My favorite place of India: Jaisalmer

I’ve spent 3 months in India, interning for an NGO. Among my travels there, Jaisalmer is by far the greatest marvel I’ve witnessed. It is a fortified ancient town in the middle of the desert, bordering with Pakistan, and it’s incredibly hard to reach – but totally worth the effort. It is famous for its...

Un’Italiana in Cina: differenze, etichetta e shock culturale

In Cina tutto è diverso e, come ho imparato assaggiando di tutto, se c’è qualcosa che sembra simile a casa c’è da star sicuri che ha in realtà un sapore completamente inaspettato. Ho imparato che i visitatori occidentali possono essere incredibilmente critici di queste differenze o porsi nei confronti di esse con superiorità. È vero,...

Chinese hospitality: traveling China as a guest (Part 1)

I didn’t want to go to China, everything I knew about the Country was what our (Western) media transmit about it and it’s not flattering. The same goes about Chinese people. It’s easy to stereotype them and, at least in Italy, we identify them with closed communities, unwilling to integrate and opportunistic. I think this...