The Mennonites of Bolivia
Trying to keep safe their traditions, Mennonites don't hesitate to leave everything and start from scratch in another country. In Bolivia they have found enough isolation to develop their lifestyle in a very original way.
In search of our stolen skies
Light pollution has stolen the night sky in most of the places where we live. This story shows some of the last places where is still possible to see this wonder once accesible for everyone almost everywhere.
Altiplano's extreme environments
In the desolated Southamerican high plateau, between Chile and Bolivia, nature creates some unique and extreme environments with volcanoes and coloured lagoons where life has to find its way.
The last iceman of Chimborazo
Baltasar Ushca, is the last man extracting ice from the frozen high slopes of Chimborazo, the highest Andean volcano. The blocks of ice, wrapped in grass to keep them from melting, travel in the back of two donkeys to market. A living piece of history.
Grape harvest on lava flows (Açores islands)
Every September in the island of Pico the grape harvest takes place on the volcano's lava flows. The ancient constructions using basalt blocks prevent the use of machinery, so all the work must be done the old way. In Criação Velha this way of work is specially well preserved.
Patagonia
From Península Valdés to Ushuaia and from Punta Arenas to Puerto Montt, Argentinian and Chilean Patagonia exhibits an astonishing intact nature splashed with small villages of authentic character.
The Açores islands
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Lisboa
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Southeast Asia
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Southamerica
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Western Europe
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Eastern Europe
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