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Your Ultimate Travel Guide to Oman

By Robert Schrader on December 22, 2020 in Middle East, Oman, Photos

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If you want to visit Oman in 2021, you’re not alone. Search traffic to my Oman itinerary page has exploded in the past couple of weeks, since the country announced it would re-open its border...

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War & Peace Seem to Exist in Parallel Universes

By Robert Koehler on October 29, 2020 in Central Asia, China, England, Europe, Israel, North America, Photos, Russia, USA

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Here’s a piece of paradoxical news that puts even the looming U.S. presidential election in perspective: Nuclear weapons are now (or soon will be) . . . illegal.Armageddon is against the law!Well, sort of. And...

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Emirates Airlines Business Class Experience

By Robert Schrader on February 16, 2020 in Dubai, Middle East, Photos, United Arab Emirates

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My decision to fly Emirates between Christchurch and Sydney was somewhat arbitrary—the Air New Zealand flight I’d been eyeing for weeks before that suddenly surged up in price, even before taking into account all the...

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Transit & Visas For Saudi Arabia

By Robert Schrader on December 3, 2019 in Middle East, Photos, Saudi Arabia

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The good news? Not everyone needs a Saudi Arabia transit visa if they plan to fly through Riyadh or Jeddah on their next trip. In fact, I’d go so far as to say that the...

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Cultural Guide to Isfahan Iran

By Robert Schrader on October 20, 2019 in Featured, Iran, Middle East, Photos

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I’m going to talk about all the things to do in Isfahan in just a moment, but for now I want to set the scene of my first evening in the city. My tour group...

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The Best Two Week Trips on the Planet

By Robert Schrader on October 9, 2019 in Africa, Asia, Asia, Belarus, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Chiang Mai, Colombia, Croatia, Ethiopia, Europe, Featured, Japan, Kathmandu, Middle East, Montenegro, Nepal, Serbia, South America, Southeast Asia, Thailand

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If you think you need months and months off work to take an epic adventure, you’ve clearly never seen a list of best two week trips like this one. Covering all corners of the earth...

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Cultural Tel Aviv and Beyond

By Robert Schrader on August 15, 2019 in Israel, Middle East, Photos, Tel Aviv

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Tel Aviv is one of only a few cities in the world (the others being Bangkok and Rome, off the top of my head) I’ve spent about 3 days in Tel Aviv during every phase...

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How to Spend Your Time in Abu Dhabi

By Robert Schrader on August 6, 2019 in Featured, Middle East, Photos, United Arab Emirates

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A friend of mine is from Abu Dhabi—and is very, very proud of his home city. “You won’t understand this until you come and see me,” he explained when we met in Bangkok last year,...

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Robert Schrader

Robert Schrader is a travel writer and photographer who’s been roaming the world independently since 2005, writing for publications such as “CNNGo” and “Shanghaiist” along the way. His blog, Leave Your Daily Hell, provides a mix of travel advice, destination guides and personal essays covering the more esoteric aspects of life as a traveler.

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Your Ultimate Travel Guide to Oman

War & Peace Seem to Exist in Parallel Universes

Emirates Airlines Business Class Experience

Transit & Visas For Saudi Arabia

Cultural Guide to Isfahan Iran

The Best Two Week Trips on the Planet

Cultural Tel Aviv and Beyond

How to Spend Your Time in Abu Dhabi

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