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5 Things To Do Before You Leave Bolivia

Bolivia was my first experience of South America where I enjoyed three months of Spanish lessons, a homestay, volunteering and ...
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The Great Shakespeare Museum Confusion: Knowing Less After Visiting

Just as Shakespeare has confounded high school students for generations, it seems the playwright has been doing the same to ...
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The Best New Travel Blogs Of March 2014

Presenting my second installment of The Best New Travel Blogs You Haven’t Heard Of Yet. After the phenomenal feedback from ...
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Top 20 Exotic, Weird & Delicious Fruit in Asia

New foods and traveling go hand in hand with each other. While meat lovers and vegans will never both agree ...
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FriFotos: Impressive Flames And Unparalleled Fun At Burning Flipside

“What is Burning Flipside?” you ask. Well, it’s the younger sister of Burning Man, the infamous week-long festival celebrating radical ...
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Photo Essay: House Of Sampoerna, Cigarette Factory And Museum

Located in Surabaya, the House Of Sampoerna is museum and active factory, as well as a popular tourist attraction. In ...
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The Hidden City: Machu Picchu “Lost City of the Inca”

Few people are lucky enough in life to get to see this incredible Inca treasure for themselves. Machu Picchu is ...
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Banyusumurup Traditional Village: Home Of The Keris

In my quest to explore the non-touristy side of Indonesia I recently took a day-trip out to Banyusumurup, a small ...
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Ryugyong Hotel: North Korea’s Failed Attempt At Luxury

Nothing epitomizes the conundrum that is North Korea better than the Ryugyong Hotel in the capital city of Pyongyang. It ...
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The Weird Things New Zealand Has To Offer

Slowly it’s getting winter over here but the sun is shining every day. In Holland, I heard it should be ...
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Japanese Lodging: Try Something Different

Every country has hotels and hostels…what does Japan do differently? Just because Japan is constantly looking towards the future does ...
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Nonbei Yokocho aka “Drunkards’ Alley” ― Tokyo’s Hidden Nightlife

Translated as “Drunkards Alley” or “Alley Of The Drunkards,” Nonbei Yokocho is two parallel alleys in Shibuya, Tokyo full of ...
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