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A Comprehensive Guide to Travel in Eritrea, Africa’s Best Kept Secret

August 12, 20185 Comments

For David and me, the allure of travel is the way it allows us to understand places different from where we’re from – and the more different a place, the more we gravitate toward…

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Tamaz at the Dry Bridge Market, Tbilisi

October 8, 201717 Comments

The marshrutka taking us back to Tbilisi was in markedly worse shape than the one that had brought us to Kazbegi the day before. With tablets of children’s Dramamine dissolving on our tongues, David…

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Kitsch Mecca: The Monthly Kyiv Antique Market

June 19, 20176 Comments

    This past trip to Latvia, Ukraine, and Georgia was a real winner winner chicken dinner in terms of our kitsch haul.  I make no apologies for my borderline hoarder tendencies, and will…

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A Hanoi Shopping Guide: Coffee and Propaganda!

August 16, 20165 Comments

Prior to starting our 2016 Southeast Asia trip, I had thought to myself, “Surely we won’t be bringing a lot of kitsch home from this trip – what will there be to entice us?” …

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