Asia
Plan The Perfect Visit To Angkor Wat Updated May 2025, Plan the Perfect Visit To Angkor Wat was originally written in November 2015 Once an ancient city and center of the Khmer Empire that ruled over most of the Southeast Asia landmass, Angkor Wat now sits in breathtakingly beautiful ruin. To get the most out of […]
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Hsipaw Trekking: Hill Tribes, Tea Plantations & Treehouses Updated May 2025, Hsipaw Trekking was originally written in October 2018 We came to Hsipaw with only one plan: To take a 3 day, 2 night jungle trekking tour. As there are other trekking opportunities in Myanmar, we had to decide where we wanted to do a trek
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Damascus Travel Guide: What It’s Like to Visit the World’s Oldest Capital Damascus Travel Guide: What It’s Like to Visit the World’s Oldest Capital was originally published in 2025 Damascus is not just a city, it felt like I was walking into a living, breathing museum, steeped in over 11,000 years of human history. As
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Caught in an Electric Storm on Koh e Mekh, Afghanistan Updated May 2025, Caught in an Electric Storm on Koh e Mekh in Southern Bamyan, Afghanistan was originally published in February 2022 Before we arrived in the Waras District of Afghanistan’s Southern Bamyan Province neither Alishah nor I had heard of Koh e Mekh, let alone realized
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A Visit to Tripoli, Lebanon: A Complete Travel Guide to Lebanon’s Underrated Northern Gem A Visit to Tripoli, Lebanon was originally published in 2025 A chaotic symphony of ancient souks, crumbling Mamluk-era hammams, and an abandoned train station of a bygone era, all tangled together in one of the most authentically Lebanese places I’ve ever
Trekking to Lake Izyumrudnoe: A Hidden Gem in Kyrgyzstan’s Alay Valley Trekking to Lake Izyumrudnoe: A Hidden Gem in Kyrgyzstan’s Alay Valley was originally published in 2025 Izyumrudnoe isn’t a lake that comes up in “Top 10 Things to Do in Kyrgyzstan” lists. In fact, most people have never even heard of it. I found
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How to Visit Wadi Rum & What to Expect in Jordan’s Martian Desert How to Visit Wadi Rum & What to Expect in Jordan’s Martian Desert was originally published in 2025 Wadi Rum. Even the name sounds like a whispered secret passed down by ancient winds. Also known as the Valley of the Moon, this
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Issyk Lake, Kazakhstan: How to Visit One of the Alatau’s Prettiest Lakes Issyk Lake, Kazakhstan: How to Visit One of the Alatau’s Prettiest Lakes was originally published in 2025 Tucked away in the foothills of the Trans-Ili Alatau mountains, Issyk Lake, Kazakhstan, is one of those places that makes you do a double-take, as in,
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A Three Day Istanbul Itinerary & Travel Guide A Three Day Istanbul Itinerary & Travel Guide was originally published in 2025 There’s no city quite like Istanbul. I’ve spent a good chunk of time here over the years. On a few extended stopovers and a longer stay in early 2025, I keep finding new reasons
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Crossing the Jordan-Syria Border at the Jabar-Nasib Border Crossing Crossing the Jordan-Syria Border at the Jabar-Nasib Border Crossing was originally published in May 2025 There’s something equally thrilling and exhausting about a border crossing. It’s a cocktail of anticipation, nerves, mild loathing, and the creeping dread that you might have accidentally packed something suspect you
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