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Traveling through life

Traveling through life Ageing, experience changes , lessons, accomplishments, failures, sorrow, respect Those we meet and those we keep Family trees, friendship chains and links The outside is showing wear, inside requires maintaining The only certainty in life is that we will eventually walk to that door of no return. WiseWords by Joe Mendonca […]

COMPASS – A Life Guide

Before I knew anything about the web, I had other ways to find inspiration and voice my interests, COMPASS – A Life Guide was one of my first personal projects. It was clear from an early start I was a dromomaniac, just I didn’t have a definition to it. This work is one of my first […]

Getting Guaranteed Blue Sky

It’s been more than 14 days since the sun has spread its rays on the ground in London, continuous clouds , rain and showers have obstructed the glowing rays of light to penetrate through. The only solution I’ve found in cracking the way to get some glance at seeing any bright blue sky is making […]

Science proves happiness is traveling

Science proves happiness is travelling and not buying material goods. Research published in the Journal of Positive Psychology ‘says instant gratification generated by acquiring objects such as clothing, shoes or expensive jewellery is only temporary. A study of the (United States) San Francisco State University has found that the key to happiness is to generate […]

Expedia Defines British Summer

The great advert that says it as it is. Thank you, Expedia for keeping it real. This advert couldn’t be more correct. How true the statement but a British summer is not defined as summer elsewhere, in fact on a calendar the British Summer starts approximately in the 3rd weekend of March. A comparison of […]

book of life

travel more, venture far escape from the everyday explore discover sojourn more push limits go far discover doing Simple words from my book of life I use everyday. My belief. My being.

Blimey Summers, Scorching Canuks

As a fellow Canadian, I completely understand the hardships of weather patterns in Toronto Canada. In 2011 it’s proving to be an especially scorching summer, something that can’t be said about London England. In Toronto the swings of seasons are clear, hot summers, wet autumns, freezing winters and warm springs. Though ask any Canadian and […]

The future of JOEJOURNEYS

JoeJourneys has been a project and love since I first started back in 2005 when I first learned about HTML and creating for the world wide web. YouTube was new and social media was yet to launch into a global phenomena, the days of blogs have evolved and our attention span has reduced as we […]

SHUNNING THE EURO ZONE

With the pound and the euro now almost the same value, holidaymakers decide on traveling to go where they can get more for their money. With the low value of the British Pound and the Euro now almost the same value, holidaymakers (including myself) have decided to avoid travels in the Euro zone to try […]

JOEJOURNEYS: UPDATE 2017

JoeJourneys is a natural source of travel inspiration – shaping ideas about where to go, where to stay, and how to get there. This is the biggest update ever! Giving up something you love is very hard to do, and though I was near ending this blog, I somehow have been inspired to pour all my […]

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Francesca & Rudy Wedding 2012

Francesca and Rudy big day I am so honoured to have been invited to attend the wedding of Francesca and Rudy in Florence Italy on September 8, 2012. For those that couldn’t make it, this is a short video that records that day. Watch the short trailer video of the wedding.

Sounds of Marrakech

Sounds of Marrakech was recorded in July 2016 using only my iPhone 6 while visiting Marrakech and preparing for my Road to Desert trip. Clips are unedited and will contain sudden noiseless gaps between recordings in longer recordings. This is purposely done to group a particular day and capture the energy and vibe of the […]

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Francesca & Rudy Wedding 2012 – Trailer

Francesca & Rudy Wedding 2012, a short trailer. A short fast video of the event as I tried out iMovie Trailers and got this result, which is rather impressive for the functionality that it has. It is sweet to see something so lovely and honoured to have been there for their big day.

Almost 2,000 Youtube subcribers

Wow, almost 2,000 Youtube subcribers. After approximately 10 years on Youtube I am so humbled by the growth of JOEJOURNEYS Youtube, in what has been a personal achievement, far more than I ever imagined. Having started it simply to record my travel and adventures and an easy way to share it, looking back at the […]

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Crazy Me

A short film with a bit of craziness, created only with still images. This was an experiment using a small digital camera taking many still shots and then assembling them to create this montage. In many ways it was the start of my interest in creating video. The result is fast paced and a fun […]

Domain Age

One of the criteria used by search engines to rank a website is the age of a domain name. Older domain names tend to be more stable and offer more credibility. Countup Domain Name joejourneys.com Date Registered 2006-03-21 JOEJOURNEYS was created for my enjoyment, a way of journaling my travels in this new digital medium. […]