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Bp_viajes News. 2013/02/21
If holidays give you rain, make a trip to India

If holidays give you rain, make a trip to India

To take your luggage and run away, what a wonderful idea! And if we want to find quietness, India seems like our next stop… But, although the idea of taking the risk feels good enough, travelling to such an exotic country isn’t that easy, and even less so if you aren’t used to it. To prepare the vaccinations, visas, and to find the suitable dates for the desired holidays… As well as good weather! A very important topic in this part of the planet.

Bp_casa_asia News. 2013/01/09
Impressions on South Korea

Impressions on South Korea

I met Carlos Catalán while studying journalism at the Autònoma de Barcelona University. He enrolled in a Korean language course to obtain free-choice credits  When his teacher offered a grant to travel to spend 2011's January learning the language at the Pukyong University, in the city of Busan, he accepted quickly even if that meant not taking most of the exams. When he returned to Spain to finish his tudies, he didn't wait long to travel back to Korea. He currently lives in Busan working as a Spanish teacher, the following are his impressions on the country that hosts him:

 

Bp_viajes News. 2013/01/17
The Great Khumb Mela Festival, the devotion of 100 million pilgrims

The Great Khumb Mela Festival, the devotion of 100 million pilgrims

The Indian city of Allahabad has already finished the preparations to host the biggest pilgrimage in the entire world, the Kumbh Mela Festival or 55-day Maha. It is estimated that around 80 and 100 million pilgrims will arrive at the city. That would be the double of the entire population of Spain. The main reason is the creation of the universe according to the Hindu religion just at the convergence between the three sacred Indian rivers: The Ganges, the Sarasuati and the Yamuna, where Allahabad is located.

 

Bp_casa_asia News. 2012/11/22
The Gobi, a frontier of sand

The Gobi, a frontier of sand

It forms more has a 30% of the Mongolian surface and together with the Himalaya mountain range it creates a nearly impregnable border with China. Gobi means desert in Mongolian and it is precisely the vastest in the whole Asian continent. Still today it is surprising for being a strange ecosystem for its animal diversity, its unusual combination of steppe with sand and gravel, the variety of dinosaur fossils it holds and the mysteries that surround it.

Bp_viajes News. 2012/01/29
Lumbini: Holy City of Buddhism

Lumbini: Holy City of Buddhism

Tradition, philosophy and religion converge in Lumbini, a village located in the Nepali region of Terai. For the faithful, Lumbini is considered the cradle of Buddhism because in 623 BC Siddharta Gautama was born in the garden of this village and eventually he became its founding master. Lumbini evokes a sacred feeling to million Buddhists all around the world and it is considered a holy place like Jerusalem for Christians or Mecca for Muslims.
Bp_cultura News. 2012/06/18
Documentary in Progress: "Mustang, The Last Lost Kingdom", by Larry Levene

Documentary in Progress: "Mustang, The Last Lost Kingdom", by Larry Levene

This documentary in progress accounts the experience of Folco Terziani, who wants to know Mustang to follow the steps Tiziano's dead father, in his retreat to deal with a terminal cancer. He wants to follow him on his physical journey but also his inner journey, from a young journalist passionate about changing the world to the wise man who learns to overcome the fear of death, to feel part of the universe and participate in its harmony. The King of Mustang, who hosted Tiziano Terzani, will be his son Folco's host.
Bp_viajes News. 2012/05/23
Yungang: Buddhism in the Sky

Yungang: Buddhism in the Sky

The enormous size of China is practically covered by the most consecrated religion of the country in the present. But Buddhism is not only imposed on street decoration, or in touristic temples, or in election campaign and of public interest. The caves of Yungang is one of the venues where the origins of Chinese philosophy seem immovable.
Bp_casa_asia News. 2012/12/18
The mysterious underwater "temple" of Yonaguni

The mysterious underwater "temple" of Yonaguni

At the far south of Japan we find the Rykuku islands where happens to exist a rock formation that has been nearly three decades confusing archaeologists due to its enigmatic appearance. Right angles, flat walls, a star-shaped platform and even what seem two columns raise a question about if there ever was a human hand shaping the walls of the Yonaguni monument.

 

Bp_viajes News. 2012/10/11
Fira de camells de Pushkar, comerç i misticisme sota el sol del desert

Fira de camells de Pushkar, comerç i misticisme sota el sol del desert

La fira de camells de Pushkar, al Rajasthan (Índia) congrega milers de persones cada any a la recerca de camells i bestiar, però sobretot per als seus participants és una oportunitat d'acostar-se la divinitat a través d'oracions, càntics i cerimònies. La trobada, anomenat Pushkar Mela en hindú, és un espectacle per a tots els sentits: entre la gentada apareixen equilibristes, faquirs, competicions de lluita lliure, danses tradicionals, tornejos de kabaddi, acròbates, còmics o encantadors de serps. Cada any, del 20 al 28 de novembre, masses vingudes dels llocs més recòndits del desert i del país se sumen a caravana per poder gaudir d'una experiència més propera a la mística que al comerç.

 

Bp_viajes News. 2012/10/22
The Mekong, mother of water

The Mekong, mother of water

From Tibet flowing into Vietnam, going through the border between Laos with Thailand and Cambodia, 2.702 miles of water circulate timeless, being mute witnesses of old temples, wars and the birth of great civilizations. The Mekong River is the sixth longest river in the whole Asia and it is so plentiful that allows navigation and the cultivation of extensive rice paddy fields, that is why it's name means "mother of water" to Laotians and Cambodians, who have located their capitals at its shore.

Bp_viajes News. 2011/02/24
Good morning, Vietnam
Barcelona. 2013/05/01 > 2013/05/31

Exhibition: “Three Sad Tribes”

Índia. 2013/07/15 > 2013/09/28

Cooperation and Tourism Course in India

Asturias. 2013/07/06 > 2013/07/14

Summer Holidays: “Healing Tao and Macrobiotics”

Tíbet y Nepal. 2013/08/01 > 2013/08/17

Trip to Tibet and Nepal

Iran. 2013/08/12 > 2013/09/03

Journey around Iran

India. 2013/08/16 > 2013/08/30

Solidarity Trip to India

India. 2013/10/04 > 2013/11/02

Jouney around India


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