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Destination Dupes
Sintra Portugal Unveiling the Travel Secrets “Discover Europe’s Hidden Gems.” “Forget Spain, Uncover Portugal.” “Trade Hawaii for Algarve.” and ” Swap Florida for Silver Coast” Have you noticed on social media or scrolled through Instagram or TikTok lately? If so, you’ve likely encountered a barrage of intriguing messages like these. Welcome to the world of “destination dupes” – a burgeoning…
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Make a roadtrip from Lisbon to Porto.
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#lisbon#lisboa#porto#portugal#europe#travel photography#city photography#city trip#photography#roadtrip#travel#central portugal#travelling#bucket list#vacation#holiday#discover#travel vibes
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Coming up to 8 months in Portugal
I arrived in Portugal almost 8 months ago now and have been living in my house here for that amount of time. For the most part I am deliriously happy and delighted to be here. It is a spectacularly beautiful place and I have been made to feel very welcome by the local people. But there always comes a time when you feel like a stranger in a strange place.
Now is the first time that I have felt that way.
Probably because I have been relying heavily on my old friends from South Africa and living from phone call to phone call for my social interaction. And probably also because I upset one of my old friends the other day and she is not happy with me currently. I feel so bad. But not because of what I said – mostly because I shouldn’t have said it. Just kept it to myself. Shit...
But what is done is done.
So here we are.
Also a HUGE spider appeared on my bedroom ceiling this morning and I have been told that there are huge spiders which appear in Portuguese houses when it gets cold and that they are harmless and should be left alone. BUT sitting on my bed watching this HUGE creature start moving towards my clothes was something I couldn’t leave alone. So the spider is deceased and I also feel bad about that. Relieved but bad.
So that is two counts of bad behaviour.
And it is also starting to get really cold. I don’t cope well with cold. All those clothes that you have to wear. Just layers and layers until you feel like a sausage in a casing. Exhausting to get dressed in the morning.
But enough negativity.
I live in the most spectacular place. My house overlooks a huge river which is currently flowing so strongly that the pedestrian bridge that I face is in danger of being washed away by the current. Every morning there is mist rising from the surrounding forests and drifting around the valley. Just so beautiful. When the wind blows from a certain direction I can hear the trees sighing. They bend and sway in the wind and speak to each other. Also they are evergreen so remain bright green throughout the year. Endless hills and mountains covered in green forest are to be found in Central Portugal. Just gorgeous.
Sometimes Rachel (my English friend who lives nearby) and I just drive around marvelling at the countryside. We pick a direction and just drive. The views and countryside are breathtaking from any direction you choose. Incredible. And safe. After enduring what South Africa has become and losing the freedom to do anything like driving randomly around that country, it is liberating to be able to do that here in Portugal.
Thank you Portugal for being the refuge that I needed so badly. Just thank you.
#portugal#southafrica#emigration#central portugal#expats#living abroad#leaving#starting over#I love Portugal
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Eight details from the Portuguese city of Borba, in the Alentejo region.
Technically speaking, Borba is a city, despite having just little more than 3500 inhabitants.
#Borba#Alentejo Central#Alentejo#Alto Alentejo#Portugal#Original photos#photography#photographers on tumblr
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Van valami furcsa és megmagyarázhatatlan [For Some Inexplicable Reason] (Reisz Gábor, 2014)
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ruben dias icons
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The stage was set for slavery in the U.S. as early as the 14th century, when Spain and Portugal began to capture Africans for enslavement in Europe. Slavery eventually expanded to colonial America, where the first enslaved Africans were brought to the Virginia colony at Point Comfort on the James River on August 20, 1619. It was reported that “20 and odd Negroes” from the White Lion, an English ship, were sold in exchange for food; the remaining Africans were transported to Jamestown and sold into slavery.
Historians have long believed that these first Africans enslaved in the colonies came from the Caribbean, but Spanish records suggest they were captured in Angola, then a Portuguese colony in West Central Africa. While aboard the ship São João Bautista bound for Mexico, they were stolen by two English ships, the White Lion and the Treasurer. Once in Virginia, the enslaved Africans were dispersed throughout the colony.
Although in the mid-17th century Virginia became the first British colony in North America to legally mandate race-based, hereditary enslavement, slavery did not immediately become the predominant form of labor there. For decades after slavery was formalized, Virginia plantation owners held nearly 10 times as many indentured servants as enslaved Africans, and many of them were white. By the 1680s, however, African slave labor became the dominant system on Virginia farms and the population of enslaved people continued to grow exponentially. As enslavement became a status centrally tied to race, colonial American laws and culture developed to create a narrative of racial difference that defined African people as intellectually inferior, morally deficient, and benefitting from the "civilizing" influence of slavery.
This belief system and institution spread widely over the next two centuries, even as the U.S. gained independence and embraced a national identity as the "land of the free." At the start of the Civil War in 1861, Virginia had the largest population of enslaved Black people of any state in the Confederacy.
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The first large political entity in the area, known to history as the Kingdom of Kongo, appeared in the thirteenth century and stretched from Gabon in the north to the river Kwanza in the south, and from the Atlantic in the west to the river Cuango in the east. Mbanza Kongo, the capital, had a population of 50,000 people. South of this kingdom were various important states, of which the Kingdom of Ndongo, ruled by the ngola (king), was most significant. Modern Angola derives its name from the king of Ndongo.
Their wealth came mainly from agriculture. Power was in the hands of the Mani, aristocrats who occupied key positions in the kingdom and who answered only to the all-powerful King of the Kongo. Mbanza was the name given to a territorial unit administered and ruled by a Mani; Mbanza Kongo, the capital, had a population of over fifty thousand in the sixteenth century.
In the century before Portuguese exploration of West Africa, the Kongo Kingdom developed in West Central Africa. In the three hundred years from the date the kingdom was founded by Ne Lukeni Kia Nzinga until its destruction in 1665 by the Portuguese, Kongo was an organized stable, politically centralized society based upon a subsistence economy. The Kongo is significant in exploring the historic contexts of African American heritage because the majority of all Africans enslaved in the Southern English colonies were from West Central Africa.
https://www.globalsecurity.org/military/world/angola/kongo.htm
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Maria Miguel Silva - Portuguese, Unknown
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They just hate us eastern europeans...
(I can't get the merch in Romania either)
Scandinavians and Eastern Europeans are blacklisted :(
#seeing how spain belgium germany and the netherlands are just fine.... i wonder how are france italy and portugal#central europe is chilling. us? not so much#answered#wad merch#nobodynobodyno
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Been seeing a lot of Lisboa’s lately, but rarely Dao’s, Douro’s, or Bairrada’s, so HAD to grab this one. Loved drinking thes inexpensive, fabulous wine while visiting, but sadly, most Americans don’t get a chance at them. It’s all Port, Port, Port….. SOOOO many great still-wines from Portugal though. This is a seriously rustic drop, all achy and acidic and slightly rubbery with immense fruit…
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Some interesting windows and balconies from the town of Borba, in Central Alentejo, Portugal.
#Borba#Alentejo Central#Alentejo#Alto Alentejo#Windows#Ventanas#Janelas#Fenetres#Balconies#Balcones#Balcons#Varandas#Portugal#Original Photos#phtography#photographers on tumblr
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What are the Best Places to Retire Abroad?
The recent discussion in our Facebook Group highlighted the challenges that many global retirees face when dreaming of living abroad. The current exchange rates and rising costs can make it seem daunting to stretch a pension in many parts of the world. However, there are still several destinations where a pension can offer a comfortable and fulfilling retirement. Retiring abroad has become an…
#budget travel#Bulgaria#Central America#Costa Rica#Eastern Europe#Ecuador#europe#expat life#India#long-term travel#Malaysia#mexico#Panama#Philippines#Portugal#retirement abroad#slow travel#South America#Southeast Asia#Spain#Thailand#Travel Planning#Vietnam
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2024 olympians representing non country of residence Part 2
Burundi: Egide Ntakarutimana, athletics (Siena, Italy) Cambodia: Apsara Sakbun, swimming (Terre Haute, Indiana) Cameroon: Sarah Hanffou, table tennis (Roubaix, France) Canada: Félix Auger-Aliassime, tennis (Monte Carlo, Monaco); Simi Awujo, soccer (Atlanta, Georgia); Alex Baldoni, canoeing (Pau, France); Janine Beckie, soccer (Douglas County, Colorado); Matt Berger, skateboarding (Huntington Beach, California); Blake Broszus, fencing (San José, California); Corey Conners, golf (Jupiter, Florida); Leylah Fernandez, tennis (Boynton Beach, Florida); Brooke Henderson, golf (Naples, Florida); Ilya Kharun, swimming (Las Vegas, Nevada); Rory Linkletter, athletics (Flagstaff, Arizona); Simon McTavish, canoeing (Sydney, Australia); Anicka Newell, athletics (Albuquerque, New Mexico); Shallon Olsen, gymnastics (Tuscaloosa, Alabama); Sydney Pickrem, swimming (Dunedin, Florida); Miloš Raonić, tennis (Monte Carlo, Monaco); Taylor Ruck, swimming (Scottsdale, Arizona); Cordano Russell, skateboarding (Carlsbad, California) & Alena Sharp, golf (Phoenix, Arizona) Cape Verde: Victor Alvares, fencing (Reims, France); Samuel Freire, athletics (Lisbon, Portugal); Ivanusa Moreira, boxing (Porto, Portugal); Jayla Pina, swimming (Seekonk, Massachusetts); Djamila Silva, judo (Lisbon, Portugal) & José Tati, swimming (Cape Town, South Africa) Central African Republic: Nadia Guimendego, judo (Nantes, France) Chad: Israel Madaye, archery (Lausanne, Switzerland) Chile: Kristel Köbrich, swimming (Córdoba, Argentina); Joaquín Niemann, golf (Jupiter, Florida) & Guillermo Perreira, golf (Jupiter, Florida) Taiwan: Cheng-Tsung Pan (Bellevue, Washington) & Chun-An Yu (Scottsdale, Arizona) Colombia: Ángela Barón, soccer (Keller, Texas); Luisa Blanco, gymnastics (Dallas, Texas); Nico Echavarría, golf (St. Johns County, Florida); René López, equestrian (Saint-Pierremont, France); Catalina Pérez, soccer (Boca Raton, Florida) & Camilo Villegas, golf (Jupiter, Florida) Comoros: Andy Barat, canoeing (Sablé-Sur-Sarthe, France) & Maesha Saadi, swimming (Vienne, France) Cook Islands: Alex Beddoes, athletics (Rotorua, New Zealand) Croatia: Petra Martić, tennis (Freeport, The Bahamas); Ivan Martinović, handball (Vienna, Austria); Nikola Mektić, tennis (Freeport, The Bahamas); Mate Pavić, tennis (Freeport, The Bahamas); Josip Šarac, handball (Ljubuški, Bosnia & Herzegovina); Marin Šipić, handball (Bad Sodern, Germany); Mario Šoštarič, handball (Slovenj Gradec, Slovenia); Donna Vekić, tennis (Monte Carlo, Monaco) & Elena Vorobeva, sailing (Kolomna, Russia) Cyprus: Elena Kulichenko, athletics (Odintsovo, Russia); Denis Taradin, sailing (Moscow, Russia) & Alex Tofalides, fencing (London, U.K.) Czech Republic: Julia Kopecký, cycling (Leiden, The Netherlands) Denmark: Nikoline Laidlaw, rowing (Dunblane, U.K.); Jacob Olesen, golf (Dubai, U.A.E.); Sofie Østergaard, rowing (London, U.K.) & Caroline Wozniacki-Lee, tennis (Miami-Dade County, Florida) Djibouti: Aden-Alexandre Houssein, judo (Paris, France) Dominica: Thea LaFond, athletics (Montgomery County, Maryland); Warren Lawrence, swimming (Zurich, Switzerland) & Jasmine Schofield, swimming (Sierra Vista, Arizona) Dominican Republic: Edison Azcona, soccer (Boca Raton, Florida); Enrique Bösl (Kösching, Germany); José De La Cruz, soccer (Rubí, Spain); José de León, soccer (Madrid, Spain); Victoria Garza, diving (Saltilla, Mexico); Peter González, soccer (Madrid, Spain) Nelson Lemaire, soccer (Schaarbeek, Belgium); Fabian Messina, soccer (Stuttgart, Germany); Heinz Mörschel, soccer (Frankfurt, Germany); Rafael Núñez, soccer (Madrid, Spain); Edgar Pujol, soccer (Sabadell, Spain); Ariana Rodríguez, volleyball (Miami, Florida); José Ruvalcaba, diving (León De Los Aldama, Mexico); Joao Urbáez, soccer (Móstoles, Spain); Óscar Ureña, soccer (Figueres, Spain) & Xavier Valdez, soccer (Faribault, Minnesota) Ecuador: Anicka Delgado, swimming (Los Angeles, California); Julio Mendoza, equestrian (Tryon, North Carolina); Tomás Peribonio, swimming (Miami, Florida) & Nicolas Wettstein, equestrian (Basel, Switzerland)
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"One of the world's rarest cats, the Iberian lynx, is no longer classed as endangered, according to a report by the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN).
On Thursday [June 20, 2024], the IUCN, which categorises species according to the level of risk they face in a "red list", bumped the Iberian lynx from "endangered" to "vulnerable" after a significant surge in numbers.
Its population grew from 62 mature individuals in 2001 to 648 in 2022. While young and mature lynx combined now have an estimated population of more than 2,000, the IUCN reports.
As the name suggests, the wild cat species calls the Iberian region - Spain and Portugal - home.
According to the latest census data, there were a total of 14 clusters where the animals were stable and reproducing. Of those, 13 were located in Spain and one in Portugal.
The wild cat used to be common across the whole of the Iberian Peninsula, but from the 1960s its numbers plummeted.
Habitat loss, poaching and road accidents all helped to push the species to the brink of extinction.
Now, the cat is coming back.
The increase is largely thanks to conservation efforts that have focused on increasing the abundance of its main food source - the also endangered wild rabbit, known as European rabbit.
Programmes to free hundreds of captive lynxes and restoring scrublands and forests have also played an important role in ensuring the lynx is no longer endangered.
Francisco Javier Salcedo Ortiz, a coordinator responsible for leading the conservation action, described it as the "greatest recovery of a cat species ever achieved through conservation".
Mr Ortiz said there was still "a lot of work to do" to ensure the animals survive and the species can recover.
"Looking ahead, there are plans to reintroduce the Iberian lynx to new sites in central and northern Spain,” he added.
The area the species occupies is now much larger, according to IUCN, jumping from 449 sq km (173 sq miles) in 2005 to 3,320 sq km today."
-via BBC News, June 20, 2024
#lynx#cats#wild cats#wild animals#endangered species#icun#conservation#rewilding#ecosystems#environmentalism#spain#portugal#iberian lynx#iberia#good news#hope
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