When we visited the United Arab Emirates in 2014, we had a few goals. Firstly, to visit the Burj Khalifa, the tallest building on Earth. It would be a special experience for sure. Secondly, we wanted to go on a desert safari. It would be my first time in a
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France and the Netherlands have a border. You might not see where it is on the map, but that’s because it’s a small border. And it’s on the other side of the world. St. Martin or St. Maarten (depending on where you are) is an island in the Caribbean. It
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Switzerland is the most beautiful nation in the world. Or is it? It has many contenders, many with more history, or culture, or diversity, but Switzerland consistently reaches near the top, higher than other Alpine nations. We all subconsciously relate Switzerland to beauty, but is that correlation influenced by its
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Trinidad has a special connection with my dad. No, it isn’t the last three letters. First is V.S. Naipaul, who was my dad’s favorite author. He was born in Trinidad, and one of his most famous books, A House for Mr. Biswas was set in the Lion House, which is
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Turkey is an underrated nation. I understand this now. It’s not the lack of tourists that makes it underrated. It’s the sheer quantity of sights that haven’t been seen enough by the tourist eye. Looking back, we clearly allotted too little time to Turkey, but our layovers in Istanbul were
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Our trip so far had been quite crazy. In fact, the last few days were mainly composed of long drives, crazy flights, but also of breathtaking views. We wanted a break, and Gothenburg served as that. A great city with such a great atmosphere, that I could recognise it from
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Another day, another Caribbean nation. That’s how life goes on the cruise. St. Vincent and the Grenadines is a small island nation in the Lesser Antilles. We began at Fort Charlotte. It is on a hill overlooking Kingstown, the capital. We took a bus to get there, and it was
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We visited St. Lucia in December of 2017, a year after visiting Dominica, and just after visiting Martinique. Instead of using the local ferries, as we did on our previous trip to St. Lucia, we opted for the plane, so that we didn’t throw up. The plane we were on
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St. Kitts and Nevis is the smallest country in North America. Its claim to fame is beaches, and so we had a dilemma. What to do in St. Kitts? We turned to Nevis instead. Alexander Hamilton, first Secretary of the Treasury, was born in Nevis’s capital, Charlestown. We got off
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Did we visit Slovenia? I think we did. We might’ve visited Slovenia, but to say we have truly explored the nation would be a stretch. We set headquarters in Salzburg, Austria, and the plan was to first visit a few nice sites in Ljubljana, the capital of Slovenia, then take
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