No one will tell you about it. The guidebooks barely mention it. Postcards avoid it. Most artists stay away. Kond lies hidden behind the city’s modern buildings, with few access points. An array of winding alleys, inaccessible by...
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Why Should You Visit Amazing Bhaktapur
Centuries-old red brick buildings, some restored, others decrepit line Bhaktapur’s narrow, winding streets, drawing me into another era. Away from the tourist shops, little's changed since their construction. Bhaktapur, which means Place of Devotees, has the best...
Help, I Need to Cross this Crazy Hanoi Street
Traversing a street represents a simple procedure in most places. A light turns green, and you cross. But Hanoi specializes in scooter madness and pedestrian frustration. The city possesses an overwhelming number of these two-wheeled machines. A lack of stoplights and...
Travelling From Frantic Delhi to Remarkable Singapore
Envision two cities worlds apart. You fly from one to the other, leaving a world of poverty, dirt, and crowded roads for intense cleanness, organization, and streets that work. Here’s a tale of a pair of such places. The taxi pulls in front of my hotel in Paharganj...
Discover Kiva: Uzbekistan’s Sensational Silk Road Treasure
Imagine an ancient Silk Road outpost that’s changed in the last 500 years.. A sand-coloured wall with a slope that reaches six meters high encloses the town while guards stand on the rounded towers. Camel caravans pass through the Palwan Darwase (East Gate), piled...