;ocupacao britanica&lt;/a&gt;, destacando o impacto do &lt;a href="http://www.casahistoria.net/imperialism.htm"TARGET = "_blank"&gt;imperialismo&lt;/a&gt; na sociedade local. Esta obra ajuda-nos a compreender a Birmania (actualmente designada por &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Myanmar"TARGET = "_blank"&gt;Myanmar&lt;/a&gt;) de hoje bem como as actuais reaccoes menos nobres dum povo com um grande passado de domínio sobre outros.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://photobucket.com" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v106/opinioes/Burma%20-%20April%201998/burmesedays.jpg" width="400"border="0" alt="Photobucket - Video and Image Hosting"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.duplipensar.net/george-orwell/dias-na-birmania.html"TARGET = "_blank"&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;strong&gt;"Os leitores de Kipling e seus heróis ingleses ou nativos nos países do Império Britânico devem ler esse romance de Orwell para descobrir a face menos gloriosa da dominação colonial - o preconceito, a mesquinhez, a arrogância de parte a parte."&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Feitas as referencias merecidas por razoes opostas, regressamos ao titulo deste post e ‘a razao pela qual inicialmente, o tinha escrito. Inicia-se aqui uma serie de posts dedicada a Myanmar (ou Birmania, como eu lhe prefiro chamar). &lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://photobucket.com" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v106/opinioes/Burma%20-%20April%201998/flag.jpg" align="left" width="200"border="0" alt="Photobucket - Video and Image Hosting"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Respondendo a mais uma sugestao do &lt;a href="http://relojoaria.blogspot.com/"TARGET = "_blank"&gt;Swatch&lt;/a&gt;, recuei a Abril de 1998 e fui de novo ao bau das memorias para recordar, reviver e compartilhar aqui um pouco da Birmania que entao vi.&lt;br /&gt;A tomada de &lt;a href="http://www.lonelyplanet.com/worldguide/destinations/asia/myanmar"TARGET = "_blank"&gt;decisao&lt;/a&gt; para se visitar a Birmania (país com longo historial de opressoes, passando de colonia a ditadura military), continua a ser polemica, ate' aos dias de hoje, na medida em que o turismo pode ser visto como um apoio ao actual regime. Nao discordando totalmente deste ponto de vista, penso que para penalizar o governo deste modo, boicotando quaisquer visitas ao país, penalizasse de forma mais intensa, o proprio povo que pode eventualmente beneficiar directamente da nossa presenca. A decisao e forma de agir cabe portanto a cada um. A minha foi de ir ver o que la' se passava. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://photobucket.com" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v106/opinioes/Burma%20-%20April%201998/animalcarsbythetemples.jpg"align="right" width="200" border="0" alt="Photobucket - Video and Image Hosting"&gt;&lt;/a&gt; Nos proximos posts veremos como o isolamento e opressao politica na Birmania, nos ilustra demasidamente bem o conceito de recuar no tempo. &lt;br /&gt;Visitaremos Rangoon (ou Yangon como actualmente e' designada), a actual capital e observaremos o modo de vida humilde dos seus habitantes.&lt;br /&gt;Subiremos lentamente e dificilmente um rio quase sem agua ate’ ao norte do país, ‘a regiao do &lt;em&gt;Triangulo Dourado&lt;/em&gt;, onde assitiremos a auroras e a acasos que fazem juz ao nome da regiao. &lt;a href="http://photobucket.com" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v106/opinioes/Burma%20-%20April%201998/templesunrise11.jpg" align="left" width="200"border="0" alt="Photobucket - Video and Image Hosting"&gt;&lt;/a&gt; Vistaremos tambem a velha capital, Mandalay e a cidade dos templos perdidos, Pagan. Ai’, a beleza natural nos fara’ esquecer por momentos a precaria situacao deste povo que nos acolhe.&lt;br /&gt;Mas esta alienação sera’ sempre por breves instantes, pois os olhares 'a nossa volta, lembram-nos constantemente a que ponto a opressao duma ditadura reduz um país. &lt;a href="http://photobucket.com" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v106/opinioes/Burma%20-%20April%201998/bw-youngmongs.jpg" align="right" width="150"border="0" alt="Photobucket - Video and Image Hosting"&gt;&lt;/a&gt; E tambem por isso, nao nos passara’ despercebida a forma como este povo aceita a sua pobreza, como se a alternativa nao existisse, procurando alimento e refugio na religiao budista e razao de viver na sua riqueza cultural.&lt;br /&gt;Para impedir que a educacao faça acordar o comformismo, o governo manda encerrar as escolas. &lt;a href="http://photobucket.com" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v106/opinioes/Burma%20-%20April%201998/sellingbytheriver2.jpg" align="left" width="200" border="0" alt="Photobucket - Video and Image Hosting"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;E assim, neste ambiente abusivo, mais uma vez se distinguem os pequenos herois e veremos como eles sao obrigados a lutar cedo demais apenas pela sua sobrevivencia. A eles, cujas infancias lhes sao prematuramente roubadas, dedico-lhes esta serie sobre a Birmania - um país amordaçado pela voz da propaganda!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;1a photo &lt;a href="http://www.duplipensar.net/images/orwell/george-orwell.jpg"TARGET = "_blank"&gt;daqui&lt;/a&gt;, 2a photo &lt;a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/reader/0156148501/ref=sib_dp_pt/002-1280697-1252008#reader-link"TARGET = "_blank"&gt;daqui&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;Restantes fotos by Nic @ Myanmar - April 1998&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5599342-115251491354131269?l=viajeans.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://viajeans.blogspot.com/feeds/115251491354131269/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5599342&amp;postID=115251491354131269&amp;isPopup=true' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5599342/posts/default/115251491354131269'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5599342/posts/default/115251491354131269'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://viajeans.blogspot.com/2006/07/vm-dias-na-birmnia.html' title='Vêm aí &lt;em&gt;dias na Birmânia&lt;/em&gt;'/><author><name>Nic</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05340945122642193217</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='28' height='32' src='http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v289/manic1708/nic.jpg'/></author><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5599342.post-115215797902245313</id><published>2006-07-06T06:43:00.000+03:00</published><updated>2006-07-06T09:38:50.296+03:00</updated><title type='text'>Junho em Melbourne...</title><content type='html'>A paragem em Sydney tinha sido acrescentada a esta viagem, como quem "junta o util ao agradavel". Melbourne era de facto o destino onde eu deveria encontrar a &lt;a href="http://viajeans.blogspot.com/2006/06/no-worries-mate.html"TARGET = "_blank"&gt;resposta&lt;/a&gt; que procurava.&lt;br /&gt;Melbourne e' conhecida por ser a cidade mais europeiada Australia e de num so' dia, apresentar condicoes climatericas das quatro estacoes. A primeira caracteristica e'-nos revelada de imediato, ja' a segunda nao se pode comprovar porque aparentemente, as quatro estacoes num so' dia, apenas acontece na Primavera e Verao. No Outono (periodo em que se fez esta visita) e Inverno, limitasse 'a mesma estacao todos os dias - o Inverno Molhado.&lt;br /&gt;Vindos de Sydney, deu para notar que a &lt;a href="http://viajeans.blogspot.com/2005/10/o-sul-e-mais-quente.html"TARGET = "_blank"&gt;teoria do sul&lt;/a&gt;, aqui tambem se confirma. Os habitantes de Melbourne, sao em geral muito simpaticos e hospitaleiros. O multiculturalismo e' mais evidente e mais integrado do que em Sydney.&lt;br /&gt;A arquitectura, o interesse visivel pelas artes e os habitos socio-culturais dos residentes de Melbourne, atribui 'a cidade um certo charme que facilmente conquista a simpatia de quem a visita.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://photobucket.com" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v106/opinioes/Australia%20-%20May%2006/449.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket - Video and Image Hosting"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;A cidade moderna involve mas nao apaga o passado.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://photobucket.com" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v106/opinioes/Australia%20-%20May%2006/446.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket - Video and Image Hosting"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;A tradicao, e' mantida viva,&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://photobucket.com" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v106/opinioes/Australia%20-%20May%2006/460.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket - Video and Image Hosting"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;e o passado e' hoje conservado, com a consciencia do seu papel no futuro.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://photobucket.com" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v106/opinioes/Australia%20-%20May%2006/463.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket - Video and Image Hosting"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;As semelhanças com o velho mundo,&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://photobucket.com" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v106/opinioes/Australia%20-%20May%2006/486.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket - Video and Image Hosting"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;sao cuidadosamente tratadas,&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://photobucket.com" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v106/opinioes/Australia%20-%20May%2006/498.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket - Video and Image Hosting"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;e habilmente evidenciadas,&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://photobucket.com" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v106/opinioes/Australia%20-%20May%2006/508.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket - Video and Image Hosting"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;'a luz da ribalta,&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://photobucket.com" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v106/opinioes/Australia%20-%20May%2006/496.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket - Video and Image Hosting"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;com a consciencia de que sobre essas heranças, roda o futuro.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://photobucket.com" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v106/opinioes/Australia%20-%20May%2006/516.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket - Video and Image Hosting"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Paralelamente 'a conservacao, Melbourne desenvolve a sua faceta contemporanea,&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://photobucket.com" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v106/opinioes/Australia%20-%20May%2006/513.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket - Video and Image Hosting"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;A arte e a cultura sao outras tentativas de marcar a sua distincao no novo mundo onde se encontra,&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://photobucket.com" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v106/opinioes/Australia%20-%20May%2006/531.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket - Video and Image Hosting"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;E por isso estimula e promove os habitos socio-culturais do velho mundo.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://photobucket.com" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v106/opinioes/Australia%20-%20May%2006/515.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket - Video and Image Hosting"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;A paisagem urbana e' tambem aqui cuidadosamente desenhada, para atrair e agradar.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://photobucket.com" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v106/opinioes/Australia%20-%20May%2006/453.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket - Video and Image Hosting"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Por todas estas razoes e mais esta, pessoalmente achei que Melbourne possui muitas semelhancas com a cidade de &lt;a href="http://viajeans.blogspot.com/2004/09/montreal-life-celebration-experience.html"TARGET = "_blank"&gt;Montreal&lt;/a&gt;, no Canada'.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Sydney e' uma cidade bonita e Melbourne, uma cidade simpatica!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Termina aqui esta viagem 'a Australia, 'a procura da resposta encontrada:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Nao, obrigado!&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Primeiro, ja' alguma vez alguem se inspirou ao ponto de compor alguma cancao tipo "Junho em Melbourne"?&lt;br /&gt;Segundo, algo me diz que me seria dificil passar dois anos com &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kath_and_Kim"TARGET = "_blank"&gt;Kath's e Kim's&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt;Mas nao deixem de visitar a Australia, sobretudo se estiverem a passar pela zona, pois e' de facto um país cheio de beleza natural, tal como muitos outros.&lt;br /&gt;OLRITE, no worries mate!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;photos by Nic @ Melbourne, Australia - June 2006&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5599342-115215797902245313?l=viajeans.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://viajeans.blogspot.com/feeds/115215797902245313/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5599342&amp;postID=115215797902245313&amp;isPopup=true' title='5 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5599342/posts/default/115215797902245313'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5599342/posts/default/115215797902245313'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://viajeans.blogspot.com/2006/07/junho-em-melbourne.html' title='Junho em Melbourne...'/><author><name>Nic</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05340945122642193217</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='28' height='32' src='http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v289/manic1708/nic.jpg'/></author><thr:total>5</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5599342.post-115155920541179078</id><published>2006-07-05T10:30:00.000+03:00</published><updated>2006-07-05T13:09:08.840+03:00</updated><title type='text'>construindo alma</title><content type='html'>Disse &lt;a href="http://viajeans.blogspot.com/2006/06/alma-dum-pas.html"TARGET = "_blank"&gt;aqui&lt;/a&gt; no inicio desta serie de posts sobre Sydney, que a Australia era um pais sem alma: &lt;em&gt;"e’ um pais muito novo para revelar a sua nova alma que decerto se formara’ ao longo dos proximos seculos e milenios"&lt;/em&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;Para terminar esta serie, deixo-vos com um post que demonstra a meu ver, um contributo para a formacao e desenvolvimento da jovem alma da Australia.&lt;br /&gt;O espetaculo de danca moderna &lt;a href="http://sydneydancecompany.com/Repertoire/The%20Director's%20Cut"TARGET = "_blank"&gt;The Director's Cut&lt;/a&gt;, e' inspirado em diversas coreografias produzidas ao longo dos ultimos 30 anos por &lt;a href="http://sydneydancecompany.com/company/directors.shtml"TARGET = "_blank"&gt;Graeme Murphy&lt;/a&gt;, Director e Coreógrafo da Compania de Danca de Sydney, celebrando o seu exito e a consequente exposicao internacional. E'uma celebracao da realizacao dum sonho bem como o indiscutivel papel activo da Companhia, na formacao da alma e da imagem da Australia.&lt;br /&gt;Este espetaculo e' uma obra de arte de expressao corporal, cujos movimentos, inspirados do yoga e artes marciais produzem efeitos fluidos de uma beleza extraordinaria.&lt;br /&gt;Deixamos entao Sydney, com uma apresentacao complementar aos posts anteriores, dando a conhecer um pouco melhor uma equipa que contribui sem duvida para a construcao da alma da Australia:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://sydneydancecompany.com/company/directors.shtml"TARGET = "_blank"&gt;Graeme Murphy&lt;/a&gt;, director da companhia de Danca de Sydney desde ha' 30 anos e &lt;a href="http://sydneydancecompany.com/company/directors.shtml"TARGET = "_blank"&gt;Janet Vernon&lt;/a&gt; assistente artistica e sua esposa:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://photobucket.com" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v106/opinioes/Australia%20-%20May%2006/director.jpg" align="left"width="190"border="0" alt="Photobucket - Video and Image Hosting"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href="http://photobucket.com" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v106/opinioes/Australia%20-%20May%2006/directorandwife.jpg" width="190"border="0" alt="Photobucket - Video and Image Hosting"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The Director's Cut conta ainda com um excelente &lt;a href="http://sydneydancecompany.com/company/dancers.shtml"TARGET = "_blank"&gt;elenco&lt;/a&gt; de bailarinos:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://photobucket.com" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v106/opinioes/Australia%20-%20May%2006/Slide1.jpg" width="400"border="0" alt="Photobucket - Video and Image Hosting"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://photobucket.com" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v106/opinioes/Australia%20-%20May%2006/Slide2.jpg" width="400"border="0" alt="Photobucket - Video and Image Hosting"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;onde se destaca a actuacao principal do jovem Reed Luplau:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src="http://sydneydancecompany.com/xfiles/1226/reed_luplau_photo_by_stephen_ward1_468x546.jpg" width="400"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Reed Luplau - photo by Stephen Ward&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Fotos dos ensaios:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://photobucket.com" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v106/opinioes/Australia%20-%20May%2006/ensaio10.jpg" height="225" align="left"border="0" alt="Photobucket - Video and Image Hosting"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href="http://photobucket.com" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v106/opinioes/Australia%20-%20May%2006/ensaio1.jpg" height="225" border="0" alt="Photobucket - Video and Image Hosting"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://photobucket.com" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v106/opinioes/Australia%20-%20May%2006/ensaio9.jpg" height="225" align="left" border="0" alt="Photobucket - Video and Image Hosting"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href="http://photobucket.com" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v106/opinioes/Australia%20-%20May%2006/ensaio11.jpg" height="225" border="0" alt="Photobucket - Video and Image Hosting"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://photobucket.com" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v106/opinioes/Australia%20-%20May%2006/ensaio3.jpg" width="400"border="0" alt="Photobucket - Video and Image Hosting"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://photobucket.com" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v106/opinioes/Australia%20-%20May%2006/ensaio2.jpg" width="400"border="0" alt="Photobucket - Video and Image Hosting"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Fotos do espetaculo tiradas &lt;a href="http://sydneydancecompany.com/Repertoire/The%20Director's%20Cut"TARGET = "_blank"&gt;daqui&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src="http://sydneydancecompany.com/xfiles/1226/teegan_lowe_photo_by_stephen_ward_468x546.jpg"width="400"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Teagan Lowe - photo by Stephan Ward&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src="http://sydneydancecompany.com/xfiles/1226/dance_awards_2005_photo_pascal_elliott_webcrop_468x546.jpg" width="400"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Katie Ripley and Joshua Consandine - photo by Pascall Elliott&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src="http://sydneydancecompany.com/xfiles/1226/tdc_production_page_image_468x546.jpg" width="400"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Reed Luplau - photo by Stephen Ward&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src="http://sydneydancecompany.com/xfiles/1226/pod_webcrop_468x546.jpg"width="400"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;Still from Samuel James and Narelle Benjamin's Film Pod.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;ps. homenagem 'a equipa das quinas: que a sua danca de logo 'a noite, contribua-a para a consolidacao da ja' madura alma lusa.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5599342-115155920541179078?l=viajeans.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://viajeans.blogspot.com/feeds/115155920541179078/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5599342&amp;postID=115155920541179078&amp;isPopup=true' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5599342/posts/default/115155920541179078'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5599342/posts/default/115155920541179078'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://viajeans.blogspot.com/2006/07/construindo-alma.html' title='construindo alma'/><author><name>Nic</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05340945122642193217</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='28' height='32' src='http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v289/manic1708/nic.jpg'/></author><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5599342.post-115177831589214672</id><published>2006-07-01T21:24:00.000+03:00</published><updated>2006-07-01T21:25:15.926+03:00</updated><title type='text'>...mas ha' acontecimentos passados que marcam bem o futuro...</title><content type='html'>parabens Portugal!&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' 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futuro...'/><author><name>Nic</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05340945122642193217</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='28' height='32' src='http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v289/manic1708/nic.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5599342.post-115176901530072569</id><published>2006-07-01T18:49:00.000+03:00</published><updated>2006-07-01T18:50:15.310+03:00</updated><title type='text'>o que esta' a acontecer agora, ja' e' passado...</title><content type='html'>&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5599342-115176901530072569?l=viajeans.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://viajeans.blogspot.com/feeds/115176901530072569/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5599342&amp;postID=115176901530072569&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5599342/posts/default/115176901530072569'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5599342/posts/default/115176901530072569'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://viajeans.blogspot.com/2006/07/o-que-esta-acontecer-agora-ja-e.html' title='o que esta&apos; a acontecer agora, ja&apos; e&apos; passado...'/><author><name>Nic</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05340945122642193217</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='28' height='32' src='http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v289/manic1708/nic.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5599342.post-115156005549570999</id><published>2006-06-30T10:31:00.000+03:00</published><updated>2006-06-30T10:36:11.923+03:00</updated><title type='text'>The Director's Cut</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://photobucket.com" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v106/opinioes/Australia%20-%20May%2006/mainadd.jpg" width="400"border="0" alt="Photobucket - Video and Image Hosting"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://photobucket.com" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v106/opinioes/Australia%20-%20May%2006/maindancerlegs3.jpg" width="400"border="0" alt="Photobucket - Video and Image Hosting"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://photobucket.com" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v106/opinioes/Australia%20-%20May%2006/maindancer.jpg" width="400"border="0" alt="Photobucket - Video and Image Hosting"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://photobucket.com" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v106/opinioes/Australia%20-%20May%2006/triodance.jpg" width="400"border="0" alt="Photobucket - Video and Image Hosting"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://photobucket.com" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v106/opinioes/Australia%20-%20May%2006/maindancerlegs4.jpg" width="400"border="0" alt="Photobucket - Video and Image Hosting"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://photobucket.com" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v106/opinioes/Australia%20-%20May%2006/maindancerbnw.jpg" width="400"border="0" alt="Photobucket - Video and Image Hosting"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://photobucket.com" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v106/opinioes/Australia%20-%20May%2006/maindancerlegs.jpg" width="400"border="0" alt="Photobucket - Video and Image Hosting"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://photobucket.com" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v106/opinioes/Australia%20-%20May%2006/directorscut.jpg" width="400"border="0" alt="Photobucket - Video and Image Hosting"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;photos by Stephen Ward&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Choreography: Graeme Murphy&lt;br /&gt;Creative Associate: Janet Vernon&lt;br /&gt;Composer: Paul Healy&lt;br /&gt;Set Design: Vince Frost www.frostdesign.com.au&lt;br /&gt;Costumes: Jennifer Irwin&lt;br /&gt;Lighting: Damien Cooper&lt;br /&gt;Sound System Design: Tim O’Neill&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Musicians featured in the Music for CUT:&lt;br /&gt;Violins: Naomi Radom / Natasha Rumiz&lt;br /&gt;Saw: Azo Bell&lt;br /&gt;Baritone Clarinet: Paul Cutlain&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Music recorded and produced by Paul Healy at Supersonic.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5599342-115156005549570999?l=viajeans.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://viajeans.blogspot.com/feeds/115156005549570999/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5599342&amp;postID=115156005549570999&amp;isPopup=true' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5599342/posts/default/115156005549570999'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5599342/posts/default/115156005549570999'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://viajeans.blogspot.com/2006/06/directors-cut.html' title='The Director&apos;s Cut'/><author><name>Nic</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05340945122642193217</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='28' height='32' src='http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v289/manic1708/nic.jpg'/></author><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5599342.post-115147726644524925</id><published>2006-06-29T08:03:00.000+03:00</published><updated>2006-06-29T08:06:17.033+03:00</updated><title type='text'>A night at the Opera</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://photobucket.com" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v106/opinioes/Australia%20-%20May%2006/318-1.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket - Video and Image Hosting"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;A noite abate-se sobre a Opera mas ela nao se deixa apagar. Desperta ainda com mais intensidade como quem convida a entrar...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;E ver o que tem para nos dar...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://photobucket.com" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v106/opinioes/Australia%20-%20May%2006/mainadd3.jpg" width="400" border="0" alt="Photobucket - Video and Image Hosting"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;A sedução e' inevitável...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;A promessa leva 'a rendição...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://photobucket.com" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v106/opinioes/Australia%20-%20May%2006/expect.jpg" width="400" border="0" alt="Photobucket - Video and Image Hosting"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Ladies and Gentlemen the show is about to begin…&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5599342-115147726644524925?l=viajeans.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://viajeans.blogspot.com/feeds/115147726644524925/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5599342&amp;postID=115147726644524925&amp;isPopup=true' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5599342/posts/default/115147726644524925'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5599342/posts/default/115147726644524925'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://viajeans.blogspot.com/2006/06/night-at-opera.html' title='A night at the Opera'/><author><name>Nic</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05340945122642193217</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='28' height='32' src='http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v289/manic1708/nic.jpg'/></author><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5599342.post-115070246096170815</id><published>2006-06-28T09:33:00.000+03:00</published><updated>2006-06-28T09:43:09.943+03:00</updated><title type='text'>companhia</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://photobucket.com" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v106/opinioes/Australia%20-%20May%2006/181.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket - Video and Image Hosting"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Ha’ momentos que encantam com tal intensidade que nos suspendem da realidade.&lt;br /&gt;Sao momentos com demasiada beleza para uma so’ pessoa e ‘as vezes torna-se necessario inventar a companhia ausente, para a podermos compartilhar.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://photobucket.com" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v106/opinioes/Australia%20-%20May%2006/mainadd2.jpg" width="400" border="0" alt="Photobucket - Video and Image Hosting"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Outras vezes a companhia esta' la' e nessas alturas recomenda-se de usufruir ao maximo da sua presença, para que essas experiencias nunca nos deixem ficar sós...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;photos by Nic @ Sydney, Australia - May 2006&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5599342-115070246096170815?l=viajeans.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://viajeans.blogspot.com/feeds/115070246096170815/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5599342&amp;postID=115070246096170815&amp;isPopup=true' title='4 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5599342/posts/default/115070246096170815'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5599342/posts/default/115070246096170815'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://viajeans.blogspot.com/2006/06/companhia.html' title='companhia'/><author><name>Nic</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05340945122642193217</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='28' height='32' src='http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v289/manic1708/nic.jpg'/></author><thr:total>4</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5599342.post-115070241868793206</id><published>2006-06-27T10:11:00.000+03:00</published><updated>2006-06-27T10:15:53.510+03:00</updated><title type='text'>Opera House</title><content type='html'>Quase a completar a visita a Sydney e 'as suas magnificas praias, nao queria ir embora sem dar um maior e merecido detaque ao edifico mais impressionante desta cidade e que desde a sua inauguracao em 1973, passou a ser o seu icon - &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sydney_Opera_House"TARGET = "_blank"&gt;Sydney Opera House&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;Apenas a titulo de curiosidade, o mestre desta garndiosa obra foi o arquitecto dinamarquez, &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/J%C3%B8rn_Utzon"TARGET = "_blank"&gt;Jorn Utzon&lt;/a&gt; que em 1955, viu a sua criacao ser a escolhida pelas autoridades australianas, na sequencia de um concurso publico. Jorn Utzon mudou-se para Sydney em 1957, aquando do inico da obra, para fazer parte da equipa de construcao. Infelizmente a obra nao decorreu como inicialmente planeado. Devido a interferencias de diversas posicoes politicas, infelizmente tambem muito frequentes neste tipo de obra, Jorn Utzon acaba por abandonar a execucao do projecto em 1966. A obra acabou por ser concluida em Agosto de 1973, sob a direccao de Peter Hall.&lt;br /&gt;O edifico tem um design muito particular o que obrigou a tecnicas de construcao menos convencionais. A estrutura e' composta por um esqueleto de vigas pre-fabricadas, com acabamento interior de betao aparente, o que obriga a constante obtenção de elevados padroes de qualidade. O edifico e' exteriormente coberto por mosaicos de granito vidrados de cor branca, o que permite a refelxao da luz e calor, dando ao edificio diversas tonalidades ao longo do dia, das estacoes do ano e de acordo com o angulo de incidência e intensidades do sol.&lt;br /&gt;A Sydney Opera House e' na essencia uma obra de arte a 3 dimensoes. E' uma escultura que permite diferentes interpretacoes de acordo com a distancia, o angulo e a posicao, a que olhamos para ela. Um ninho de passaros, as petalas de uma flor, fachadas goticas, cabeca dum passaro, um grupo de golfinhos, uma baleia, escamas dum peixe, etc, etc, etc... estas sao apenas algumas impressoes que esta obra de arte nos desperta em nós.&lt;br /&gt;Eis aqui alguns pontos de vista para a interpretação da imaginação de cada um:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://photobucket.com" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v106/opinioes/Australia%20-%20May%2006/150.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket - Video and Image Hosting"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://photobucket.com" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v106/opinioes/Australia%20-%20May%2006/233-1.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket - Video and Image Hosting"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://photobucket.com" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v106/opinioes/Australia%20-%20May%2006/229-1.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket - Video and Image Hosting"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://photobucket.com" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v106/opinioes/Australia%20-%20May%2006/217.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket - Video and Image Hosting"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://photobucket.com" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v106/opinioes/Australia%20-%20May%2006/224.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket - Video and Image Hosting"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://photobucket.com" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v106/opinioes/Australia%20-%20May%2006/173.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket - Video and Image Hosting"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://photobucket.com" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v106/opinioes/Australia%20-%20May%2006/166.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket - Video and Image Hosting"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://photobucket.com" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v106/opinioes/Australia%20-%20May%2006/165.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket - Video and Image Hosting"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://photobucket.com" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v106/opinioes/Australia%20-%20May%2006/164.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket - Video and Image Hosting"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://photobucket.com" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v106/opinioes/Australia%20-%20May%2006/160.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket - Video and Image Hosting"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://photobucket.com" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v106/opinioes/Australia%20-%20May%2006/136.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket - Video and Image Hosting"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://photobucket.com" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v106/opinioes/Australia%20-%20May%2006/129.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket - Video and Image Hosting"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;photos by Nic at Sydney Opera House - Australia, May 2006&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5599342-115070241868793206?l=viajeans.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://viajeans.blogspot.com/feeds/115070241868793206/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5599342&amp;postID=115070241868793206&amp;isPopup=true' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5599342/posts/default/115070241868793206'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5599342/posts/default/115070241868793206'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://viajeans.blogspot.com/2006/06/opera-house.html' title='Opera House'/><author><name>Nic</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05340945122642193217</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='28' height='32' src='http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v289/manic1708/nic.jpg'/></author><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5599342.post-115095569012032617</id><published>2006-06-22T08:07:00.000+03:00</published><updated>2006-06-22T09:27:03.366+03:00</updated><title type='text'>A onda da vida...</title><content type='html'>A vida passa por nos como as ondas passam pelo surfistas. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://photobucket.com" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v106/opinioes/Australia%20-%20May%2006/408.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket - Video and Image Hosting"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;‘As vezes vemo-la formar-se diante dos nossos olhos e com a experiencia que acumulamos das tentativas anteriores, esforçamo-nos por apanha-la de modo a nos proporcionar um passeio cheio de adrenalina. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://photobucket.com" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v106/opinioes/Australia%20-%20May%2006/419.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket - Video and Image Hosting"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Queremos que seja sempre a onda prefeita que nos permita expressar a nossa ousadia e competencias e que nos recompense com excitação duradoira.&lt;br /&gt;Mas nem sempre assim e’. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://photobucket.com" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v106/opinioes/Australia%20-%20May%2006/393.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket - Video and Image Hosting"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;‘As vezes, ela vem e passa sem que pudessemos aproveitar a boleia. Passa por nos sem qualquer impacto, deixando-nos exactamente no mesmo lugar, ali parados a flutuar.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://photobucket.com" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v106/opinioes/Australia%20-%20May%2006/431.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket - Video and Image Hosting"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Outras vezes ainda, ela vem subitamente e agressiva, sem nos dar tempo para nos prepararmos para a receber. Embate todo o seu peso sobre nos e embrulha-nos num turbilhao caotico, fazendo-nos perder o controlo. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://photobucket.com" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v106/opinioes/Australia%20-%20May%2006/257.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket - Video and Image Hosting"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Nessas alturas, talvez nao valha a pena resistir e lutar de imediato. Talvez seja preferivel, guardar as energias para as utilizarmos no momento em que teremos mais hipoteses de vencer e de nos deixarmos levar ate’ a situacao acalmar.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://photobucket.com" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v106/opinioes/Australia%20-%20May%2006/296.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket - Video and Image Hosting"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;E no momento certo, poderemos nos levantar de novo &lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://photobucket.com" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v106/opinioes/Australia%20-%20May%2006/262.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket - Video and Image Hosting"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;e ir ‘a procura duma melhor onda.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://photobucket.com" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v106/opinioes/Australia%20-%20May%2006/426.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket - Video and Image Hosting"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Ha’ ondas que nos proporcionam os melhores momentos da nossa vida, &lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://photobucket.com" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v106/opinioes/Australia%20-%20May%2006/354.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket - Video and Image Hosting"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;mesmo sabendo que esse prazer e’ efémero, devemos dedicar-lhe toda a intensidade que nos e’ possivel, para que esse momento de prazer fique gravado e faca parte de nos para sempre.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://photobucket.com" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v106/opinioes/Australia%20-%20May%2006/353.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket - Video and Image Hosting"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;A certeza da queda inevitavel nao deve roubar o prazer do voo em momentos de euforia !&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://photobucket.com" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v106/opinioes/Australia%20-%20May%2006/434.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket - Video and Image Hosting"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;A mesma onda pode varrer varias vidas simultaneamente. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://photobucket.com" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v106/opinioes/Australia%20-%20May%2006/405.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket - Video and Image Hosting"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Dependendo de e como nos apanha,&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://photobucket.com" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v106/opinioes/Australia%20-%20May%2006/376.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket - Video and Image Hosting"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;mesmo competindo de lado a lado, &lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://photobucket.com" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v106/opinioes/Australia%20-%20May%2006/379.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket - Video and Image Hosting"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;o ponto de partida ira' influenciar o caminho. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://photobucket.com" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v106/opinioes/Australia%20-%20May%2006/432.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket - Video and Image Hosting"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Pouco importa se uma determinada onda nos traga ou nos roube o prazer.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://photobucket.com" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v106/opinioes/Australia%20-%20May%2006/407.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket - Video and Image Hosting"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Importa mais a constante insistencia de tentar permanecer o mais tempo possivel na crista da onda, pois no fim, com boas ou mas ondas,&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://photobucket.com" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v106/opinioes/Australia%20-%20May%2006/422.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket - Video and Image Hosting"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;todos acabaremos na praia...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://photobucket.com" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v106/opinioes/Australia%20-%20May%2006/370.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket - Video and Image Hosting"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;...sozinhos.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;enjoy the ride!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;photos by Nic at Bondi Beach, Australia - May 2006&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5599342-115095569012032617?l=viajeans.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://viajeans.blogspot.com/feeds/115095569012032617/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5599342&amp;postID=115095569012032617&amp;isPopup=true' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5599342/posts/default/115095569012032617'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5599342/posts/default/115095569012032617'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://viajeans.blogspot.com/2006/06/onda-da-vida.html' title='A onda da vida...'/><author><name>Nic</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05340945122642193217</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='28' height='32' src='http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v289/manic1708/nic.jpg'/></author><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5599342.post-115070220732798450</id><published>2006-06-21T10:06:00.000+03:00</published><updated>2006-06-21T10:10:26.973+03:00</updated><title type='text'>surfer's paradise - part I</title><content type='html'>O titulo deste post nao se refere concretamente 'a cidade australiana &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Surfers_Paradise"TARGET ="_blank"&gt;Surfers Paradise&lt;/a&gt;, mas sim a toda a Australia . A sua extensa costa de cerca de 69630 kms, e' dotada de imensas praias com condicoes ideais para a pratica do surf. Este desporto tem importancia primordial na construcao da jovem cultura do país e as autoridades assim o reconhecem, melhorando as condicoes existentes e promovendo a sua pratica. Por exemplo, que outro país, emite as notas em papel plastico impermeavel e baptiza cidades com nomes como "Paraiso dos Surfistas"?&lt;br /&gt;Em muitas praias da costa Australiana, o surf maravilha toda a gente, sejam eles praticantes, admiradores ou apenas observadores.&lt;br /&gt;Mesmo para quem nao pratique este desporto, e’ sem duvida um espetaculo observar as pericias dos praticantes. &lt;br /&gt;As lutas e dancas travadas com ondas que ora prolongam ora abruptamente acabam com o prazer e o espetaculo!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://photobucket.com" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v106/opinioes/Australia%20-%20May%2006/272.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket - Video and Image Hosting"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://photobucket.com" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v106/opinioes/Australia%20-%20May%2006/273.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket - Video and Image Hosting"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://photobucket.com" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v106/opinioes/Australia%20-%20May%2006/336.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket - Video and Image Hosting"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://photobucket.com" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v106/opinioes/Australia%20-%20May%2006/340.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket - Video and Image Hosting"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://photobucket.com" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v106/opinioes/Australia%20-%20May%2006/341.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket - Video and Image Hosting"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://photobucket.com" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v106/opinioes/Australia%20-%20May%2006/342-1.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket - Video and Image Hosting"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://photobucket.com" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v106/opinioes/Australia%20-%20May%2006/348.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket - Video and Image Hosting"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://photobucket.com" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v106/opinioes/Australia%20-%20May%2006/353.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket - Video and Image Hosting"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://photobucket.com" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v106/opinioes/Australia%20-%20May%2006/354.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket - Video and Image Hosting"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;photos by Nic at Manly and Bondi Beaches, Australia - May 2006&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5599342-115070220732798450?l=viajeans.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://viajeans.blogspot.com/feeds/115070220732798450/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5599342&amp;postID=115070220732798450&amp;isPopup=true' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5599342/posts/default/115070220732798450'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5599342/posts/default/115070220732798450'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://viajeans.blogspot.com/2006/06/surfers-paradise-part-i.html' title='surfer&apos;s paradise - part I'/><author><name>Nic</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05340945122642193217</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='28' height='32' src='http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v289/manic1708/nic.jpg'/></author><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5599342.post-115070195487301138</id><published>2006-06-20T10:10:00.000+03:00</published><updated>2006-06-20T10:13:14.970+03:00</updated><title type='text'>9 razoes para dizer sim 'a Australia...</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://photobucket.com" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v106/opinioes/Australia%20-%20May%2006/327.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket - Video and Image Hosting"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://photobucket.com" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v106/opinioes/Australia%20-%20May%2006/253.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket - Video and Image Hosting"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://photobucket.com" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v106/opinioes/Australia%20-%20May%2006/387.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket - Video and Image Hosting"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://photobucket.com" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v106/opinioes/Australia%20-%20May%2006/385.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket - Video and Image Hosting"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://photobucket.com" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v106/opinioes/Australia%20-%20May%2006/439.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket - Video and Image Hosting"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://photobucket.com" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v106/opinioes/Australia%20-%20May%2006/410.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket - Video and Image Hosting"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://photobucket.com" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v106/opinioes/Australia%20-%20May%2006/403.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket - Video and Image Hosting"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://photobucket.com" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v106/opinioes/Australia%20-%20May%2006/395.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket - Video and Image Hosting"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://photobucket.com" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v106/opinioes/Australia%20-%20May%2006/298.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket - Video and Image Hosting"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;photos by Nic @ Manly, Bondi and other Beaches around Sydney, Australia - May 2006&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5599342-115070195487301138?l=viajeans.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://viajeans.blogspot.com/feeds/115070195487301138/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5599342&amp;postID=115070195487301138&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5599342/posts/default/115070195487301138'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5599342/posts/default/115070195487301138'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://viajeans.blogspot.com/2006/06/9-razoes-para-dizer-sim-australia.html' title='9 razoes para dizer sim &apos;a Australia...'/><author><name>Nic</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05340945122642193217</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='28' height='32' src='http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v289/manic1708/nic.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5599342.post-115069278734921870</id><published>2006-06-19T07:52:00.000+03:00</published><updated>2006-06-19T08:23:16.940+03:00</updated><title type='text'>Formosa reconhece qualidade da equipa Lusa</title><content type='html'>&lt;img src="http://www.taipeitimes.com/images/2006/06/18/20060617212057.jpeg" width="319"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Portugal's Deco.&lt;br /&gt;PHOTO: AFP, Taipei Times&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src="http://www.taipeitimes.com/images/2006/06/19/20060618190918.jpeg"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;Portugal's Cristiano Ronaldo celebrates after scoring against Iran as Mohammad Nosrati looks dejeced in the background during a Group D soccer match at the World Cup stadium in Frankfurt, Germany, on Saturday&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;PHOTO: AP, Taipei Times&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Reportagens na imprensa Formosina &lt;a href="http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/sport/archives/2006/06/18/2003314383"TARGET = "_blank"&gt;aqui&lt;/a&gt; e &lt;a href="http://www.chinapost.com.tw/backissue/detail.asp?ID=84303&amp;GRP=A"TARGET = "_blank"&gt;aqui&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5599342-115069278734921870?l=viajeans.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://viajeans.blogspot.com/feeds/115069278734921870/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5599342&amp;postID=115069278734921870&amp;isPopup=true' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5599342/posts/default/115069278734921870'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5599342/posts/default/115069278734921870'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://viajeans.blogspot.com/2006/06/formosa-reconhece-qualidade-da-equipa.html' title='Formosa reconhece qualidade da equipa Lusa'/><author><name>Nic</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05340945122642193217</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='28' height='32' src='http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v289/manic1708/nic.jpg'/></author><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5599342.post-115052121100620271</id><published>2006-06-17T08:00:00.000+03:00</published><updated>2006-06-18T17:13:12.723+03:00</updated><title type='text'>Observação da ocasião</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://photobucket.com" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v106/opinioes/DSC00005.jpg" width="400" border="0" alt="Photobucket - Video and Image Hosting"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Bus Stop - Singapore, May 2006&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Em muitos países da Asia (particularmente os que nao foram colonizados por Portugal), quando me perguntam qual é o meu país de origem e lhes digo que é Portugal, respondem-me que nunca ouviram falar. Frequentemente, a única forma de os situar é de lhes dizer que venho do país do Figo. Ultimamente, tenho reparado que "&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;país do Cristiano Ronaldo&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;" também funciona!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://photobucket.com" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v106/opinioes/DSC00044.jpg" width="400" border="0" alt="Photobucket - Video and Image Hosting"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Billboard - Hong Kong, April 2006&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;photos by Nic&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5599342-115052121100620271?l=viajeans.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://viajeans.blogspot.com/feeds/115052121100620271/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5599342&amp;postID=115052121100620271&amp;isPopup=true' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5599342/posts/default/115052121100620271'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5599342/posts/default/115052121100620271'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://viajeans.blogspot.com/2006/06/observao-da-ocasio.html' title='Observação da ocasião'/><author><name>Nic</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05340945122642193217</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='28' height='32' src='http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v289/manic1708/nic.jpg'/></author><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5599342.post-115033791165675611</id><published>2006-06-15T05:12:00.000+03:00</published><updated>2006-06-15T09:21:01.860+03:00</updated><title type='text'>Aussie Billboards</title><content type='html'>Os anuncios publicitarios colocados em grandes dimensoes na via publica, influenciam pensamentos e comportamentos. &lt;br /&gt;Transmitem tambem um pouco, a imagem da sociedade onde se encontram.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://photobucket.com" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v106/opinioes/Australia%20-%20May%2006/142.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket - Video and Image Hosting"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Colocados em pontos estrategicos,&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://photobucket.com" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v106/opinioes/Australia%20-%20May%2006/31.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket - Video and Image Hosting"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;provocam,&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://photobucket.com" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v106/opinioes/Australia%20-%20May%2006/145.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket - Video and Image Hosting"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;seduzem,&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://photobucket.com" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v106/opinioes/Australia%20-%20May%2006/216.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket - Video and Image Hosting"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;e atraem, quando nos vimos neles.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://photobucket.com" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v106/opinioes/Australia%20-%20May%2006/138.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket - Video and Image Hosting"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;'As vezes apontam-nos caminhos,&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://photobucket.com" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v106/opinioes/Australia%20-%20May%2006/11.jpg" width="400" border="0" alt="Photobucket - Video and Image Hosting"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;divulgam informacao,&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://photobucket.com" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v106/opinioes/Australia%20-%20May%2006/437.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket - Video and Image Hosting"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;e promovem vida.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;a href="http://photobucket.com" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v106/opinioes/Australia%20-%20May%2006/465.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket - Video and Image Hosting"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Mas em certos lugares tambem promovem o medo e a paranoia.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://photobucket.com" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v106/opinioes/Australia%20-%20May%2006/484.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket - Video and Image Hosting"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Independentemente da sua mensagem, nao se deixem intimidar, aproveitem sim, para sonhar!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;photos by Nic at Sydney, Bondi, Melbourne - May/June 2006&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5599342-115033791165675611?l=viajeans.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://viajeans.blogspot.com/feeds/115033791165675611/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5599342&amp;postID=115033791165675611&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5599342/posts/default/115033791165675611'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5599342/posts/default/115033791165675611'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://viajeans.blogspot.com/2006/06/aussie-billboards.html' title='Aussie Billboards'/><author><name>Nic</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05340945122642193217</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='28' height='32' src='http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v289/manic1708/nic.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5599342.post-115016392151555035</id><published>2006-06-13T04:45:00.000+03:00</published><updated>2006-06-13T04:58:41.606+03:00</updated><title type='text'>Pássaros do Sul</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://photobucket.com" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v106/opinioes/Australia%20-%20May%2006/178.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket - Video and Image Hosting"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://photobucket.com" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v106/opinioes/Australia%20-%20May%2006/342.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket - Video and Image Hosting"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://photobucket.com" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v106/opinioes/Australia%20-%20May%2006/149.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket - Video and Image Hosting"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://photobucket.com" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v106/opinioes/Australia%20-%20May%2006/42.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket - Video and Image Hosting"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://photobucket.com" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v106/opinioes/Australia%20-%20May%2006/39.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket - Video and Image Hosting"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://photobucket.com" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v106/opinioes/Australia%20-%20May%2006/125.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket - Video and Image Hosting"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://photobucket.com" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v106/opinioes/Australia%20-%20May%2006/61.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket - Video and Image Hosting"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://photobucket.com" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v106/opinioes/Australia%20-%20May%2006/46.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket - Video and Image Hosting"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://photobucket.com" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v106/opinioes/Australia%20-%20May%2006/440.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket - Video and Image Hosting"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://photobucket.com" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v106/opinioes/Australia%20-%20May%2006/36.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket - Video and Image Hosting"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://photobucket.com" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v106/opinioes/Australia%20-%20May%2006/60.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket - Video and Image Hosting"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://photobucket.com" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v106/opinioes/Australia%20-%20May%2006/45.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket - Video and Image Hosting"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://photobucket.com" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v106/opinioes/Australia%20-%20May%2006/441.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket - Video and Image Hosting"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://photobucket.com" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v106/opinioes/Australia%20-%20May%2006/120.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket - Video and Image Hosting"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;photo by Nic @ Sydney and Bondi Beach, Australia - May 2006&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5599342-115016392151555035?l=viajeans.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://viajeans.blogspot.com/feeds/115016392151555035/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5599342&amp;postID=115016392151555035&amp;isPopup=true' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5599342/posts/default/115016392151555035'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5599342/posts/default/115016392151555035'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://viajeans.blogspot.com/2006/06/pssaros-do-sul.html' title='Pássaros do Sul'/><author><name>Nic</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05340945122642193217</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='28' height='32' src='http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v289/manic1708/nic.jpg'/></author><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5599342.post-114973957450144889</id><published>2006-06-08T06:19:00.000+03:00</published><updated>2006-06-08T08:08:51.896+03:00</updated><title type='text'>Sydney, a cidade postal</title><content type='html'>Sydney e' uma cidade cuidadosamente desenhada para recriar lindos postais. O planeamento urbano quase perfeito, nao menospreza o design de cada edificio nem a sua localizacao. Posiciona cada um de acordo com a sua altura e a dos edificos adjacentes, de modo a integra-lo no conjunto, tal como livros ordenados por altura, em estantes bem arrumadinhas. As arvore, as plantas, a relva e ate' as aves "decorativas", sao minuciosamente colocadas nos sitios certos, de modo a que os postais resultem sempre bem enfeitados, tal como as mesas centrais dos halls de entrada dos grandes hoteis.&lt;br /&gt;Este ordenamento emite sem duvida, uma certa beleza, mas para mim, demasiadamente artificial ou demasiadamente ordenada e contemporânea (ca' esta' a ausencia da alma a que me referia). E' como a beleza transmitida por modas ocasionais que ao fim de algum tempo transformam o êxtase inicial em enjoo e tédio. Isto porque, a capa linda e vistosa esconde um certo vazio.&lt;br /&gt;Cidades como Lisboa, Porto, Argel, Marraqueche, Cairo, Praga, Budapeste, Atenas, Paris, Kyoto, Kathmandu e 1000 etcs... podem 'as primeiras vistas, nao exibirem capas tao vistosas e atraentes, mas quando se entra nelas, descobrimos quão densas elas sao e quanta beleza, o caos lhes atribui. &lt;br /&gt;So para melhor ilustrar o que quiz transmitir, facamos uma comparacao em termos culinários: Sydney e' uma refeicao &lt;em&gt;fast food&lt;/em&gt; com bonita apresentacao, enquanto que as outras cidades referidas, talvez sejam mais como uma caldeirada, sem apresentacao vistosa mas com ingredientes de elevado valor nutritivo.&lt;br /&gt;Pessoalmente prefiro uma boa caldeirada, mas uma refeicao &lt;em&gt;fast food&lt;/em&gt; de vez em quando, a titulo excepcional, tambem nao faz mal e ate' sabe bem quando nao se consome frequentemente nem demasiadamente.&lt;br /&gt;Ha' gostos para tudo, e ainda bem!&lt;br /&gt;Apresento-vos, &lt;em&gt;Beautiful&lt;/em&gt; Sydney:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://photobucket.com" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v106/opinioes/Australia%20-%20May%2006/53.jpg" width="400" border="0" alt="Photobucket - Video and Image Hosting"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://photobucket.com" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v106/opinioes/Australia%20-%20May%2006/29.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket - Video and Image Hosting"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://photobucket.com" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v106/opinioes/Australia%20-%20May%2006/51.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket - Video and Image Hosting"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://photobucket.com" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v106/opinioes/Australia%20-%20May%2006/124.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket - Video and Image Hosting"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://photobucket.com" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v106/opinioes/Australia%20-%20May%2006/63.jpg" width="400" border="0" alt="Photobucket - Video and Image Hosting"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://photobucket.com" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v106/opinioes/Australia%20-%20May%2006/229.jpg" width="400" border="0" alt="Photobucket - Video and Image Hosting"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://photobucket.com" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v106/opinioes/Australia%20-%20May%2006/233.jpg" width="400" border="0" alt="Photobucket - Video and Image Hosting"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://photobucket.com" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v106/opinioes/Australia%20-%20May%2006/176.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket - Video and Image Hosting"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://photobucket.com" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v106/opinioes/Australia%20-%20May%2006/312.jpg" width="400" border="0" alt="Photobucket - Video and Image Hosting"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;photos by Nic at Sydney, Australia - May 2006&lt;strong&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5599342-114973957450144889?l=viajeans.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://viajeans.blogspot.com/feeds/114973957450144889/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5599342&amp;postID=114973957450144889&amp;isPopup=true' title='10 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5599342/posts/default/114973957450144889'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5599342/posts/default/114973957450144889'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://viajeans.blogspot.com/2006/06/sydney-cidade-postal.html' title='Sydney, a cidade postal'/><author><name>Nic</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05340945122642193217</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='28' height='32' src='http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v289/manic1708/nic.jpg'/></author><thr:total>10</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5599342.post-114965932941148443</id><published>2006-06-07T08:44:00.000+03:00</published><updated>2006-06-07T08:48:49.423+03:00</updated><title type='text'>Gente de Pedra sob Telhados de Vidro</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://photobucket.com" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v106/opinioes/Australia%20-%20May%2006/28.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket - Video and Image Hosting"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://photobucket.com" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v106/opinioes/Australia%20-%20May%2006/213.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket - Video and Image Hosting"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://photobucket.com" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v106/opinioes/Australia%20-%20May%2006/25.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket - Video and Image Hosting"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://photobucket.com" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v106/opinioes/Australia%20-%20May%2006/214.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket - Video and Image Hosting"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://photobucket.com" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v106/opinioes/Australia%20-%20May%2006/211.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket - Video and Image Hosting"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://photobucket.com" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v106/opinioes/Australia%20-%20May%2006/204.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket - Video and Image Hosting"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://photobucket.com" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v106/opinioes/Australia%20-%20May%2006/201.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket - Video and Image Hosting"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://photobucket.com" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v106/opinioes/Australia%20-%20May%2006/192.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket - Video and Image Hosting"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://photobucket.com" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v106/opinioes/Australia%20-%20May%2006/24.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket - Video and Image Hosting"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://photobucket.com" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v106/opinioes/Australia%20-%20May%2006/30.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket - Video and Image Hosting"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;photos by Nic - Sydney, Australia - May 2006&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5599342-114965932941148443?l=viajeans.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://viajeans.blogspot.com/feeds/114965932941148443/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5599342&amp;postID=114965932941148443&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5599342/posts/default/114965932941148443'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5599342/posts/default/114965932941148443'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://viajeans.blogspot.com/2006/06/gente-de-pedra-sob-telhados-de-vidro.html' title='Gente de Pedra sob Telhados de Vidro'/><author><name>Nic</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05340945122642193217</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='28' height='32' src='http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v289/manic1708/nic.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5599342.post-114958086363449627</id><published>2006-06-06T08:15:00.000+03:00</published><updated>2006-06-06T11:28:06.110+03:00</updated><title type='text'>A Alma dum País</title><content type='html'>O conceito de “alma dum país”, do modo em que o apresento aqui, e’ um conceito pessoal, tratando-se apenas de uma forma metaforica de descrever o que sinto (ou nao), num primeiro contacto com um país ou com uma cultura ate’ ai’ desconhecidos.&lt;br /&gt;Talvez seja um exagero da minha parte afirmar que um determinado país nao tenha alma, pois se e’ habitado por seres humanos e por definicao, esses de certeza possuem-a. &lt;br /&gt;Quando afirmei que a Australia e’ um pais sem alma, obviamente nao me referia ‘a alma individual de cada cidadao, mas ao que sentia em contacto com o “todo”.&lt;br /&gt;Descrevo-o este "todo", de forma empírica, como uma especie de energia libertada e pressentida em contacto directo com um espaco e as pessoas que ocupam esse espaco bem como os seus comportamentos, habitos, costumes, rituais, etc... E' o que se sente quando em contacto com uma cultura que teve uma evolucao natural de muitos seculos e milenios, comum a concidadaos que ocupam um determinado territorio. &lt;br /&gt;O impacto deste “todo” na minha pessoa, ou seja o processo de interaccao entre a minha pessoa e esse país, permite-me detectar, sentir e de certa forma "medir" a alma desse país. Considero que quanto maior for esse impacto, mais rica e densa e’ a alma desse país. &lt;br /&gt;Um país com muitos seculos de historia, como uma cultura fortemente enraizada, definida e estampada por dentro e por fora, na architectura, no dna das pessoas, na forma de se comportarem, de comunicarem, de viverem, de se correlacionarem, de celebrarem a vida, etc, tem ‘a partida uma alma, a qual nao podera’ passar despercebida a qualquer forasteiro de passagem.&lt;br /&gt;Por outro lado, e para regressar ao exemplo concreto da Australia, trata-se dum país onde o desenvolvimento natural do seu povo nativo, os chamados &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Australian_Aborigine"TARGET = "_blank"&gt;aborigines&lt;/a&gt;, cuja presenca no territorio data de um periodo de ha’ cerca de 30 a 40 mil anos, foi abruptamente interrompido, e mesmo erradicado com a chegada dos colonos em Janeiro de 1788, dai' resultando o desaparecimento da alma nativa.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://photobucket.com" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v106/opinioes/Australia%20-%20May%2006/4.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket - Video and Image Hosting"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Os ingleses imposeram a sua forca e modos de vida e a pouco e pouco foram destruindo um povo e cultura de milhares de seculos. Desta forma, foram destruindo a alma natural desse territorio. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://photobucket.com" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v106/opinioes/Australia%20-%20May%2006/15.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket - Video and Image Hosting"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Recriaram artificialmente, a alma que traziam e por caracteristicas intrinsecas ‘a sua cultura, marcaram a paisagem com formas (apenas visiveis das fundacoes da cultura que carregavam nas bagagens. Como processo artificial que foi, e de tao curto tempo que teve ate’ ao presente, o que se ve hoje da cultura anglo-saxónica, nao e’ o que se sente. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://photobucket.com" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v106/opinioes/Australia%20-%20May%2006/5.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket - Video and Image Hosting"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Tal como os colonos recem-chegados apagaram a alma que encontraram, a distancia e o tempo tambem apagam as origens da alma que querem recriar no novo territorio, e o que se vai reproduzindo vai tomando caracteristicas proprias do novo mundo. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://photobucket.com" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v106/opinioes/Australia%20-%20May%2006/19.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket - Video and Image Hosting"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Restam contudo os tracos visiveis e imitados da origem, contudo nao sao sentidos e por isso nao alimentam a actual alma local.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://photobucket.com" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v106/opinioes/Australia%20-%20May%2006/14.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket - Video and Image Hosting"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;As cidades transmitem a necessidade de relembrar as raizes da cultura que ocupou este territorio. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://photobucket.com" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v106/opinioes/Australia%20-%20May%2006/16.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket - Video and Image Hosting"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Assim enfeita-se a cidade com as fundacoes da civilizacao occidental, criam-se altares aos fundadores da colonia e discretamente decoram-se com pequenas alusoes a quem la ja estava e nada tem a haver com o que la esta’.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://photobucket.com" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v106/opinioes/Australia%20-%20May%2006/18.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket - Video and Image Hosting"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Conscientes de um mundo contemporaneo mais politicamente correcto, promovem de forma commercial mas em pequena e humilde escala, aquilo que encontraram e destruiram, a cultura aborinea.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://photobucket.com" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v106/opinioes/Australia%20-%20May%2006/20.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket - Video and Image Hosting"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;A Australia, um pais superficialmente lindo, de paisagens encantadoras, de gentes simpaticas e com uma optima qualidade de vida, para mim e’ um pais muito novo para revelar a sua nova alma que decerto se formara’ ao longo dos proximos seculos e milenios, caso este novo processo de formacao e crescimento nao seja outra vez artificialmente interrompido. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://photobucket.com" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v106/opinioes/Australia%20-%20May%2006/23.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket - Video and Image Hosting"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Ate’ la’, no meio do conforto material e calor natural, sente-se um certo vazio e uma certa monotonia. Sente-se no tempo que separa, as sessoes de praia, os copos, as visitas a museus, os espetaculos, o vazio entre a alma que ja nao existe e aquela que ainda nao se formou,&lt;br /&gt;Um vazio que so e’ temporariamente preenchida com paisagens deslumbrantes e contactos muito comtemporaneos! &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Este texto e’ apenas uma refexao, do forma como senti a Australia. Nao tem qualquer base cientifica ou academica.&lt;br /&gt;Se calhar, a boa disposicao e simplicidade com que os Australianos curtem a vida, a boa cerveja e bons vinhos sao suficientes para preencher a alma de muitas pessoas. A minha e’ que talvez seja um pouco exigente ou talvez esteja mal habituada por ser originaria do velho continente e de estar exposta a outras com milhares de anos de existencia.&lt;br /&gt;De qualquer dos modos como iremos ver nos posts que se seguem, a Australia recomenda-se altamente para umas ferias, em particular se estiver a passar pela zona!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;photos by Nic at Sydney, Australia - May 2006&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5599342-114958086363449627?l=viajeans.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://viajeans.blogspot.com/feeds/114958086363449627/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5599342&amp;postID=114958086363449627&amp;isPopup=true' title='6 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5599342/posts/default/114958086363449627'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5599342/posts/default/114958086363449627'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://viajeans.blogspot.com/2006/06/alma-dum-pas.html' title='A Alma dum País'/><author><name>Nic</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05340945122642193217</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='28' height='32' src='http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v289/manic1708/nic.jpg'/></author><thr:total>6</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5599342.post-114949480536713182</id><published>2006-06-05T10:46:00.000+03:00</published><updated>2006-06-05T11:48:07.376+03:00</updated><title type='text'>No, worries mate!</title><content type='html'>Na impossibilidade de tomar uma decisao, face a uma tentadora oferta de trabalho em Melbourne, decidi deslocar-me ao local para encontrar a resposta que procurava. &lt;br /&gt;Ainda bem que o fiz, porque as razoes que me levaram a tomar a decisao, nao as poderia conhecer, sem me la ter deslocado.&lt;br /&gt;Tudo o que se le e se ve sobre a Australia, e’ positivo e tudo nos leva a querer de que se trata de um pais magnifico oferecendo niveis elevados de qualidade de vida. Assim o e', de facto a Australia e’ esse país com paisagens naturais deslumbrantes e com cidades concebidas para postais.&lt;br /&gt;Confesso que estava bastante indeciso e houve momentos, particularmente quando estava ‘a beira mar, que a minha decisao pendia para o lado do Sim. Depois de algum tempo e sem surpresas, pude ver o que me fazia hesitar: a Australia e’ para mim, um país superficialmente lindo mas sem alma.&lt;br /&gt;E assim bastou juntar uma virgula 'a famosa expressao australiana, para lhes dar a resposta que procurava:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;No, worries mate!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;As fotos seguem-se dentro de momentos.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5599342-114949480536713182?l=viajeans.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://viajeans.blogspot.com/feeds/114949480536713182/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5599342&amp;postID=114949480536713182&amp;isPopup=true' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5599342/posts/default/114949480536713182'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5599342/posts/default/114949480536713182'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://viajeans.blogspot.com/2006/06/no-worries-mate.html' title='No, worries mate!'/><author><name>Nic</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05340945122642193217</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='28' height='32' src='http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v289/manic1708/nic.jpg'/></author><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5599342.post-114845910713705104</id><published>2006-05-26T07:15:00.000+03:00</published><updated>2006-05-26T07:03:30.630+03:00</updated><title type='text'>A caminho do sul, ao encontro do inverno</title><content type='html'>Desculpem-me de voltar assim as costas...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://photobucket.com" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v106/opinioes/Sri%20Lanka%20-%20Jan%2006/srilankasurfer.jpg" width="400" border="0" alt="Photobucket - Video and Image Hosting"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;photo by Nic at Hikkaduwa Beach, Sri Lanka - Jan.2006&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://photobucket.com" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v106/opinioes/australiaroute.jpg" width="400" border="0" alt="Photobucket - Video and Image Hosting"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;... vou ali abaixo procurar uma resposta e volto aqui dia 5 de Junho de 2006.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Ate' ja'!&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5599342-114845910713705104?l=viajeans.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://viajeans.blogspot.com/feeds/114845910713705104/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5599342&amp;postID=114845910713705104&amp;isPopup=true' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5599342/posts/default/114845910713705104'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5599342/posts/default/114845910713705104'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://viajeans.blogspot.com/2006/05/caminho-do-sul-ao-encontro-do-inverno.html' title='A caminho do sul, ao encontro do inverno'/><author><name>Nic</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05340945122642193217</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='28' height='32' src='http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v289/manic1708/nic.jpg'/></author><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5599342.post-114845843081692682</id><published>2006-05-25T10:42:00.000+03:00</published><updated>2006-05-25T10:52:39.470+03:00</updated><title type='text'>Criancas de Kathmandu</title><content type='html'>Dedico este ultimo post da serie do Nepal, ‘as criancas de Kathmandu, particularmente ‘aquelas que para sobreviverem, teem de amadurecer precocemente.&lt;br /&gt;Aqui a pobreza ultapassa o aspecto material. A cidade nem sempre oferece o humanismo e proteccao comunitaria, mais facilmente pressentidos nas aldeias e tao essencial a um saudavel crescimento emocional da crianca. &lt;br /&gt;Aqui os pequenos herois sao grandes, cedo demais!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://photobucket.com" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v106/opinioes/Nepal%20-%20April%202000/child8.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket - Video and Image Hosting"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://photobucket.com" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v106/opinioes/Nepal%20-%20April%202000/child7.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket - Video and Image Hosting"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://photobucket.com" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v106/opinioes/Nepal%20-%20April%202000/child21.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket - Video and Image Hosting"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://photobucket.com" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v106/opinioes/Nepal%20-%20April%202000/child10.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket - Video and Image Hosting"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://photobucket.com" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v106/opinioes/Nepal%20-%20April%202000/child15.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket - Video and Image Hosting"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://photobucket.com" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v106/opinioes/Nepal%20-%20April%202000/child12.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket - Video and Image Hosting"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://photobucket.com" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v106/opinioes/Nepal%20-%20April%202000/child.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket - Video and Image Hosting"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;photos by Nic at Kathmandu, Nepal - April 2000&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;PS&lt;br /&gt;Termina aqui esta serie de posts sobre o Nepal.&lt;br /&gt;Tudo comecou com a sugestao do Swatch para fazer um post sobre o Nepal.&lt;br /&gt;Lembrei-me entao da viagem que la' tinha feito, ha' seis anos atraz e fui aos bau das memorias e das fotografias, recolher vivencias e traze-las de volta para o presente.&lt;br /&gt;A fraca qualidade das imagens resulta da digitalizacao directamente a partir dos negativos (de fotografias nunca antes imprimidas).&lt;br /&gt;As memorias, no entanto, nao desbotaram. As suas cores permaneceram vivissimas, talvez porque se guardam e se transportam facilmente, ou talvez porque vieram a fazer parte daquilo que nos somos. &lt;br /&gt;'A falta de as podermos viver com quem as queremos compartilhar, fazemos os relatos, escrevemos as palavras e mostramos as fotografias, esperando que pelo menos, as boas energias na altura recebidas, possam de algum modo serem transmitidas e finalmente compartilhadas.&lt;br /&gt;Boas Viajeans!&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5599342-114845843081692682?l=viajeans.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://viajeans.blogspot.com/feeds/114845843081692682/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5599342&amp;postID=114845843081692682&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5599342/posts/default/114845843081692682'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5599342/posts/default/114845843081692682'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://viajeans.blogspot.com/2006/05/criancas-de-kathmandu.html' title='Criancas de Kathmandu'/><author><name>Nic</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05340945122642193217</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='28' height='32' src='http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v289/manic1708/nic.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5599342.post-114845495968156170</id><published>2006-05-24T09:27:00.000+03:00</published><updated>2006-05-24T10:17:35.123+03:00</updated><title type='text'>O futuro do Nepal - nas montanhas.</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://viajeans.blogspot.com/2006/04/seguir.html"TARGET = "_blank"&gt;Intenario&lt;/a&gt; cumprido, aproxima-se o fim desta viagem pelo Nepal que por mero acaso, coincidiu com o período importante na historia deste país. Período esse que foi marcado por lutas e conquistas dum povo que enfrentou as agressoes dum rei autocratico, acabando por vencer e recuperar a democracia perdida.&lt;br /&gt;Mas nao deixemos o Nepal sem prestar uma homenagem, 'aqueles que o futuro lhes exigera' aquilo que o presente nem sempre lhes deu.&lt;br /&gt;Hoje apresento-vos, os pequenos habitantes duma pequena aldeia dos Himalaias, situada nas proximidades do Mosteiro de Namobuddha. O isolamento e a relativa pobreza, desperta a imaginacao nas criancas, recorrendo a brincadeiras tradicionais e o que o meio ambiente natural lhes oferece. &lt;br /&gt;Eis os pequenos herois:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://photobucket.com" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v106/opinioes/Nepal%20-%20April%202000/childplaying.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket - Video and Image Hosting"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Empenhados no desafio...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://photobucket.com" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v106/opinioes/Nepal%20-%20April%202000/childrenoutdoors.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket - Video and Image Hosting"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Pausam no trabalho domestico...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://photobucket.com" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v106/opinioes/Nepal%20-%20April%202000/childplaying2.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket - Video and Image Hosting"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Alertados pela novidade...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://photobucket.com" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v106/opinioes/Nepal%20-%20April%202000/childplaying3.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket - Video and Image Hosting"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Grande auto-confiança no seu pequeno mundo&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://photobucket.com" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v106/opinioes/Nepal%20-%20April%202000/child22.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket - Video and Image Hosting"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Genuinamente alegres&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://photobucket.com" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v106/opinioes/Nepal%20-%20April%202000/childmodel.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket - Video and Image Hosting"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;A dureza da vida acentua-lhes o caracter!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Sao eles o futuro do Nepal, aqui nas montanhas! &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Amanha, concluimos esta viagem, com o regresso a Kathmandu e despedimo-nos com alguns dos pequenos herois la' da cidade.&lt;br /&gt;photos by Nic at a village nearby Namobuddha, Nepal - April 2000&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5599342-114845495968156170?l=viajeans.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://viajeans.blogspot.com/feeds/114845495968156170/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5599342&amp;postID=114845495968156170&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5599342/posts/default/114845495968156170'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5599342/posts/default/114845495968156170'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://viajeans.blogspot.com/2006/05/o-futuro-do-nepal-nas-montanhas.html' title='O futuro do Nepal - nas montanhas.'/><author><name>Nic</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05340945122642193217</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='28' height='32' src='http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v289/manic1708/nic.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5599342.post-114828281833245644</id><published>2006-05-23T10:11:00.000+03:00</published><updated>2006-05-23T10:23:44.370+03:00</updated><title type='text'>Two friends for four days</title><content type='html'>A todos e tantos que passam por instantes nas nossas vidas, que nos marcam como se tivessem sido amigos de longa data e dos quais nos despedimos, sabendo que o reencontro talvez nunca aconteca...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://photobucket.com" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v106/opinioes/Nepal%20-%20April%202000/monk7.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket - Video and Image Hosting"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://photobucket.com" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v106/opinioes/Nepal%20-%20April%202000/monks3.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket - Video and Image Hosting"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://photobucket.com" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v106/opinioes/Nepal%20-%20April%202000/monk6.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket - Video and Image Hosting"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://photobucket.com" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v106/opinioes/Nepal%20-%20April%202000/monk12.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket - Video and Image Hosting"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Ate' 'a proxima...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;photos by Nic at Namobuddha Buddhist monastery, Nepal - april 2000&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5599342-114828281833245644?l=viajeans.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://viajeans.blogspot.com/feeds/114828281833245644/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5599342&amp;postID=114828281833245644&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5599342/posts/default/114828281833245644'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5599342/posts/default/114828281833245644'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://viajeans.blogspot.com/2006/05/two-friends-for-four-days.html' title='Two friends for four days'/><author><name>Nic</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05340945122642193217</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='28' height='32' src='http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v289/manic1708/nic.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5599342.post-114810685035283382</id><published>2006-05-20T09:16:00.000+03:00</published><updated>2006-05-20T10:20:52.313+03:00</updated><title type='text'>palavras que guardam emocoes...</title><content type='html'>Hoje chegou o Dia tao desejado para quem o espera. &lt;br /&gt;E' o Dia que marca o inicio de novos sonhos e novas vidas. &lt;br /&gt;E' no entanto tambem um Dia que, 'a medida que esses sonhos se vao presseguindo e vivendo, deixara' de ter a importancia grandiosa que tem hoje. Como tantos outros, ira' dissolver-se na memoria. Mas, o que se sente neste Dia, e' algo maravilhoso e isso devera' ser para sempre, avivado em nos. Felizmente ha' formas de recriar emocoes, independentemente do tempo que entretanto passou, de as acordar em nos: um perfume, uma musica, uma imagem e umas palavras que fizeram sentido e nos tocaram em determinadas momentos. E e' talvez por isso que, a tradicao em Portugal, nos aconselha a eternizar este Dia, com palavras - palavras que guardam emocoes!&lt;br /&gt;Hoje chegou esse dia para a minha &lt;a href="http://viajeans.blogspot.com/2006/03/parabens-manita.html"TARGET = "_blank"&gt;Manita&lt;/a&gt;!&lt;br /&gt;Hoje e' o dia de recolheres as palavras das amizades do presente, para que um dia ao as releres, sintas o que hoje estas a sentir. Assim, Manita, hoje deves estar feliz por conseguires chegar onde chegaste e sempre que leres estas palavras, iras decerto sentir as emocoes que sentes hoje:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://photobucket.com" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v106/opinioes/fita.jpg" width="220" border="0" alt="Photobucket - Video and Image Hosting"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://photobucket.com" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v106/opinioes/fitamarcia2.jpg" width="220" border="0" alt="Photobucket - Video and Image Hosting"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Eu estou ai' contigo  e tu aqui a celebrar comigo!&lt;br /&gt;Muitos Parabens e muitos Beijinhos&lt;br /&gt;Acima de tudo que sejas muito feliz!&lt;br /&gt;manu&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5599342-114810685035283382?l=viajeans.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://viajeans.blogspot.com/feeds/114810685035283382/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5599342&amp;postID=114810685035283382&amp;isPopup=true' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5599342/posts/default/114810685035283382'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5599342/posts/default/114810685035283382'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://viajeans.blogspot.com/2006/05/palavras-que-guardam-emocoes.html' title='palavras que guardam emocoes...'/><author><name>Nic</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05340945122642193217</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='28' height='32' src='http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v289/manic1708/nic.jpg'/></author><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5599342.post-114801560929065448</id><published>2006-05-19T07:41:00.000+03:00</published><updated>2006-05-19T11:14:03.583+03:00</updated><title type='text'>Pequeno Almoço nos Himalaias</title><content type='html'>Pernoitar num mosteiro budista, significa ir dormir quando o sol se esconde. 'As primeiras impressoes, podera' nos parecer um absurdo, mas depois duma viagem fatigante e tendo em conta a calmaria que nos rodeia, depressa se conclui que e' uma optima ideia. Os dormitorios sao obviamente tao humildes como basicos, fazendo lembrar o que deveriam ter sido as estalagem da antiguidade. O vento a sacudir as bandeiras de buda e a fatiga que nos sacudiu, embala-nos num sono profundo e sonhado com realidades e fantasias que se confundem.&lt;br /&gt;Antes do nascer do sol, por volta das 4 da manha, comecam as oraçoes. Cantares hipnotisantes espalham-se em eco, ocupando o vazio do silencio. Com eles, despertamos dos sonhos e por momentos nao distinguimos a realidade da fantasia.&lt;br /&gt;Quando la' embaixo, o sol começa a espreitar, o ar gélido aquece, tornando menos penoso os banhos nas aguas glaciares.&lt;br /&gt;A pouco e pouco a vida renasce no mosteiro. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://photobucket.com" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v106/opinioes/Nepal%20-%20April%202000/monks4.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket - Video and Image Hosting"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;As actividades para a preparacao da primeira refeicao ocupa os residentes que repartem as tarefas de forma organizada.&lt;br /&gt;Finalmente, por volta das 6:00 da manha, o ar fresco da montanha e' invadido por ondas de caril. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://photobucket.com" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v106/opinioes/Nepal%20-%20April%202000/monks.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket - Video and Image Hosting"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;E todos se sentam 'a mesa para participarem na parte mais amarga desta experiencia.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://photobucket.com" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v106/opinioes/Nepal%20-%20April%202000/monks2.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket - Video and Image Hosting"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;O pequeno almoco consiste num caril picantissimo de legumes, acompanhado com uma especie de miolo de pao sem sal e regado com cha'. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://photobucket.com" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v106/opinioes/Nepal%20-%20April%202000/monks5.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket - Video and Image Hosting"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;O que torna o pequeno almoco, numa aventura amarga, para quem nao esta' habituado a sabores que vao para alem do exotico, e' precisamente o cha'. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://photobucket.com" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v106/opinioes/Nepal%20-%20April%202000/monk9.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket - Video and Image Hosting"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Para quem estiver 'a espera dum cha' aromatico, com mel, limao  ou leite, esqueça, pois ira' saborear uma grande decepcçao. &lt;br /&gt;Tal como no Tibete, o cha' aqui e' diluido com mateiga de Yak (especie de bizonte ou bufalo), dando-lhe um aroma e sabor extremamente fortes e temperado com sal. Quando todos os olhares caiem sobre nos e quando nao queremos decepcionar, engolimos e sorrimos e dizemos obrigado por nos terem recebido. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://photobucket.com" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v106/opinioes/Nepal%20-%20April%202000/monk4.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket - Video and Image Hosting"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Com um certo habito, nao havendo alternativa e depois de algum tempo (muito), todos certamente acabarao por se tornar amantes deste amargo e salgado cha' com aroma a yak. Afinal e' a bebida que mais se bebe por aqui. (Esqueci-me de dizer que tambem e' a unica disponivel?)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://photobucket.com" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v106/opinioes/Nepal%20-%20April%202000/monk10.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket - Video and Image Hosting"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Cha', horarios e dieta rígida, 'a parte, prenoitar num mosteiro budista e' uma experiencia enriquecedora e certamente inesquecivel!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Uma viagem tao longe, para chegarmos mais proximos de nos!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;photos by Nic at Namobuddha Buddhist monastery, Nepal - april 2000&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5599342-114801560929065448?l=viajeans.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://viajeans.blogspot.com/feeds/114801560929065448/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5599342&amp;postID=114801560929065448&amp;isPopup=true' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5599342/posts/default/114801560929065448'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5599342/posts/default/114801560929065448'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://viajeans.blogspot.com/2006/05/pequeno-almoo-nos-himalaias.html' title='Pequeno Almoço nos Himalaias'/><author><name>Nic</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05340945122642193217</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='28' height='32' src='http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v289/manic1708/nic.jpg'/></author><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5599342.post-114776332143736904</id><published>2006-05-16T08:14:00.000+03:00</published><updated>2006-05-16T11:50:28.956+03:00</updated><title type='text'>A caminho do mais alem</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://photobucket.com" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v106/opinioes/Nepal%20-%20April%202000/guide.jpg" align="left" width="200"border="0" alt="Photobucket - Video and Image Hosting"&gt;&lt;/a&gt; Foi no &lt;a href="http://viajeans.blogspot.com/2006/04/depois-da-viagem-ao-mundo-da-droga.html"TARGET = "_blank"&gt;Hippie Temple&lt;/a&gt; que a viagem comecou. Ja' estava ha' uns dias em Kathmandu sem ter decidido quando e como haveria de seguir na proxima direccao. Entretanto, tudo 'a volta me indicava que seria algures para cima. Estava entao sentado na parte superior do templo, a contemplar a vida, a praca e as gentes, quando fui interrompido, por aquele que viria a ser o meu guia, e me perguntou: &lt;em&gt;Would you like to go further?...&lt;/em&gt; (Queres ir &lt;em&gt;&lt;strong&gt;mais alem&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/em&gt;?). A uma pergunta destas - pensei de imediato - nao se pode responder negativamente. Depois duma interessante conversa, sugeriu-me um intenerario que me pareceu interessante: subir uma pequenissima parte dos Himalayas, visitar o sitio onde Buda alimentou uma tigre com a carne do seu proprio corpo e ficar por la' uns dias, alojados num mosteiro Budista.&lt;a href="http://photobucket.com" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v106/opinioes/Nepal%20-%20April%202000/namobuddha.jpg" align="right" border="0" alt="Photobucket - Video and Image Hosting"&gt;&lt;/a&gt; Nao resisti a esta proposta e no dia seguinte partimos com o nascer do sol. Saimos da cidade num autocarro que nos deixou numa povoacao que se estendia no sope das montanhas, Dhulikhel. Dai' tomamos outro transporte que iria subir parte do nosso caminho. Um veiculo que ha' varias decadas tinha sido um autocarro e hoje fazia o pale de todo o terreno com toda a carga, pessoas, animais e mercadorias. A nos, coube-nos uma pequenissima area do tejadilho, que compartilhavamos com outras pessoas, cabras e vegetais. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://photobucket.com" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v106/opinioes/Nepal%20-%20April%202000/landscape4.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket - Video and Image Hosting"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Tinha iniciado, sem o saber na altura, a viagem mais perigosa a que alguma vez me submeti. O veiculo roncava montanha acima por caminhos encravados nas encostas, oscilando vertiginosamente, ora contra a montanha, ora perigosamente contra o precipício. Passadas umas horas, chegamos a um cruzamento com um carreiro que cortava a montanha quase a ingrime, onde o veiculo parou e nos finalmente descemos. Para grande alivio meu, teriamos a partir desse ponto, continuar a subir a montanha a pe'. Preferia escalar encostas escarpadas do que continuar naquele balanco constante entre o bater na montanha e o ser projectado em direccao ao vale. Ate' ali tinha sido uma viagem tao assustadora pelo perigo constante, como cansativa pelo esforco enorme para me conseguir segurar no tejadilho do veiculo. &lt;br /&gt;A partir dai', a subida lenta permitiu apreciar a paisagem e so' nessa altura conclui' pela primeira vez que o esforco e o risco tinham valido a pena.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://photobucket.com" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v106/opinioes/Nepal%20-%20April%202000/landscape3.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket - Video and Image Hosting"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;O sol ja quase se escondia, quando chegamos a um pequenissimo aglomerado de casas, talvez duas ou tres &lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://photobucket.com" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v106/opinioes/Nepal%20-%20April%202000/landscape6.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket - Video and Image Hosting"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;e mais umas dezenas de metros em direccao ao ceu, chegamos finalmente ao nosso destino, o Mosteiro Budista que nos iria acolher.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://photobucket.com" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v106/opinioes/Nepal%20-%20April%202000/budha-tiger.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket - Video and Image Hosting"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;A chegada ao cimo foi croada com uma enorme sensacao de satisfacao e um grande deslumbramento pela paisagem e por todo o ambiente que nos rodeava.&lt;br /&gt;Estavamos no tal sitio onde Buda tinha mais uma vez dado provas da sua enorme compaixao, que viria a inspirar muitos durante os seculos que se passaram e certamente haverao de vir.&lt;br /&gt;Um dia, durante uma das suas caminhadas de meditacao, Buda encontrou uma tigre e as suas crias, a morrer de fome. Buda, para salvar a tigre e as suas crias, nao hesitou em cortar pedacos do seu proprio corpo e alimentar os animais, salvando-os duma morte prematura. Assim reza a historia, e por isso este lugar passou a ser procurado por peregrinos que veem prestar homenagem a Buda, agradecendo-lhe a compaixao que praticou e legou 'a religiao Budista.&lt;br /&gt;Enquanto que ouvia a historia, com todo o repeito que tenho por esta religiao, nao conseguia tirar os olhos de algo mais terreno - a magnifica paisagem que se encontrava aos meus pes!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://photobucket.com" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v106/opinioes/Nepal%20-%20April%202000/budhaapiscaroolho.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket - Video and Image Hosting"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Distraidamente precorro o horizonte e a dado momento deparo-me com Buda que me piscou os olhos, como que a concordar com os meus pensamentos: adorar a paisagem, e' tambem uma forma agradecer aos deuses a nossa existencia.&lt;br /&gt;Tinha finalmente chegado ao &lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;mais alem&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;!&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5599342-114776332143736904?l=viajeans.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://viajeans.blogspot.com/feeds/114776332143736904/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5599342&amp;postID=114776332143736904&amp;isPopup=true' title='4 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5599342/posts/default/114776332143736904'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5599342/posts/default/114776332143736904'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://viajeans.blogspot.com/2006/05/caminho-do-mais-alem.html' title='A caminho do &lt;em&gt;&lt;strong&gt;mais alem&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/em&gt;'/><author><name>Nic</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05340945122642193217</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='28' height='32' src='http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v289/manic1708/nic.jpg'/></author><thr:total>4</thr:total></entry></feed>
