Plov or pilaf or pilau is a staple food and the national dish in many of the countries we visited during our trip to Central Asia. It is essentially rice cooked in a seasoned broth and can be served with different meats or vegetables. The second international plov festival was…
View PostI’ve heard and seen pictures of the tree climbing goats of Morocco even before I made it to Morocco the first time I was there in 2007. Unfortunately we didn’t make it to Agadir where we’d have seen them. We were recently in Marrakech over Christmas 2015 and while talking to…
View PostThe challenges involved with planning this trip was immense to say the least. Some examples: Although Uzbekistan and Tajikistan share a border, there are no direct flights from Tashkent to Dushanbe; you’d have to fly via Bishkek or Almaty and it would take a whole day and cost 500USD per…
View PostI found out about possibly the coolest museum I have ever been to when googling for free things to do in Seoul when we were there in April 2014. You had to pre-book a slot and we were extremely lucky that the only slot available in the entire week was…
View PostThis isn’t necessarily true for everyone, but surely for most. We’re never satisfied with what we have. We always want more. While on a safari in the Serengeti in Tanzania, I realised how true this was due to this thought process I had concerning seeing lions. At first all I…
View PostTrains in the middle of nowhere So we are in 4 by 4s for the next 3 days. Our first stop was to an area where there were trains in the middle of the salt flats. We took some fun pictures there and then headed to a little town where there…
View Post3 days in Sucre I remember Sucre as a sleepy relaxing town which I loved. Hotel Independencia was just half a block away from the main Plaza 25 de Mayo. After checking in, Charlotte and I went out to have a good breakfast of crepe with fruits and cream and ice cream.…
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