Patron festivities and impressive rocket festival in Ojós (Murcia) Ojós is a town of about 500 inhabitants in the Region of Murcia, located in the Ricote Valley. Every year from the 26th to the 29th of August the Festivities of San Agustín are celebrated in Ojós in...
It's barbecue time Ready to heat things up this autumn? There's no better way to do it than with a Spanish "matanza", the "slaughter of a pig". It's the time of year to prepare for the winter time and traditionally that mean in lot's of parts of Spain to slaughter a...
Why Detail Remains the Undisputed King of Photography In an era where billions of images are uploaded daily, the difference between a fleeting glance and a lasting impression often comes down to a single element: detail. While composition provides the skeleton of a...
Festivities in Yecla (Murcia) Next week (5th until 9th of December 2014) starts the annual festivities of Our Lady of the Castle in Yecla (Murcia, Spain). part of these festivities are gachasmigas offered by the stewards (November 9). This year one of the...
A Search and Rescue Journey into the Heart of Panama Boquete, nestled in the highlands of the Chiriquí province, is often celebrated by travelers for its misty coffee plantations and its climate of eternal spring. But for those of us involved in the grit of search and...
The mountain village of Boquete Between 2014 and 2015, my life was anchored almost continuously in the heart of Panama, specifically within the mountain village of Boquete. Located near the Costa Rican border, this lush, high-altitude region became the backdrop for a...
Every year around the 8th of December musketeers in Yecla accompany the castle virgin from a nearby hill to the city church.
Amazing Panama city by night In May 2014, my journey to Panama began under the heaviest of circumstances. Following intensive consultations in the Netherlands with the families of Kris Kremers and Lisanne Froon, I boarded a twelve-hour flight from Amsterdam Schiphol...
Photographs of the Murcian region For this years additions of the TSF diary, Fotomatiz was asked to participate with 54 photographs of the Murcia Region. The result is a nice impression of what the Murcia region has to offer. From the about 300 initial...