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How to deal with over-tourism?
Among all the serious problems the world is facing now, one of them stems from a surprising source. I’m talking about excess tourism, or the problem of places having too many tourists. This has become a worldwide problem, affecting cities like Barcelona and Venice, as well as islands in Thailand and the Philippines. Travel is […]
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Singapore travel
Southeast Asia travel
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Exploring Singapore further
Singapore has been basking in the spotlight recently as the location of the Crazy Rich Asians movie, which is deserved. Modern, attractive, and orderly, the city is without doubt Southeast Asia’s most prosperous metropolis and one of Asia’s as well. The only drawback is that it possesses those attributes in such great quantities that this […]
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Museums
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Asia’s top history museums
Asia is a continent with thousands of years of history, with several of the oldest civilizations in the world. So it is not surprising that there are some great history museums in the region. While most people know about the Louvre, the British Museum and the Smithsonian museums, Asian museums don’t have similar name recognition, […]
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Southeast Asia travel
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Vietnam travel
Visiting Hanoi’s lakes, night market, and war museum
Like many travelers, I enjoy visiting Southeast Asia a lot. I’ve visited 6 countries and have been to the region numerous times, including twice this year. But the first country I ever visited in Southeast Asia was Vietnam and it remains my favorite. My first stop was its capital Hanoi. I flew into Hanoi, not […]
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Southeast Asia travel
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Visiting Myanmar’s biggest city Yangon
As Myanmar’s largest city, Yangon is a decent place to explore before you venture to the rest of the country. The city’s most famous landmark, Shwedagon Pagoda, a beautiful golden Buddhist stupa, is definitely worth a vist. However, while Yangon, formerly known as Rangoon, has developed greatly since the country opened up to the world for […]
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Sri Lanka travel
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Visiting Sri Lanka’s Dambulla Buddhist caves and Peradeniya Botanical Gardens
While Kandy by itself is not that remarkable other than its lively cultural shows and the temple of the Buddhist Tooth, there are several fascinating sites outside of the city. This includes the Dambulla Buddhist cave, an elephant sanctuary with dozens of elephants, and Peradeniya Botanical Gardens. Dambulla is about two hours’ drive from Kandy, […]
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Sri Lanka travel
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Visiting Sri Lanka’s cultural center of Kandy
The city of Kandy lies in the center of Sri Lanka and can literally and figuratively be considered the country’s heart. As a cultural hub, it is where the island’s most famous festival of Esala Perahera is held, and where the Temple of the Buddha’s Tooth is located. Surrounded by hills, Kandy also has a feisty […]
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