Saying that India has so much to offer is an understatement. That’s why I struggle to comprehend why people travel there and only see the very most popular tourist sites in the city. Sure, these places are famous and lure in crowds for a reason, but there are places almost identical to them around every corner. […]
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And by facts, I mean that these are mostly subjective thoughts and opinions from my personal experience there. Real facts can be a bit boring, although I did try to include a few below just to make it seem a little more realistic and unbiased. It’s no secret that I completely fell for this city. […]
Kostanay, Kazakhstan is almost Siberia. Almost. It lies very close to the Russian border and in the northern Kazakh steppe. There is nothing for miles and miles…and miles…and miles. Summer is probably beautiful there. I imagine parks open with ferris wheels spinning and kids laughing while eating their pink cotton candy. I imagine teenagers sitting […]
Close to Gori, Georgia lies the elaborate cave complex called Uplistsikhe. Uplistsikhe, which literally means “Fortress of the Lord“, sprawls out over around eight hectares (about twenty acres). It was built in the B.C. times, but the town didn’t reach its height until the 9th – 11th centuries A.D. when more than 20,000 people then […]
Getting there was easy. Getting out was easy. But my time spent in Cambodia’s second largest city was anything but a walk in the park for me emotionally. I knew Battambang wasn’t the place in Cambodia where travelers flocked to prior to going there. But I didn’t truly understand why. Most travelers do the same […]
After spending copious amounts of time waiting on or using public transportation in Thailand, I was surprisingly quite anxious to get down into Malaysia and Singapore, where I knew public transportation operated in a more efficient manner. Therefore, I had no reservations when it came to booking a bus ticket as opposed to a plane […]