Just Another Travelbug
Silk Road Series: Bukhara
"Bokhara, the most shameless sink of iniquity that I know in the East." -Arminius Vambery, Hungarian traveller and first European to...
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Just Another Travelbug
- Oct 6, 2019
- 5 min
Silk Road Series: Samarkand, Uzbekistan
“We travel not for trafficking alone; By hotter winds our fiery hearts are fanned: For lust of knowing what should not be known We take...
Just Another Travelbug
- Nov 2, 2018
- 4 min
Dazzling Abu Dhabi
It’s hard not to feel a bit of empathy for countries or states that share borders with more famous ‘celebrities’. Although Abu Dhabi and...
Just Another Travelbug
- Jul 22, 2018
- 4 min
Mountain of the Sun
The world’s second deepest canyon goes by several different names. You may see it called Wadi Ghul or Wadi Nakhar, with Wadi being an...
Just Another Travelbug
- May 19, 2018
- 3 min
Seas of Sand: Camping in the Wahiba Desert
I wouldn’t be the first to remark that the feeling of being in a desert is not too different from that of sailing through wide-open...
Just Another Travelbug
- Apr 15, 2018
- 3 min
Oman: Splendours of Arabia
What images come to your mind when you read the word “Oman”? If you had asked me this question two years ago, I probably wouldn’t be able...
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