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Simojovel: the spots of amber

The Chinese came one morning three years ago and changed everything.. They came to buy the pure amber, the one without spots. Prices have increased tenfold and now local artisans can no longer buy that amber, we can't pay it.

byJavier Brandoli

20 May, 2015

Chinese apartheid in Mexico

Especially in the north, in the state of Sonora, the rejection of the Chinese community was increasing. Anti-Chinese League were established in several cities, constantly they ransacked their shops and orchards and, even, in 1923 a law that prevented intermarriage between Mexican and Oriental enacted.

byJavier Brandoli

9 March, 2015

Bangkok, beyond the ghettos of tourists

We had the opportunity to enter the city through the main gate, not for the guest. A couple of Francesca's friends, she thai, They put us up in their house and showed us their city.. And there, to summarize, everything gained charm and realism compared to the terrifying Bangkok (valid for all of Thailand in my opinion) of so many travelers who flock madly to Khao San Road and surrounding areas (backpacker neighborhood).

byJavier Brandoli

13 January, 2015

"The dead and the journalist": "inevitable" death	9,75/10
"The innocent anthropologist": Africa, heartily	9,75/10
Naples 1944: Magistral chronicle of a surreal city	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