Hong Kong MTR Will Soon Go Transfer-free from Shenzhen Border to Admiralty
The South China Morning Post reports that, starting 15 May, passengers will finally be able to take the MTR East Rail line to Hong Kong Island. Of course, due to…
COVID-19 Update: Chile Reopens All Land Borders as of 1 May
Source: https://www.wikiwand.com/es/Direcci%C3%B3n_Nacional_de_Fronteras_y_L%C3%ADmites_del_Estado_de_Chile According to France24, after having been closed due to the COVID-19 pandemic since 17 March 2020, the government of Chile has finally reopened all…
Gardening at Istanbul’s Ancient Belgrade Gate
For this particular lengthy city walk, I was in Istanbul, Turkey, making my way from the tourist hotspot of Taksim, all the way to the unofficial Uyghur capital of Zeytinburnu.…
My Top Tastes of Twenty-Twenty One (Sorry, 2021)
We’re nearing end of the Ugo Boncompagni calendar, which means I will be sharing my favorite meals of the 2021. Though 2020 understandably didn’t get much love in terms of…
Can I Eat It? Language Oddities in the Food World, Part 1
As much as I love eating food, I also like to learn where things in the culinary world come from, and even the etymology of ingredients. Of course, there are…
2021 Pandemic Travel, from Mexico to Mexico (with a Brief Border Crossing Guide)
During a stint in Chicago a few years ago, I found that Frontier Airlines offered some really good deals to/from Harlingen, Texas (airport code HRL), close to the Mexican border…
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