Wandering Secrets

How does that happen? you might ask. I’ve been writing and saying so many negative things about China that I forgot that I could look on the bright side and say: I live in China! So yes, some days I just wake up with a smile on my face and I remember how unhappy I […]

Since our arrival in Xi’An, China, I have been desperately looking for something to write about. As you probably know by now, I want to show you places where tourists don’t go, places that only locals know of. Not that there is nothing to say about Xi’an, but lately I’ve been feeling… confused about what […]

November 2011 This is the second part of our off-the-track road trip in North West Argentina. So after Cachi, we took a bus heading to Molinos. As usual, we had no idea of what we wanted to see/do/find there. We just knew that we had to find a way to go from there to Angastaco […]

For those like me who like numbers, here is a summary of the costs for our 52 days crossing Canada.   Accomodation Thanks to our couch-surfing hosts and friends! Transportation I have to apologize I can’t really tell about city buses distance, obviously it’s hard to measure, but sometimes you cannot avoid to pay for […]

November 2011 After two weeks of urban life in Buenos Aires we decided to take a break from the speed, stress, pollution and noise of the city and head up North. It was a nice spring so we thought we would visit Salta and Jujuy before the temperature got too high. The mountains, the aridness, […]

While in Qatar I’ve heard about this Qatari artist, Yousuf Younus Al Blüshi who is the first artist to have sang in English. I didn’t hear the song until yesterday and I thought the video clip was interesting to watch because you can find many place I’ve told you about in other posts. It’s also […]

This is something that fascinated me while we were in Doha. Qatar is a rich country that’s expanding and growing at the speed of light. Everywhere in Doha cranes work from morning to dawn to build huge malls, exuberant buildings and even a new city centre. Seeing how fast things are built here you know […]

What I like the most about travelling -apart from meeting people- is being disoriented, out of my comfort zone. I feel I can truly live the experience of being away only if I’m someplace where I don’t have anything to rely on, a pace completely different from what I know.  After having crossed Canada in […]