Micro travel documentaries
Yala Peak is a summit of just over 5,500 m in the Langtang Valley, Nepal. It is not an especially high mountain for the Himalayas, but it offers a splendid viewpoint over the higher and more rugged peaks that surround it. It is regarded as a trekking peak, which can be reached without the use … Continue reading Yala Peak,Himalaya. Nepal.
I always feel a certain contained emotion before every dive. This time it was the Atlantic, in the area where continental Europe ends, the end of the earth: Finisterre. The underwater landscapes of Spain are as diverse as its terrestrial ones. The color, clarity, or murkiness of its waters, the light that filters to the … Continue reading Diving in Finisterre: where the land ends
A visit to the archaeological site of a settlement that hasn’t been turned into a museum can be disappointing: piles of stones, remains of walls, vestiges of what were once streets and buildings… But we would be mistaken if we only saw this; we must complete our gaze with imagination, allowing our internal references and … Continue reading Cástulo, when stones speak of civilizations
We have all dreamed of flying. Losing our connection to the ground and feeling weightless usually gives us such a profound, dreamlike pleasure that these dreams remain etched in our memory along with the pleasant sensation they produce. The Greek myth of Icarus is one of the earliest references to the human longing to soar … Continue reading Here I go flying
Wetlands are one of the most valuable and, at the same time, most threatened ecosystems. These environments act as true natural sponges, absorbing excess water during periods of heavy rainfall and releasing it during droughts, which helps prevent floods and recharge underground aquifers. Additionally, their vegetation and microorganisms filter and purify the water, improving its … Continue reading Current functions and challenges in wetlands
The footprints of our ancestors, even though they are distant in time, move us. We strive to identify with them, imagining how they lived, worked, and thought. However, we often fall into self-deception: we like to believe that they were like us, their descendants, and that archaeological vestiges reflect an existence similar to ours. This … Continue reading Beliefs
In ancient India, their presence was an indication of some dark misfortune. For the Greeks, cranes announced the most propitious time for sowing, and for the Romans, this bird represented perseverance. In Japan, it is the bird of beauty and elegance, and for many centuries they have painted its dances on silk paper. In contrast, … Continue reading What the cranes say
Fishing in a small mountain lake has its "grace," not in its humorous sense but in its more transcendent aspect, the one that fisherman Norman Maclean spoke of in "A River Runs Through It." The writer's father, a skilled angler but also a Presbyterian pastor, associated fishing luck with that "grace" which is God's favor, … Continue reading Fishing in the Laguna de las Yeguas
"Do you have 'October Yellow'?" I asked at the paint store on Hortaleza Street. They didn't have that exact shade. If you truly know that yellow, you know that Claude Monet's was a poor substitute (and he knew it too). All you need are ripe, sun-yellow quinces. Slowly remove the fuzz, then chop the hard … Continue reading Monet yellow
It is possible that it was a great grouper (Epinephelus marginatus), one of those giant and mythical groupers, that swallowed the doubtful prophet without chewing: "The Lord had prepared a great fish to swallow Jonah; and Jonah was in the belly of the fish for three days and three nights" (1:17). At that time, nets, … Continue reading Jonas’s fish
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