Category: Asia
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Uçhisar,Turkey: Explore My City!
The Explore My City series invites you to find new favorite places around the world.
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What to do in Tbilisi, Georgia
Tbilisi is one of my favorite cities in that gray area between Europe and Asia. It has a welcoming, up-and-coming vibe that reflects youth culture without being too pretentious about it. People are cool, without trying too hard. Locals work hard and salaries are less than other countries in Europe. You can see the continued…
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One day in Ankara, Turkey
From Istanbul, my friends put me on one of the cushy buses that goes across the country so I could see Erzem, a friend I had met while working in Spain. Erzem’s family is from a small town near the border with Bulgaria, but she had been living in the country’s capital for the past…
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One week in Istanbul, Turkey
A friend once described Istanbul as a “storied city,” and that phrase stuck with me. Istanbul is a city of diverging stories that defies classification. It’s impossible to cover everything within the space of two or three days, and although I spent about a week there, I barely scratched the surface. I was lucky enough…
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Solo Travel in Cappadocia, Turkey
If you have been a millennial engaged in any sort of travel in the past five years, you’re going to have seen the balloon pics from Cappadocia. It is inevitable, the only objects that have been more instagrammed are those white and blue buildings in Santorini. I like to avoid hype when traveling. For this…
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Armenia Road Trip
We weren’t supposed to go to Armenia. I’d told Susan it would be great to check out, but thanks to amazing hiking in the Caucuses, we wanted to stay in Georgia. However, due to some iffy weather, we booked a night train to Yerevan from Tbilisi, and it ended up being one of the best…
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3 day trips from Tbilisi and Kutaisi, Georgia
Susan and I met up in Tbilisi this summer, which is a gorgeous city on its own, but also offers great day trips and accessibility to other regions of Georgia. Here are three trips we took together. Day Trip 1 Mtskheta A trip to Jvari Monastery as well as the neighboring cathedral and convent is…