Within zone 2 lies a lively city that reflects a true mix of many different backgrounds coming together within London. With a blend of reggae, Latin and Irish, the diverse music, foods and shopping options create an inviting atmosphere for all. Taylor Zambrano Brixton has one of the […]
Tourism
Villa de Leyva, where Spain never left
Villa de Leyva is today a town full of people from the upper classes arriving from the capital and from other Colombian cities both within and outside the country, to enjoy the holidays, short getaways and weekends. The town is inhabited by wealthy owners of large mansions belonging to politicians, […]
Damascus: in the midst of walls, jasmine and mosques
Come in, come in, says a man at the entrance to his handicrafts shop, while all around him there is the hustle and bustle of prospective customers shuffling from one side of the street to the other in front of hundreds of shops and stalls. Roberto Castellanos To […]
The core of the Big Apple: The soulful heart of the big City
When we think of New York, we are immediately enveloped in a discourse of skyscrapers, bright lights and cosmopolitans. It’s the city that never sleeps, electricity pumping through its veins. But is there something that lies beneath all the expense, gluttony, and excess? Georgina Campbell When most people […]
Burkas to bikinis
Roaming around the National Mosque in a burka in Kuala Lumpur I began to feel a similar sensation to what I had just felt on the beach in Langkawi Island in the Andaman Sea a few days earlier. Faryal Iqbal It was a liberating feeling that I felt […]