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Exploring the Majestic Ruins of Sukhothai Historical Park in Thailand

Bino — Sun, 03 Mar 2013 14:09:18 +0000

When I told my friends that I was visiting Sukhothai Historical Park, an ancient city located in Northern Thailand during a short holiday, many had asked exactly what there was to see. To most, the idea of exploring ancient ruins in Southeast Asia has probably become synonymous to a visit to Angkor and only Angkor....

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The Unpronounceable UNESCO World Heritage Town of Mtskheta

Bino — Tue, 14 Feb 2012 16:20:33 +0000

“M-TSKHE-TA,” I shouted, pointing furiously to my guidebook. It was our second day in Georgia and the plan was to visit this UNESCO World Heritage town only a few minutes away from Tbilisi. We were at the bus station and no one around us could seem to understand a word we were saying. a cathedral...

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Discovering Singapore’s Outlying Islands

Bino — Sat, 24 Dec 2011 06:11:51 +0000

all aboard! … and I’m not talking about Sentosa here. What most people don’t realize is that Singapore isn’t just made up of just one island (or two, if you count Sentosa). Believe it or not, this tiny city-state is actually made up of 63 islands — most of them being uninhabited! I had the...

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The Real Iran Pt5: Kashan! Kashan!

Bino — Sun, 27 Nov 2011 14:27:40 +0000

kashan skyline – windcatchers and water reservoirs competing for attention By this time, we entered the second half of our trip and continued our way up north. It was time to say goodbye to the amazing city of Esfahan and proceed to a little but popular city in between Esfahan and the capital, Tehran. We...

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The Real Iran Pt1: Touchdown Shiraz – But No Wine?

Bino — Tue, 15 Nov 2011 13:25:32 +0000

naranjestan garden I had been looking forward to this trip since 2007 when my interest in traveling to Iran started. I had just traveled to Turkey earlier that year, and after finding it to be one of my best travel experiences, I vowed to see more of the Middle East next time. However, it did...

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Burmese Days Pt. 1 – Introduction to Yangon

Bino — Mon, 11 Jan 2010 04:59:16 +0000

“This is Burma, and it will be quite unlike any land you know about…” -Rudyard Kipling The second largest country in Southeast Asia, Burma (Myanmar) is not a place where people normally spend their Christmas and New Year holidays (that is, unless you’re Burmese). Many people have no idea about the majestic sights found in...

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