Archive of month: November 2018

Photo taken at Matera, Italy

Here I am. 300 days ago I left from my hometown Episcopia, in Basilicata. Today, after an incredible journey around the World, 30 countries visited, 1 chipped tooth, 3 broken drones, 2 faulty cameras, 1 self-repaired lens and 1 stolen phone, I’m back in Basilicata with a completely different perception of life on our planet. I chose Matera as my finish line because this city will be the European Capital of Culture in 2019, a year I will dedicated to reflect and work on the outcomes of this project, to share and preserve our heritage as a species. Now comes probably the hardest part of all this journey: going back to ordinary life and use all the knowledge I gathered to design projects to improve the way we live in this unique spaceship we call Earth. Thanks for following
5 years ago

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The end of this fascinating cruise in Patagonia means that my 300 days long adventure is over. I’m now on my way back to Basilicata, with an overloaded, oversized backpack and a heavy heart full of memories that are too much to process for only one man
5 years ago

Photo taken at Magdalena Island, Magallanes Region

All the numerous islands we crossed during our navigation in the fiords are pristine and free from the presence of mankind. Some of them however are home to local fauna, like the Magellanic Penguin, a species of penguin endemic to the Strait of Magellan
5 years ago

Photo taken at Cordillera Darwin

Several tidewater glaciers can be found in the Cordillera Darwin in Alberto De Agostini National Park. Some of them are really active. While the Garibaldi Glacier is retreating like most of the glaciers around the globe, some like Pia Glacier are actually advancing. This makes this area a really interesting spot to study and monitor the climate of our planet
5 years ago

Photo taken at Baie Wulaia

After reaching Cape Horn we headed back North to reach Wulaia bay, once the site of one of the region’s largest native Yámana communities
5 years ago

Photo taken at Cabo de Hornos

In an unusual beautiful morning for the fame of this place, we reached Cape Horn, in the southernmost island of the American continent but also of the planet. This is where the Atlantic meets the Pacific Ocean, creating wild seas that are part of the mythology of nautical history. That’s the real end of the world. If you go south from here there is only Antartica
5 years ago

Photo taken at Tierra del Fuego National Park

Hiking in Tierra del Fuego you feel like the valley down the mountain had just been flooded by seawater. In reality Patagonia was one of the last places on the planet where the ice sheet melted after the last glacial period
5 years ago

Photo taken at Ushuaia, Tierra del Fuego, Argentina

I arrived in Ushuaia, the Southernmost city in the planet. The end of the world will also mark the end of my trip. I tried to get a last minute cruise to Antartica but it was too expensive for my pockets. So I will board a ship that will reach Cap Horn and the then explore the Chilean fiords all the way up to Punta Arenas in the Strait of Magellan. That is one of the least explored area in the world
5 years ago

Photo taken at Chascomús

I feel really grateful for the time I spent here with Luis and his family. The Pampa is such a peaceful place and all things considered the life of gauchos is not so far from the one that I experienced growing up in the countryside in Basilicata. After almost ten months of traveling, here I felt like I was already back home
5 years ago