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A place called Javier.
There’s only one hundred fifteen kilometres from Olite to Jaca, but it took me a whole day’s ride. I travel slowly and I stop wherever my eyes and my heart take me. Or – well – kind of: the places I’m … Continue reading
Enjoying Olite.
When keeping travel logs, the moment you skip a couple of day’s write, events and places start piling up, time flies, impressions and experiences mix up and, eventually, you miss the log’s thread. And blogging doesn’t make it easier. … Continue reading
Journey to Nowhere. Olmedo
Many people envy us travelers. That’s because they ignore our life’s drama. Every process in the Universe, every movement, every activity takes origin in some misbalance, and aims to an equilibrium; and traveling is no exception to such rule. The … Continue reading
Orduña 2nd part ·
Juan de Garay, conqueror and colonizer, third governor of Río de la Plata, explorer of Paraná river and fouder of Santa Fé and Buenos Aires, was born in Orduña in the year 1528. But before this event took place, the … Continue reading
The bizarre Hua Qiang Bei electronic market
Hua Qiang Bei is arguably the largest market for electronics in the world, and definitely one of the more fantastic and bizarre places I’ve ever been. Deep in the very heart of Shenzhen city, China, there is a street called … Continue reading
Tastes of Japan
(Click on any photo for a full size.) It was a serendipity that I found this Japanese restaurant in Shekou district, Shenzhen (China); and what a discovery it was! It suited all my tastes: a free buffet of Japanese food, … Continue reading
Beauty without brains…
…is good for nothing. Indeed. So, this was the palce: Rocks Hotel; not the most luxurious one in Macao, but the most expensive I had been so far. A restored building from colonial times, when Portugal was in full bloom. … Continue reading
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