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The wild and wonderful Pamir Highway is somewhere I can’t wait to write about, yet I know I’ll never do it justice. It was a firm highlight of my 3-month Central Asia trip, and one I’ll remember forev…
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Fellow travellers had described Bukhara as being very different from Samarkand and often referred to it to me as their favourite. Even though I hadn’t done as much research — and hadn’t looked at imag…
Despite having not done too much research for my solo trip in Central Asia, there was one destination I knew needed to feature on my vague itinerary. That was Samarkand. Time and time again, I had hea…
Stepping out of the $1.50 taxi I took from the airport to Tashkent, the capital city of Uzbekistan, I couldn’t believe my eyes. This was not the image of Uzbekistan I had pictured in my head. The city…
Almaty, the largest city in Kazakhstan, completely surprised me – in the best way possible. While I did not exactly know what I expected, deep down I imagined another large post-Soviet City, but my fi…
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I’ve just wrapped up an epic month in Kyrgyzstan, one I’d been planning for ages. I visited as part of a larger trip to Central Asia, incorporating Uzbekistan, Tajikistan and Kazakhstan; truly a dream…
There’s nowhere in the world like Japan. From the moment I first stepped foot in Tokyo, I felt I was on a whole other planet. The neon, the noise, the sheer number of people: it was overwhelming, for…
“Solo travel instilled a sense of confidence in me that has affected every part of my life.”
From waking up surrounded by shiny modern skyscrapers to staying in the thick of it in Chinatown (the heart of old KL), where you choose to base yourself in sprawling Kuala Lumpur can really make a di…
Visiting Singapore is a totally different experience than travelling anywhere else in Southeast Asia. Most of the tropical subcontinent (including huge cities like Bangkok, Saigon, and even Kuala Lump…
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Vung Tau strikes a balance you don’t find much in Vietnam: laid-back beach town and booming city that’s distinctly Vietnamese. It’s got amazing food, walkable neighbourhoods, and spectacular city-meet…
Have you heard of Hat Yai? For most, it’s a mandatory transit point in Southern Thailand when heading to Malaysia. However, very few travelers stick around to actually explore it. More than ten years…
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Solo travel destinations for Christmas and New Year's can be difficult to choose. Here are great options from solo travelers who've been there.