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Sary Mogul, Kyrgyzstan: An Unlikely Hamlet at 12,000 Feet

November 21, 20168 Comments

There isn’t much space devoted to places like Sary Mogul, Kyrgyzstan in guidebooks.  Sary Mogul is one of those places that is typically seen as a stopping off point, or a place to have…

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Off the Beaten Path in My Google History: July 2016

July 28, 201610 Comments

As a full time employee of Corporate America, I spend a lot more time daydreaming about travel than actually traveling.  I toyed around with the idea last year of posting about the places that…

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A Tale of Two Cambodian Train Stations: Kampot and Sihanoukville

June 27, 20168 Comments

Coming into our trip to Southeast Asia, architecture peeping wasn’t in my plans.  Despite evidence to the contrary from our tour of New Khmer architecture in Phnom Penh, I didn’t actually plan any of…

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Things We Didn’t See in Luang Prabang, Laos

June 16, 20164 Comments

If you’ve followed this blog for a while, you’ll know that I have a problem with editing.  I’m notoriously unsuccessful at editing experiences, places, and things to do out of an itinerary.  A large…

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Visiting the Dancing Bears Sanctuary in Belitsa, Bulgaria

November 19, 2015

Of all of the things that define me as a person, not even just a traveler, but a person in general, animal lover is right near the top.  In fact, in my day to…

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How We Didn’t do Saaremaa Justice

October 18, 2015

We went to Saaremaa with the best intentions.  We had a list of things to see and a finite amount of time to see them.  We were also coming from a long day of…

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Roadside Attractions in Rural Lithuania

October 15, 2015

When you’re on a road trip (through the Baltics, or anywhere, really), one of the challenges in keeping things interesting is finding places to stop in between your destinations.  I can say from experience…

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We’re Going to the Balkans…Day after Tomorrow!

October 9, 2015

Where to start?  My life has been a crazy whirlwind the past two weeks and I want to tell you all about it.  Where to start… David and I got back from our honeymoon…

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High Heels and Crucifixes: Attending a Gozo Festa

October 5, 2015

When we first were thinking about our honeymoon, we tacked Malta on to the end of our week in Tunisia to provide some rest after a week of what was to be some intense…

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The Quintessential Latvian Towns of Cēsis and Kuldīga

September 24, 20154 Comments

When travelers think of the Baltic States (if at all!), it’s usually of Tallinn and Riga, the relatively well-touristed capitals of Estonia and Latvia.  We loved Tallinn and Riga, but in our time in the…

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