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Yemen - Taking a walk around Sanaa Yemen - Taking a walk around Sanaa
Posted by: renataflorio

Video duration: 328 seconds

Tall pink-brownish buildings embroidered with white arabesks like cake icings. Lively markets where Qat chewing men with bloated jawls peddle all kinds of ware, from oriental spices (myrrh,incense,ginge r,...) to bejeweled daggers

Related: adventure, dagger, incense, market, myrrh, qat, sanaa, sanaa, yemen

Ethiopia -  Konso village and red pinnacles Ethiopia - Konso village and red pinnacles
Posted by: renataflorio

Video duration: 287 seconds

Konso women, wearing their typical long skirts with colourful flounces, carry on their heavy tasks: all around the village a fantastic landscape of hundreds of tall pinnacles of red clay (called the Ethiopian New York)

Related: adventure, ethiopia, etiopia, konso, new, tribe, tribù, york

Ethiopia - Dimeka and Turmi markets Ethiopia - Dimeka and Turmi markets
Posted by: renataflorio

Video duration: 296 seconds

In the Hamer region, small markets enliven the villages once a week: simple wares sold by beautiful girls in ochre and red clay makeup: goat skins embellished by colourful beads and shells, gourds for carrying milk and water, and all sorts of necklaces

Related: adventure, dimeka, ethiopia, etiopia, hamer, market, tribe, tribù, turmi

Libya - Dunes skiing and horned viper Libya - Dunes skiing and horned viper
Posted by: renataflorio

Video duration: 354 seconds

Not only dunes and salty lakes in the libic desert: here you can see some downhill skiing and a deathly sahara horned viper

Related: desert, deserto, dune, libia, libya, sci, ski, viper, vipera

Yemen - Kuhlan highlands and Thula Yemen - Kuhlan highlands and Thula
Posted by: renataflorio

Video duration: 362 seconds

An off the road adventure in the northern Yemenite highlands of Kuhlan, a little known area with surprising people and landscape. Then the city of Thula: centuries old bricks , onix windows and a water reservoir where young kids dive.

Related: adventure, highlands, kuhlan, off-the-road, thula, yemen

Tanzania - Ruaha National Park (1) Tanzania - Ruaha National Park (1)
Posted by: renataflorio

Video duration: 367 seconds

In the beautiful and little known Ruaha Park in southern Tanzania - lots of lions, elephants, eagles, buffaloes and other wild animals set against a perfect african landscape

Related: adventure, avventura, di, diario, eagles, elephants, lions, national, natura, park, ruaha, tanzania, viaggio

Kenya - Dancing for a Turkana marriage Kenya - Dancing for a Turkana marriage
Posted by: renataflorio

Video duration: 256 seconds

In the oasis of Loyangalani, along the savage coast of Lake Turkana, a group of dancers celebrate a marriage, showing all kinds of local ethnic dresses and hairdos

Related: dances, danze, kenia, kenya, tribe, tribù, turkana

Egypt - Relics of Long Range Desert Group Egypt - Relics of Long Range Desert Group
Posted by: renataflorio

Video duration: 339 seconds

Descending from Gilf Kebir ridge into the Libyan lowland, besides surprisingly beautiful mushroom-shaped rocks, it is easy to find relics from the glorious British Long Range Desert Group and WWII Italian campments

Related: adventure, desert, egitto, egypt, gilf, group, kebir, libyan, long, off-the-road, plain, range, relics, wwii

Ethiopia - Lake Awas Ethiopia - Lake Awas
Posted by: renataflorio

Video duration: 333 seconds

In the early morning, the fishermen boats return with their catch, and star cleaning fish and nets: thousands of birds (pelicans, marabus, aigrettes, cormorans and others) flock to the river shores to feed on the leftovers

Related: adventure, awas, birds, ethiopia, etiopia, fishing, lake

Kenya - Samburu village Kenya - Samburu village
Posted by: renataflorio

Video duration: 213 seconds

In a very secluded area in northern Kenya, in the Losai mountains, some nomadic Samburu tribes still happily live far from towns and even basic social structures

Related: esplorazione, exploration, kenia, kenya, samburu, tribe, tribù

Zimbabwe - The Great Zimbabwe Ruins Zimbabwe - The Great Zimbabwe Ruins
Posted by: renataflorio

Video duration: 506 seconds

A visit to the stone relics of the black xmpire of Great Zimbabwe, dominating southern Africa from the 11th to the 16th century: from the Hill Complex to the Great Enclosure, beautiful rock walls and flaming aloe trees

Related: adventure, avventura, di, diario, empire, great, luoghi, particolari, relics, viaggio, zimbabwe

Egypt -  Aqaba Pass and  the Swimmers Cave Egypt - Aqaba Pass and the Swimmers Cave
Posted by: renataflorio

Video duration: 383 seconds

Aqaba Pass is the only way down from the Gilf Kebir highland into the Libyan plane: not far is the prehistoric Swimmers Cave, whose graffitis became famous with "The English Patient" movie

Related: adventure, aqaba, cave, desert, egitto, egypt, gilf, graffiti, kebir, off-the-road, pass, prehistoric, swimmers

Ethiopia -  Erbore village and Lake Langano Ethiopia - Erbore village and Lake Langano
Posted by: renataflorio

Video duration: 265 seconds

Erbore women wear long black veils to entince their beauty, but their kids wear ornate pumpkin shells on their heads, looking almost like characters out of Star Wars- The pink Langano Lake hosts all kind of birds and monkeys

Related: adventure, birds, erbore, ethiopia, etiopia, lake, langano, tribe, tribù

Kenya - Rendille and ElMolo tribes Kenya - Rendille and ElMolo tribes
Posted by: renataflorio

Video duration: 232 seconds

Along the desolated coasts of Lake Turkana, still live a few hundreds tribesmen of Rendille and El Molo ethnic group: they are still allowed to carry on their traditional crocodile and hippo hunting with small logboats and long sticks, but these tribes are on the verge of extinction

Related: elmolo, exploration, kenia, kenya, rendille, tribe, tribù

Mali - Dogon villages and Tellem antique settlements Mali - Dogon villages and Tellem antique settlements
Posted by: renataflorio

Video duration: 268 seconds

Hiking across the Dogon mountains and valleys, visiting their villages and learning about their unique history and religion, you can find relics of an even older civilization, the Tellem, hanging on sheer cliffs and crevices

Related: adventure, dogon, hiking, mali, tellem, tribe, tribù

Mali - Dogon Dances Mali - Dogon Dances
Posted by: renataflorio

Video duration: 284 seconds

In the mountainous cliffs of Mali live the secluded Dogon tribes: their funeral dances are absolutely unique in terms of costumes and symbolism

Related: dances, danze, dogon, mali, tribe, tribù

Ethiopia - Bull Jump ceremony around Turmi Ethiopia - Bull Jump ceremony around Turmi
Posted by: renataflorio

Video duration: 387 seconds

Under the showers of the short rain season, a few Hamer villages congregate for the Bull Jumping, the coming of age of a young warrior

Related: adventure, bull, eiopia, ethiopia, hamer, jumping, tribe, tribù

Yemen - Kawkaban and Marib Yemen - Kawkaban and Marib
Posted by: renataflorio

Video duration: 341 seconds

Trekking down from the dominant fortress-city of Kawkaban, then a special Yemeni BBQ in Sanaa, and finally to Marib, to the spectacular ruins of the Queen of Saba temples

Related: adventure, desert, food, kawkaban, marib, of, queen, saba, temples, yemen, yemeni

Galapagos - Diving with hammerheads and sealions Galapagos - Diving with hammerheads and sealions
Posted by: renataflorio

Video duration: 326 seconds

Outstanding diving aroung the Galapagos Islands: lots of sharks and shools of hammerheads, and at the end of the dive you can play with the sealions

Related: diving, galapagos, hammerheads, sealions, sharks

Ethiopia - Encounters on the road 1 Ethiopia - Encounters on the road 1
Posted by: renataflorio

Video duration: 291 seconds

Travelling along the dirt roads and trails in Southern Ethiopia: smiling kids, heavily burdened women and wary shepherds sporting all sorts of defensive weapons

Related: adventure, ethiopia, etiopia, off, omo, river, roads, the

Mali - Peul villages and Djenné Mali - Peul villages and Djenné
Posted by: renataflorio

Video duration: 369 seconds

Starting with a busy Peul (Fulani) village, then crossing the Niger to visit Djenné and its mud mosque, the largest in the world, and finally walking around the San Market, miles of colours and ethnic diversity

Related: adventure, djenné, fulani, mali, mosque, peul, tribe, tribù

Tanzania - Ruaha National Park (2) Tanzania - Ruaha National Park (2)
Posted by: renataflorio

Video duration: 375 seconds

In the beautiful and little known Ruaha Park in southern Tanzania - besides breathtaking landscapes and plentiful fauna - you could run across elephants raiding the tented camps and zebra kissing giraffes

Related: adventure, avventura, baobab, cheeta, di, diario, national, natura, park, ruaha, tanzania, viaggio

Ethiopia - Key Afer market Ethiopia - Key Afer market
Posted by: renataflorio

Video duration: 281 seconds

Once a week in Key Afer (Southern Ethiopia) the beautiful girls and the young warriors of the Tsamay and Banna tribes meet to renovate their looks: colourful beads and feathers, short leather skirts, plus ochre and butter to moisten hair and skin

Related: adventure, afer, banna, ethiopia, etiopia, key, market, tribe, tribù, tsamay

Kenya - Rift Valley highlands Kenya - Rift Valley highlands
Posted by: renataflorio

Video duration: 248 seconds

In the early morning light, the village warriors lead their cattle toward fresh grazing lands: they are fully armed with autonatic weapons to discourage "Somali bandits" fron stealing their precious cows

Related: adventure, cattle, highlands, kenia, kenya, warriors

PNG - Along the Sepik River PNG - Along the Sepik River
Posted by: renataflorio

Video duration: 351 seconds

A few days paddling a logboat on the Sepik River (Northern Papua New Guinea),visiting the villages baeutiful long houses (Tambaran) and sampling local food (sago larvae skewers and such)

Related: adventure, guinea, longhouses, new, papua, sepik, tambaran, tribes, tribù