Backpacking through Asia: the story of Elena Martinez Salgado.

By Elisa Cornacchia. I’m shaking the dust of this crummy little town off my feet and I’m gonna see the world. George Bailey I would rather own a little and see the world than own the world and see a little of it.                                                                                                                   Alexander Sattler Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by

Interview with a Buddhist monk

The 5th of March, year 2024. Moon’s Rock Monastery, rural area of Solewewa, Anuradhapura district, North-West part of Sri Lanka.  Interview with a Buddhist monk, Bhanthe Kirinde Chandaratana. By Elisa Cornacchia. Premise Some months ago, I was deeply suffering, in pain for what I now know is a worldly attachment: a person that I loved

My workaway experience in the tropical jungle of Costa Rica

Have you ever heard someone talking about Workaway? And about a small country in the world named Costa Rica? Well, that’s what this article is about: My wild workaway experience in the lush and extraordinary Costa Rica. So, first of all. Workaway is a website where anyone can subscribe as “workawayer” or as “host”, where

Volontariato in una Ong in Brasile: la mia esperienza

Terminata l’università ho capito che per la prima volta in vita mia ero veramente libera, libera di dedicarmi a quello che più mi rende felice: preparare la valigia e partire per una nuova avventura in giro per il mondo. Così, all’ultimo momento, ho deciso di imbarcarmi per un’esperienza di volontariato in Brasile, andando contro a

Impressioni sulla Serbia

È la seconda volta che mi ritrovo in Serbia, uno di quei paesi di cui non si sente mai parlare e dove i riflettori del turismo di massa faticano ad arrivare, e forse è un bene, perché, a parte ovviamente la cosmopolita e moderna capitale, Belgrado, i ritmi del vivere quotidiano, le abitudini contadine e