Sri Lanka is a surprising country marked by a fascinating history, a magnificent landscape and a very warm people. For me it was also the possibility of living a second chapter of a very dear story.
I could feel again all the moments i had kept in my heart, while walking through this Resplendent Island (the meaning of Sri Lanka) with its incredible variety of its fauna and flora, even after a mass destructions during colonial times, the rivers, the falls and the forests, the ancestral genious creating artificial lakes (tanks) for water management since 2000 years ago, the tropical climate, the always green colour of the mountains and the Patana’s (grasslands).
And then there was the people that remember me all about Carolina. The permanent smile, the peace that you can see in every face at any glance, their culture and life expectancy (older than 70 years for both sexes) and the permanent care for environ reflected by Ruhuna (Yala), Gal Oya, Uda Walawe and Lahugala National Parks or the Elephant Orphanage.
As our history, Sri Lanka is full of contrasts, such as The Monks and the Crows, the War and the Permanent smile or the Sweetness and the Rage of Nature. Thus, i just picked up Galle in a stormy day, borrowed the voices of Elton John and the unforgettable Lucciano Pavaroti to leave a song for you, Carolina. YOUR SONG (i know it will end up in your hands)
O Sri Lanka é um país espantoso, marcado uma uma história fascinante, uma paisagem magnifica e um povo deveras acolhedor. Para mim, além disso, esta viagem deu-me a possibilidade de viver um segundo capitulo de uma história boa da minha vida.
E assim fui sentindo de novo esses momentos guardados no coração, enquanto caminhava por esta Ilha Resplandescente (o significado de Sri Lanka) com a sua incrivel variedade de fauna e flora, os rios, as cascatas, a floresta, a sua ancestral (2000 anos) habilidade na gestão dos recursos hidricos, enfim o verde permanente nas montanhas e nas Patana (s).
E depois, lá estão as pessoas que fazem lembrar tudo de Carolina. O sorriso permanente, a paz que se sente em cada rosto, a sua elevada esperança de vida (mais de 70 anos) ou o respeito permanente pela natureza de que são excelentes exemplos o Elephant Orphanage, os Parque Nacionais de Ruhuna (Yala), Gal Oya, Uda Malawe ou Lahugala.
Tal como esta história, também o Sri Lanka é um Pais de Contrastes curiosos, como Os Monges e os Corvos, a Guerra e o Sorriso Permanente nas Pessoas, ou a Beleza e a Fúria da Natureza.
Por isso, Carolina, resolvi escolher Galle (zona de costa,) num dia de tempestade para deixar um recuerdo. Pedi emprestadas as vozes a Elton John e esse inesquecivel Lucciano Pavarotti e aqui deixo YOUR SONG. (Sei que há-de chegar às tuas mãos)
The PhD on the road adventure started in November 2008 and finished in August 2010 and tells the epic event of writing an Engineering PhD while going around the world. The global adventure should be red/seen as the reading of a romance, not all at once. Each post combines text, photos (sometimes small videos), played along with music (in diaporamas) with the respective lyrics being part of the story. Within the whole story, there are small histories that be recognized by the basic title of the movies (movies with the same basic title are chapters of a same small history). The following histories can be found within the whole adventure, apart from some technical and/or isolated movies:
1 - Tuareg (Morocco)
2 - On the Track of Livingstone (Mozambique)
3 - A Love Story (Sri Lanka)
4 - 7 weeks in Tibet (Tibet)
5 - Empires of the East (China)
6 - Making Possible the Impossible (Taiwan, Hong Kong, Macau)
7 - Uma História de Peão (Brazil)
8 - Arriba Zapata (Mexico)
9 - Learning with the youth (London, Legoland)
10 - Small Things Are Always Great (Porto Santo)
11 - Blowin' in the Wind (Sailing from Porto Santo to Algarve)
12 - Rings of Fire (Guatemala, Mexico and Azores)
13 - When i´m desperate i go talk to my granites (Alvarenga)
14 - Shadows (Alpendorada)
15 - The Thesis (Portugal)
16 - The Obelix Party (Parc Asterix and Granja)
...and after the end of PhD on the road (september 2010), the blog was kept alive with the following histories:
17 - The Nomad Sail of the Soul (sailing, South of Spain)
18 - Nomad Minds (Teaching and tutoring)
19 - Puro Tango (Buenos Aires, Argentina)
20 - Patagónia (3500 km off-road in Argentinian Patagónia)
21 - A New Dawn (Peru)
22 - A Spot of Light in a Dark Horizon (Western Australia)
23 - 4 Questions to Heaven (Portugal & Spain)
24 - Maktoub (Moroco)
25 - Islands of Hope (Cape Verde)
26 - The ISC Family (Brazil)
27 - A Jazz Hour at the Pisco Sour Hour (Peru)
28 - Histories of Lost Loves (Moncorvo, Portugal)
29 - The Adventure of the Railroad (Malawi)
30 - The Power of Women (L´ile de Ré, France)
31 - Irrepressable Poland (Poland)
32 - An African Cross Country (Mozambique)
33 - 7 Seas (Sailing in Creoula, Porto - Cadiz - Lisboa)
34 - The Flight of the Condor (Peru)
35 - We (Mallorca, Spain)
36 - Another Cluster (Rock Mechanics)
37 - Bolivariando (Colombia)
38 - Kissing Africa (Mozambique and Malawi)
39 - The Walk of Life (Lisboa Barcelona in Creoula)
40 - Until the Last Drop (Uganda, Pocinho, Porto, Lisboa and Berlim)
41 - A Son of a Fish Knows How to Swim (Toledo and Aranjuez, Spain)
42 - a Wherever Love (Mozambique)
43 - If I Was Scottish I Would Ce a Proud One (Scotland)
44 - Incredible India (Mumbai and Goa)
45 - Dubai (Dubai) 46 - A Banquet of Nature (Queensland, Australia)
Combine... the Olive oil and Water, the Heaven and the Hell, Art and Science, and Format and Chaos the Inteligent and the limited, the "Cool" and the agressive, the Family man and the Adventurer, the domestic and the nigth watcher. And so the Weak becomes Strong when the Strong Weak becomes. Imagine Michael Schumacher driving a donkey. What wouldn´t the donkey gain, and how much higher Schumacher would have gone?
A minha maior convicção reside no valor de COMBINAR. Combinar... o Azeite com a Água, a Bondade com a Malícia, a Arte com a Ciência, o Formato com o Caos o Inteligente com o Limitado, o Sereno com o Agressivo, o Chefe de família com o Aventureiro, a Mulher a dias com o Guarda Nocturno. E assim o Fraco torna-se Forte quando o Forte Fraco se torna. Experimentem. E verifiquem os excelentes resultados, sobretudo pelo enorme estimulo à Imaginação e Criatividade. Imaginem o Michael Schumacher a conduzir um burro. O que não ganharia o burro, e quão mais não ganharia o Schumacher.
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