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Understanding a Culture through Food - What food means in Mexico

MEXICO | Friday, 19 Apr 2013 | Views [472] | Scholarship Entry

Speaking about Kim Jong-un days ago, I told a friend all the leader needs is a beer and some tacos. Understanding a culture through its food? Kim might. So do us. Culinary expressions are inherent to Mexican genes. Perhaps too much, or we would not ... Read more >

Tags: Travel Writing Scholarship 2013


Photos: Aviation-mania

MEXICO | Saturday, 23 Mar 2013 | Photo Gallery

Despite how miserable the air travel experience can -more often than desired- be, there could always be room for some excitement, especially for AvGeeks like us.
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Falling in love? Try not to landfall

SLOVENIA | Saturday, 3 Nov 2012 | Views [858] | Comments [1]

If you ever fell in love with a place, it surely wasn’t as charming as to literally make you fall –landfall, to be precise, from a bike. Been to Lake Bled? The Slovene crown jewel, rest assured, will likely make you fall -in love, fortunately.... Read more >

Tags: bicycle travel, lake bled


Photos: Beauty by Bled

SLOVENIA | Friday, 2 Nov 2012 | Photo Gallery


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My Scholarship entry - A local encounter that changed my life

WORLDWIDE | Monday, 23 Apr 2012 | Views [324] | Scholarship Entry

We had been cheated by the bus driver: 45 NTD over usual fare. An hour of unclear travel and we finally arrived to Shalun at 5 pm; my airport shuttle leaving at 8. The way to the little-known beach had been full of tricky alleys, sampling in minutes ... Read more >

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