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April 26, 2025

Paulista! Tudo acaba em pizza

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Tui is a millennial from Chang Rai, the ancestral centre of the

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Ode to Thessaloniki

It’s pouring rain in Thessaloniki, but no one seems to mind it

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Paulista! Tudo acaba em pizza

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April 26, 2025

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It is the penultimate day of the year 2024, I am on the snowy road to the city of Gyumri, the ancient Aleksandropol of

December 30, 2024

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October 20, 2017

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Tunis – myth and truth behind that blooming Jasmine Revolution

(continues..) The Medina of Tunis is very ancient, dating back to the 7th century A.D., covering an area of 300 hectares and animated by

August 8, 2023

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To the unpronounceable Mtskheta, the Holy City

The itinerary was supposed to start from Tbilisi, I would have rented a car, perhaps one of those rickety jeeps that the online catalogues

July 7, 2018

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The Valley of Khalil Gibran

Pity for the nation full of belief but empty of religion Pity the nation that wears clothes it has not woven, eats bread it

August 8, 2019

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Tashkent-Samarkand Train

Tashkent Station, 8:30 AM It’s such a strange day, this one. I’m in Uzbekistan for work, and it seems I will soon get on

March 5, 2025

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December 30, 2024

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April 26, 2025

Pizzeria Veridiana, quartiere Jardins, São Paulo Tudo acaba em pizza!, just as for Italians it all works out in tarallucci e vino. The waiter of

Business Girl in Saudi Arabia

libere

March 5, 2025

‘Supplication before a journey’ Oh Allah! I seek refuge in you from the difficulties of the journey, from unwanted situations.. Turkish airlines again blesses

Tashkent-Samarkand Train

libere

March 5, 2025

Tashkent Station, 8:30 AM It’s such a strange day, this one. I’m in Uzbekistan for work, and it seems I will soon get on

I am a Yazidi

armenia·stories

December 30, 2024

It is the penultimate day of the year 2024, I am on the snowy road to the city of Gyumri, the ancient Aleksandropol of

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Paulista! Tudo acaba em pizza

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Tashkent-Samarkand Train

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Osama Bin Laden’s Buddhist temple in the Opium Valley

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