The cuisine of the Latin American diaspora can be found all over Denver. To taste the differences is to understand how countries, cultures, and immigrants to this nation have taken foods common in the largely Spanish-speaking continent and splintered them into their own special creations. Take the empanada. There are varieties of it all over … Read more
Wow, I think, as we cycle the deserted road. If you are really worried about World War Three – and you want to avoid the nuclear fall-out – then this is the place to be. You never saw a landscape so enchanting or so lonely. It’s barely 7pm and there’s plenty of light left in … Read more
CPTPP represents about 15 percent of the global economy. Current members include Japan, Australia, New Zealand, Canada, Peru, Chile, Mexico, Brunei, Singapore, Vietnam and Malaysia. The U.K., which is the first new member to join, will complete its accession on Dec. 15. Taiwan and China’s applications to join the bloc came less than a week … Read more
SAN VICENTE DE TAGUA TAGUA, Chile — An emerging group of farmers and growers in Chile, known as seed guardians, aim to protect the traditional crops of their ancestors, keeping them safe from industrial agriculture and genetic modification. The guardians collect, trade and plant hundreds of seeds to preserve forgotten varieties of tomatoes, corn and … Read more
IQUIQUE, Chile — Over a thousand years ago, the hundreds of giant geoglyphs carved into the desert in northern Chile were a bustling scene. They marked sources of water in the vast arid landscape and were where locals came together to trade skins, animals and fish. Now the carvings are scarred with hundreds of tire … Read more
Chinese firms, which needs the raw material to make batteries for the world’s largest electric vehicle (EV) market, are hitting resistance in some Latin American countries that hold the keys to the world’s reserves of the soft, silvery-white alkali metal. The miners face environmental, protectionist and occasionally political barriers, analysts said, with some issues leading … Read more
Take the plunge! There are some truly spellbinding swimming pools in the world – as a lavish new book underscores. Swimming Pools: The World’s Best by Stefanie Waldek, published by Lannoo, is a ‘visual exploration’ of the globe’s top swimming baths – a curation of 200 of the most remarkable. The publisher says: ‘Discover pools … Read more
Like any Hongkonger worth their white pepper, I love yum cha. For us veggie folks, Lock Cha Teahouse (The K.S. Lo Gallery, Hong Kong Park, Admiralty. Tel: 2801 7177) does not disappoint, although I do think it is a lot harder to find great vegan dim sum than it was three years ago. Steamed Korean … Read more
It’s a bucket list like no other – all 1,223 Unesco World Heritage sites. And American couple Haley Crowley and Zachary Fisher are determined to visit every single one. The pair have visited 114 sites so far and have been documenting their travels on their @haleyandzach_ TikTok account, where they’ve raked in over 80,000 followers. They … Read more
South America’s answer to the Sahara, the southern part of the Atacama Desert is known as the Sea of Dunes (“Mar de Dunas”), with those dunes spanning 335 square kilometres (129 square miles). A snowboarder rides down a dune in Chile’s Atacama Desert. Photo: Shutterstock At 550 metres, El Medanoso is one of the highest … Read more
