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Kyrgyzstan Travel Guide
This travel guide for Kyrgyzstan, highlights the top places to visit, how to get around, safety, scams, logistics, and more to help you plan an independent visit to this remarkable country. Under-the-radar Kyrgyzstan, which is amazingly rich in natural beauty, provides a surprisingly endless list of sites to see and things to do. From hiking the stunning snow-capped Tien Shan mountains which thread throughout 80% of the country, exploring amazing alpine lakes, captivating canyons, gorges, valleys, waterfalls, and more, this country, once an important stretch on the ancient Silk Road, is full of breathtaking beauty. Plus, it’s inhabited by the extremely kind and warm-hearted Kyrgyz people. Stan means land, so…
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Kazakhstan Travel Guide
This travel guide for Kazakhstan features the top places to visit, how to get around, safety, scams, logistics, and more to help plan an amazing independent adventure. Although the majority of this country is a vast, dry steppe, the eastern and southern borders, not far from Almaty, feature forested, snow-capped mountains, many with peaks exceeding 21,300’ (6,500 m), stunning alpine lakes, valleys, and gorges. This makes the Kazakhstan an ideal place for outdoor enthusiasts and Almaty the perfect base to explore it from. It’s also one of those rare and wonderful off-the-beaten-path type locations. About Kazakhstan Kazakhstan means “the land of wanderers”, reflecting its nomad culture. The word Kazakh comes from…
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Montenegro Travel Guide
My travel guide for Montenegro features the top places to visit, how to get there, safety, scams, logistics, and more to help you plan your trip. Montenegro, just south of hot-spot Croatia, is a beautiful, under-the-radar European destination. With 183 miles (294 km) of rugged mountains rising from the sparkling blue Adriatic, it’s dotted with must-see medieval-walled towns topped with fortresses and several stunning National Parks. Plus, it’s not as jam-packed with tourists as its northern neighbor and it’s easier on the budget. Its Bay, the Bay of Kotor, or the Boka, is so beautiful, it’s sometimes called the southernmost fjord in the world. Yet, it’s not a fjord. It’s…
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Turkey (Türkiye) Travel Guide
Turkey, which has been rebranded as Türkiye, is full of delightful surprises, with its dazzling Byzantine and Ottoman Mosques and palaces, amazing ancient Roman ruins, unforgettable landscapes, and grand history. This travel guide for Turkey (Türkiye) features the top places to visit, how to get there, safety, scams, logistics and more to help you plan your visit and make it epic. This travel guide and posts on Turkey (Türkiye) are updated as of January 2024. Travel Guide: Top Attractions In Turkey (Türkiye) Istanbul Istanbul is Turkey’s top tourist destination and full of glorious remnants from its Byzantine, Roman, and Ottoman history. And its location, straddling two continents over the Bosphorus…
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Jordan Travel Guide
This travel guide for Jordan features the top places to visit, how to get there, safety, scams to watch out for, money matters logistics, and more to help plan your trip. The information in this Travel Guide and the posts on Jordan are updated as of February 2023. Top Attractions In Jordan Petra Archeological Park Petra’s Archeological Park is fascinating and definitely the highlight of Jordan. So much more than I ever expected. This ancient city and its labyrinth of temples and tombs, carved from the red sandstone, was the Nabatean’s capital in the 4th century AD. These desert nomads were skilled in trade, stone carving, and managing and storing…
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Croatia Travel Guide
This travel guide for the stunning destination of Croatia, highlights the top places to visit, how to get there, safety, scams, logistics, and more to help plan your trip. Note: This travel guide and all posts on Croatia have been updated as of January 2023. Top Attractions in Croatia Croatia’s beauty, history, sunny climate, and friendly locals make it an outstanding destination for all ages. Not only is much of the mainland edged with stunning beaches, crystal-clear blue water, and abundant sunshine, there’s even more of it to explore on the 79 islands and 500 islets scattered along the Dalmatian coast. On top of this, it has one of the…
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Cyprus Travel Guide
This travel guide for Cyprus highlights the top places to visit, how to get around, safety, scams, logistics and more to help you plan the ultimate independent holiday getaway. Cyprus is a captivating destination. Actually located in the Middle East, in the Mediterranean between Turkey, Israel, and Egypt, it’s part of the European Union. The beaches fringing the island are some of the best beaches of Europe, making it an ideal vacation spot. A few are even Ibiza-wanna-be party beaches. In additional to its golden sandy beaches and lively nightlife, there’s a ton of fascinating history here, with ancient archeological digs dotting the island. Some dating all the way back…
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Ultimate South Korea Travel Guide
This travel guide for South Korea features the top places to visit, how to get around, safety, scams, logistics, and more to help you plan the ultimate independent adventure. From high-tech, megacity Seoul to quiet rural villages, dotted with ancient Buddhist temples, sprawling Joseon Dynasty palaces, fascinating historic villages, vibrant markets, a lively nightlife, and beautiful islands, South Korea offers something for everyone. Note: The information in this ultimate travel guide and posts on South Korea are updated January 2023. Top Attractions In South Korea Seoul Seoul, one of the the most populous cities in the world, offers a complex contrast of ultra-modern skyscrapers, bustling streets, ancient temples, traditional villages,…
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Ultimate Israel Travel Guide
This travel guide for Israel features the top places to see, how to get around, safety, money matters, logistics, and more to help you plan the ultimate independent visit. Israel packs in a lot for such a small country. Best known for Jerusalem, its top destination, which is loaded with important ancient religious sites including the most revered Holy sites for Jews, Christians, and Muslims, there’s really so much more. There’s Bethlehem, birthplace of Jesus, the Art on the West Bank Wall, which mostly expresses anti-wall sentiments, Jericho, the oldest city in the world, the fascinating Dead Sea, hip Jaffa, a booming travel destination full of important history and lovely…
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Malawi Travel Guide
This Malawi travel guide covers an overview of the top destinations, how to get around, best time to visit, safety, scams and more, to help you plan your adventure. Although Malawi is probably not the first destination that comes to mind when you think of Africa, it has some great attractions, like its massive ocean-like white sand lake, Lake Malawi and wonderful trekking. It’s also known as the ‘Warm Heart of Africa’, with some of the friendliest and most engaging people that you’ll ever meet. You can also spot the Big Five here, as Malawi is working to restore its parks and become a safari destination. Note: The information in…
