Most overseas travelers to Morocco arrive in Casablanca (and I’ll talk more about the issue of Casablanca vs Marrakech in just a moment) but practically speaking, Morocco begins with 3 days in Marrakech. As a...
Some places stay with for eternity, others for just a moment—I’m happy to say that Bergen, Norway falls into the former category for me.
I remember arriving in Bergen late one evening in June and walking along...
I rattled through the list of things to do in Hoi An I’d written back in 2010 as my car lurched through the crowded old town last week, but it was largely in vain. Little...
Most of you are here to learn about things to do in Tainan—and I’ll address those in a minute. But before I do, I’d like to tell a little story about how I came to...
Travelers seem to like to lump all of Malaysian Borneo together, but I found the states of Sabah and Sarawak—and, in particular, their capitals of Kota Kinabalu and Kuching—to be completely different.
Indeed, it’s because of...
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,...
You’re probably asking yourself a lot of questions as you plan your Nice to Monaco day trip. Precisely how far is Monaco from Nice? Is Monaco even doable as a day trip from Nice, or...
Every time I visit the Spanish capital, be it for a weekend in Madrid or a longer Madrid itinerary, I wonder why so many people seem to dislike it. Regal, resplendent and as replete with...
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