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Travel Babble
Stories, tales and the occasional rant
Exotic and Hard-To-Reach Places
Abandoned cities, North Korean flower shows, the Karakoram Highway, as well as travels to unrecognized countries. It's all here.
Absurd Stories, Crazy Tales and Farcical Adventures
Getting lost in the Valley of the Assasins, arguing with a guy holding a gun in Lebanon, getting mugged in Bujumbura. It's all here.
Culture and History
Sometimes I get all excited about the background of places. Safavid Persia, Mughal lineage and Ming emperors, it's all here.
Travel Tips and Hacks
My collection of posts on cheap travel, packing for RTW, using gadgets and apps. Also summaries of annual travel. All here.
A 2023 Travel Review
Hello! And welcome to my annual travel review. It’s the (only) time of year again where this long-running blog is […]
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A 2022 Travel Review
Compared to the past few years, the annual travel review this year looks more respectable. The gradual opening of borders […]
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A 2021 Travel Review
Contrary to what you may think, this is not a joke post – there was some actual travel in 2021. […]
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A 2020 Travel Review
2020 is like a bad joke that refuses to end. So much misfortune, COVID primarily being the chief culprit. But […]
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A 2019 Travel Review
Every year around this time, I open up this dormant blog, to add a single precious entry about the previous […]
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A 2018 Travel Review
So it’s that time of the year again, when I look back at past travels and the highlights of the […]
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A 2017 Travel Review
It’s the time of the year again at The Furious Panda where we go through and summarise the travels of […]
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A Winter Hike in Kazbegi
I made the trip up north following the Georgian Military Highway, from Tblisi to Stepantsminda. Stepandsminda, or more commonly […]
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