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MY PERFECT BEACH

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The summer is gone, and maybe this is why I started dreaming about being on a perfect beach, lying under the sun while sipping a piña colada… Turquoise, calm, warm water and powdery sand, a calm and exotic environment…. this is my idea of the perfect beach….

These are 5 beaches I’ve been to and I crave being there right now!…

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Playa Paraiso, Cayo Largo, Cuba

No wonder why is called Paradise Beach. With its stunning turquoise waters and its sugar-like sand this amazing beach, located in the island Cayo Largo, south of Cuba, makes you easily believe you’re in paradise…

Tulum, Yucatan, Mexico

Located in the Riviera Maya, about 145 km south of Cancun, this unique beach combines the beauty of the Caribbean sea and the imposing view of Mayan ruins…

Elafonissi, Crete, Greece

Amazing and exotic, with shallow turquoise waters that give you the feeling of being in a lagoon, and fine white sand that becomes occasionally pink …

Jericoacoara, Ceara, Brazil

Small fishing village, located around 300 km west of Fortaleza, it became a National park in 2002. Secluded beach, getting there is already an experience, which will reward you with an endless exotic beach, with huge dunes, palms and a beautiful sunset…

Mauna Kea, Big Island, Hawaii

An absolutely gorgeous beach. The sand is fine and soft, you feel like you are walking on powdered sugar!  The water is warm and there is great snorkelling…

 

Do you agree with this list? Which one is your perfect beach?

 

Photo credits:
Playa Paraiso: Fabio Massarenti, Flickr.com; Tulum: Jeff Stvan, Flickr.com; Elafonissi: annie_stru, Flickr.com; Jericoacoara: Stefano Liboni, Flickr.com; Mauna Kea: jdan57, Flickr.com.

GOTAN PROJECT

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My first musical post will be dedicated -of course!- to tango. This time in its more contemporary form, electronic tango, of which undoubtedly Gotan Project is one of its best representatives.

Actually, only one of the three Gotan Project members (Eduardo Makaroff) is Argentine, the other two being Swiss (Christoph Muller) and French (Philippe Cohen Solal).The name Gotan comes from the inversion of the two syllables of “Tango”, something commonly used in lunfardo (Argentina’s argot). Their first album, La Revancha del Tango was released in 2001, and was a huge success. Songs like Santa Maria (del Buen Ayre) and El capitalismo foráneo (with the voice of Evita Perón) featured in movies, TV series and commercials. The following albums, Inspiración Espiración and Lunático, although less successful, were acclaimed by the public and critics.

I had a hard time deciding which video I would include in this post, but I finally chose one from their latest album, Tango 3.0, released in 2010. The song is called La Gloria, where we hear the voice of a very famous football commentator, Victor Hugo Morales, who instead of commenting on football players and shouting his signature “goooool”, he presents the members of the group and finally shouts: “goooootan”…. I feel this video combines very nicely the two biggest passions of Argentines: tango and football…

Enjoy it!