The world’s largest urban area is an unlikely place to find an abundance of incredible parks and gardens, but by using the apps developed at GPSmyCity.com, visitors to Tokyo will be able to discover an amazing range of green spaces hidden among the city’s neon canyons. Whether you want to join the throngs at […]
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There are generations of travelers who have been brought up on tales from the Hippie Trail, that hallucinogenic trip from Istanbul to Kathmandu, later extending to Sydney, Australia. Alas, Imperial war mongering and religious section eights took significant parts of that journey off the map forcing current travelers to negotiate the gaps with a series
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Stay Local – Tajikistan Hospitality Central Asia is well-known for its tradition of open hospitality, and the Tajiks often seem like the best of the lot as far as willingness to open arms and homes to travelers. You could spend days on end wandering through mountain villages in Tajikistan, confident that there will always be
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Experience the legacy of Turkmenbashi If most Westerners know only one thing about Turkmenistan, it is this: Turkmenbashi. This first President of Turkmenistan (born Saparmurat Niyazon) would go on to build massive monuments to himself, rename months in honor of his family members, and eventually have himself declared President for Life. Busts and statues still
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Rio de Janeiro: The City and the State Rio de Janeiro is more than just a city, it’s a state. Whilst the Cuidade Marvellosa understandably grabs the best and the worst of the region’s headlines, there are other attractions nearby that need to be seen. In fact, with the city bracing itself for the fanfare
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Siwa Oasis Siwa is a special place. Visiting an Oasis is just a unique experience. You drive through the Sahara for hours and hours and suddenly you come upon the depression that is Siwa Oasis. It’s a town of mud brick buildings surrounded by palms and groves of dates and olive trees. It has long
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Listen in on a story about the beautiful mountains of Tajikistan, and you’ll almost certainly hear a tale of an epic road trip through the harsh but beautiful plateaus of the Pamir’s. Spend any time in the country, though, and you may find yourself equally drawn to the far less visited mountain ranges on the
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Berlin Germany is fast becoming one of Europe’s only remaining bohemian hideaways. Young musicians, writers and creatives of all types flock to the city in their thousands each year, all to capitalize on the excitingly lucid sense of liberalism obvious in every corner of the city. A short stroll is all it takes for
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11 Things to do in Rome Stroll through Trastevere This is the Roman cliché, the one which Hollywood (think Eat Pray Love and To Rome with Love) loves. That said, Trastevere is a pleasant, and now quite touristy, place to stroll in the evening. It is Rome with a village feel. This was traditionally a
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A Walk through Ancient Rome A trip to Rome is usually crammed with full days of sightseeing. I’m not a big travel-for-sights person, but my few days in Rome were packed with ticking off the main highlights. Don’t worry, I made time for a gelato and coffee here and there and a walk through the
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