19 handy tips that’ll get you ready for Thailand
by Thailand is, beyond doubt, one of the most visited countries in the world. Over the last 11 years, I have occasionally found myself going back …
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Of Cream Pies, legends and haunted libraries
Approaching the Boston Tea Party Museum is like going back to school. In my childhood, the name struck me as a happy event and oddly …
There is no obvious link between its rather spicy name Red Chilies and the camp itself, and at eight dollars a night for a dorm, it is not cheap. The bed sags terribly which doesn’t say good things about the activities taking place on it, but I have not come to stay in a cheap dorm Kampala expecting to find a spanking new bed.
My sleep is disturbed by the continuous buzzing of mosquitoes which despite the cheap plastic nets have found their way inside. I manage a quite …
Cruising in the 500 million years old Halong Bay
People ask – what is so special about Ha Long Bay? For one, it is a UNESCO World Heritage Site and famous because of its …
Berat is picturesque. And old. It also boasts of a UNESCO World Heritage status and the nickname of City with 1000 Windows.
Located in the central part of Albania (100km from the capital Tirana), the population of Berat is a little over thirty-five thousand and is well …
Bulawayo – The City of kings
Zimbabwe’s commercial capital Bulawayo is called the City of the Kings for good reason. It wears an air of royalty, rich tradition and has a …
City of winds in the Land of Fire
The cold winds coming from the Caspian Sea made me shiver. But I persisted. I wasn’t going to let my early morning walk through Baku’s …
Luxembourg and its unbeatable charm
The morning I boarded the train for Luxembourg from Brussels Noord, I asked myself this question. Why? It was a snowy winter morning, and shouldn’t …
A fairy- ride across the enchanted Komani Lake
From the moment I heard of Albania’s Lake Komani and Shala River to be precise, I knew how my Albanian visit was going to turn …
Bruges, a city from the past
Something like Venice, I said to myself as I sailed through the narrow waterways, admiring the old buildings honoured with UNESCO World Heritage status, trying …