The following is a guest post from Kellie Parry. Kellie is a travel writer who is currently based in Melbourne, Australia. She spent 18 months working as an Assistant Bar Manager for Carnival Cruise Lines. During this time she had the fortune of working on 5 different ships within the company, with each ship taking […]
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I think I got a bit smile on my face when I first walked by this fountain in Baku‘s Fountains Square – it immediately reminded me of the famous Cloud Gate sculpture in Chicago’s Millennium Park. Unfortunately, I was unable to track down the name (if any) of this work of art or the name
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It wasn’t supposed to be like this. Central Asia was supposed to be cheap. I was supposed to stay in yurts and with local families and eat cheap street food. The money I saved in the ‘Stans was supposed to make up for the expense of Russia and my splurges in adding Italy and Turkey
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It’s that time of year again! Black Friday is behind us, Christmas is just a few weeks away and Passports with Purpose is kicking off its 2012 fundraiser to raise money for Water.org. Now, while I would hope the idea of contributing to a worthy cause would keep you reading to the end of this
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When I visited Barcelona for the first time back in 2003, I had just two days to explore the city, but I made it to most of the major sites, including the forever-under-construction cathedral known officially as the Basilica i Temple Expiatori de la Sagrada Familia – or Sagrada Familia for short. While I marveled
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I endured my fair share of harrowing rides during my 13-month career break, but the drive from Penjikent to Khujand in Tajikistan may have been the scariest. This is a picture that I took as we drove over the Shakhristan Pass – 3378 meters above sea level. I think I may have held my breath
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Last year at this time, I was hanging out in Irkutsk, Russia. My Thanksgiving dinner consisted of chicken tacos from a fast food wannabe Tex-Mex joint across the street from where I was staying – my attempt at eating something sort of “American” in honor of the holiday. Last Thanksgiving, I wrote about being thankful
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When you think of Barcelona, what do you think of? Delicious tapas? Vibrant night life? Strolling down Las Ramblas? If you are like many people, the name “Gaudi” may also come to mind. Antoni Gaudi may be the most famous Catalan architect in the world – the man responsible for some of the
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I admit, I didn’t always love Moscow. While some aspects eventually grew on me, for the most part it just felt like any other big city. But I did love getting a night-time walking tour around the center of the city with my friend Karina. I felt like that gave me a chance to see
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It started a few months ago, although I don’t remember exactly when. It may have been while I was strolling through the streets of Tashkent or it might have happened as I tried to fall asleep on the brutally hot train through western Kazakhstan. By the time I reached Riga in mid-September, the refrain echoed
