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 …
Without a doubt, the recycling of materials can be seen everywhere in the world. After living in China for about 5 years, I am always impressed by the way an army of people in this country collects, piles and transports discarded material as a way to make a living. I like to think of these …
During the 2019 Chinese New Year holiday, the almost two weeks off from our jobs in China, my girlfriend and I decided to do something a bit different. The plan, we would travel by motorcycle from Hanoi, the capital city of Vietnam halfway down the country southbound to the city of Da Nang, about 1,000 kilometers …
During the 2019 Chinese New Year holiday in China and almost two weeks off from our jobs in China, my girlfriend and I decided to do something a bit different. We would travel by motorcycle from Hanoi, the capital city of Vietnam half the country south to the city of Da Nang, about 1,000 kilometers …
After our 10-day trip throughout Italy, we had arrived at the airport of Beauvais Tille, located 85 kilometers (53 miles) north of Paris, France. Traveling on budget airlines to this point had added extra work and stress to the plans because I had to previously print the tickets on my own and the airports where the …
After our short stay in Paris and departing France, we had arrived at the Madrid Barajas Airport in the capital of Spain. It had been a short flight and we had arrived in the morning, so we had a lot of time to get to know the Spanish city. We had dropped our bags at …