Travel Guides for International Destinations

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Four Reykjavik Restaurants That Won’t Break Your Budget

I’ve never chosen a destination specifically for its food, but I love to eat and sampling local flavors is a fun part of discovering new places.  In Iceland, though, restaurants can be expensive.  Finding a restaurant with good food and reasonable prices isn’t something you can automatically count on.  Luckily, I’ve done the research, tried it […]

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Things No One Tells You About Vietnamese Cupping Therapy

overwater bungalow vietnam

“Sorry this didn’t turn out exactly how I expected,” I told Mike.  “I thought we’d be fishing in the morning after tai chi class and biking or kayaking around the lagoon after lunch.  Then we’d watch the sunset together from our overwater bungalow and hold hands on a moonlit stroll.  Maybe cap it all off

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Not All of the Middle East is Unsafe: Visiting Iraqi Kurdistan

Iraq: a country burdened by conflict for as long as I can remember. The War on Terror. ISIS. Saddam Hussein. You would think that a place that evokes those thoughts wouldn’t be somewhere that anyone would want to visit.  Well, I went. I traveled to the Kurdish region in Northern Iraq, otherwise known as Iraqi

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I Acclimated to the Sacred Valley the Wrong Way (But You Don’t Have To)

how to acclimate to the sacred valley with coca tea

I acclimated to the Sacred Valley the wrong way. Admitting this kills me because I know I’m prone to altitude sickness and I knew in advance that Cusco altitude is 11,152 feet (3,399 meters).  I took a lot of precautions to lessen the impact.  But even though I did a lot of things right, I

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Photo Essay: What I Did Instead of Hiking the Inca Trail

ollantaytambo sacred valley scenery (things to do instead of hiking the inca trail)

I’ve never had any ambition to hike the Inca Trail.  There’s little solitude throughout the journey and too much downtime at camp each night, so even though I like hiking and camping, it didn’t make sense to add the iconic trek to my itinerary.  No doubt it’s beautiful, but isn’t all of the Sacred Valley?

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