21 Apr Linha do Tua railroad
25 May, 2010 Linha do Tua railroad Trâs-os-Montes (Beyond the Mountains), used to be one of the poorest regions of Portugal. Emigration over the past decades has been massive. But, Trâs-os-Montes is...
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21 Apr Oscar & Felicity
January 2008 Oscar & Felicity For years the air charter company Scan Air provided flights for the aid organisation that I worked for. This was in the early nineties. Mozambique had been...
21 Apr Time out in Bissau
Lisbon, February 2006 Time out in Bissau Guinea-Bissau - situated on the West-African coast south of Senegal and not even half the size of Scotland - becomes an addiction. That is clear...
21 Apr Women of Guinea-Bissau
Mulheres da Guiné – Women of Guinea-Bissau Guinea-Bissau, not even half the size of Scotland, on the west coast of Africa. Independent from Portugal since 1974 and ever since, torn apart...
21 Apr Mali Blues in Lisbon
Ali Farka Touré Now that our hero Ali Farka Touré has passed on from mortality to immortality, I cherish even more my memories of his brilliant concert on 22 July 2005...
21 Apr Steam in Africa
October 2006 Steam in Africa Ever since my earliest childhood days I have been fond of everything that rolls, flies and floats. One of the most impressive forms of transport still remains the...
21 Apr Guetto di Venezia
The ghetto of Venice Wandering through Venice, I find myself suddenly in front of a narrow gate that marks the entrance of an unsightly alley. At the gate, a small sign...
14 Apr Whassysa
Whassysa Some 250,000 Africans from the former colonies are living in Portugal these days. Many came to the country during the years after the 1974 revolution, which hastened the independence of...