Veneration of the dead is a significant part of Catholicism, so easily seen in the cult of saints and relics. That’s why on the first of November, the All Saints day, families remember those who died by lightning a candle, replacing the worn plastic flowers from the previous year and cleaning the dirt from the tombstones. #catholicism #portugal #beiraalta #snapshots
That moment when your friends know your photo addiction to wacky football fields! 😂😂 (via @FernandoCdSilva)
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A throwback to last month, as we were getting higher in the Indian Himalayas. A calm end of day at the charming Kalpa, with its snow covered peaks surrounding it. The kids playing volleyball in the street ended up “stealing” my camera. Follow the selfie to find out who took the photo!
#InAction #travel #India #Kinnaur
One of the last memories from my country, before flying to India a couple of months ago, was a brutal forest fire, the most deadly ever in Portugal. It got stuck in my head for its obvious scale, but also for being less that 50km from my family’s home in Central Portugal, a region where forest fires are like swords hanging above everyone’s heads every Summer. Things weren’t much better after my return: that same region has been struck hard by a series of fires that burned almost every green patch of forest that left, but at least the death toll remained the same.
Can’t ignore something as close to me as this, and now wonder how things will be after September, when the subject disappears from the front covers of newspapers and the ones who live there must cut the burned trees and rebuild everything.
#portugal #beirabaixa #forest #fires
As always, the return home from a long trip means going back to those small routines, like Sunday morning photowalks with fellow photographers.
#street #tejo #trafaria #fujifilm_xseries #fujixt2
For the last month I’ve been travelling the North of India, zigzagging from Delhi to Turtuk (the northernmost village of the country), through one the most impressive mountain regions one can think of. During that time I kept a visual journal on my instagram account, some of those were shared here but you can get the full extent of it there:
A funny moment in the tedious bus crossing of the Rothang Pass: a truck in the opposite direction carrying fresh produce lost some cabbages along the way, that the driver had to go back to pick up. #India #himachalpradesh #road #bus #mountains
A novice monk during the very early morning puja at Tabo Gompa (Tabo Monastery)
#India #himachalpradesh #Spiti #buddhism
The right fuel for the job! The ultimate joy of finding a great cup of coffee.
#India #travel
The quirky beauty of Shimla: Alps meets India!
#India #himachal #himachalpradesh #shimla #street #travel #androidonly #mobile #vsco
Even toy train trips, like the one from Kalka to Shimla, can get you tired.
#India #himachal #himachalpradesh #train #toytrain #androidonly #mobile #vsco
Train trips are nearly over, time to move to the mountains #snapshot #India #punjab #amritsar #train #travel #mobile #androidonly #vsco
Another rainfall, a good excuse to put down the cameras and sit for a while…
Train trips are a great time to update the writing.
Standing above the chaos #snapshot #street #india #punjab #amritsar #androidonly #mobile #vsco
Back to Mother India! This is the starting point of what’s to come in the next weeks: Punjab, Himmachal Pradesh, Jammu and Kashmir!
#India #Delhi #mobile #androidonly #mobile #vsco
Brief incursion to Mouraria, still quiet but things are shaping up for the rest of June! #snapshot #street #lisbon #mouraria #santospopulares #mobile #androidonly #vsco
Always put your faith where you most need it… #snapshot #jesus #miami #florida #usa #america #androidonly #vsco
Good morning! All set at Palavra de Viajante, today I’ll be most of the day by my São Tomé exhibition. Feel free to drop by.
Memories of last weekend’s parade at Iberian Mask festival, the time of year where the masks come to town, instead of me having to go to the masks. Here, the highly photogenic Diablos de Luzón fail to scare girl… #lisbon #street #androidonly #vsco
