Month: March 2017

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Spain: The Caves of Drach, in Majorca

Caves of Drach

The caver’s friends can not miss visiting this fascinating place, a true wonder of nature. These are the Caves of Drach (in Catalan Cueva del Drach), the creeks made by the secular and meticulous work of the sea on the rock.

Caves of Drach

The Caves of Drach are located on the southeastern shore of the island of Majorca, about sixty kilometers from the capital, Palma. These caves were discovered in 1896 and are a complex of four large caves: Black Cave, White Cave, Cave of Luigi Salvatore, and Cave of the French. Continue reading “Spain: The Caves of Drach, in Majorca”

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Doing Tai Chi in Shanghai on the banks of the Huangpu

doing Tai Chi in Shanghai

Every morning at dawn in Shanghai, the most populous city in China and the world, dozens of people gather on the banks of the Huangpu River to celebrate the relaxing and rhythmic dance of the T’ai chi ch’uan, commonly abbreviated Tai Chi, “the art of supreme polarity”, a style of Chinese martial arts originated as a fighting technique, now also spread in the culture and in Western countries mostly as exotic branching fitness and as a preventative medicine technique.

doing Tai Chi in Shanghai

According to some, the T’ai chi ch’uan would be born in the years of the Mongol Yuan Dynasty (1279-1368) founded by Kublai Khan, on the trace of the teachings of the monk Zhang San Feng. Continue reading “Doing Tai Chi in Shanghai on the banks of the Huangpu”