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Luxury Travel With Qatar Airways
As you already might have read in my previous blog posts, earlier this summer I went to Bali to celebrate my 40th birthday. I decided to do in style – from business class flights to a private villa in Bali! While I have already well documented my Bali shenanigans in other posts, I wanted to dedicate this one to trip logistics and share my impressions of business class travel on the Qatar Airways. Let me start with the fact that I am a huge fan of Qatar Airways, having flown them before on business trips to South Asia. They were even nice enough to upgrade me once to a business…
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Smart and Stylish Packing for Winter Break
Having visited Scandinavian countries each year now (you can read my Norway and Iceland blogs), I have been perfecting my skills of warm and practical, yet stylish winter dressing. After all this blog is all about travelling in style, right?! I think the key to successful winter dressing is layering and choosing options that are light but warm. In this post I am sharing my packing tips and tricks for winter holidays. Based on my experience, I created a quick and easy packing list for winter holidays. PACKING LIST City break: Base layers: thermal underwear, thermal leggings/long jones (or brushed tights for girls), camisole (for girls) followed by long-sleeve t-shirt, wool socks…
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12 Exotic Destinations to Visit in 2017
For many people January is time for making new year resolutions, but for me it’s time to look over my bucket list and make travel plans for the year ahead. I was recently checking a list of countries I already visited (36 countries so far!) and figuring out where to head next. I have been to some really cool and exotic places, from Bali and Morocco to Iceland and Central Asia. But today, I am sharing my and other travel bloggers’ top picks for exotic places you should put on your 2017 travel list. p.s. all photos belong to contributing bloggers (unless indicated otherwise) 1. KENYA I went to Kenya twice…
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Cats: World Travels Through the Eyes of Feline Lover
Being a feline lover and amateur photographer means whenever I see a cat, I have to take a picture of it. Throughout my travels I have seen and taken photos of many cats. Some where shy and minded their own business, while others approached me, sometimes in the least expected manner. Like people, each of these felines had its own story to purr. And if you want to learn something about a country and its people, just look at the way they treat their animals (especially homeless cats and dogs). Cambodia If you read my blog on Cambodia, you would already know that I went there twice and absolutely loved the…
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And the Liebster Award Goes To…
This week I got my first Liebster Award! Even though there is no actual trophy involved, the Liebster Award is becoming popular in the blogging community as a way to introduce, support and promote smaller (under 200 followers) blogs by fellow bloggers. It’s a great way to be discovered and connect with other bloggers you may not have heard of before. I got nominated by a fellow blogger, Subhadrika Sen of the Trekkers of the East blog. Subhadrika and I collaborated recently serving as guest bloggers for each other’s sites – check out her great post on India’s off-beat holiday destinations. So, before I pass on the honor of nominating few other bloggers, let me…
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Growing Up in the USSR: 15 Things You Probably Didn’t Know about Soviet Upbringing
Did you ever wonder what it was like growing up in the Soviet Union behind the Iron Curtain? With the Cold War still on, I was growing up in Kyrgyz Soviet Socialist Republic, one of 15 republics that made up a Soviet Union. It was a different reality that taught me and my peers a certain way of thinking and behaving. Today, I am going to take you on a virtual historic tour to my Soviet upbringing and share top 15 features of what it was like to grow up and live in the Soviet Union. So, imagine: 1. From a very young age, you are used to the fact…
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Moving Abroad: 5 Things It Takes to Become a Nomad
A couple of days ago I was on the flight to Geneva and read a really interesting article in the EasyJet Traveller magazine about generation of roamers or what I call nomads. These people move abroad with just a couple of suitcases on a regular basis in search of professional or personal opportunities. Being a self-proclaimed nomad, I moved abroad more than once and lived in different countries around the world. So today, I wanted to explore this topic a bit more and share my insights into what it takes to move abroad and become a nomad. 1. Being flexible and ready to push your boundaries Moving to another country,…
