Reading Time: 5 minutesTravel from Bangkok, or elsewhere, to the town of Pakse in Laos and then take a bus to the over 4,000 islands (locally known as Si Phan …
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The Hunza Valley in Gilgit-Baltistan stretches roughly from north of the administrative capital of Gilgit all the way up to the China border. The Hunza River flows through much of …
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The capital of the Gilgit-Baltistan region is the town of Gilgit, which is the largest town on the Karakoram Highway before reaching the China border. Gilgit is the starting point to …
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At the northern tip of Pakistan, immediately south of Afghanistan’s Wakhan Corridor and the wild frontier of China’s Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region, is the autonomous territory of Gilgit-Baltistan. It lies …
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We talked with Gilad Fiskus (Tel Aviv, Israel) about his photography and he told us: “I recently debated where to travel next. There are so many exciting destinations to photograph, …
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Situated along the narrowing of the Saint Lawrence River, Québec City was founded in 1608 by Samuel de Champlain. As one of the oldest cities in North America, it has …
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Shibam Hadhramaut is justifiably described as “the oldest skyscraper city in the world” or “the Manhattan of the desert”, and is one of the oldest examples of city planning based …
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We travel in a northwestern direction from the Yemen capital, Sana’a to the rock villages of Thula, Kawkaban, At Tawilan, and Al Mahwit. These villages are interesting and offer some …
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Reading Time: 6 minutesSana’a, the Yemeni capital, is of the oldest continuously-inhabited cities in the world (others being Jericho in Palestine, as well as Damascus and Aleppo in Syria and …
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While Yemen is not a destination for the average tourist, if you are a seasoned traveller and explorer you will find Yemen is a fascinating place in all aspects: nature, …