Visit Budapest to experience the best of Europe
by Budapest, Hungary’s capital city is awe inspiring in every way. From its hot springs, to Chain Bridge, Parliament House and Fisherman’s Bastion, from paprika laden …
The Forever Tree and Hand of David
A bumpy road leads out of Samarkand in Uzbekistan to Urgut, fifty kilometers away. We pass cows and sheep wandering the streets and people riding …
19 handy tips that’ll get you ready for Thailand
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 …
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 …