Chronicles

Texts on travel and international politics around the globe

1336 articles

Vladivostok: away from the rest of the world

A 9.288 kilometers-Moscow, a teenage couple kissing in front of a frozen beach where the Pacific breaks its last waves. Russians drink vodka soldiers in the trendy, women walk with the same grace that inthe Square Rojay children play on the waterfront

byDaniel Landa

21 May, 2012

Blue: reflections of Paris in the Pampa Argentina

The town had been the seat of the famous tribe of the Cacique Catriel. (...) The land was cheap, the risk was high, but the chances were high. Blue was only suitable territory for bold.

byGerardo Bartolomé

20 May, 2012

Nyuru, Sacred Mountain of circumcision

During that time, applicants to "dwell" are in a no man's land where almost anything goes, vacated marching shoulder the responsibilities of adults in the group. Free Sex, raids and hunting, "Mischief" considered normal prior to the entry through the acute pain in a final stage in their lives.

byJuan Ramon Morales

18 May, 2012

Taxco: by the silver route

Walking uphill on the pavement in the neighborhood of the Castles in the direction of the church of Santa Prisca is a seasoned colonial flavor overdose remains the main hallmark of Taxco: silver

byRicardo Coarasa

17 May, 2012

Gorom- Gorom: "The end of the world market"

Police orders me to remove the turban, I seem suspect, inspected my passport and I wonder why I dress like those of Al-Qaeda; I answer that to hide from them. The cop looks at me dumbfounded, I suspect that neither of them really know what the fall-winter fashion Islamic terrorist half

byEnrique Dominguez Vaquerizo

16 May, 2012

Liwonde: the laughter of hyenas and canoe safari

And when we decided to go to sleep came the sound of hyenas. Their cry is singular, acute, as if floating in the air and never leave. Overwhelms and fascinates sleep listening to his wild and menacing laughter. Camping in the African Parks has a point of contact with the very special nature, as if to touch the beasts with their ears

byJavier Brandoli

15 May, 2012

From Amman to Petra: the treasure of the Nabataeans

Leaving the capital is beginning to breathe a calm air, enigmatic country, of sand people, biblical history, unknown legend. I think nobody can ever imagine what it is without having seen Petra.

byMayte Touch

13 May, 2012

Dodging rocks

Miquel Silvestre, the first in the Philippines

It has become the first Spanish man to reach the Asian archipelago by land from Spain, culminating in the first part of the Route of the Forgotten Scouts to meet at a place in the history of Spain and some of its most illustrious travelers.

byvap

12 May, 2012

Beyond the Golden Gate: ruta for San Francisco

It is not always easy to live with icons. They are a perfect postcard that often ruins the perception of the environment, if not diluted. San Francisco is the Golden Gate to the same extent that Moscow is the Kremlin or the Eiffel Tower Paris, but none of these cities runs in myth fueled by tourism catalog.

byRicardo Coarasa

11 May, 2012

Sumatra: the downpour of God

I'm trapped and there's nobody to help me. I have to hurry because the bike without lights, if a truck or a motorcycle up the hill too fast can overwhelm us

byMiquel Silvestre

10 May, 2012

Hawaii, the battle of fire and water

Scientists have observed, and official records of the â € € They note œRecord Guinnessâ, the volcano Mauna Kea n, and Everest, is with its 10205 meters the mountain ± a more s highest of all

byNacho Melero

9 May, 2012

Malawi: the lake of stars

I hear the voices of a dozens of people who sing, sing on the lake. Her voice has the sound of African songs, melancholy, sad. They sing with the stomach rather than the throat. I turn my eyes ahead, the sun disappears. One of the most beautiful sunsets I have referred in my life.

byJavier Brandoli

8 May, 2012

Paraty, the forgotten city

The village is almost halfway to two major cities: Sao Paulo and Rio de Janeiro. Today it seems incredible to think that, 400 years back, This village could dream of competing with them, but it was.

byGerardo Bartolomé

5 May, 2012

Andasibe: Jurassic forest SOS

We enter a land of vines and creepers, of giant ferns and large, flat mushrooms attached to trees, stout and proud. You could feel the serenity of the forest.

byMayte Touch

4 May, 2012

Simien: between the bleeding heart baboons

Come to the mountains of Simien, one of the most fascinating places in Africa, in search of Gelada baboons (in Amharic, the local language, "Bleeding hearts"), a species which is found only in these places above Ethiopians 3.000 meters.

byRicardo Coarasa

3 May, 2012

Malawi: the death of President, police corruption

We went to Malawi the day who had just died its corrupt president. Chronicle of a few hours where we were robbed at the border and tried in another policing. An uprising threatens the country's power struggle.

byJavier Brandoli

1 May, 2012

Madagascar: radiograph of sentimental Antananarivo

Madagascar, a great and exciting red island in the Indian Ocean, looks back to Africa for not feeling entirely African, surrounded by a warm sea that caresses its endless white sandy shores. In the center of the island, more than 1.500 meters, is its chaotic capital, Antananarivo.

byMayte Touch

28 April, 2012

Dodging rocks

Turn around the world: ¿Impress or learn?

Public exposure is not worth it if it means losing sight of what I believe to be the true sense of a great trip: return wiser and changed. Better return.

byMiquel Silvestre

27 April, 2012

Bethlehem: the bold splendor of empire

Belém is enjoyed walking through the streets, always with tourists and travelers in the footsteps of the past, reveling in his famous pastry and understanding the significance of the places visited. Huge open spaces characterize the locality, which is now a neighborhood of Lisbon.

byEduardo De Winter

25 April, 2012

Tete: the washerwomen of the Zambezi

Contemplate a striking picture: dozens of women, some half-naked, wash their clothes and bodies in the river. They do the routine every morning he goes to a must, the washing of clothes and his body to the gaze of the absent other.

byJavier Brandoli

24 April, 2012

Gulf of Corcovado: sailing between volcanoes

At first the white mist enveloped us without our being able to see anything, but we began to see the peaks of the hills protruding from between the low coastal clouds. Browse area allows for a spectacular view of the volcanoes.

byGerardo Bartolomé

22 April, 2012

Tasmanian experience

I always had a tendency to confuse Tasmania with Transylvania, to hell with Dracula and doubt if both were real or not. Tasmania is real, I promise, Pero Transylvania no housing if. I have not been yet.

byLaura Berdejo

20 April, 2012

Tlaxcala: forbidden to remember Cortés

In few cities is as revealing a statue of his idiosyncrasies as in Tlaxcala. His ancestors were allied with Cortes to overturn the Aztec hegemony, but the only monument that remembers what happened is a statue of Xicotencatl "Young", the son of the cacique who rebelled against the Conqueror and was hanged for it.

byRicardo Coarasa

19 April, 2012

Gorongosa: the burden of elephants

The whole herd creates a perfect circle to protect their young. As if obeying a military order adopting a perfect figure of defense. It is one of the most beautiful moments I have lived in African safaris. Everything has a wild harmony.

byJavier Brandoli

17 April, 2012

"The innocent anthropologist": Africa, heartily	9,75/10
Naples 1944: Magistral chronicle of a surreal city	9,75/10
"The dead and the journalist": "inevitable" death	9,75/10
Tierra de Brujas: When it doesn't rain do the blue veins dry up??	9,70/10
Of the ruins of the empires: Asia's adjustment with European colonialism	9,45/10
“A possible life”: The scar that leaves the memory	9,40/10
"Quijote in the Congo": They were not giants, It was a river	9,25/10
"Pilgrims of beauty": Italy and Greece Bacanal	9,20/10
"Travel with Charley": Raw portrait of the US 60	9,05/10
Winter notes on summer impressions: Dostoevsky in front of the mirror	8,90/10
The city of God: the guts of Rome	8,75/10
On the road: the “American Dream” of the underworld	8,60/10
Strengthen the foundation: Africa raises its voice	8,15/10
My trip to Africa: Churchill takes his rifle	7,50/10
"Mexico. Memories of a traveler ": The cursed book that clears the country	6,25/10
“Bangkok”: the adventures of a westerner among prostitutes, bars, massages and excesses	5,50/10