7 February 2014 – Jodhpur, India
Market of Jodhpur – a rather hectic and loud affair, much like in other cities in Rajasthan state.
Market of Jodhpur – a rather hectic and loud affair, much like in other cities in Rajasthan state.
Founded: 1723 Pop: 1.4 million Other names: Sverdlovsk Yekaterinburg Train Station We had just 6 hours in Yekaterinburg, which wasn’t a great deal — but enough to see memorials to the town’s somber history. Russia’s last tsar and his family were shot and then bayoneted to death in Yekaterinburg in July of 1918. The building…
We spent half a day at Novodevichy Monastery, and thoroughly enjoyed it – few people /tourists and enclosed walls make it feel like a peaceful sanctuary far away from Moscow’s hustle and bustle. But you still get the most awesome, amazing churches that are definitely worth seeing. Great weather helps too. The monastery was built…
Exploring Doi Suthep, or what to do after you get a yellow fever vaccine. (J/K…sort of. we thought that we had to go to the hospital to get the vaccine, so we got a bike, but then it turned out that we could have walked to the TB Center to get the vaccine. So to…
Sagalassos was amazing – a remote archeological site not accessed by any convenient forms of public transport (or tour buses!) is stunning. There are hardly any visitors, so we had the ancient “first city of Pisidia” (aka regional Roman capital) almost entirely to ourselves. Along with the restored fountain the massive site contains temples, theater,…
Sergey narrates night time adventures in Moscow.