22 July 2014 – Moscow, Russia
A surprise Buddhist stupa in Moscow – pretty neat discovery for a native Muscovite! And a fitting way to connect our Asia trip with our homeland.
A surprise Buddhist stupa in Moscow – pretty neat discovery for a native Muscovite! And a fitting way to connect our Asia trip with our homeland.
We take a walk through a maze of o-torri gates at the Fushimi Inari shrine in Tokyo. It is a shinto shrine dedicated ot the gods of rice and sake.
Climbing defense towers around upper Omalo, Tusheti – fun even in the rain. Earlier in the day we visited picturesque village of Dartlo, at the time it was nice and sunny, or at least not rainy. Regardless, another day of adventure in the wilds of Tushseti.
Founded: 1221 by Grand Duke Yuri II Pop: 1.2 million Other names: Gorky Monument to NN founder Yuri Vsevoldovich and his teacher Simon We took high speed train – Sapsan – from Moscow, which got us there in just 4 hours. Fun fact: St Petersburg is the same distance from Moscow as Nizhniy Novgorod, but…
Happy international women’s day from Phetchaburi, Thailand. To celebrate, a little tour of our wonderful guesthouse, 2N. While we get around to publishing a detailed post about Phetchaburi and our stay there, you can have a look at the 2N website if you are heading that way.
Doing what we do best – cafe hopping in Vietnam! No seriously Vietnam is one of the best places for digital nomads / laptop warriors / bookworms / people who love a good cup of coffee. One of our favorites (and we have many, trust!) is Cong Caphe. There are six branches in Hanoi, and…