Visiting Chisinau Moldova was next on my list of European countries to visit on my quest to visit all the countries in the world. In a most recent Aeroplan mini-RTW in Europe, I purposely selected to do a 5+ hour layover in Chisinau, Moldova to tick it off as a country visited. What was…
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After flying from Kigali, Rwanda and having an Istanbul layover self tour, I was now off to Romania. My goal in Romania is to travel from Bucharest to Bran Castle and see the famous “Dracula’s Castle”. However, because Karen and myself only had two nights in Romania and one full day, we didn’t have…
After I finished my travel to Rwanda, Uganda, and Democratic Republic of Congo, I was now off to Romania with a 9 hour layover in Istanbul! I was definitely excited to leave the airport and check out the historic city of Istanbul, even if we only have a short layover. We started researching into…
In this latest top 10 series, I will be covering my top 10 favourite experiences during my 380 days of travel around the world. Here is a list of Ten Top 10 I will be covering in this series: Countries Cities People Horrible Experiences Favourite Experiences Life Lessons Hikes and Treks Airlines Accommodation Food Before leaving…
In this latest top 10 series, I will be covering my top 10 favourite cities I visited during my 380 days of travel around the world. Here is a list of Ten Top 10 I will be covering in this series: Countries Cities People Horrible Experiences Favourite Experiences Life Lessons Hikes and Treks Airlines…
After flying out of Minsk, Belarus, I was now on the final two days of my one year trip. I usually hate long bus rides, especially overnight ones, but this one felt bitter sweet. I was taking one final overnight bus that will take me from Lithuania, through Latvia, and arriving in Estonia the…
Originally, I never planned on going to Belarus during my trip to Europe. The VISA to the country is very expensive reaching over $400 USD previously. Then, something changed. By February 12, 2017, a new decree was introduced in Belarus allowing citizens of 80 countries to visit the country VISA-free as long as they…
In one of the more interesting part of my trip to Ukraine, my friend Stanislav insisted we take the sleeper train from Lviv to Odessa. I’ll never forget what he said to me. He said: “You need to take this train to get a local experience, you’ll hate it because I hate it.” Well,…
Lviv, Ukraine is an interesting place. It was originally a part of Poland; however, sometime after World War 2, the borders of Poland switched leftward. Lviv then went to Ukraine and the city of Wroclaw, which used to be a part of Germany, is now in Poland. Stanislav, my friend who lives in Kiev…
My adventure to Kiev, Ukraine, first started when I travelled to Hong Kong. That’s odd, what does Hong Kong have to do with Kiev, Ukraine? Let’s find out… On my way to Jeju Island, South Korea, I had an overnight stopover in Hong Kong after flying from Hanoi, Vietnam. It turned out to be…
