Olga Iazzarelli
Returning to China after several years absence, Olga Jazzarelli describes the dramatic changes in China’s social, cultural and physical landscapes as she tours the Shanxi and Sichuan provinces.
Accompanying us each day was the sun’s flaming orb, rising each morning and setting each night – an unvarying ball of fire burnishing the red sandy deserts of Namibia.
When I arrived in Havana I was told “You won’t experience the real Cuba unless you visit the East”. So I booked the first available flight to the historic city of Baracoa in the north-eastern corner of the island and set off to discover Cuba.