the dream of the blue turtle
Posted on August 31, 2005 @ 12:03 pm by massimo | Filed under: animals,another green world,bargain,blog,cheap,fashion,food,holidays,illustration,island,news,package tour,people,travel,wordpress

Thanks to Illustration Friday for the chance of talking about dreams. Which are s the green turtles dreams? Maybe to live in peace! For instance turtle watching is the big attraction in the east coast of peninsular Malaysia. August is the peak egg-laying season and Rantau Abang is the prime area for spotting turtles. Bunches of excited tourists have excellent chances to see these marine reptiles at their nesting sites. Actually I wonder if turtles enjoy their company. One more thingh: nevertheless turtle isa protected species, still someone dares stealing eggs, supposed to be very nutritious. …
reflection…
Posted on August 25, 2005 @ 8:03 am by massimo | Filed under: beach,blog,fun,illustration,island,mythology,wordpress

an Indian acrobat…
Posted on August 23, 2005 @ 8:10 am by massimo | Filed under: another green world,bangkok,blog,cheap,illustration,india,news,people,travel,wordpress

Streets of India daily stage the struggle of surviving, pantomimes included…One of my personal memory is set in Trivadarum I was pushing my way around busy Bus Station when I noticed the man surronded by half-a- score of delighted tourists: he was performing fire-eating while balancing his body on a cart wheel!
holidays
Posted on August 15, 2005 @ 10:12 am by massimo | Filed under: ancona,animals,beach,blog,food,fun,holidays,illustration,mediterranean,news,people,swimming,travel,wordpress
Aug.15. What a mess! Summer holidays in Italy: everybody goes swimming! Even myself who braved the oceans (eh, eh) now braves beaches crowded by dangerous local species: scoresof kids restlessly jumping into the water, old sun burned skin-divers who frantically crop mussels.
Looking for wild creatures? nothing …
angel fish…
Posted on August 9, 2005 @ 9:09 pm by massimo | Filed under: animals,blog,diving,fun,illustration,news,wordpress
Every time I snorkel or dive, I get the same wonderful feeling: surprise is the right word! What really hits me is underwater species wide range of colour shades. Even here -Adriatic Sea- in a rather greysh underwater scenery …
dive buddy…
Posted on August 1, 2005 @ 10:03 am by massimo | Filed under: beach,blog,boracay,diving,fun,illustration,mythology,news,people,philippines,travel,wordpress
Tara and I dived togheter several times. We met in Boracay Island, the world famous tourist trap and became friends and dive buddies, as well. I was fascinated by Tara’s underwater swimming, by hers supernatural and fluid ease…Sometimes I even fancied she …
