The desire to visit the world is the expression of an own, deep need of his character, a tentative of evasion from what Sigmund Freud called "the discomfort of the civilization" which derives from the rules that we have imposed, or that have been imposed to us.
Nigerian Fallada Fallada sometimes Peul o Fulanithey are nomadic people that from long time ago travel through subsaharian Africa the fashuinating travel from western sahel to the east to reach with their herds Grass, water and freedom. The meaning of the long way, sometimes lasts many years are the drought and animal sickness. They are love the cow with long horn, those animals are painted on cave somwhere in Sahara. Proud and free humans they are attached only to their animals. They live far from cities where theuy go only to buy merchandise or sell animalsi. They are islamic people with a rigid division of labor between man and women. They not appreciate the contact with western people, in case of approach to little group of women they run away frightened. When we have request to meet them, they was very friendly and hospitable we eat together meat and milk and we stay in the camp for some days. A wonderful experience!!
Sands In the Arabian and African deserts, there is no alteranting seasons but thousands of plains that, just by the changing of temperature, will sign the passing of an year.
The road to Lhasa A Journey through thr mistic places described in the book " The road to Lhasa" of Sarat Chandra Das one of the first travellers that explore Central Tibet in the XIX century.
The Galapagos, the islands of the turtles, were officially discovered in 1535. From the discovery of these islands until the first years of the '700 the pirates used them as a shelter and base for their enterprise
The roots of China An itinerary through traditions, habits, beliefs, superstitions and work among Dong, Miao, Geija minorities into the mountains of Guizhou, Hunan and Guanxi. Incredible to see still far from quickly modernity of new China.
Beyond the Great Wall An adventure in unusual China between the old kingdom of Tangut (now named Ning Xia) where in the 200 BC establish the Qin State and the beginning of the chinese empire.
This reportage realized at the end of ninety, is the synthesis of my four-year african experiences in the Omo valley in the soth of Ethiopia. In that remote places we met :Hamer, Banna,Geleb and Mursi.
ARABIA FELIX Why is Arabia felix"? This is the same question that a danish explorer, P. Forsskal, who was the first to land on the coasts of the Yemen in 1761.
The kingdom of Maraja The Moghul, heir descendants of Tamerlano (Tamerlano colonized India from the west). Rajasthan, the land of the Maraja, which was governed by them from hundred of years even under the English domination. Shekhawati, where the Haveli
Burma, now called Myanmar, rapresents the only asian village of south-east where, is practiced a unique form of buddhism hanging between heaven kingdom of Theravada buddhism and Nat animism.
Inside the jungle with Orang Utan This photografic route re-lives some of the situations met during the back up of the rivers Kahayan and Barito into the central indonesian Borneo looking for the legendary Orang Utan.