I don’t know if you’ve heard much about Uzbekistan, but they don’t get a lot of foreigners over there. They definitely don’t get a lot of black or brown people over there. You want to know how I know this? Well I got double takes everywhere I walked around. Now that’s not too bad … but when the local children …
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Why translating Russian menus into English doesn’t work … Cafe Karimbek in Samarkand review
One the best things about going to other countries, is eating in those countries. Along with a heaping helping of great food, you’re bound to get some epic menu fails, especially in any part of Asia. Our first series of menu fails was a restaurant named “Karimbek”. This restaurant was actually pretty awesome : the food was good (they have …
Read More »Wednesday Photo Nights #13 : Dreaming of Samarkand
Walking through Samarkand is like opening a copy of Arabian Nights. On a sunny day, it’s virtually impossible to take a bad picture here – the combination of the scenes, colour, framing and lighting make it one of the most photogenic of all destinations I’ve ever been to.
Read More »Wednesday Photo Nights #12 : Semana Santa in Antigua, Guatemala
One of the best travelling presents you can ever get on the road, is stumbling into a festival or event, that you had no idea of. For the the past 7 days in Antigua, the primary objective of my life (and the woman’s) was going through tons of tastings, venues and details with a wedding planner. Fortunately, in booking this …
Read More »Antigua, Guatemala Travel Tips
From the last couple times I’ve been, here are couple notes about Antigua that should help, when planning a visit: The main plaza is beautiful. Like many Latin American cities, the zocalo is the hub of all of the action – but unlike many other place, the zocalo in Antigua has FREE WI-FI!! Beat that!! Since we’re chatting about that …
Read More »A pick me up … Tikal in the morning!
Nothing like a reminder of lovely places and sunrises as a pick me up in the morning. [smugmug url=”http://www.rishisankar.com/hack/feed.mg?Type=gallery&Data=4184416_domQF&format=rss200″ title=”Guatemala” description=”Tikal%20%7C%202008%20%7C%2018th%20Jan%202008″ imagecount=”5″ start=”1″ num=”5″ thumbsize=”Th” link=”smugmug” captions=”false” sort=”false” window=”true” smugmug=”true” size=”L”]
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