What is it like in Papeete Tahiti? To the average traveler to Tahiti, Papeete is often simply a stopover before catching a flight or boat to one of the many islands that make up French Polynesia but to the residents of Tahiti, Papeete is their capital, economic center, and largest city. Although not as alluring …
What is it like in Shenzhen China? Although Shenzhen is a Tier-1 Chinese metropolis, it has only been a city for 38 years. When Shenzhen was declared a city in 1979, residency spiked. The tourism industry is starting to catch up, as Shenzhen is now the sixth most popular Chinese city for overseas tourists. Located …
What It’s Like In: Texas’ Rio Grande Valley Once renown for horse thieves and Catholic missions, U.S. Army forts and a short-lived independent Republic; now the home of a much-maligned border. Called the Rio Bravo in Spanish, populated by a diverse mix of nationalities and backgrounds. Texas is pretty different from the rest of the US, …
What It’s Like: Winter Travel in Kyrgyzstan For most of the growing number of tourists that are traveling in Kyrgyzstan, the small Central Asian republic is a country of summer mountains and sandy beaches. The majority of visitors come in the warmer months, for the June-September high season when horse riding and mountain climbing and of the …
What It’s Like In: Varanasi, India Varanasi, India. Bodies burning on the waterfront; cows wandering through tiny streets; holy men, pilgrims, and paupers side by side on the ghats; and unending crowds pressing forward to catch sight of pandit holy men offering sacrifices by fire each evening to the Ganges River that the town is built …
What it’s Like in: Lisbon, Portugal Lisbon is a city you can fall in love with instantly, but that takes its time to truly show itself. You need to get lost in the narrow streets of her old neighborhoods, and find your way discovering new details every time; waste time over a coffee or a …
What It’s Like In: Delhi, India The international gateway to the north of India, Delhi will be the first impression many visitors get of the country. Though much maligned in favor of far-flung attractions like the camel safaris of Rajasthan or the palaces of Jaipur, Delhi is an experience all its’ own and one well worth having if …
What It’s Like In: Hurghada, Egypt Of all the tourism hotspots in Egypt that are suffering from greatly reduced tourist numbers since the start of the Arab Spring, it’s the lack of travelers in the Red Sea beach towns like Hurghada and Sharm El Sheikh that is perhaps the most puzzling. Far removed from the …
What it’s Like In Taiwan I started this column to cut through the fluff of travel writing which paints everything as a magical experience. For this exercise I wanted to simply give readers an idea of what it was like to be on the ground in a particular place. So far we’ve shared what it’s like in Tokyo, Luang Prabang, Dubai, …
What It’s Like In: Jaipur, India Jaipur is a major tourist destination in India, one of the three ‘Golden Triangle’ cities which (combined with Delhi and Agra) make up the most commonly traveled route in the country. Though a hectic town with crowded sites, this is also the most accessible city of Rajasthan state and …
