Glimpse of the ancient city of Petra
What I see on my way to Petra’s most elaborate ruin in September 2013
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Wanderlinks 11.19.14
Originally posted on Tremendous Times:
* The best way to learn is from experience. Still, it wouldn’t hurt to read through this pretty comprehensive list of things to know before traveling or this list of tips to help make you a savvier traveler. Both articles are clearly comprised of valuable lessons learned from past mistakes! * Although I knew a grand total of two people when I moved to San Francisco, this piece on why you should move to a city where you don’t know a single soul still resonated with me strongly. * Excellent question — should you travel while you’re in debt? * A short and sweet story about human connections. * This is so badass! Photographer Captures The Sunset in Every Time Zone in a Single Day. * I love when cities have bike paths for safe riding. I überlove this particular solar-powered glow-in-the-dark bike path, though, that lights up with a river of stars à la Van Gogh’s Starry Night. *swoon* * You’ve seen photos of the Statue of Liberty and Times Square, but these photos taken in…
In the streets of Copenhagen
Received a picture from a dear friend. Copenhagen is now 6°C, mostly clouded at 7.54am.
That souvenir we collect as we travel
A person who travels will always end up having a souvenir or more in hand. Whether it is a boarding pass, receipts, an article cut off from newspapers with language we do not understand, that cheap cowboy hat from one ‘Ahmad’ (or was his name Ali?), brochures, rocks, leaves, that ashtray you stole from a hotel room in South Korea, not forgetting that shower kits, key-chains, fridge magnets, or a piece of paper with a phone number and Skype username scribbled on it, and the list goes on.
I google-d Astana
THE Bayterek Observation Tower came to mind as we landed at the Astana International Airport, located 16.7km southeast of the Kazakhstan capital city of Astana. Travelling to Kazakhstan, and particularly the capital for the first time, I could only picture the observation tower and skyscrapers after doing my Google image research on Astana. My presence here (in July 2013) was at the invitation of the Kazakhstan Embassy. I was with five other Malaysian media members to witness the celebration of Astana’s 15th anniversary. As we drove along the road towards the city centre, the capital slowly unfolded itself from a vast flat field to an urban ground with unique architecture buildings and skyscrapers. The first thing that stood out from a distance was a tall structure crowned by a golden, glittering globe — the Bayterek Observation Tower, a landmark of the Kazakh capital.
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