Category: Central Asia/Middle East

Friday’s Featured Food: Lamb Rosh, Naan, Lime Juice And Tea At Sarhad Restaurant, Lahore, Pakistan 🇵🇰

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Friday’s Featured Food returns this week and is fresh from my latest trip to Asia where I visited Pakistan. While based in Lahore, I pakpacked the sights of Lahore, headed to the India border to watch the famous Wagah Border Ceremony and headed to The Tomb of Jahangir in Shadarah Bagh. Here, on my second Read more about Friday’s Featured Food: Lamb Rosh, Naan, Lime Juice And Tea At Sarhad Restaurant, Lahore, Pakistan 🇵🇰[…]

Backpacking In United Arab Emirates: The Palm Jumeirah, Dubai

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The Palm Jumeirah is a man-made island that is shaped like a palm tree, located in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. It is a popular tourist destination, and one of the most iconic landmarks in Dubai. Among its many attractions is the View at The Palm, which offers visitors stunning panoramic views of the city and Read more about Backpacking In United Arab Emirates: The Palm Jumeirah, Dubai[…]

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8 Good Reasons To Visit The Undervalued Cappadocia In Turkey

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Cappadocia is located in central Turkey, in the region of Anatolia. It is known for its unique and otherworldly landscape, which is characterized by fairy chimneys, underground cities, and cave dwellings. It is still an undervalued city but has a lot of hidden gems for tourists to experience. Cappadocia offers the tourists opportunities to create Read more about 8 Good Reasons To Visit The Undervalued Cappadocia In Turkey[…]

15 Bars With Interesting Quirky Records I Was In

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“Spend your nightlife table hopping, trying to keep your bag of bones in trim” – Noel Gallagher. When travel used to be a thing, I loved the thrill of it all. I loved the crazy stuff, I needed even the sorrow amidst all that. The unrecognised countries, the secrets, the wacaday museums, the sadness at Read more about 15 Bars With Interesting Quirky Records I Was In[…]

Backpacking in Iran: Taking A Group Tour

Backpacking in Iran: Taking A Group Tour

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Experienced whackpackers may not need to read this, but travel is individual and after getting my Iran visa in 2013, I spent a month whackpacking the country and loving it. Most of that, we did it ourselves and we got off the wheaten craic to places such as Yaseh Chah, Shahr e Kord, Mesr and Read more about Backpacking in Iran: Taking A Group Tour[…]

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The Ten Most Unusual and Quirky Places I Have Ever Slept

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I probably should have written posts like this for years as these are the ones that people care about and are interested to read. But I was always too selfish to care, I wrote about where I went, what I saw, what I wanted to write. The Five Most Unusual and Quirky Places I Have Read more about The Ten Most Unusual and Quirky Places I Have Ever Slept[…]

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Backpacking in Iran: My Visit to Bobby Sands Street in Tehran

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I don’t often get too political on here, being from Northern Ireland it’s a touchy subject but also one so eloquently intertwined intill my life. For those who have heard of Bobby Sands, you’ll be aware of this IRA prisoner who became famous as a hunger striker in 1981 in Northern Ireland. In the end Read more about Backpacking in Iran: My Visit to Bobby Sands Street in Tehran[…]

Dining Out in the United Arab Emirates: Some Ideas

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Officially I have been to the United Arab Emirates 5 times, but only 3 times did I actually leave the airport and get my stamps. In fact for a while, the UAE was destined to become the country I visited only through airports, especially given the crazy history I had with it. In 2008, at Read more about Dining Out in the United Arab Emirates: Some Ideas[…]