On a recent trip with my girlfriend to India during Christmas and New Year’s break, we had the opportunity to learn about a small organization in the city of New Delhi called Providing Education To Everyone (PETE). This little NGO has been operating in the poorest and in most in need areas in the Kathputli …
You all know that the freshest vegetables, meats and almost any ingredient you want to prepare your best meal can be found in only one place; your local market When I was very young in Chile, my mother introduced me to the local markets (called Vegas). Years later, I would walk to them with my …
Through my travels since the age of 8 when I left Chile my native country for the first time and the world opened its doors to me, I have been impressed with many places, and one of them has to be without a doubt the capital of Vietnam, Hanoi. After arriving in Hanoi for the …
China is a huge country and living among its traffic, high pitched voices and particular smells, it can be difficult to adapt. When living in China, the list of cultural differences can be long, but isn’t that what makes us special after all? Over my long stay in China, I have learned to decompress by …
When you visit the rural parts of China in the months of April to June, you will notice that many of the fields are used to plant the most common and widely consumed food staple in many parts of the world, rice. According to statistics by the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) in 2008, China …
Soon after I arrived in the Jiangsu Province in China in July 2015 to work as a Spanish teacher, I noticed a huge fuzz among locals for the Chinese hairy crab (大闸蟹 dazhaxie). People would flock to their favorite local restaurants to get a taste of this Chinese cuisine delicacy, particularly in Shanghai. Honestly, I was …
After living in China for almost 5 years, I have been able to witness the many faces of this huge country. China is a country that if you visit and pay attention, just by looking at people you will be able to see a unique story that is waiting to be discovered and be told. …
The Mega-City of Shanghai, China is today home to over 24 million people, which is about 6 million more than my entire country, Chile. Years earlier I had been to Mexico City in the middle of its huge population, but right after landing in Shanghai, I really understood what it was like to be in …
For the week-long Golden Week Holiday on the first week of October 2019, I had first in mind the idea of staying home and perhaps go for a day-long trip to Shanghai or the town of Suzhou with my daughter Silvana, both about 1 hour away from the town we live in China. After thinking …