Introduction to Alexandria, Egypt Alexandria is Egypt’s second largest city, after Cairo. It’s a breezy coastal city located on the country’s long northern Mediterranean Sea coast. Historically, Alexandria was an extremely important international port with several impressive claims to fame and, at its peak, capital city of Alexander the Great (after whom the city is […]
Train Trip from Cairo to Alexandria Egypt
Train Trip from Cairo to Alexandria Egypt I took a cruisy train ride up from Cairo to Alexandria and stayed four nights in Alex to explore the city’s many sites & attractions. Partly I wanted to (needed to) escape from filthy, dusty, roasting, densely-crowded, overly-noisy Cairo. Partly I wanted to see something more of Egypt […]
My First Impressions of Cairo, Egypt
My First Impressions of Cairo, Egypt I’ve been in Cairo for one week thus far and my first impressions are not good. Not at all. In fact, Cairo is pretty awful. It’s like one vast ugly ghetto filled with badly polluted air; dirty, litter-strewn streets; a mass of never-ending, horn-honking chaotic traffic congestion; unbelievable crowds; […]
8 Surprising Facts about Cairo, Egypt
8 Surprising Facts about Cairo, Egypt I wasn’t especially planning to visit Egypt this year. But it was on my list of potential destinations since I was searching for countries to visit in the region of Turkey. Recently, however, I was offered a rather good assignment of luxury hotel reviews & a travel guide update […]
Amazing Pamukkale – One of Turkey’s Most Famous Sites
Amazing Pamukkale One of Turkey’s Most Famous Sites Pamukkale is a rather grubby hillside village located about 17 km / 10 miles north of Denizli, a large inland city in southwestern Turkey. Pamukkale’s small uninspired country houses are ill-kept, cluttered and are set in small messy plots. Most residents keep a collection of farm animals: […]
NEWS: I’m featured in an article about traveling during the Covid-19 pandemic
NEWS: I’m featured in an article about traveling during the Covid-19 pandemic Recently I was approached to be part of an article with tips, advice and perspectives on traveling during the global pandemic. In the article, a whopping 87 travel bloggers share their Covid-era travel stories, strategies and advice. It turns out I’m not the […]
Introduction to Alanya – Turkey
Introduction to Alanya – Turkey Alanya is a small coastal resort city on Turkey’s gorgeous Mediterranean coast. The 20-km-long city has a stunning location, wedged tightly between low coastal mountains and a brilliantly-turquoise-colored sea that’s lined by beige-sand beaches. Alanya is located about 2 hours / km drive east of Antalya city. Alanya’s three most […]
How to Choose an International Travel Destination during Covid-19 World
How to Choose an International Travel Destination during Covid-19 World Last year when the Covid-19 pandemic hit globally, I was out in the world traveling full time, as usual. When lock-downs, border closings, tranportation shut-downs and other restrictions began to set in mid-March, 2020, I was in Antalya, Turkey. And there I was inadvertently ‘stuck’ […]
Cost of Budget Travel in Bosnia & Herzegovina in 2020
Cost of Budget Travel in Bosnia & Herzegovina in 2020 Bosnia & Herzegovina (BiH for short) is a small eastern European country on the Balkan peninsula. It’s bordered by Croatia, Serbia and Montenegro. Before becoming an independent country in 1992, it was part of the former communist Replublic of Yugoslavia. I wrote a fairly detailed […]
14 Observations about Turkish People
14 Observations about Turkish People Ok, to start off this article, I must admit to being a bit hesitant to write these observations. For one thing, everything I’m about to say is a result of my own personal observations of the Turks. So who knows, maybe I’m completely wrong? Or partly wrong? But I do […]