Parka-clad carolers singing that they won’t leave your stoop until you bring them some figgy pudding are nice. But have you ever been serenaded by a sombrero-sporting mariachi band performing a Latin-rooted remix of “Silent Night?” Guests staying over the holidays at Fairmont Mayakoba have. The property in Playa del Carmen is just one sought-after destination south … Read more
A new procedure for all incoming visitors has been launched in a popular tourist spot in an effort to streamline the travel process, plus security. Travelers to Taiwan are now required to apply for a “digital arrival” card (TWAC) three days in advance of their trips, according to the Ministry of the Interior National Immigration … Read more
There’s been a surprising spike in Aussies heading to the US after many were deterred by President Donald Trump’s strict border stance and other controversial government policies. According to new data released by the Australian Travel Industry Association (ATIA), travel from Australia to the US increased by 4.8 percent year-on-year and was up 8 percent … Read more
Long recognized for its affordable housing and low cost of living, McAllen, TX, emerged as a COVID-19 pandemic-era boomtown—but that surge has since reversed. McAllen—a city of 146,000 people situated just a few miles north of the U.S.-Mexico border—experienced the sharpest decline in popularity among local homebuyers over the past six years, according to a new report from Realtor.com®. … Read more
An Australian woman who was rejected at the US border and put on the first flight back to Brisbane says the ordeal has been life-changing in the worst possible way ever since. In 2022, Queenslander Madolline Gourley arrived to the always-chaotic Los Angeles International Airport (LAX) on a flight in from Brisbane. Gourley revealed to … Read more
Rick Harrison found hope in the Trump administration after losing his son, Adam, to a fentanyl overdose one year ago. The “Pawn Stars” boss praised President Donald Trump for taking steps to shut down the border and prevent criminal activity. Two days after Trump took his second oath of office, the president issued an executive order suspending … Read more
Kim Jong Un’s hermit kingdom will lower its drawbridge once again. North Korea will allow visitors to enter at least part of the country starting in December after the reclusive country shut its doors to the outside world for nearly five years because of strict COVID-19 restrictions. Tourism in the northeastern city of Samjiyon — … Read more
Agnieszka Holland focuses on the Polish-Belarusian border as a Syrian family tries to make it to the European Union. Source link #Green #Border #Review #Migrants #Elusive #Race #Freedom
Filmed in the summer of 2019, the lyrical documentary “Hummingbirds” is a portrait of two friends, Silvia Del Carmen Castaños and Estefanía (Beba) Contreras, and their lives in Laredo, Texas, across the border from Mexico. When they hang out near the Rio Grande, Beba says, “I’ve never been this close to the river except when … Read more
In “The Breaking Ice,” a new film written and directed by Anthony Chen, three lost 20-somethings find one another in a liminal world. The movie takes place in Yanji, a Chinese city bordering North Korea, where two languages and cultures mix in the shadows of snow-blanketed mountains. In this icy town, Nana (Zhou Dongyu), a … Read more
When Vincent Vargas was training to be a Border Patrol agent in 2009, he was shown a video of two Mexicans desperately trying to enter America by swimming across the wild Rio Grande River. One person drowned trying to save his friend, who panicked so badly that he accidentally pulled the man trying to save … Read more
A Japanese man who spent more than $20,000 to become a dog has finally taken his first walk and immediately made some canine friends. Known only as Toco, the man spent two million Yen (A$22,000) on a hyperrealistic border collie costume to fulfil his lifelong dream of “becoming an animal”. In recent updates shared with … Read more