Short Road Movies from Michel Piccaya
21st June 2016
Black Rock City, Nevada is an ephemeral town that exists for only one week each year, during Burning Man, a radical arts festival. At its maximum occupancy, the town has about 60,000 citizens and a post office, an emergency services crew, a volunteer police department, roads, houses, bars, clubs, restaurants, and hundreds of art installations […]
6th May 2016
South of Bolivia, I find out the Salar of Uyuni and the Eduardo Avaroa National Park, marvels created by the nature, their formations took place after the drying of an immense lake that existed some million years ago in the high plateau, with unique salt plains, with more than 10.000 square km and still active […]
17th April 2016
Difunta Correa pilgrimage landmark in San juan Province, Northern Argentina. The Deceased Correa (in Spanish La Difunta Correa) is a semi-pagan mythical figure in folk-religion, for which a number of people in Argentina and Chile, especially among the popular classes, feel a great devotion. It has spread, in a limited way, to neighboring countries such […]
17th April 2016
In the heart of the mountains of Tontal and facing the valley of Calingasta – a true oasis in the desert. Few places in the world can boast a sky with that quality!
17th April 2016
Incredible trekking and best moments ever in Monte Roraima, Venezuela. Part of a fantastic road trip in South America, from Buenos Aires to Bogota via the Galapagos and Venezuela.
17th April 2016
One of the best section of the Ruta 40 in the North of Argentina. The Quebrada de Humahuaca follows the line of a major cultural route, the Camino Inca, along the spectacular valley of the Rio Grande Part of a fantastic road trip in South America, from Buenos Aires to Bogota via the Galapagos and […]
17th April 2016
Think of the Amazon River and visions of wild jungle, exotic animals and native peoples come to mind, sailing on the Amazon River is an incomparable experience. Manaus in the Amazonas state is 1107 KM away from Leticia and the only transportation available are by boat (5 days) or plane. Part of a fantastic road […]
16th April 2016
Experience Dubai by night with the aerial metro, a 1hour ride condensed in only 4 minutes. The Dubai Metro is a driverless, fully automated metro rail network in Dubai, 74.6 km long.
22nd September 2015
Road movie on the Pan-American Highway, the world’s longest “motorable road”. The Pan-American Highway passes through many diverse climates and ecological types, from dense jungles, to arid deserts, some of which are passable only during the dry season, and in many regions driving is occasionally hazardous.
16th September 2015
Road movie on the Pan-American Highway, the world’s longest “motorable road”. The Pan-American Highway passes through many diverse climates and ecological types, from dense jungles, to arid deserts, some of which are passable only during the dry season, and in many regions driving is occasionally hazardous.
6th August 2015
Timelapse of 30′ made in April 2015. 30 sec to go down the 650 steps at the Piedra del Peñol in Guatapé, Antioquia, Colombia. It is a monolithic formation.
17th April 2015
Movie made in Colombia in 2015 and part of a fantastic road trip in South America, from Buenos Aires to Bogota via the Galapagos and Venezuela.
8th February 2015
Movie made in the Galapagos Islands – Ecuador – in 2015. The Galápagos archipelago is world-renowned for its unique and fearless wildlife- much of which was inspiration for Charles Darwin’s Theory of Natural Selection.
3rd January 2015
Aerial view of La Paz from the new cable car. The view of the city is just incredible. At the top lies the altiplano, the poor suburbs of La Paz at an altitude of 4200 meters above the sea level, at the end of the line, lies the rich suburbs at 3200 meters.
17th December 2014
Buenos Aires is one of the major cultural metropolis of the West, no city in the world has as many theaters as the capital of Argentina. The city has a very broad cultural spectrum due to the diversity of those who have lived throughout their history. Movie part of a fantastic road trip in South […]
26th November 2014
Timelapse of the road from Argentina towards Uruguay in 2015. Uruguay is linked to Argentina via bridges over the Rio Uruguay at Fray Bentos. Tigre is also the starting point for a visit to the Paraná Delta using launches and motorboats, the favorite way to travel through its web of inter-connecting rivers and streams.
12th August 2014
SWISS was inviting an adventurous spirit with plenty of drive to travel the globe on its behalf for 6 months and share his memorable experiences with a worldwide audience.
18th June 2013
The Biggest factory in China and maybe worldwide… movie recorded in the East region of China and Tibet. The footage shows a huge factory located on the train line train Shanghai – Lhasa (April 2013)
18th June 2013
Seven hours in tibet is a movie recorded when I traveled Tibet by train, Shanghai-Lhasa in 48h. A great experience towards Tibet and the Himalayas. Since 2008 and the monk revolution, the Chinese regulation only allowed group of 5 people from the same nationality to travel in Tibet but on the first of April 2013, […]
10th April 2013
Road movie in Shanghai, China. Movie recorded at various moments in the city of Shanghai in 2013. Shanghai, with a population of more than 23 million, is the largest and traditionally the most developed metropolis in Mainland China.
17th April 2010
Movie recorded on the road to Senegal, driving the Moroccan Southern road. A 4000 km road trip journey of in 3 minutes.
17th January 2008
Road movie recorded during a 6000km road trip by car in Botswana and Namibia. Explore the best of Western Namibia. The classic Namibian experience includes Sossusvlei, the untouched Kaokoland and a safari in Etosha National Park – Known as the ‘ great white pan’ is Namibia’s greatest wildlife reserve. Situated in Northern Namibia with an […]
Explore Michel Piccaya’s World Road Movies gallery. The videos are short and quickly viewed so don’t hesitate to watch a few of them. Explore the world through great road movies and time-lapses.