tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15624204175559188662024-03-05T05:10:03.667-08:00André Carmo MonteiroIdeas, Opinions, Travels and Thoughts from André Carmo Monteiro.André C Monteirohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09716869222249905887noreply@blogger.comBlogger25125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1562420417555918866.post-44355538737273196342011-03-26T11:32:00.000-07:002011-03-26T11:45:06.009-07:00Weekend travel in Marrakech<div>I have been to Morocco too many times in a so short time space. I have to say this this country fascinates me: its exotic architecture, the people, the food, the somehow medieval atmosphere of many areas of the old parts of most Moroccan cities.<div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-uModJ0aClioV6HhGJFRgumKL6PfHDZ0InktOX4BLuwd0vuohFU8iPU5iEFOYj7mEQEt-GhyGEtGz4p947wsCcXfFqWFUl9_6_4fXD7tL9h3l07HnD3wyW1K48Lu59xQZUBFMsRg4X-lL/s1600/Marrakech+Mar%25C3%25A7o+2011+041.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-uModJ0aClioV6HhGJFRgumKL6PfHDZ0InktOX4BLuwd0vuohFU8iPU5iEFOYj7mEQEt-GhyGEtGz4p947wsCcXfFqWFUl9_6_4fXD7tL9h3l07HnD3wyW1K48Lu59xQZUBFMsRg4X-lL/s320/Marrakech+Mar%25C3%25A7o+2011+041.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5588460642785152770" /></a></div><div><div><br /></div><div>I took the chance of getting a very cheap ticket to Marrakech on with the <a href="http://www.ryanair.com/">Ryanair</a> air company. So, I live in Braga, north Portugal, just 53km away from Porto, the city now serving really cheap flight to Marrakech. So, paying around 30 Euros round trip, I went to Marrakech to photograph.</div><div><br /></div><div>I love to make pictures of Marrakech and its exotic tiny streets, the main square Jemaa el Fna and this time, I took the chance to make pictures and to walk through a very unique Marrakech district called Mellah - the Jewish district of Marrakech.</div><div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgiqj7NCMCdaHl7pTBfFjKxKNMBEHNbnxzIAWu-xZDoKo31jfLxyNwGEvPVumpXQfTg4qjtmRNNF1ehBSTB0KYS8AOnZm_QPesPeVoU-1icUlwl-aSQf7pi8ed0NlBbXPvsDW3mVTD2EsaE/s1600/Marrakech+Mar%25C3%25A7o+2011+091.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgiqj7NCMCdaHl7pTBfFjKxKNMBEHNbnxzIAWu-xZDoKo31jfLxyNwGEvPVumpXQfTg4qjtmRNNF1ehBSTB0KYS8AOnZm_QPesPeVoU-1icUlwl-aSQf7pi8ed0NlBbXPvsDW3mVTD2EsaE/s320/Marrakech+Mar%25C3%25A7o+2011+091.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5588461344944737138" /></a><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div>I stayed in a different place time time. in terms of accommodation I stayed one night in Riad Paula, a nice 6 room private <a href="http://www.riadpaula.com/">guest house Marrakech</a>. it seems this Moroccan riad is brand new and was totally renovated. Very nice place and fully equipped. The riad staff Rachid and Nadia were also very nice. I had a great time there.</div><div><br /></div><div>Why not to profit from the nowadays low ticket prices and explore the world? I deeply advise on leaving home even if for just 2 days - 1 night. Its not the same. Go and travel!</div></div></div>André C Monteirohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09716869222249905887noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1562420417555918866.post-60717950031073538482010-05-05T01:50:00.000-07:002010-05-05T02:03:11.357-07:00My Camera Canon EOS5 - Canon Eos 5 ReviewFor about 2 years I own a fantastic <a href="http://andrecarmomonteiro.blogspot.com/">Canon Eos 5</a>. It's one of those photo cameras that one get very attached with since it practically functions as a part of you, following your photographic mind, reaching the right image at the right time.<br /><br />I travel a couple of times per year, and while traveling I tend to put my camera to hard tests. This camera always worked perfectly and never gave sound of malfunction.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Some Canon EOS 5 features include:</span> full-frame 12.8 Megapixel CMOS sensor combines with Canon's DIGIC II Image Processor, a high-precision 9-point AF system with 6 assist points, and "Picture Style" color control to deliver images of superior quality with enough resolution for any application. With its wide-angle capabilities, 2.5 inch LCD and magnesium-alloy body, the 5D is the perfect addition to the Digital EOS line.<br /><br /><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 297px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAc-A8A7210M6jCvyFvEFFB8jUUMXQ-PG1nx6xaZsDQYkluYdu5vqGnUlkzZzm2T_oOWTlxX2I0LwiYzkoPJjjLiQy4BlxyGLAr_q4QqVHbqQJDDCAoOkWoPfNx1WipP4Q-5yUCL3oZz4Z/s320/canon-eos-5d-large.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5467708779553279090" border="0" /><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;font-size:130%;" >Tips for Travel and Photography</span><br /><ol><li>Bring along 3 extra batteries that will always be fully charged for days where you will not have access to electricity.</li><li>Bring extra memory cards, I have about 30 Gigas in Memory cards.</li><li>Buy memory cards not more than 4 Gigas, this will make your camera take less energy from your battery, since bigger card will need lots of energy just to read inside thousands of photos. 4 Gigas cars will be easier and fast.</li><li>Buy a protection filter called skylight, and, if anything happens to your lens, well, you can just replaced it, so, why not have an extra ready skylight in your bag? just in case you brake that one.</li><li>Watch out with sand, in places with sand like deserts, where sand in very thin, it will go inside your lens very fast and ruin everything. Protect your camera with a plastic bag and tap.<br /></li></ol>André C Monteirohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09716869222249905887noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1562420417555918866.post-80308835487383214302010-05-04T00:46:00.000-07:002010-05-04T00:51:23.086-07:00Russian Parallel Cinema Part 3 of 3This is the 3rd and last part of an interesting documentary made by VBS.tv.<br /><br />For 60 years, <a href="http://andrecarmomonteiro.blogspot.com/2010/04/russian-parallel-cinema-part-2-of-3.html">Russian film</a> was dominated by the state-approved imagery of Socialist Realism: stark scenes of the proletariat; working, farming and soldiering. Making movies outside this milieu meant risking life and limb at the hands of the KGB. When the Soviet Union collapsed, and that threat diminished, Russian filmmakers released six decades of pent-up creative energy. The films that emerged were an insane mish mash of booze, violence, surrealism, and insanity. Thus Parallel Cinema was born.<br /><br /><script src="http://www.vbs.tv/vbs_player.js?width=400&height=220&ec=Y4cG9iMTqWcVvU0bkvxOiAFPe6r0teOa&st=The%20Vice%20Guide%20To%20Film&pl=http://www.vbs.tv/watch/the-vice-guide-to-film--2/russian-parallel-cinema-part-3-of-3--8" type="text/javascript" charset="utf-8"></script><br /><br /><a href="http://www.vbs.tv/watch/the-vice-guide-to-film--2/russian-parallel-cinema-part-3-of-3--8">http://www.vbs.tv/watch/the-vice-guide-to-film--2/russian-parallel-cinema-part-3-of-3--8</a>André C Monteirohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09716869222249905887noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1562420417555918866.post-4803043210202084192010-05-04T00:33:00.000-07:002010-05-04T00:52:32.282-07:00Riad Marrakech, Riad Hotels MoroccoDuring my <a href="http://andrecarmomonteiro.blogspot.com/2010/04/travel-to-morocco-10-days-vacations-in.html">trip to Morocco</a>, I found out a new accommodation concept. Well, at least new to me since this type of a private hotel is running already for a few years now.<br /><br />I'm talking about RIADS, which consist on a house inside the Medina (old city), rebuilt to receive tourist within a quiet and private ambiance since most Riads have no more than 7 or 8 room, but the average number should be around 5 rooms per house, providing great privacy.<br /><br />The main center of riad houses in Morocco is in Marrakech but you can also find them in other cities like Fez, Essaouira and Ouarzazate.<br /><br /><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px;" src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2524/4074400523_f235caa313.jpg" border="0" alt="" /><br />(foto of <a href="http://www.31best-riad-marrakesh.com/riad-jona-morocco/">Riad Jona</a> Marrakech)<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;font-size:130%;" >Best Riad Marrakesh</span><br />This is a very good website with a few selected riads in Marrakech, also other ideias to travel in Morocco and search hotel around the country.<br /><br />http://www.31best-riad-marrakesh.com/ | Click here: <a href="http://www.31best-riad-marrakesh.com/">Riad Marrakech</a><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;font-size:130%;" >Ahhh Marrakesh… I LOVE IT!</span><br />This website has some nice ideas about on what to do while in Marrakech, inclusively, how to walk around Marrakech. A walk tour in Marrakech Medina - Morocco.<br /><br />http://www.riads-marrakesh.net/ | Click here: <a href="http://www.riads-marrakesh.net/medina/marrakech-1/">Marrakech Medina</a>André C Monteirohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09716869222249905887noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1562420417555918866.post-36962186723495259612010-05-01T06:59:00.000-07:002010-05-01T07:22:05.615-07:00Auberge du Sud - A Magical Journey in Sahara DesertDuring my <a href="http://andrecarmomonteiro.blogspot.com/2010/04/travel-to-morocco-10-days-vacations-in.html">travel to Morocco</a> I end up going to the desert. At the start, I wasn't about to go there but as soon as I got to Marrakech I end up changing my travel plans and headed south to Sahara Desert after I stayed a couple of days in Ouarzazate.<br /><br />I stayed at this magnificent place called <a href="http://andrecarmomonteiro.blogspot.com/">Auberge du Sud</a>, locate right on the edge of the dunes and completely isolated from other houses - just desert.<br /><br /><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 400px;" src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2711/4350353817_2430a29247.jpg" alt="Auberge du Sud, Hotel Merzouga Dunes in Morocco" border="0" /><br />Photo copyright from Auberge du Sud<br /><br />My first difficulty was to get to Erg Chebbi dunes, but after I got a normal bus from Ouarzazate to Erfoud, someone from the hotel was waiting me up at the bus station. I called them when I got out of Ouarzazate in order for them to know when I arrived.<br /><br />First contact the the guy driving a 4x4 was great, and he took me along off-road into the dunes. He had been buying groceries for the hotel in Erfoud market, so its was me, nice local Berber music, him - a very nice guy with little words in English, just French, and lots of bags and goods for the hotel.<br /><br />As I arrived to the hotel its was fantastic, just orange dunes! Can you believe that sand here is just orange color?<br /><br />I stayed in a room very well decorated and very exotic materials. Music in the evening is great to enjoy Sahara desert drum sounds, I recorded some of them on my cell-phone, I still can listen to it often.<br /><br />I payed 25 Euros for a room - breakfast and diner included.<br /><br /><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 400px;" src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4047/4350295581_efb3033b40.jpg" alt="Auberge du Sud, Hotel Merzouga Dunes in Morocco" border="0" /><br />Photo copyright from Auberge du Sud<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Auberge du Sud</span><br /><ul><li>Ras el Erg, Merzouga, Sahara, Morocco</li><li>+212.661602885 (Hamid) Hamid Noughou<br /></li><li>+212.661216166 (Moha) Moha Noughou<br /></li><li>+212.661934481 (Youness) Youness Noughou<br /></li><li>aubergedusud@gmail.com</li><li>www.aubergedusud.com | Click here: <a href="http://www.aubergedusud.com/">Hotel Morocco</a><br /></li></ul>André C Monteirohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09716869222249905887noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1562420417555918866.post-54026595855319716042010-05-01T02:02:00.000-07:002010-05-01T02:09:33.520-07:00Statue of Christ the Redeemer, Rio de Janeiro BrazilSince 1931, the iconic statue of <a href="http://andrecarmomonteiro.blogspot.com/">Christ the Redeemer</a> has towered over Rio de Janeiro, its outstretched arms seen by many as a testament of the warmth of the Brazilian people.<br /><br />Standing 125 feet (38 m) high, and located at the peak of the 2,300 (710 m) Corcovado mountain in the Tijuca Forest National Park, the statue is the work of the sculptor Paul Landowski, to a design by local engineer Heito da Silva Costa.<br /><br />It is a truly inspiring site, with panoramic views of one of the word's most exciting and beautifully situated cities.<br /><br /><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 450px; height: 310px;" src="http://vivirlatino.com/i/2007/07/brazil.jpg" border="0" alt="Statue of Christ the Redeemer, Rio de Janeiro Brazil" />André C Monteirohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09716869222249905887noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1562420417555918866.post-82728477804300095322010-04-29T01:01:00.001-07:002010-04-29T01:28:44.199-07:00Biggest Rivers in the WorldRivers are always a fantastic feature of Nature. Some of Earth's rivers are really big and actually pass through several different countries. I'll make a quick list with the <a href="http://andrecarmomonteiro.blogspot.com/">World's biggest rivers</a>.<br /><br /><span style="font-size:130%;">Amazon River</span> (world biggest river)<br /><ul><li>Length (km): 6,937.08</li><li>Length (miles): 4,300</li><li>Drainage area (km²): 6,915,000</li><li>Average discharge (m³/s): 219,000 </li><li>Outflow: Atlantic Ocean </li><li>Countries in the drainage basin: Brazil, Peru, Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Venezuela, Guyana</li></ul><br /><br /><span style="font-size:130%;">Nile River</span> (world second biggest river)<br /><ul><li>Length (km): 6,650</li><li>Length (miles): 4,132</li><li>Drainage area (km²): 3,349,000</li><li>Average discharge (m³/s): 5,100 </li><li>Outflow: Mediterranean Sea</li><li>Ethiopia, Eritrea, Sudan, Uganda, Tanzania, Kenya, Rwanda, Burundi, Egypt, Democratic Republic of the Congo</li></ul> <br /><br /><span style="font-size:130%;">Yangtze River</span> (world third biggest river)<br /><ul><li>Length (km): 6,300</li><li>Length (miles): 3,917</li><li>Drainage area (km²): 1,800,000</li><li>Average discharge (m³/s): 31,900 </li><li>Outflow: East China Sea</li><li>Countries in the drainage basin: China</li></ul> <br /><br /><span style="font-size:130%;">Mississippi – Missouri River</span> (world forth biggest river)<br /><ul><li>Length (km): 6,275</li><li>Length (miles): 4,300</li><li>Drainage area (km²): 2,980,000</li><li>Average discharge (m³/s): 16,200</li><li>Outflow: Gulf of Mexico</li><li>Countries in the drainage basin: United States (98.5%), Canada (1.5%)</li></ul><br /><br /><span style="font-size:130%;">Yenisei – Angara – Selenga River</span> (world fifth biggest river)<br /><ul><li>Length (km): 5,539</li><li>Length (miles): 4,300</li><li>Drainage area (km²): 2,580,000</li><li>Average discharge (m³/s): 19,600</li><li>Outflow: Kara Sea</li><li>Countries in the drainage basin: Russia, Mongolia</li></ul>André C Monteirohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09716869222249905887noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1562420417555918866.post-15249452793688980582010-04-28T05:14:00.000-07:002010-04-28T05:19:25.744-07:00The Vice Guide to Liberia, Travel to LIberia DocumentaryVBS travels to West Africa to rummage through the messy remains of a country ravaged by 14 years of civil war. Despite the United Nation’s eventual intervention, most of <a href="http://andrecarmomonteiro.blogspot.com/">Liberia</a>’s young people continue to live in abject poverty, surrounded by filth, drug addiction, and teenage prostitution. The former child soldiers who were forced into war have been left to fend for themselves, the murderous warlords who once led them in cannibalistic rampages have taken up as so-called community leaders, and new militias are lying in wait for the opportunity to reclaim their country from a government they rightly mistrust.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">The Vice Guide to Liberia</span><br /><br /><script src="http://www.vbs.tv/vbs_player.js?width=400&height=220&ec=NmZmg2MTqOfHyw3TRbvGoxfqUfa482zT&st=The%20Vice%20Guide%20to%20Travel&pl=http://www.vbs.tv/watch/the-vice-guide-to-travel/the-vice-guide-to-liberia" type="text/javascript" charset="utf-8"></script><br /><br /><a href="http://www.vbs.tv/watch/the-vice-guide-to-travel/the-vice-guide-to-liberia">http://www.vbs.tv/watch/the-vice-guide-to-travel/the-vice-guide-to-liberia</a>André C Monteirohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09716869222249905887noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1562420417555918866.post-64685733530744468932010-04-22T06:45:00.000-07:002010-04-22T07:09:19.853-07:00Marc Chagall, I and the Village 1911 Oil on Canvas<span style="font-weight:bold;">Marc Chagall, French, born in Belarus. 1887-1985</span><br /><br /><span style="font-style:italic;">I and the Village. 1911</span><br />Oil on Canvas, 192.1 x 151.4 cm<br />Mrs. Simon Guggenheim Foundation <br /><br /><img style="width: 310px; height: 394px;" src="http://www.redlibrary.org/images/iandthevillage.jpg" border="0" alt="" /><br /><br />Painted the year after Chagall came to Paris, <span style="font-style:italic;">I and the Village</span> evokes his memories of his native village, peasants and animals lived side by side, in a mutual dependence here signified by the line from peasant to caw, connecting their eyes.<br /><br />The peasant's flowering sprig, symbolically a tree of life, is the reward of their partnership. For Hasids, animals were also humanity's link to the universe, and the painting's large circular forms suggest the orbiting sun, moon (in eclipse at the lower left), and earth.<br /><br />The geometries of <span style="font-style:italic;"><a href="http://andrecarmomonteiro.blogspot.com/">I and the Village</a></span> are inspired by the broken planes of Cubism, but Chagall's is a personalized version. As a boy he had loved geometry: "Lines, angles, triangles, square, he would later recall", "carried me far away to enchanting horizons." Conversely, in Paris he used a disjunctive geometric structure to carry him back home.<br /><br />Where Cubism was mainly an art of urban avant-garde society, <span style="font-style:italic;">I and the Village</span> is nostalgic and magical, a rural fairy tale: objects jumble together, scale shifts abruptly, and a woman and two houses, at the painting's top, stand upside-down.<br /><br />"For the Cubists," Chagall said, "a painting was a surface covered with forms in a certain order. For me a painting is a surface covered with representation of things... in which logic and illustration have no importance."<br /><br /><a href="http://www.moma.org/collection/browse_results.php?object_id=78984">http://www.moma.org/collection/browse_results.php?object_id=78984</a>André C Monteirohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09716869222249905887noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1562420417555918866.post-61858574237164328712010-04-14T02:02:00.000-07:002010-04-14T02:10:39.367-07:00Russian Parallel Cinema Part 2 of 3This is the second part of the Movie <a href="http://andrecarmomonteiro.blogspot.com/2010/04/russian-parallel-cinema-part-1-of-3.html">Russian Parallel Cinema</a> made for VBS.TV. Vice’s Shane Smith travels from Moscow to Saint Petersburg for some crazy shootings along with the Russian artist / Necro-Realist film director Yevgeni Yufit.<br /><br /><script src="http://www.vbs.tv/vbs_player.js?width=400&height=220&ec=ZhcG9iMTqsuY8zfJ97jQCZhndKHZdOTy&st=The%20Vice%20Guide%20To%20Film&pl=http://www.vbs.tv/watch/the-vice-guide-to-film--2/russian-parallel-cinema-part-2-of-3--7" type="text/javascript" charset="utf-8"></script><br /><br /><a href="http://www.vbs.tv/watch/the-vice-guide-to-film--2/russian-parallel-cinema-part-2-of-3--7">http://www.vbs.tv/watch/the-vice-guide-to-film--2/russian-parallel-cinema-part-2-of-3--7</a>André C Monteirohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09716869222249905887noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1562420417555918866.post-18688627714726162922010-04-13T00:41:00.000-07:002010-04-13T00:49:46.471-07:00Russian Parallel Cinema Part 1 of 3For 60 years, <a href="http://andrecarmomonteiro.blogspot.com/">Russian film</a> was dominated by the state-approved imagery of Socialist Realism: stark scenes of the proletariat; working, farming and soldiering. Making movies outside this milieu meant risking life and limb at the hands of the KGB. When the Soviet Union collapsed, and that threat diminished, Russian filmmakers released six decades of pent-up creative energy. The films that emerged were an insane mish-mash of booze, violence, surrealism, and insanity. Thus Parallel Cinema was born.<br /><br /><script src="http://www.vbs.tv/vbs_player.js?width=400&height=225&ec=ZicW9iMTpnY_FQm6Cys2RHJjHtxj6LV5&st=The%20Vice%20Guide%20To%20Film&pl=http://www.vbs.tv/watch/the-vice-guide-to-film--2/russian-parallel-cinema-part-1-of-3" type="text/javascript" charset="utf-8"></script><br /><br />To learn more about this bizarre and wonderful school of film-making, Vice’s Shane Smith travels to Moscow to interview the motley cast of characters that founded Russian Parallel Cinema. We meet Gleb and Igor Aleinikov, two of Parallel Cinema’s most prolific creators; Oleg Kulik, who spent a year as a dog; Andre Silvestrov and Pavel Liabazov, founders of Alcho-Cinema; and notorious “Necro-Realist” Yevgeni Yufit.<br /><br />Learn about this truly unique filmic tradition that, given Russian’s present volatility, may not exist for much longer.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.vbs.tv/watch/the-vice-guide-to-film--2/russian-parallel-cinema-part-1-of-3">http://www.vbs.tv/watch/the-vice-guide-to-film--2/russian-parallel-cinema-part-1-of-3</a>André C Monteirohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09716869222249905887noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1562420417555918866.post-39592107456506530052010-04-11T23:26:00.000-07:002010-04-12T00:04:41.304-07:00Travel to Germany - Weekend in BerlinI just came back from a fantastic weekend in Berlin capital of Germany. This was my second time there. Sumner 2002 I got to spend a whole week in Berlin to make photos for this travel catalog of a Portuguese tour operator.<br /><br /><img style="width: 400px; height: 300px;" alt="Travel to Germany - Weekend in Berlin" src="http://mw2.google.com/mw-panoramio/photos/medium/472901.jpg" /><br /><br />Photo by <span style="font-weight: bold;">Iñaki Lasa Rodríguez</span> on <a href="http://www.panoramio.com/photo/472901">http://www.panoramio.com/photo/472901</a><br /><br /><a href="http://andrecarmomonteiro.blogspot.com/">Cheap flights to Berlin</a> are easy to find but I decided to go on the high season so I payed €87.99 for the outbound ticket and payed €107.99 for the return ticket. Usually prices are cheap to fly to Berlin. A total of €197.98 using EasyJet company.<br /><br />http://www.easyjet.com/ | (Easy Jet Official Website here: <a href="http://www.easyjet.com/">Easy Jet</a>)<br /><br />EasyJet is a British airline company with its headquarters at London Luton Airport in England. EasyJet serves 500 routes between 117 destinations in 27 countries throughout Europe and the north of Africa.<br /><br />Berlin is a fantastic city to make photos and to spend a couple of days enjoying monuments, its night life and several concerts as there's always something happening in the city worth seeing.<br /><br /><img style="width: 400px; height: 300px;" alt="Travel to Germany - Weekend in Berlin" src="http://mw2.google.com/mw-panoramio/photos/medium/472642.jpg" /><br /><br />Photo by <span style="font-weight: bold;">Iñaki Lasa Rodríguez</span> on <a href="http://www.panoramio.com/photo/472642">http://www.panoramio.com/photo/472642</a><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;font-size:130%;" >Berlin Landmarks and Berlin Monuments</span><br /><ul><li>Berliner Dom</li><li>Reichstag (Parliament Building)</li><li>Gendarmenmarkt</li><li>Victory Column (Siegessaule)</li><li>Kaiser Wilhelm Gedächtniskirche</li><li>Neue Synagogue-Centrum Judaicum</li><li>Olympiastadion</li><li>Soviet War Memorials</li><li>Checkpoint Charlie</li><li>Topography of Terror</li></ul><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Youth Hostel in Berlin, Cheap Hotel Berlin</span></span><br /><br />I stayed on this nice youth hostel in Berlin which is a former nunnery with a unique atmosphere. It was full as Berlin got to have tons of tourist during the high season of April 2010. Rooms are clean, practical and I had a nice window view to the patio and surrounding building and trees.<br /><br />I stayed on a 4 beds room and payed €17 per night. Toilets and showers are just outside the door. I had this crazy Japanese dancing hip hop no my room until 2am.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Berlin Hostel Contact Information</span><br /><br />Hostel Address: Stresemanstraße 66, Berlin 10963, Germany<br />Phone Number: +49 (0)30 - 32 66 29 55<br /><br />http://www.three-little-pigs.com/ (Three Little Pigs Youth Hostel Official Website here: <a href="http://www.three-little-pigs.com/">Youth Hostel Berlin</a>)<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;font-size:130%;" >Other websites with Berlin information and photos</span><br /><ul><li><a href="http://www.joaoleitao.com/viagens/2009/06/16/fotografias-de-berlim-58-fotos-de-berlim-capital-da-alemanha-maio-2009/">Photos of Berlin</a></li><li><a href="http://www.berlin.world-guides.com/">Berlin Information and Travel Guide</a><br /></li><li><a href="http://www.lonelyplanet.com/maps/europe/germany/berlin/">Map of Berlin</a></li><li><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Berlin">Berlin on Wikipedia</a></li></ul>André C Monteirohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09716869222249905887noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1562420417555918866.post-52248433156127503462010-04-11T07:36:00.000-07:002010-04-11T07:50:13.593-07:00Importance of Vitamins, Why Vitamins?Vitamins help the body turn food into energy and tissues, creating a regular and normal healthy system function giving us health. The <a href="http://andrecarmomonteiro.blogspot.com/">importance of vitamins</a> is a key factor to have a prosper, happy and health life, so you shouldn't neglect this issue. Because our body doesn't store most vitamins, we must consume them regularly to avoid deficiency.<br /><br />With few exceptions, the body is not able to synthesize or manufacture <a href="http://andrecarmomonteiro.blogspot.com/">vitamins</a> so basically we need to consume them externally, from food or beverages in order to have a healthy life. <br /><br />Vitamins are important and vital to a normal body function as they are absolutely necessary for our growth, general-well being and vitality both physical and mentally.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">There are 13 vitamins total:</span> vitamin A; the vitamin B complex, which includes thiamine, riboflavin, niacin, vitamin B6, folic acid, vitamin B12 pantothenic acid, and biotin; and vitamins C, D, E, and K.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Fat-Soluble Vitamins are:</span> Vitamin A, Vitamin D, Vitamin E, Vitamin K and Beta carotene. <br /><br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Water-Soluble Vitamins are:</span> Vitamin C, Thiamin (vitamin B1), Riboflavin (vitamin B2), Niacin (vitamin B3), Vitamin B6, Vitamin B12 an Folic acid (folate).<br /><br />For the most part, vitamins are obtained with food, but a few are obtained by other means. For example, microorganisms in the intestine—commonly known as "gut flora", produce vitamin K and biotin, while one form of vitamin D is synthesized in the skin with the help of the natural ultraviolet wavelength of sunlight.<br /><br />Humans can produce some vitamins from precursors they consume. Examples include vitamin A, produced from beta carotene, and niacin, from the amino acid tryptophan.André C Monteirohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09716869222249905887noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1562420417555918866.post-22367974006986970822010-04-11T07:28:00.000-07:002010-04-11T07:34:47.321-07:00Quick Strawberry & Banana Vegan Milk ShakeFinding solutions to have tasty things to eat and drink is always on my mind. This morning I prepared a <a href="http://andrecarmomonteiro.blogspot.com/">vegan milk shake</a> using water and a bit of oat flakes. This created some sort of milk.<br /><br />Oat flakes mixed with water are a good alternative to normal milk, and gives this nice smooth beverage that can be used in many recipes, or just being used as regular normal milk alternative.<br /><br /><span style="font-size:130%;">Quick Strawberry & Banana Vegan Milk Shake</span><br /><br />So I added 2 bananas, 10 strawberries, water, oat flakes and blended for 1 minute. That was it. Perfect, fresh and tasty. Enjoy.André C Monteirohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09716869222249905887noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1562420417555918866.post-15374973624348580262010-04-10T00:04:00.000-07:002010-04-10T03:50:27.570-07:00World Cup 2010 in South Africa2010 FIFA World Cup will be held in <a href="http://andrecarmomonteiro.blogspot.com/">South Africa</a>. The FIFA World Cup is the premier international football tournament that runs every 4 years. 2010 tournament is the 19th version and is scheduled to take place between 11 June and 11 July 2010 in South Africa.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/">http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/</a> (Official FIFA World Cup website).<br /><br />A very interesting fact about this 2010 tournament is that it's held in an African country for the first time ever. Other African countries competing for the World Cup were <a href="http://andrecarmomonteiro.blogspot.com/2010/04/travel-to-morocco-10-days-vacations-in.html">Morocco</a> and Egypt.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/2/21/2010_FIFA_World_Cup_logo.svg/200px-2010_FIFA_World_Cup_logo.svg.png"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 230px;" src="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/2/21/2010_FIFA_World_Cup_logo.svg/200px-2010_FIFA_World_Cup_logo.svg.png" alt="" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;font-size:130%;" >Host cities and Venues of World Cup 2010</span><br /><br />32 teams will play during 1 month playoffs taking place in 10 different venues in 9 different host cities: Johannesburg (2 venues: Soccer City and Ellis Park Stadium), Durban (Moses Mabhida Stadium), Cape Town (Cape Town Stadium), Pretoria (Loftus Versfeld Stadium), Port Elizabeth (Nelson Mandela Bay Stadium), Bloemfontein (Free State Stadium), Polokwane (Peter Mokaba Stadium), Nelspruit (Mbombela Stadium) and Rustenburg (Royal Bafokeng Stadium).<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;font-size:130%;" >2010 World Cup Qualifying Teams</span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Teams from AFC (4)</span><br /><ul><li>Australia</li><li>Japan</li><li>Korea DPR</li><li>Korea Republic</li></ul><span style="font-weight: bold;">Teams from CAF (6)</span><br /><ul><li>Algeria</li><li>Cameroon</li><li>Ivory Coast</li><li>Ghana</li><li>Nigeria</li><li>South Africa (host country)</li></ul><span style="font-weight: bold;">Teams from CONCACAF (3)</span><br /><ul><li>Honduras</li><li>Mexico</li><li>United States</li></ul><span style="font-weight: bold;">Teams from CONMEBOL (5)</span><br /><ul><li>Argentina</li><li>Brazil</li><li>Chile</li><li>Paraguay</li><li>Uruguay</li></ul><span style="font-weight: bold;">Teams from </span>OFC (1)<br /><ul><li>New Zealand</li></ul><span style="font-weight: bold;">Teams from UEFA (13)</span><br /><ul><li>Denmark</li><li>England</li><li>France</li><li>Germany</li><li>Greece</li><li>Italy</li><li>Netherlands</li><li>Portugal</li><li>Serbia</li><li>Slovakia</li><li>Slovenia</li><li>Spain</li><li>Switzerland</li></ul><span style="font-weight: bold;font-size:130%;" >Video FIFA World Cup 2010 - K'naan & David Bisbal </span><br /><br /><object height="340" width="560"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/jS7O9RhNa18&hl=en_US&fs=1&color1=0xe1600f&color2=0xfebd01"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/jS7O9RhNa18&hl=en_US&fs=1&color1=0xe1600f&color2=0xfebd01" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" height="340" width="560"></embed></object>André C Monteirohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09716869222249905887noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1562420417555918866.post-73318089120392970682010-04-09T05:48:00.000-07:002010-04-10T00:04:33.443-07:00My Name in Arabic, How to Write Names in ArabicI found this page on my friend's website, about how to write names in Arabic language. You can ask for your name to be written just go to "Ask Your Name" page and write a comment with you name).<br /><br />Arabic calligraphy and alphabet are beautiful and it's always interesting to know how your name looks like written in Arabic. Give it a try.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.joaoleitao.com/names-arabic/">http://www.joaoleitao.com/names-arabic/</a> (English Version of the website).<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">My </span><a style="font-weight: bold;" href="http://andrecarmomonteiro.blogspot.com/">name in arabic</a><span style="font-weight: bold;"> should be like this:</span><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.joaoleitao.com/nomes-arabe/wp-content/uploads/2010/04/andre-nome-arabe.gif"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 393px; height: 350px;" src="http://www.joaoleitao.com/nomes-arabe/wp-content/uploads/2010/04/andre-nome-arabe.gif" alt="" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><a href="http://www.joaoleitao.com/nomes-arabe/andre/">http://www.joaoleitao.com/nomes-arabe/andre/</a> (Portuguese Version of the website).André C Monteirohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09716869222249905887noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1562420417555918866.post-49808058141052573162010-04-09T03:35:00.000-07:002010-04-09T03:41:29.444-07:00Insane Skateboarding Skills VideoA nice video of having fun while skating. Nice soundtrack and great images. This guy makes incredible s moves on a professional and probably non-reachable level. wow. Enjoy.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;font-size:130%;" >Insane Skateboarding Skills </span><br /><br /><object height="344" width="425"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/FyC35OeGhg4&hl=en_US&fs=1&color1=0xe1600f&color2=0xfebd01"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/FyC35OeGhg4&hl=en_US&fs=1&color1=0xe1600f&color2=0xfebd01" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" height="344" width="425"></embed></object>André C Monteirohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09716869222249905887noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1562420417555918866.post-74305291359892012192010-04-09T02:49:00.000-07:002010-04-09T03:33:03.149-07:00Travel to Morocco - 10 days vacations in MoroccoOn March/April 2010 I went 10 days to Morocco. On an amazing trip I spend a great time exploring the south part of this fantastic country.<br /><br />After my travels in South America and Far East Asia, I decided to travel Africa for the first time. 2 years ago I was almost decided to travel to South Africa but I ended canceling that trip due to a short time notice photography work in Lisbon.<br /><br />Morocco went up on my expectations. I was expecting to find something less interesting although what I found was a country ready to receive tourist, still, not missing all its charisma and traditional culture.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2700/4272487482_8b407b424a.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 301px;" src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2700/4272487482_8b407b424a.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br /><br />Photo by <span style="font-weight: bold;">Carlo Tancredi</span> on <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/carlotancredi/4272487482/in/pool-moroccan">http://www.flickr.com/photos/carlotancredi/4272487482/in/pool-moroccan</a><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;font-size:130%;" >Step 1 - Fly Cheap to Morocco</span><br /><br />I got a cheap ticket from Lisbon to Madrid and from Madrid to Marrakesh. I used both Vueling airlines (from the airplane from Lisbon to Madrid ) and EasyJet airlines (from the airplane from Madrid to Marrakesh). The total cost round-trip ticket costed me 180 Euros. Not bad to flight from Europe to Africa, although Portugal is not that far from Spain and Spain not that far from Morocco.<br /><br />If someone is flying from the United States, I advise to to get a cheaper, affordable ticket either to Portugal or Spain, from where you can easily get a cheaper ticket to Morocco. Also, in south Spain you can get cheap ticket to Morocco on a 35 minutes ferry-boat crossing from Tarifa city to Tangier city in Morocco.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;font-size:100%;" >Cheap Airlines to Morocco, Cheap Ticket to Morocco</span><br /><ul><li><a href="http://www.vueling.com/">http://www.vueling.com</a></li><li><a href="http://www.easyjet.com/">http://www.easyjet.com</a></li></ul><span style="font-weight: bold;font-size:130%;" >Step 2 - How to Move in Morocco, Transportation in Morocco</span><br /><br />I only used local transportation. For several times I got a shared taxi and other times I got cheap local buses, and, I bought a ATV tour from a company in Ouarzazate.<br /><br />From Marrakech to Sahara Desert I got a long ride bus, yes it took a while but I got to sleep the whole time since it was a night bus. I had someone from the desert hotel I booked online to pick me up. My bus went from Marrakech to Rissani where I got there in the morning.<br /><br />Local shared taxis from Ouarzazate to Marrakesh run almost every hour and you can get one at Ouarzazate's Bus Terminal. I was luck to stay in a hotel just 5 minutes walk away from it. The shared taxi costs 120 Dirhams although you can get the whole taxi for 600 Dirhams and fit up to 7 people inside.<br /><br />There are also CTM Buses from Ouarzazate to Marrakesh at 8am, 11am, 12pm, 16pm and the price costs 80 Dirhams. The trip takes 5 hours to cross the High Atlas Mountains and 200km road trip.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;font-size:130%;" >Step 3 - Where to sleep in Morocco, Hotels in Morocco</span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Hotel in Marrakech</span> - I started to get a cheap hotel in Marrakech. Without any kind of booking I searched for a cheap hotel in Riad Zitoun Lkdim street and found a very nice one called Hotel Medina. A double room costs 100 dirhams (10 Euros). Bathrooms are outside of the rooms and showers also. So after this I decided to stay in hotel with rooms with private bathrooms. A bit more expensive but I get full privacy and ultimate cleanness all for myself.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Hotel in Ouarzazate</span> - I stayed 2 days in this nice cozy and well decorated hotel in Ouarzazate called Dar Rita. This is a small house converted into a nice guest house. The owner is a foreign girl that moved to Morocco a couple of years ago. Impressive service and great value for the money. I payed 500 Dirhams for a single room, breakfast and incredible diner included. This hotel is located on a quiet traditional district of Ouarzazate, near the river and surrounded by old houses like a little village type. Perfect for hiking lovers. I walk several hours in the river bank up to the cinema studios and had great fun (take water with you).<br /><br /><a href="http://www.darrita.com/">http://www.darrita.com/</a><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Hotel in Sahara Desert</span> - I stayed in this friendly hotel right on the dunes, swimming pool . Many people go for Sun set camel trekking in the dunes. I stayed on a cozy well decorated room and could enjoy the swimming pool as the weather was hot already in the beginning of April. I payed 25 Euros for a single room, breakfast and diner included. Every night there's live music with drums from Sahara.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.aubergedusud.com/">http://www.aubergedusud.com/</a><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3196/2959334508_6c44184625.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3196/2959334508_6c44184625.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br /><br />Photo by <span style="font-weight: bold;">The eclectic Oneironaut</span>'s at <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/theecclecticoneironaut/2959334508/">http://www.flickr.com/photos/theecclecticoneironaut/2959334508/</a>André C Monteirohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09716869222249905887noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1562420417555918866.post-61960772364195244242010-04-09T02:34:00.000-07:002010-04-09T02:48:52.997-07:00Xgames Asia - Shangai China 27th to 30th May 2010<a href="http://andrecarmomonteiro.blogspot.com/">Xgames Asia</a> in Shangai, China are almost there. This extreme games competition promisses to be one of the most spectacular of the year.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.kiaxgamesasia.com/">http://www.kiaxgamesasia.com/</a><br /><br />As the KIA X GAMES ASIA moves into it's eleventh year, near 200 top action sports athletes throughout the Asia Pacific region will once again compete for prize money and medals in three sport categories, with Moto X performance as well.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.kiaxgamesasia.com/gallery/main.php?g2_view=core.DownloadItem&g2_itemId=211&g2_serialNumber=2"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://www.kiaxgamesasia.com/gallery/main.php?g2_view=core.DownloadItem&g2_itemId=211&g2_serialNumber=2" alt="" border="0" /></a><br /><blockquote><span style="font-weight: bold;">KIA X GAMES ASIA</span><br />Date: May 27th- 30th , 2010<br />Time: 11am-6pm<br />Venue: KIC Jiangwan Sports Centre<br />No. 346 Guohe Toad Shanghai China<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Competition Arena</span><br /><ul><li>Vert Ramp - Aggressive In-Line Vert, Skateboard Vert and BMX Freestyle Vert</li><li>Street Course - Aggressive In-Line Street, Skateboard Street and BMX Freestyle Street</li><li>Mini Mega Ramp - Skateboard Mini Mega and BMX Freestyle Mini Mega</li></ul></blockquote><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;font-size:130%;" >Xgames Asia 2006 - Promo Video</span><br /><object height="344" width="425"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/BeB6Hj1q5bY&hl=en_US&fs=1&color1=0xe1600f&color2=0xfebd01"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/BeB6Hj1q5bY&hl=en_US&fs=1&color1=0xe1600f&color2=0xfebd01" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" height="344" width="425"></embed></object>André C Monteirohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09716869222249905887noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1562420417555918866.post-46587118873730167822010-04-08T10:57:00.000-07:002010-04-08T11:05:03.849-07:00Vegan Video by Dan PiraroVery cool video with a cartoon explanation to vegetarianism. Dan Piraro masterfully made this nice video. It's a talking pig that explains why eating meat is bad for you.<br /><br />Daniel Charles Piraro is a surrealist painter, illustrator and cartoonist best-known for his award-winning syndicated cartoon panel Bizarro.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.bizarro.com/images/vegan/BzVeganHm3.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 200px;" src="http://www.bizarro.com/images/vegan/BzVeganHm3.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br /><br />In 2002, Piraro became a vegan. His activism is visible in Bizarro, often incorporating vegan and animal cruelty themes into his cartoons. Piraro has also incorporated an entire section devoted to veganism on his website, detailing his reasons for becoming a vegan and other vegan-related information.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.bizarro.com/">http://www.bizarro.com/</a><br /><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dan_Piraro">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dan_Piraro</a><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;font-size:130%;" >Vegan Video by Dan Piraro</span><br /><br /><object height="344" width="425"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/05zhL1YUd8Q&hl=en_US&fs=1&color1=0xe1600f&color2=0xfebd01"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/05zhL1YUd8Q&hl=en_US&fs=1&color1=0xe1600f&color2=0xfebd01" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" height="344" width="425"></embed></object>André C Monteirohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09716869222249905887noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1562420417555918866.post-59577165707204460042010-04-08T10:46:00.000-07:002010-04-14T02:52:45.360-07:00Portuguese Art, Sebastião ResendeFor a couple of years I've been following this Portuguese artist that creates in several different medias. <a href="http://andrecarmomonteiro.blogspot.com/">Sebastião Resende</a> expresses himself in sculpture, painting and photography.<br /><br />I found out about Sebastião Resende on a gallery exhibition somewhere in the city of Porto in northern Portugal a couple of years ago while visiting a friend of mine which is an artist and was studding at the local Fine Arts University.<br /><br />Among many things, Sebastião Resende's way of art also reflects its passage and studies in Japan while younger and his art show deep though and clean shapes.<br /><br />Sebastião Resende now comes up with a new website where we can have an idea of what his works is all about. The website is clean and soft, very appealing to slowly discover Sebastião Resende's art.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.sebastiaoresende.com/">http://www.sebastiaoresende.com/</a><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos-d.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc3/hs389.snc3/23730_1285104620529_1617546164_727096_3846423_n.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 215px;" src="http://photos-d.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc3/hs389.snc3/23730_1285104620529_1617546164_727096_3846423_n.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a>André C Monteirohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09716869222249905887noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1562420417555918866.post-58686073668911243092010-04-08T10:08:00.000-07:002010-04-08T10:41:06.233-07:00Selected Tasty Vegan RecipesSurfing across the internet we can find hundreds of high quality blogs with thousands of <a href="http://andrecarmomonteiro.blogspot.com/">tasty vegan recipes</a>. I made a small selection of the best recipes and food ideas I found interesting and tasty last week.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;font-size:130%;" >Oyster Mushroom and Yves Pepperoni Pizza</span><br />Recipe from Comfort Food Vegan blog, Ontario - Canada by Anardana.<br /><br /><a href="http://comfortfoodvegan.blogspot.com/2010/03/oyster-mushroom-and-yves-pepperoni.html">http://comfortfoodvegan.blogspot.com/2010/03/oyster-mushroom-and-yves-pepperoni.html</a><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v407/meridianhour/vegan%20foods/mushroompizza.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 299px;" src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v407/meridianhour/vegan%20foods/mushroompizza.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;font-size:130%;" >Spicy Tofu Noodle Salad</span><br />Recipe from American Vegan Kitchen, Virginia - United States, by Robin Robertson.<br /><br /><a href="http://veganplanet.blogspot.com/2010/03/american-vegan-kitchen-spicy-tofu.html">http://veganplanet.blogspot.com/2010/03/american-vegan-kitchen-spicy-tofu.html</a><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHv3xoqCOWfMpOZwPt6p2jHSQqUZM5QuYJNesHcrt4-7ZY4jUqIDnAKay63MA61MLty4_dDig5gD4D4tZTkZ0BNjekjhXr7fVxGY6nODOK4MKdGw-ZgCSWKq8VvyuFy0RvqgNW0cBjC95s/s320/AVK+Tofu+Noodle+Salad+007b.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 272px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHv3xoqCOWfMpOZwPt6p2jHSQqUZM5QuYJNesHcrt4-7ZY4jUqIDnAKay63MA61MLty4_dDig5gD4D4tZTkZ0BNjekjhXr7fVxGY6nODOK4MKdGw-ZgCSWKq8VvyuFy0RvqgNW0cBjC95s/s320/AVK+Tofu+Noodle+Salad+007b.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;font-size:130%;" >Avocado Wasabi Salad</span><br />Recipe from VeganYumYum, Boston - United States, by Lolo.<br /><br /><a href="http://veganyumyum.com/2010/01/avocado-wasabi-salad/">http://veganyumyum.com/2010/01/avocado-wasabi-salad/</a><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2748/4309217607_aec976fe60.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2748/4309217607_aec976fe60.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a>André C Monteirohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09716869222249905887noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1562420417555918866.post-44446348239637984562010-04-08T07:48:00.000-07:002010-04-08T10:54:54.734-07:00Food not Bombs - Cook for Peace(...)<a href="http://andrecarmomonteiro.blogspot.com/">Food Not Bombs</a> shares free <a href="http://andrecarmomonteiro.blogspot.com/2010/04/vegan-power-start-up.html">vegan</a> and vegetarian meals with the hungry in over 1,000 cities around the world every week to protest war, poverty and the destruction of the environment.<br /><br />With over a billion people going hungry each day how can we spend another dollar on war?(...)<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.indybay.org/uploads/2006/03/24/10-food-not-bombs.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 253px;" src="http://www.indybay.org/uploads/2006/03/24/10-food-not-bombs.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br /><br />(...)Food Not Bombs is one of the fastest growing revolutionary movements and is gaining momentum throughout the world. There are hundreds of autonomous chapters sharing free vegetarian food with hungry people and protesting war and poverty. Food Not Bombs is not a charity.<br /><br />This energetic grassroots movement is active throughout the Americas, Europe, Africa, the Middle East, Asia and Australia. Food Not Bombs is organizing for peace and an end to the occupations of Iraq, Afghanistan and Palestine. For nearly 30 years the movement has worked to end hunger and has supported actions to stop the globalization of the economy, restrictions to the movements of people, end exploitation and the destruction of the earth. (...)<br /><br /><img src="http://www.foodnotbombs.net/fnb_logo_resist_color.gif" height="100" width="100" /><br /><br /><b>Food Not Bombs</b><br />P.O. Box 424, Arroyo Seco, NM 87514 USA<br />575-776-3880, 1-800-884-1136<br /><br />Email: menu@foodnotbombs.net<br />Website: <a href="http://www.foodnotbombs.net/www.foodnotbombs.net">www.foodnotbombs.net</a>André C Monteirohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09716869222249905887noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1562420417555918866.post-12862700536344483182010-04-08T07:26:00.000-07:002010-04-08T10:56:55.374-07:00Travel to Peru - 10 days vacations in PeruLast summer I went to south America and traveled 10 days in Peru. I intended to cross borders to other nearby countries but ended up visiting more destinations in Peru as time was short I decided to stay and enjoy this amazing country.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://farm1.static.flickr.com/73/206159732_16a0ed1a0a.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="http://farm1.static.flickr.com/73/206159732_16a0ed1a0a.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br /><br />Machu Pichu photo above is from [<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/togr/">togr</a>] from Norway on <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/togr/206159732/">http://www.flickr.com/photos/togr/206159732/</a><br /><h2>Peru Travel Guide - Lonely Planet</h2><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://shop.lonelyplanet.com/media/LP001/ProductImageAssets/Country_Guides/peru-7-LGN_v1_m56577569830555277.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 123px; height: 184px;" src="http://shop.lonelyplanet.com/media/LP001/ProductImageAssets/Country_Guides/peru-7-LGN_v1_m56577569830555277.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br /><br />I advise you to buy lonely planet book, this is an awesome travel guide book to Peru, marking all the best hiking trails, cheap accommodation in peru, transportation tips, and much more.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.lonelyplanet.com/peru">http://www.lonelyplanet.com/peru</a><br /><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">(...) Nobody knows Peru like Lonely Planet, and our unbeatable 7th edition gives you the key to its legendary past and exciting present. Watch the sun rise over Machu Picchu, shop at colorful crafts markets, puzzle over the mysterious Nazca Lines and sample sublime ceviche. We'll take you there - and beyond.</span> <span style="font-style: italic;">(...) </span><br /><br /><a href="http://shop.lonelyplanet.com/Primary/BestsellingTravelGuides/PRD_PRD_2275/Peru+Travel+Guide.jsp?ASSORTMENT%3C%3East_id=1408474395181057&FOLDER%3C%3Efolder_id=2534374302023706&PRODUCT%3C%3Eprd_id=845524441769437&bmUID=1270737006505&lpaffil=lpdest-shoplinks">Lonely Planet Peru</a><br /><br /><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Peru best travel destinations</span></span><br /><br />Arequipa - Colca Valley, Chiclayo, Cuzco - Machu Picchu - Inca Trail, Huaraz & the Cordilleras, Iquitos - Amazon River, Lima, Nazca - Nazca Lines, Paracas, Puno and Lake Titicaca, Trujillo.<br /><br /><object height="344" width="425"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/clIfpTr21HY&hl=en_US&fs=1&color1=0xe1600f&color2=0xfebd01"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/clIfpTr21HY&hl=en_US&fs=1&color1=0xe1600f&color2=0xfebd01" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" height="344" width="425"></embed></object><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Know more about peru in websites like:</span><br /><br /><a href="http://www.alltravelperu.com/">http://www.alltravelperu.com/</a><br /><a href="http://www.go2peru.com/">http://www.go2peru.com/</a><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Map of South America</span><br /><br />If you need a map of south America go to <a href="http://www.joaoleitao.com/viagens/2008/05/06/mapa-da-america-do-sul-mapas-america-do-sul/">http://www.joaoleitao.com/viagens/2008/05/06/mapa-da-america-do-sul-mapas-america-do-sul/</a><br /><h2>Native Peruvian Music</h2>Music in Peru is very attached to a fascinating past and local folklore blends with amazing ancient music with pure sounds achieving mystical and deep vibes.<br /><br /><object height="344" width="425"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/XHR6f-Vt-dY&hl=en_US&fs=1&color1=0xe1600f&color2=0xfebd01"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/XHR6f-Vt-dY&hl=en_US&fs=1&color1=0xe1600f&color2=0xfebd01" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" height="344" width="425"></embed></object>André C Monteirohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09716869222249905887noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1562420417555918866.post-74333028736894975722010-04-08T06:59:00.000-07:002010-04-08T10:54:06.477-07:00Vegan POWER - A Start up<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.impactlab.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/08/cow.png"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 360px;" src="http://www.impactlab.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/08/cow.png" alt="" border="0" /></a><br /><br />Going vegan is a deep internal change. Your mind and your body turn one. Your spirit purifies and flies. Your breath purity, no harm, no guilt, no crime.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.goveg.com/">http://www.goveg.com/</a><br /><br />Animals on today's factory farms have no legal protection from cruelty that would be illegal if it were inflicted on dogs or cats: neglect, mutilation, genetic manipulation, and drug regimens that cause chronic pain and crippling, transport through all weather extremes, and gruesome and violent slaughter. Yet farmed animals are no less intelligent or capable of feeling pain than are the dogs and cats we cherish as companions.<br /><br /><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Eating well, the importance of food</span></span><br /><br />Eating well is important. You have to find balance within yourself and what you eat. You have to find what better suits your needs, proteins, vitamins and minerals, also depending on what you spend and what are your daily energy loss.<br /><br />Being vegan means being able to improve, discover and find out new solutions to eat better, but still eat whatever you feel like. My friend João has a great start up website with videos to teach how to cook stuff. Homemade non commercial videos.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.joaoleitao.com/receitas/">http://www.joaoleitao.com/receitas/</a><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">GO VEGAN</span><br /><br /><object height="344" width="425"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/EC9OgM5N3uA&hl=en_US&fs=1&color1=0xe1600f&color2=0xfebd01"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/EC9OgM5N3uA&hl=en_US&fs=1&color1=0xe1600f&color2=0xfebd01" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" height="344" width="425"></embed></object><br /><br /><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Vegan no leather shoes for skaters</span></span><br /><br />Being a skater and being a vegan, it means that I have to find shoes that suits my philosophy, several brand offer great choice, emerica has annual skate shoes collections for vegans. nice!<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://emericaskate.com/content/product/fall-2008/shoes/the-don-2-black-black-white.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 399px; height: 243px;" src="http://emericaskate.com/content/product/fall-2008/shoes/the-don-2-black-black-white.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><a href="http://emericaskate.com/news/2008/06/25/vegans-rejoice-fall-2008/">http://emericaskate.com/news/2008/06/25/vegans-rejoice-fall-2008/</a>André C Monteirohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09716869222249905887noreply@blogger.com0