Insights into hostels and hotels around the world, people, workers, facilities, reviews and general experiences.
Travel Journal Overview: The guide book said the place was a nightmare, I didn’t believe a word of it. I was right. Varanasi quickly won me over, and my true like for India became evident. I left the train and bid Garima farewell as she met her uncle on the platform. The station was not …
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Travel Journal Overview: I arrived into Tabriz late in the evening, all was closed. The streets were crowded and I spotted a small hotel on a main street. I was carrying a few photocopies from a guide book, and knew little about the place. I was awake by 6am, but by force and dread of …
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Fresh with hope after speaking to the Iranian embassy in Ankara, I began the midnight trips to the capital. Arriving back in Goreme 23 hours later. It was long and tiring. But it saved money, and it was working. During this period my Mendle (meindel) boots broke in two shame on them. They never answered my emails either. Never again. But yes to Goreme …
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I really was feeling the pressure here. visas were essentially dominating my mind set. I felt the pressure. Taking a time out, it turned out: helped in more ways than one!
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Travel Journal Overview: I should have guessed better. But my first impressions of Turkey were not old school. They were of Istanbul’s thriving tourist trade, then again, it was the middle of Ramadan. After climbing up the hill to Old Sultanahmet we arrived at the hostel our French friend had recommended…well not exactly but it …
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Travel Journal Overview: East Europe is indeed the place for trains. Cheap, fast, and comfortable. I had met a guy heading in a similar direction to me. So I skipped over Bulgaria by taking a train through it. I do now of course wish I had visited it. But as I reveal in my book, …
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Travel Journal Overview: I was in another capital. I did a lot of research here about living in Romania not listed here. I found Bucharest very different to the North of Romania. Not by kinda place at all. I headed into downtown Bucharest with “Itchy Beard” in a search for food and a book store. …
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