The Big Loop Alaska Road TripAnchorage-Denali-Tok Updated April 2024, The Big Loop Alaska Road Trip was originally written in July 2017 This Big Loop Alaska road trip hits some of the highlights of south-central and interior Alaska but this itinerary is very ambitious. Keep it moving, or plan to allot more than a week if you’d […]
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A Guide to the Baku Metro: Underground Azerbaijan Updated April 2024, A Guide to the Baku Metro: Underground Azerbaijan was originally published in March 2023 As most of you who have been reading my posts for a while know, I have a bit of an obsession with Soviet-era metro systems after seeing the posts about
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Must-Try Tajik Food: Best Food in Tajikistan Updated April 2024, Must-Try Tajik Food: Best Food in Tajikistan was originally published in September 2022 Starting to plan your trip to Tajikistan and wondering just what the heck they even eat there? I wondered the same before my first trip many years ago, so that’s why after
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Visit Factory Butte Along Utah Highway 24 Updated March 2024, Visit Factory Butte Along Utah Highway 24 was published in November 2023. Flat-Topped Factory Butte is impossible to miss for anyone traveling along Utah’s Highway 24 between Capitol Reef National Park and Hanksville. It was one of the first things I noticed as I departed
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Kazakhstan Travel Guide Updated March 2024, The Kazakhstan Travel Guide was originally written in February 2020 No matter what type of traveler you are Kazakhstan probably has something for you, from awesome city breaks (especially so with new direct flights to Almaty and Astana from Europe), treks ranging from an hour to several days deep into the Tien
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Iraq Travel Guide: Everything You Need to Know to Visit in 2024 Updated March 2024, Iraq Travel Guide was originally published in January 2022 I first stepped foot in Iraq back in 2019, visiting the far north- only to spiral my curiosity into the country even further (the same thing happened to me in Afghanistan
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Hiking the Mint-Bomber Traverse in Alaska’s Talkeetna Mountains Updated March 2024, Hiking the Mint-Bomber Traverse was originally written in July 2018 The Mint-Bomber Traverse trek is an Alaskan stunner and has all the trimmings of an epic hike, but be warned it comes with its dangers including steep, loose boulder & scree slopes, and glacier crossings. It isn’t
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How to Travel Alaska on a Budget Updated March 2024, How to Travel Alaska on a Budget was originally written in April 2017 It’s no lie: Alaska is expensive, everything in Alaska is expensive, but it is totally possible to travel Alaska on a budget. Tourism in Alaska seems to be geared to target people
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4 Day Malta Itinerary & Travel Guide Updated March 2024, The 4 Day Malta Itinerary & Travel Guide was originally written in January 2019 On a whim, I booked a ticket to Malta while I was in Italy last fall (2018). Truth be told, Malta has never been on my radar. I had recently returned from a trip
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A Guide To Tajikistan’s Fann Mountains Updated March 2024, the Fann Mountains Guide was originally written in December 2016 The Fann Mountains may quite possibly be the best trekking destination you’ve probably never heard of. In Tajikistan’s Fann Mountains you’ll find yourself surrounded by sky-scraping jagged mountains, crystal clear lakes of azure, and the warm heart
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