Moltes coses!

Primer de tot i posant-me al dia amb la premsa catalana i internaciona, facebooks i demés dir que estic orgullós de Catalunya i estic orgulós de el que es va aconseguir ahir! He estat dos dies sense internet i no vaig poder-ho seguir durant la diada. Però avui rellegint diaris i notícies d'ahir, se'm posa la pell de gallina de lo aprop que ho tenim! Visca la terra! I visca valtrus que vau poder fer via cap a la independència! El mon sencer ens ha sentit i això ja no hi ha qui ho aturi! :D

Canviant radicalment de tema aquest últims dos dies han sigut una passada! Ha estat completament màgic i únic!

La matinada de l'11 de Setembre vaig poder veure clarament la meva primera aurora boreal!
Després de un dia plujós i ennuvolat, i contra tot pronòstic el cel va aclarir! Me'n vaig adonar quan ja estava a dintre el sac preparat per a anar-me'n a dormir!

Vaig veure 4 estrelles per la finestra, vaig sortir del cotxe a fer 4 fotos i em vaig trobar el cel totalment destapat! Al cap de 20 minuts mitja horeta va començar a aparèixer, primer molt suaument. Era difícilment perceptible per la vista, semblava casi un núvol una mica més clar. Ja estava pensant ostia tanta tonteria amb les aurores boreals total per això! Però llavors va ser quan el cel va explotar!

Va ser impressionant, va començar a agafar força i més força fins que al final la veies fins i tot moure's i aparèixer nous rajos del no res! Creieu-me va ser màgic! Encara me'n faig creus de que ho hagi aconseguit veure! No en tenia masses esperances, el temps pintava molt malament, i no tenia pinta de canviar...

Ahir havien de ser molt molt fortes! I a la nit em vaig quedar fins les 3 i mitja, però va estar plovent i bastant ennuvolat, i no vaig veure res. Al final em van dir que hi havia gent k les havia vist molt lleument a les 4 i picu... Però res... no era la nit! Avui ho tornaré a intentar i avui té pinta que hi tornarà a haver sort! Ja us explicaré! ;)

No he retocat el color de les fotos, per que us pogueu fer una idea del k vaig veure.
I hadn't retouched the colors of those pictures so you can see more or less how it really was.

El dia següent aprofitant que plovia, vaig estar processant la tonalada de fotos que vaig fer! I mentres ho feia, van acostar-se uns colombians que es van interessar per les fotos. Els vaig dir que els en venia alguna, i em van dir que sí! Al final havien de marxar i no vam acabar de tancar la venda, a veure si avui els torno a veure i puc recuperar una mica la inversió! jejeje

Altres coses que han passat aquests dies. Una altra força interessant és que em vaig estar relaxant-me en unes termes a l'aire lliure mentres plovia en plena tardor a Alaska! Qui m'ho havia de dir! XD Estava bullent, i era casi agònic, tothom sortia d'un vermell escaldat que feia riure! Però va se una molt bona tarda. Molt relaxing, encara que sense cap cup of café con leche! Això si amb la companyia de uns madrilenys molt majos que vaig conèixer! XD

Una altra cosa que he fet, més friki si voleu, és anar a un museu de gel! XD

Ha estat curiós si més no! Només per la quantitat de curru que hi han invertit els seus creadors ja es mereixen una visita!

 

I per últim però no menys important, avui he pogut fer un petit treking per uns boscos preciosos! On curiosament els castors han fet desbordar el riu després de les pluges! Jo anava amb uns cascabells penjant per que els ossos sabessin que venia! (coses k has de fer si vas a caminar per la muntanya per aquestes terres! XD)

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There is so much to explain ant few time to explain it!

The first paragraph talks about the Catalan Way, a 400km long human chain that crossed all our country, Catalonia. It was a passific demonstration in order to catch the attention of the world in the politic matter that we have with Spain from who we want to split in a friendly and pacific way.

We did achieve this international attention, I don't know if you heard something about but plenty of newspapers and TV News all over the world explained it to their lectors. I hope the world start to pay attention to this process, because we are not kidding, and we are sure about what we are asking. We want to be an independent country in order to finish with the oppressive relation that we have with Spain in matters of culture and economy. We are sick and tired, and we are saying enough! 

If you want to know more about it:
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/europe/spain/10303306/400000-person-human-chain-stretching-250-miles-for-Catalan-independence.html

http://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/sep/11/catalans-join-hands-human-chain-independence-spain

Next paragraph, talks about the Northern Lights that I had finally been able to see two nights ago!
It started being very soft. I was kind of disappointed, I was expecting something more. But then suddenly the sky exploded! It was crazy! Amazing! Something magic!

Next day I almost did a sell of some of my pictures to a group of Colombian people. But finally we couldn't close the deal because the had to leave... I will try to meet them again today! :)

Yesterday also, I took a bath in the hot springs, under the rain at Autumn in Alaska! Unbelievable!

Today I did a little hike around the forest surrounding the hot springs, and I could find a beaver nest and the mess they caused flooding the whole forest! XD

Finally after the hike I visited an ice museum! Only for the work they did there it was more than worth it! So curious too!

And that's a fast summary of what happened for the last 2 days! And today more! Because it seems that we will have more Northern Lights tonight! :D

Safari in Denali National Park

Ahir vaig anar de Safari! Vaig passar el dia al Park Nacional del Denali.

El Denali, és l'altre nom pel que es coneix el Mont McKintley, la muntanya més alta de Nord Amèrica.

És una muntanya tant gran, que es crea el seu propi clima, i la major part del temps no és pot veure per que està coberta de núvols. Ahir vam tenir molta sort, i es va deixar veure.



A part d'aquest pic impresionant, el park és una autèntica joia de la naturalesa. És una immensitat de terreny impresionant, on només s'hi pot accedir amb uns autobusos, per a crear el menor impacte natural possible. Aquests autobusos, estan plens de gent que va a fer muntanya, i turistes. Aquesta vegada jo era del segon grup...







És força curiós com tothom perd el mon de vista per a fer una fotografia, quan algú feia parar el bus per que havien vist un ós, un caribú, o qualsevol altre animal! Sempre m'ha fet molta gràcia, veure els turistes fent fotos en manada, i ahir tot i que faci mig-vergonya reconèixer-ho jo era un d'ells! XD




Aqui us deixo una petita mostra d'alguns dels animals que vam poder veure! I dels impressionants paratges que ofereix el parc! 

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Yesterday I went to a Safari. I visited the Denali National Park!

Denali is the other name for wich is know the mount McKinley, the summit of North America.

Is such a huge mountain that it creates its own weather. Most of the times is covered by clouds. Yesterday we were so lucky and we could see it for the most part of our trip!

A part of that impressing mountain, the park is an amazing natural place, where you can only access by bus to protect the wild life of the park and create the minor impact possible. Those buses are full of hikers an tourist, unfortunately this time I was in the second group! :)

Tourist always made me laugh with his movements in group to get all the same pictures! Yesterday i was competing with them to get pictures of the bears, mooses, caribous, ships and any kind of animal. Everytime that anyone saw something you only have to shout and the bus driver stops the bus and everyone run to the window! So fun! XD 

Here you are a little sample with some of the pictures I took! ;)

2nd day into the wild!

 Ahir vaig fer uns 500km aprox. Vaig llevar-me d'hora i després d'actualitzar el blog vaig anar a comprar una mica, en acabat vaig dedicar-me a fer km. En vaig fer tants, que em vaig passar de llarg l'entrada del Park Natural de Denali.











La primera part del viatge va ser per unes carreteres força monòtones i sense massa encant. Però la segona part, va ser una passada! El temps no va acompanyar massa però just quan passava per els llocs més bonics, tot just despuntava una mica el sol.

El temps segueix sense millorar, sempre núvol i pluja. Una de les raons per les quals ahir vaig acabar fent tants km és per que vaig estar perseguint unes clarianes que al horitzó prometien bon temps. Finalment les vaig atrapar, vaig preparar tot, per a fer nit allà i provar de fer fotos... però bé, jutgeu valtrus mateixos. En qüestió de mitja hora el temps va evolucionar així:

Així que ahir vaig preparar-ho tot i me'n vaig anar a dormir! Aquí teniu una foto del hostel on m'estic! Ahir em vaig comprar una manta i avui hi he dormit de perles!

 

 Aprofitant que ja estava a Fairbanks (la ciutat més gran de l'interior d'Alaska, tot i que crec que Berga deu tenir més població) avui he anat a un centre d'informació turística on m'han informat de tot! Així he pogut planificar millor aquesta setmana que tinc per devant.

Sembla ser que avui tornaré a Denali, passaré allà la nit, i demà al matí faré un tour en bus que em portarà fins a un antic ploble miner de l'època de la febre de l'or! Serà molt interessant,  espero veure glaciars, animals, paisatges increïbles i fer una curiosa visita a aquest assentament miner!

Llavors dimarts aprofitant que la predicció d'Aurores Boreals (si existeix predicció d'aurores boreals XD http://www.gi.alaska.edu/AuroraForecast/Alaska/2013/09/11 ) serà molt alta, aniré a un altre lloc a 20 milles de Fairbanks on es veu que hi ha unes vistes impresionants.

Dimecres, que la predicció encara és més alta, aniré a un lloc que es diu Chena Hot Springs, on hi ha unes termes naturals a l'aire lliure, i un museu de gel entre altres coses. Allà també es veu que és un molt bon lloc per a avistar-les.

Creuarem els dits per a que les condicions meteorològiques millorin... A veure si finalment puc fer la primera foto!

Ja que no tinc ningú que em faci fotos, us deixo una "fotico" per que veieu que encara estic d'una pesa!! XD

Vinga doncs, que vagi bé i fins aviat! ;)

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Yesterday I did about 500km. I woke up early, and after update the blog and buy some stuff I needed I hit the road!
I did so much km that I passed the entrance of the Denali National Park.

The first part of the day was through some monotonous and not so interesting roads. But then everything changed! Once surrounding the Denali National Park, the landscape was amazing! The weather was not the best one, but the sun could finally make it while I was there! So I was so lucky!

Actually, one of the reasons because I made so much km, is because I was trying to catch some clear skies on the horizon. Finally I caught them, and when every thing was set for the first pictures, in about half an hour the clouds covered everything! So unfortunately, judge by yourself with the picture above! :S

So I got everything ready for another night in the hostel! This time, I bought a blanket, and I spent such a great night there! 

Taking avantage that i woke up in Fairbanks (the biggest city in the interior of Alaska) I went to the tourist point, where they told me lots of things to do, places to visit and the best advices to face the next weeks! So I had been able to plan the next few days in advanced.

Seems likely, that today I will head back to Denali wher I will spend the night, and tomorrow I will take a bus that will bring me to an historical town from the golden rush times. In that trip in theory, I should be able to see glacier, wild life and amazing landscapes!

On Tuesday taking advantage of a very convenient northern lights' forecast (yes, there is something such a Northern lghts forecast! XD http://www.gi.alaska.edu/AuroraForecast/Alaska/2013/09/11 ), I will go to a place 20 miles from Fairbanks where I had been told is a good place to see them.

And on Wednesday, tahat the Northern Lights forecast is even better I will head top Chena Hot Sprrings, where appart of hot springs, there is also a ice museum and it's told to be such a great place to see the Northern lights too.

I will cross my fingers in to have better weather next days! By now it is still raining!

Finally, I have no one taking pictures of me in that trip yet, so I will upload a "selfie" to prove you that I am still in one piece! ;)

Well, see you soon! Have fun!

Primer dia a Alaska!

Quin primer dia! Primer arribo a l'aeroport de Anchorage i ens fan esperar una hora dins l'avió per que tots els hangars estaven ocupats. Llavors m'he passat 12 hores fent temps fins que pogués anar a recollir el cotxe. Despès de dormir un bon rato i connectar-me a internet, volia anar a voltar per Anchorage però plovia tant i feia tant de vent que he passat.
I sort, per que la ciutat és com bastant lletja... No he vist el casc antic, potser millora, però la resta és un conjunt de polígons industrials encadenats. Preciós!

Més tard el cotxe! Ai el cotxe! XD He hagut de fer paripècies i trucar al banc per que les targetes no em funcionaven, al final amb la ajuda i la molta paciència del noi de la oficina me'n he ensortit!
Però la epopeia tot just començava!

Després de tot un any sense conduir, un sistema de senyalització diferent, i el canvi automàtic del cotxe, m'he hagut de passar dues hores donant voltes en una gasolinera per acostumar-me al cotxe! A Saber que deuríen pensar de mí al veure'm els treballadors de la gasolinera! jajajaja

My Alaskan home! Pretty cool isn't it?¿ ;)

Em sentia molt fora de lloc, i amb el puto cotxe que fotia uns frenassos incontrolables! XD Em feia por només de pensar que algun dia hauria de sortir de la gasolinera i fotre'm de ple al mig del trafic.
Fins i tot hi ha hagut un moment just al principi que he arribat a pensar molt seriosament alternatives al cotxe! Pensava, doncs el vaig a tornar i faig autoestop, o busco busos! Però no ho he fet, després de ves a saber quant de temps, li he pillat el truco, i ara ja el tinc domesticadíssim! Tranquils que ara ja el condueixo sense problemes!

Un cop passat el període d'aclimatació, he anat a comprar quatre coses tipus menjar i aigua i ja he enfilat en direcció a Fairbanks. No sé quants quilòmetres he fet, però uns quants bastants, he anat parant de tant en tant fins que he trobat un lloc super xulo on passar la nit.
Era un llac, on no hi havia ningú més i se suposava que podria fer bones fotos. S'havia passat el dia plovent, però per llavors ja havia aclarit i semblava que tindria una nit apostuflant! Però no!



Tot just pondre's el sol, i quan ja ho tenia tot preparadíssim, s'ha tornat a ennuvolar! Llavors he decidit d'anar a fer nit a un lloc no tant solitari, per que estava al mig del no res. I ja em veieu a mi conduint de nit buscant un lloc mentre començava a diluviar altre cop. Havia passat un poblet petit feia poc, i pensava que allà trobaria un lloc. Però no! Aquell poblet mai va aparèixer, suposo k estava més lluny del que pensava!

Per sort, he trobat un camping d'autocarabanes a la vora, i m'hi he acostat. Estava tot tancat, i m'hi he colat. He fet nit allà tranquil·lament, i al matí he passat per recepció des d'on us escric, a pagar.

I aquest ha estat el meu primer dia a Alaska! Bastant intens no?¿ A veure que m'espera pel segon! De moment ja m'he llevat plovent i no te pinta d'amainar...





Avui potse fagi nit vora el Denali National Park, on hi ha el Mont McKinley! A veure que trobo i si millora el temps!

Vinga una abraçada i fins aviat!

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What a first day! First of all, once in Anchorage we had to wait for an hour in the flight because there wasn't any hangar free. Finally we left the flight, and ahead of me there was 12 hours of stand by until I got the car. I was willing to go to see Anchorage, but it was raining a lot and so windy too... So I wait in the airport, sleeping, connected on internet, chatting with people.

I was lucky that I couldn't go out for tourism, Anchorage is not the prettiest city in the world! Its like a chain of industrial anc commercial centers, at least as far I had seen. Gorgeous!

Later I went to rent the car, and I had plenty of troubles with my credit cards, they were not working... I had to call the bank, and after a lot of troubles, with the patience and support of the man of the car rental company, we finally made it! But the adventure was just starting!

After a whole year without driving, with a different road system, and with an automatic car that I had never drove before I had to spent 2 hours turning around a gas station just to get used to the car!
I don't want to know what the gas station workers were thinking about me! XD

I was feeling so out of place, and with the fucking car that was braking wild without any control! I was afraid just to think about the moment that I should step out on the road! :S
There had a time that i had even thinking in alternatives for the car! Hitchhiking, busses... I was thinking in coming back to the office and give them the car back! But i hadn't, and after some time i get completely used to it! And now everything is under control! Don't worry about anything that now everything goes smoothly!

After this hell, I went to buy some food and water, and I headed up to Fairbanks. I don't know how many km I did, but plenty of them for sure, when I find a lake where I planned to spend the night, and seemed a perfect spot for starting to take pictures! By then the rain was gone, and it seemed that I was going to have my first starred night! But it wasn't! 

Just minutes after the sunset, and when everything was set to start with the photo session, it turned cloudy again! So I decided to go to sleep in a place with more people, because I was in the middle of nowhere!
You can imagine me, in the middle of a rainy night, trying to look for a place to spend the night. There was a little town that I remember passing by, but it should be passed long ago because I couldn't find it!
Luckily I find a campsite, that by then it was closed, where I had been able to snick into and spend the night there.

This morning I passed by the office of the campsite from where I am writing you, and I paid my bill.

And that was my first day in Alaska! Pretty intense isn't it?¿ Lets see what the second holds for me! By now it is raining again and it's not likely to stop...

Today I will maybe be sleeping in the Denali National Park, next to the Mount McKinley! Let's what I find there and if the weather improve!

Well that's all, big hug and see you soon!

Ready for Alaska!

Escric des del Sea-Tac l'Aeroport de Seattle. Aquest aeroport per a mí és el pas previ a grans aventures. Ja vaig ser aquí quan vaig visitar la Sabina i l'Ares a Nova York. I ara hi torno a ser per anar cap a Anchorage, a Alaska aquest cop.

Encara no m'ho crec. Però poc a poc ja vaig recuperant aquella sensació de: - Qui coi em manava a mi... - i amb ella també s'hi barregen els nervis i les ganes de ja ser allà! De ja tenir el cotxe i començar a fer kilòmetres envoltat de paratges salvatges i impressionants!

Per a posar-vos una mica en situació, us explico una mica el pàning que tinc, que evidentment pot variar en qualsevol moment, com sempre.

La idea és demà al migdia anar a recollir el cotxe que tinc llogat a Anchorage. Un cop tingui el cotxe aniré a abastir-me de provisions, menjar i quatre coses més que necessitaré i em seran útils per aquelles terres.

Un cop tot a punt, començaré a enfilar cap al nord per una carretera principal direcció a Fairbanks. De camí aniré parant sovint a llocs que aniré trobant, un d'ells serà el Denali National Park, el parc Natural on hi ha el Mont Mckinley! A veure si hi ha sort i m'hi puc acostar una mica, i tenir-ne bones vistes. No, aquest cop no el pujarem! jajajaja

Un cop a Fairbanks, el dia 14 arriba la Sunny, una ex-companya de la feina i bona amiga que s'unirà en el tram final del viatge. Amb ella pujarem fins al Cercle Polar Àrtic, farem nit allà si ho veiem bé, i baixarem el dia següent. És una sola carretera que puja fins al Oceà Artic, a Deadhorse Bay, però al ser molt lluny de tot, ser una carretera poc transitada i no saber amb les condicions que es troba, creiem que no val la pena arriscar-nos a trobar-nos al mig del no res penjats. Per tant vam decidir de pujar cap al Cercle polar Artic però arribant només a ColdFoot lúltim poblet abans del no res.

Acabada aquesta excursioneta, tornarem cap a Fairbanks i enfilarem la carretera en direcció Sud-Est, en direcció a Tok on ens desviarem cap a Valdez. Depenent de com potser no arribam a Valdez o potser sí, pero un cop al Sud, ja intentarem arribar Homer un poblet cituat a la petita península que hi ha sota Anchorage. Que es veu que és terra de glaciars i vistes espectaculars!

Durant tot el viatge, i com ja us vaig comentar, de nit intentarem caçar Aurores Boreals i cels estrellats. No vull crear masses expectatives ni a mi mateix ni a ningú dels qui llegiu això (tot i que  crec que ja és massa tard, i ja les he anat creant fa temps tant en un mi com amb qui he anat parlant). 
El principal problema amb que ens podem trobar és el climatològic, per poc ennuvolat que estigui aquest objectiu perillarà i molt. Així que creuarem els dits i resarem a Sant Tomà Molina per a que ens predigui nits espectaculars!
Tot i que faci bon temps a les nits, les aurores boreals poden o no aparèixer on sigui que ens trobem, depenen en gran part de tempestes solars que ni en Molina, ni en Picó, ni qualsevol altre pot controlar.

La època de l'any és la adequada, al estar-hi bastants dies les possibilitats també augmenten, i com més al nord estigui més provable és que les veiguem. Així que hi posarem tot el que faci falta per la nostra part, prepararé la càmera, i creuarem els dits! Ara, no puc prometre res més! ;)

I res, aquest és el plà de viatge pels següents 23 dies! Espero que tot surti segons els plans, que ens afartem de aurores boreals i estreles, i que surtin bones fotos! A part també espero anar trobant cafeteries amb wifi perdudes pel mig del no res, per anar-vos-ho explicant tot!

Una abraçada i que comenci l'aventura!

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I am writting from the Sea-Tac the Airport of Seattle. This place is synonym of great trips. It was the place where I start the trip to New York, and it is the place where today I am starting the trip to Alaska!

I still don't believe that this is happening. But little by little this feeling of: - Who the hell told me to go there... - is invading me with a mixure of exitement and nervous. I am really looking forward to to be on the car and start this amazing road trip through the wild!

To keep you updated I'll explain you the planning of the trip, that may vary at any point and for any reason as usually!

Tomorrow at noon I am toking the car from Anchorage and I will spent the time needed to get some food and thinks that I will need for the next days. Once I have everything ready, i'll be able to start to drive direction to Fairbanks. 

In my way there, I'll be stopping at any interesting point I'll find. One of them is the Denali National Park place where I'll find Mount McKinley. I am not going to climb it. Not this time. Don't worry! hahaha

Once in Fairbanks on the 14th, I'll meet Sunny a friend that is joining me for the last part of the trip.
With her we will be heading north, to the Arctic Circle, we will may be spend a night there, and then we will come back to Fairbanks. Because this road may be dangerous if we go all the way north to the Arctic Ocean. We thought that there is nothing up there worth taking that risk.

After this little trip, we will come back to Fairbanks, as I said, and then South-East to Tok where we will turn and head to Valdez. Then we will need to decide, and the main idea is to to go to Homer, a town settled in a nice peninsula just under Anchorage where we had been told that is a awsome place full of glaciers!

All along the trip we will be trying to hunt Northern Lights and starring skies. That's the idea, but it may be complicated because of the clime and other factors that scape our control. So please don't be disappointed if finally i couldn't took any good picture of them Trust me that I would be the first and more disappointed.
The time of the year is the right one, I will spend there 23 days so it's plenty of time to try to see them, and I'll head as north as possible because the options also increase. The camera will be ready, and the fingers crossed! That's all i can do in order to see them! :)

And that's the plan! I hope everything goes alright and we get good pictures that I will be able to share with you if I find any coffee shop with wifi along the way!

Big hugs to everyone and let the trip begin! :)

The place I used to live!

Avui dia d'absoluta tranquilitat. Després d'unes setmanes frenètiques de preparatius, coses a enllestir i feina, per fí ha arribat la calma.

I ja que tinc un moment avui us enenyaré la casa on vivia fins fa poc. Encara no havia trobat el moment de fer-ho, i l'altre dia un cop tot posat a les maletes, vaig poder fer algunes fotos.

L'habitació a la 1 de la matinada, a les 9 del matí següent havia de marxar...

I aquests son en Joe i la Bibian, els meus antics companys de pis! Molt bona gent! :)

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Today is a really relaxing day. The first after some crazy weeks of work and getting ready for the trip.I really needed!

And taking advantage of the quietness, today I'll show you the place where I used to leave for the last 2 months. I hadn't find the moment of taking some pictures yet, and last day after packing my luggage, I finally took them.

And those were my awesome flatmates, Joe and Bibian! Really nice people! :)

Via Catalana Vancouver / Catalan Way in Vancouver

Avui hem tingut la nostra pròpia Via Catalana aquí a Vancouver! Ha sigut tot un èxit! 60ipicu persones i més d'un o dos centenars de turistes preguntant-se de que anava tot plegat.

Hem intentat fer pedagogia i explicar tot el k esta passant a Catalunya, i les raons per les quals muntàvem aquest sarau. He acabat parlant amb uns turistes de Puerto Rico que ens han desitjat sort en la lluita contra l'imperi opressor! El que ells van aconseguir fa anys és el k nosaltres tenim a tocar.

I per això és important que la Via Catalana a Catalunya sigui un èxit! Nosaltres ja hi hem posat el nostra gra de sorra! Si us plau, no ens falleu a casa i ompliu tots els trams, de Portbou a Alcanar!

Des de Catalunya, Vancouver i totes les grans ciutats del mon aconseguirem almenys ser sentits. Que ens escoltin o no ja és una altra cosa. Però almenys que per cridar no quedi!

Deixant el fet de la Via Catalana a part, avui he pogut conèixer els Catalans de Vancouver. I només m'ha sapigut greu una cosa, no haver-los conegut abans!
Ha sigut un gran dia on per un moment m'he sentit com a casa. Des d'aqui molta sort a tots amb les vostres aventures vancouverianes personals!

Per cert! De rebot m'ha tocat fer de càmera en algun dels clips que hem rodat per a enviar a l'ANC. Així doncs si veieu per TV3 la via catalana de Vancouver potser que jo hi stigui just darrera la càmera!! ;)

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Today we had a tiny demonstration in Vancouver as a prelude of the September the 11th (Our National Day, also known for another sad and unfortunate historical event).

What is going to happen in Catalonia next September 11th, is that Catalan people will be holding hands all over the country from north to south, in a 400km long human chain.

If that's not impressive enough, there had been Catalan people in more than 90 different cities all over the world, being the one in London the most crowded with about 800 people, and the one in the Great Wall of China the more original.

"As a historical note, in 1989 within the soviet union, people hold hands all over three countries (Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania) about 600km that leaded to the independence of those three countries, and the collapse, 2 years later, of the Soviet Union."

The aim of Catalan Way is to make even more visible that Catalan people wants to split from Spain or at least want to be consulted about it, always in a democratic, pacific and friendly way.

For those who doesn't know about it, in Spain there are more cultures other than the Spanish. There are bilingual regions that has their own culture, traditions and languages.

And Catalonia tired of being systematically stepped on our culture, our language, our economy, our resources, and our human rights by the Spanish Government; decided to step forward (as I said before) in a pacific, democratic and friendly way for our country, rights, culture, economy, and future asking firmly to at least be consulted about if we rather prefer to be or not an independent country.

This right had been forbidden to us until the date, and we are trying as hard as we can to be heard by any other country more democratic than Spain; where, we can not forget that not so many years ago we had a military ultra right wing dictatorship who forbid, beside many other things, any language and cultural expression other than the Spanish ones. Unfortunately some of their thoughts has still some roots in some sectors of the Spanish society.

So please people all over the world, help us to spread our claim. This Catalan Way is our scream for help! Catalonia is not Spain! Help us to be the next country in Europe!

Thank you so much in advanced!


PS.

Once again, and always talking about Catalan politics, the post in English is not a translation from the Catalan one, as it use to be on every other occasion.
Sometimes is more important to explain for understanding, than the literal translation of empty words for a person that doesn't know about the political context of our country.