HATS OFF TO BECAL
Text and Photos by Pamela McCourt Francescone Ramona Cazares Cauich is already at work when the bells announcing the early-morning mass ring out from the Church of the Nativity, a magnificent 18th-century building with two [...]
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THE REBIRTH OF AN ISLAND
Testo e Foto di Pamela McCourt Francescone The little island of Naalaafushi in the Maldives has been totally rebuilt by Banyan Tree Resorts and the UNDP after the tsunami that destroyed so many tropical paradises [...]
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The majestic Amazon
Text and photos by Pamela McCourt Francescone Before the Conquistadores arrived in the Amazon area six million Amerindians lived there; today they are a mere 250,000However when it comes to length the Amazon has to [...]
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THE THAI FESTIVAL AT ROMES AUDITORIUM
PAMELA MCCOURT FRANCESCONE From 28th May to 2nd June Rome?s Auditorium Parco della Musica will host the Thai Festival devoted to Thai culture, art, music, dance, cinema, gastronomy, the ancient art of massage and Thai [...]
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ALFRED NOBELS SANREMO
MAURO DE RITA Once again this year spring will come to Sanremo which, with its annual parade of flower-covered floats, will once again launch its spectacular image as the ?City of the Flowers. A spectacular [...]
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BARCELONA, THE CAPITAL OF CATALONIAIS ONE OF SPAINS MOST BEAUTIFUL CITIES
EDVIGE MARTORELLI Over-crowded (it has more than four million inhabitants) yet orderly, this city has an undeniable charm which is strengthened by another contradiction, its modernity which is mostly seen in the Eixample ("enlargement") district [...]
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DOSSIER GREECESAMOS CITY THE CAPITAL
text e Photos byTERESA CARRUBBA Here they affectionately refer to it as Vathy, this splendid city on the gulf with the island?s most important port. The old city, perched on the hill has conserved all [...]
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DOSSIER GREECE<B>THE STORY OF SAMOS</B>
TERESA CARRUBBA kokkariIn an era of myths, heroes and philosophers the beginning of Samos?s story is lost in the mists of time. It is not known exactly when the island was inhabited but it is [...]
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