On March 23, 2015 our initiative, conceived a few months earlier in South Sudan, officially kicked off. On a dark night we left Grottammare starting the trip of ALTERRATIVE: 266 days in 20 different countries that changed us, in many ways. After traveling around the...
(translation by Raffaella Rossi) The sun is setting behind the green hills of olive groves that surround Jerusalem, we are walking uphill on a narrow deserted street of the old town, the cold biting our cheeks. Indifferent and discussing our dinner plans for the night, we...
(translation by Raffaella Rossi) A black, flea-ridden dog is passing by, so skinny you can see its pointy bones poking through the shiny fur. A man, lanky and with mustaches, is telling Lucho and his customer about some miraculous aphrodisiacs products, seemingly able to boost male...
Let the colours, lines and shapes describe the amazing and iridescent kaleidoscope world. "A traveller without observation is a bird without wings" wrote Moslih Eddin Saadi, almost a thousand years ago. I deeply agree. Details speak directly to the heart and arouse deep emotions that are...
ALTERRATIVE met Spanish, Mexican, and Rapa Nui farmers fighting for their land, Ecuadorians and Bolivians defending their water, Uruguayan and Indian activists preserving ancient local varieties of maize, millet and rise. What do all these people have in common? They are defending their food sovereignty,...
It is Sunday morning, our last day in Cochabama, We prepare our backpacks and wait for Oscar to pick us up on the main street, at the corner with our Hostel. It is sunny and the traffic is slow on the streets downtown. A few...
(thanks to Raffaella Rossi for the translation) The Andes, more than a geographical place are a sensorial journey, unforgettable for anybody who has ever travelled there, even for just a few days. Our first encounter is visual. The Copa Airlines flight that is taking us from...
It has been difficult to arrange a meeting, only a few days available, too many movements, but mostly because of water. Too much water. The plan to spend our last days in India in Chennai, the capital of Tamil Nadu state, seems at risk. The...
The wiper moves rhythmically, cleaning the windscreen from the abundant rain falling out of Durban. We are in South Africa, and after a few days exploring the city and its spectacular waterfront, renovated for the World Cup of 2010, its beaches and the wonderful aquarium,...
