20 August 2013 – Moscow, Russia
Visiting Natasha’s apartment, while she is doing a happy dance.
Visiting Natasha’s apartment, while she is doing a happy dance.
A recap of day 3 in Mandalay and a view of the city from out guesthouse rooftop.
Grocery shopping in Hiroshima, Japan. As always, featuring coverage of a meat section — didn’t realize I was such a carnivore!
Walking route to Jvari church from Mtskeheta turned out to be super simple – despite the guidebook threatening us with a hard and tedious trek. Totally worth it too considering taxis were trying to charge something ridiculous like $10. Views are a bonus )
We climbed one steep hill to enjoy (and bring you!) the panorama of UB.
Goodbye China! It’s been real. More than a month (if you count 5 days in Beijing). Amazing country. But time for us to go explore the wonders of Southeast Asia. Starting with Bangkok, Thailand. (As an aside — SriLankan = awesome).
On our last day in Albania we decided on a little day trip from Tirana to Kruje Castle, the bastion of the most eulogized national hero: Skanderbeg. Skanderbeg was an Albanian noble who led a resistance movement – with some success – to the Ottoman Empire in mid 15th century. Pretty neat historical stuff. The castle…