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Macao: the last European colony in Asia
A tax heaven and a free port, Macao isn’t just casinos, gold and Bruce Lee movies, but an interesting long history. Up to right yesterday -so to say- this city was under Portuguese administration. Actually, it was never a proper … Continue reading
Bye-bye to Skype & Whatsapp: welcome Viber
Since lethal Microsoft purchased and took over Skype, the product started declining. That’s an undeniable fact. I still remember the Skype malfunctions and constant freezes with a shiver, right after being bought by Gates Allmighty and for a period of … Continue reading
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How I managed to cross to China
This is a story with a happy ending, reader. Or, well, sort of. Happy if we don’t consider the irreversible emotional damage caused by the loss of the first visa, the failure to get a second one, and the vanishing … Continue reading
The 24 hours I lived dangerously
The situation was this: by accident, Willow had stalled in one of the metro stations while I kept riding a train towards Causeway Bay. We could not communicate. We didn’t know which would be each other’s next move, but we … Continue reading
The stupidest 24 hours of my life
(Comes from chapter one: “The stupidest tour of my life“) So there we stood, Willow and I, looking at each other with bewilderment drawn on our expressions, thinking like ‘What?’ For a while, we couldn’t even utter a word, until … Continue reading
The stupidest tour of my life
Had it not been so distressing, this day could have even passed for funny; and I actually hope that later on, looking back, I’ll be able to laugh at it. But, for the moment being, I can only feel the … Continue reading
El Puerto de Santa María: wines, seafood and history ·
El Puerto de Santa María is mostly renowned by its fino wines and its stale wine cellars, as wellas by its seafood gastronomy; and, thus, few are the curious or travelers who have not visited one of such cellars nor … Continue reading
Krimea is not Catalonia ·
I’m very much afraid that, when seeing a correslation between Krimea and Cataluña, Spanish foreign affairs minister García-Margallo, along with many politicians and journalists, are all missing the point. Krimea’s present and past realities have nothing to do with Catalonia’s … Continue reading