Author: ricardo
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2021
May 2021 be the year when Corona goes back to being a beer, ‘positive’ goes back to being a good word, masks go back to being a thing of superheroes, and Donald goes back to being only a duck. May it be the year when science and knowledge once again prevail over obscurantism and ignorance,…
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The Beartooth Highway
Riding on the top of the incredible Beartooth Hwy, at the end of a chilly day in September of 2018.
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Prudhoe Bay for the first time
We dream of open roads and vast skies, of freedom to explore the world on two wheels. It is waiting time now, but we will all be out there riding again sooner or later. A selfie at Prudhoe Bay, Alaska, by the end of the Dalton Highway, in the summer of 2013. Freedom, open roads,…
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Stormy Rio nights
A stormy evening in Rio, a few days ago. Memories of a lifelong love for a city that deserves better, and will get better.
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A room with a view
A room with a view in Siena, Italy, a few days ago. Tuscany has a special light that makes late afternoons like this an ongoing daily show.
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All roads lead to Rome
All roads lead to Rome… Now I know where the old saying comes from. In the ancient Fori Imperiale, next to the Temple of Saturn, sits the Milliarium Aureum, or Golden Milestone, where the stone road makes a sharp turn on the photo above. Not the whole monument, which is long gone, but a fragment…
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An empty Vatican City
I arrived in Rome this afternoon for a few days of work and some rest, and by chance I’m staying right next to the Vatican. After dinner, a short walk to St Peter’s Square to find it completely empty, and completely magnificent. Guess I’ll make this short walk a habit while I’m here.