My trip to the United Arab Emirates was a disaster. After traveling to more than 50 countries, I never thought that I wouldn’t want to return to one of them. In Dubai and Abu Dhabi, everything is money, everything is capitalized. Expensive brands everywhere, gigantic skyscrapers to let everyone know how much money they have…all… Read More »Omán: modesty as a lifestyle
A miña viaxe ós Emiratos Árabes Unidos foi un desastre. Despois de ter viaxado a máis de 50 países, xamáis penséi que non querría voltar a un deles. En Dubai e Abu Dhabi todo é diñeiro, todo é capitalizado. Marcas caras por doquier, edificios xigantes para deixar claro ao mundo que teñen cartos…todo iso engadindo… Read More »Omán: humildade coma forma de vida
Todos en la Embajada de España en Amán me decían que no podía irme sin visitar Jerusalén. “¡No ir es pecado!”, me decía alguien. Hace tiempo me había comprometido a boicotear a Israel y a no ir a los sitios bajo su control, simplemente para no contribuir a la ocupación económicamente. Pero después de que… Read More »Una pequeña reflexión sobre Palestina
Everyone at the Spanish Embassy in Amman told me I could not leave the region without visiting Jerusalem. “It’s a sin not to go!”, someone said. Some time ago I had pledged myself to boycott Israel by not going to the places under their control — simply because I didn’t want to contribute to the… Read More »A short reflection on Palestine
Había echado de menos los rayos de sol llenos de vitamina D en el Mediterráneo Oriental después de llevar dos meses viviendo en Estonia. Buena comida, playas, cultura…Chipre es perfecto. Bueno, ¿lo es de verdad? Os voy a dar algo de contexto. Turquía invadió la isla en 1974 para “proteger” a los turcos chipriotas de… Read More »Chipre del Norte: la distopía mediterránea
I missed (quite a lot) the sunlight packed with Vitamin D of the Eastern Mediterranean after living in Estonia for two months. Good food, nice beaches, culture…Cyprus is as good as it gets. Well, is it really? I’ll provide you with a little bit of context so you understand what I was doing in Cyprus.… Read More »North Cyprus, the Mediterranean dystopia
Perth, the most isolated city on Earth Rottnest Island, home to the cutest animal on Earth! The Pinnacles Desert, absolutely mind-blowing The Great Southern — Ireland inside of Australia
Southern Taiwan is definitely not what I had in mind Taipei must be one of my favorite cities ever I took a train to the middle of nowhere in Taiwan which turned out to be my weirdest day ever
I was in Laos during its National Day… I was robbed in Laos. That’s it, that’s the title. There’s a two-day local boat that takes you to Thailand up the Mekong river. I said “why not?”
Tbilisi after the March protests Inside Gori, Stalin’s birthplace 12km from the border with South Ossetia