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Posted on September 20, 2011 @ 6:02 pm by massimo | Filed under: advertisement,animals,another green world,bargain,beach,blog,diving,fun,illustration,mediterranean,news,swimming,turkey

Kaş, once an unspoiled fishing village, is now a relatively unspoiled tourist town on the southern bulge of Turkey’s Mediterranean coast. The area around Kas belongs to the Top 100 diving destinations worldwide. This is because this area have an high amount of underwater life, combined with very clear water (up to 40 meters visibility) and beautiful underwater landscapes. Actually there are around 30 different dive spots and many great places for swimming and snorkelling:  a destination really worth a Turkey holidays, in my opinion. Always, while I’m afloat on the sea surface, I know that a more or less intense underwater life is going on just under my feet: this fact simply makes me feel dizzy!  What then,  if you are bathing or -better- snorkelling a diving spot notoriously crowded by baracudas, stingrays, sea-turtles, rare snails, dorades, jack-fishes, soldier-fishes, octopusses, muray-eels, trumpet-fishes, brasses of many kinds, as well as huge groupers? What would be your feeling when so many amazing underwater lifeforms are to be seen regulary in unpolluted and crystal clear sea waters like Kaş’ ones? Would you realize at last, that a crowded, sunken and parallel world coexists with the one we are used to  ive in?

Illustration Friday topic is: mesmerizing

safari

Posted on June 10, 2011 @ 10:05 am by massimo | Filed under: advertisement,africa,animals,another green world,blog,cheap,fun,holidays,kenya,news,wordpress

Kenya wildlife is the main attraction to many visitors. The country offers a wide selection of National Parks were it is easy to watch wild animals. Young travellers really on a shoestring might think to avoid them at first, due to the cost of lodging there. Moreover you need a car since there no public transportation which allows tourist to freely wander within a Park boundery. So car hiring is the only chance, but usually  the main car rentals are not exactly cheap. Yet it is possible hiring private cars from individuals, or retail car shops, so making your cheap holiday a cheaper holiday. That’s what I did with my friend Andrew, a fellow traveller from Perth, who I met one morning at Uhuru Park in Nairobi. An almost brand new Toyota Corolla rented from some Indian car traders at a very reasonable rate at our disposal! What else? We just had a great week in Amboseli National Park hanging around among enormous elephants all day long, and camping at night in confined and secure sites: yes!

herons

Posted on May 30, 2008 @ 6:25 pm by massimo | Filed under: ancona,animals,another green world,blog,fun,illustration,mediterranean,news,wordpress

I have been visiting once upon a time, the little natural reserve of “Ripa Bianca”, just a few kilometres from home, on May, the 25th. It is a very  little area, sponsored by Italian WWF , bordering the river: actually an ideal spot for bird watching.
And I was trilled by watching, just befor sunset, a magnificent couple of herons flying slow and steady: a mother heron with its baby.

Illustration Friday’s topic is: baby

animal rights

Posted on November 24, 2007 @ 11:21 pm by massimo | Filed under: animals,another green world,blog,food,fun,holidays,illustration,island,news,politics,thailand,travel,wordpress

I always hated the zoo. Simply I try to figure the way an animal feels behind the bars of a cage, or what it might prefer to do instead. I like to think that every living creature was born to be somehow free, so set them free…
The cute, black, little monkey spent …

lapu lapu

Posted on November 10, 2007 @ 6:30 pm by massimo | Filed under: animals,beach,blog,boracay,food,illustration,island,news,philippines,ukiyo-e,wordpress

Red groupers typically have a stout body and a large mouth. They are not built for long-distance fast swimming. They can be quite large, usually largest fish of the grouper family, and their body, soft dorsal and anal fins, are covered with scales and thick skin.
Lapu Lapu is the Pilipino name …

the god of happiness

Posted on October 19, 2007 @ 5:30 pm by massimo | Filed under: animals,blog,china,himalaya,illustration,japan,mythology,news,people,ukiyo-e,wordpress

Hotei – one of the seven gods of happiness, is also the happy god of abundance and good health. Hotei is also seen carrying a large bag over his shoulder that is said to contain gifts and fortunes for those who believe in his virtues.
He is distinguished by his body of generous proportions …

stonefish

Posted on June 23, 2007 @ 6:28 pm by massimo | Filed under: animals,another green world,blog,boracay,diving,fear,illustration,india,indonesia,island,kenya,wordpress

Many fish use camouflage to blend into their surroundings. Camouflage has two purposes: it helps fish avoid being eaten and allows them to make sneak …among them stonefish are found in the tropical waters of the Pacific and Indian oceans. Averaging about 30 centimeters in length, their subdued …

polar bear

Posted on April 20, 2007 @ 4:21 pm by massimo | Filed under: animals,another green world,blog,fashion,fun,illustration,package tour,people,wordpress

Though I mostly travelled warm or tropical countries, yet the remote northern areas of Greenland and Iceland always fascinate me because of their extreme nature. As everybody should know by now, northern regions fauna are endangered by the increasing global warming, and among the …

snap

Posted on March 31, 2007 @ 4:17 pm by massimo | Filed under: animals,blog,fun,illustration,ukiyo-e,wordpress

Dogs are one of the few animals that will actually swim just for the pure pleasure of it. They have also, like not many animals, a natural ability to deal with sea currents, a peculiarity that always amaze me. As a matter of fact some dogs are trained to …

monkey

Posted on January 21, 2007 @ 12:11 pm by massimo | Filed under: animals,blog,books,china,fashion,fun,illustration,mythology,news,people,ukiyo-e,wordpress

“Monkey King (or Sunwukong) was born from a stone. He wanted to be like the immortals and be free from death. He was extremely smart and capable, and learned all the magic tricks from a master Taoist. …

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