The following series of photos give an overview of my time spent in Junagadh, India. The ancient city is fascinating but sees few foreign travelers due to its location in the state of Gugarat, far […]
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Every adventure in Sri Lanka is bound to start on the railway. So too, does this photo essay of my one month in Sri Lanka.
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Elephants and Sri Lankan civilization have been associated for thousands of years. Killing an elephant was once a capital offense. The animals are still revered and there are a surprising number of them still
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I visited the Cameron Highlands for one simple reason: tea. The region, discovered in 1885 by an English-led mapping unit, is one of Malaysia’s favorite getaways. Others go for the refreshing climate, which averages
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A 17-day journey through the lesser-traveled Japan I thought my Facebook campaign for Japan was quite successful and I wanted to compile all those highlights and micro-updates into a single post. Hopefully this best
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I could make a number of comparisons with Vigan. But really it is a unique city of The Philippines. Located on the west coast of the Luzon Island, it is a required stop
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You’d hardly think it, but fifteen years ago, Malapascua Island was just another small fishing island in the Philippines. The guidebooks tout Malapascua as the next Boracay. When I tell Oliver Mischo, Marketing Director
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After roughing it through long, sweaty bus rides and too many nights in grimy hotels, it was a relief to finally arrive on Bantayan Island. Situated in between Negros and Cebu Island of the Philippines,
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Naoshima Island is one of the most interesting art projects I’ve come across during my travels. Since 1989, the small island, located in Japan’s Seto Inland Sea, has slowly been transformed into a series
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My trip to Japan was loosely planned around onsen. Onsen is the Japanese term for hot springs. Only on rare occasions are these hot springs in a natural setting. More commonly, a bath has been
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Stopping in Kumamoto was a last-minute decision for me. It turned out to be a good one. The city was on the way from Fukuoka to Aso Caldera. I read about a few worthy
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It’s cold in Seoul in the winter. And I’m not a fan of the low temperatures. But from time to time I do appreciate seeing different places in the different seasons. I had been
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Naples is authentic. I think that word might get thrown around too much these days without meaning. Where other city’s historic cores have been taken over by souvenir shops, tourist restaurants, and designer brand shopping,
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Nikiszowiec Historic Working-class Housing Nikiszowiec Katowice Poland Nikiszowiec was built as housing for miners between the years 1908 to 1919. It’s a district in the city of Katowice, in Silesia, in the southwest of Poland.
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“We’re all related, but we’re not inbred.” Gunnar told us as he drove the van back towards Reykjavik after a full day of touring South Iceland. It was one of the many quotes and
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You can’t see the Northern Lights from Reykjavik. On the rare occasion that you can, you need to view them from a particular spot when they are particularly active. But it’s not like seeing them
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I first visited Milan’s Monumental cemetery, or Cimitero Monumentale di Milano, as it’s called in Italian, about five years ago. It’s a fascinating place that I revisited recently. Since 1866 the cemetery has been
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I’ve long considered Yorkshire one of the best destinations in England. Besides the obvious cities: York, Leeds, Hull, and Whitby, the Yorkshire coast and countryside is some of the most beautiful in Great Britain.
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I had a great opportunity to get a behind-the-scenes look at local food preparation on a recent trip to Indonesia. The city was Yogyakarta. Yogyakarta is generally considered to be a center of culture on
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Throughout my travels, I occasionally bump into fanatical surfers. They travel the world, occasionally for travels sake, but usually a deserted beach with the right waves is the only thing on their mind. Nearly every
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Sri Sultan Hamengkubuwono’s palace in Yogyakarta, Indonesia is also known as Kraton Ngayogyakarta. It is the primary kraton, or royal palace (in Javanese language), of the Yogyakarta Sultanate. Here, the sultan and the royal court
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When I was younger, I always wondered what it would be like to look inside of a volcano. Well, in Indonesia, at Mt. Bromo, I found out. But first, I would see the sunrise illuminating
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Our flight landed in the central Java city of Semarang. Java is the world’s most populated island and is home to nearly 60% of Indonesia’s 238 million people. Consequently, it is one of the most
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To the world it is known simply as Borneo. The third biggest island in the world. Home to the famous gentle man of the jungle—the orangutan. To Indonesians, it is Kalimantan—the Indonesian part which
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