Uzbekistan is a hidden gem in Central Asia, waiting to be discovered.
OK, all of you mile-high go getters, here's a challenge and certainly more than a bit of fun when it comes to travel. There are over over 5,000 commercial airlines extant in the world at this point in time. We're sure that some of our erudite and, likely, minted readers have made a solemn pledge…
In this place in time, today - January of 2024 - the idea of having holidays in Russia may not seem appealing or even plausible to many. Moscow and Washington are rattling their sabers again, and the weight of that activity is throwing the world off balance yet again. But it wasn't always…
No, that's not a typo. It really is slick. Some countries do not have the "visibility" of others, for one reason or another. One reason might be that their offerings are not as well know or reported. Another reason might be that people have preconceptions - usually outdated - about what the country…
Say what you will about Social Media, one thing that it's done (well) is to open our eyes and minds to places that we may not have heard of, or perhaps have heard of but have not seen. Even if you consider yourself well-travelled, you can be sure that you've probably just scratched the…
Apocalyptic comfort from ancient Iran. At its height, around 620 CE, the Sasanian empire ruled over a territory stretching from Jerusalem in the west to Samarkand in the east. The royal court at the ancient city of Ctesiphon, near present-day Baghdad, was the political heart of this vast realm, and its official religion was the…