A visit to the Istanbul Archeology Museum is a must – fascinating artifacts dating back 5-6 thousand (!!) years ago, uncovered as recently as a few years ago when the city began construction of Marmaray rail link under the Bosphorous.
A Jenia led tour of our neighborhood inside the old city of Chiang Mai — ends up at a massage center at the Wat Sum Pao, where an hour of Thai massage will only run you 130 baht, or $4. Amazing.
Once upon a time – many, many centuries ago – there was a land known as Hills of Paradise. It was perched high in the mountaintops of what is modern-day Xieng Khuang province of Laos. Towering pine trees dominated the rolling hills, rivers and waterfalls irrigated and nourished the bountiful land, flowers bloomed year round…
Day one on the island of Olkhon, where we went to explore the northern part of the island and learn some of the many legends of the Buryat people.
The gorgeousness of Borsh beach in Albania is really, really hard to portray. You can watch all the videos you like, stare at your pictures — its not quite that. It is unreal. Highly recommend making this Ionian Sea destination a priority.
A nature walk around the prettiest place in all of Georgia — the high Caucasus mountains of Mestia. We are outside of the small village of Mazeri where we spent blissful three days.
This is my home town. Pop 350,000. I grew up here until I was twelve, at which point my family moved to the US. It’s not a huge tourist destination, but it’s worth a visit for the northern nature and convenience. Petrozavodsk is an overnight train ride away from both Moscow and St Petersburg. We…