If you visit Bali and you stay in a jam-packed hotel, sunbathe in an over-crowded beach and hear the constant…
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Borobudur at Sunrise: A Walk Toward Light, Stone, and Stillness
The best time to begin your journey to Borobudur is one hour before sunrise, assuming it is not raining. That…
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Being a Tourist at the Great Wall of China
My plan was to hike the remote and seldom visited part of the Great Wall somewhere outside Beijing. When my…
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Your Guide to Trans Mongolian Experience from Ulaan Bataar Mongolia to Beijing China (Part 3)
This was the last leg of our Trans Mongolian journey. We traveled from Moscow to Irkutsk, Irkutsk to Ulaan Bataar and…
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The Black Market – Naran Tuul Market in Ulaan Bataar Mongolia
Most local markets around the world are notoriously known for petty crimes and being pickpockets’ paradise. We were warned of…
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