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Havana. Even before the Camila Cabello song came out last fall that put it in the forefront of our minds, the city has held a bit of a mystic caché to Americans. This is certainly partially due to its inaccessibility, as we often want what we can’t have. As previously mentioned, there were no commercial…
A Week in the Gulf: QR J, EK J, Qatar, Oman, and the UAE Introduction, Planning, and Booking Qatar Airways JFK Check-in and British Airways Galleries Lounge Review Qatar Airways A350 Business Class JFK-DOH 24 Hours in Doha DOH oneworld Business Class Lounge and Qatar Airways Economy Class DOH-MCT Grand Hyatt Muscat Review MCT Priority…
A Week in the Gulf: QR J, EK J, Qatar, Oman, and the UAE Introduction, Planning, and Booking Qatar Airways JFK Check-in and British Airways Galleries Lounge Review Qatar Airways A350 Business Class JFK-DOH 24 Hours in Doha DOH oneworld Business Class Lounge and Qatar Airways Economy Class DOH-MCT Grand Hyatt Muscat Review MCT Priority…
A Week in the Gulf: QR J, EK J, Qatar, Oman, and the UAE Introduction, Planning, and Booking Qatar Airways JFK Terminal 7 Check-in and British Airways Galleries Lounge Qatar Airways A350 Business Class JFK-DOH 24 Hours in Doha DOH oneworld Business Class Lounge and Qatar Airways Economy Class DOH-MCT Grand Hyatt Muscat Review MCT…
Following my few days in Singapore, my 7-week odyssey through Southeast Asia would end in Bali. Singapore to Bali is only a 2 1/2 hour flight (and in the same time zone), making it quite a convenient jaunt, especially with cheap flights on local discount carriers Air Asia and Tiger Air. I was going to…
If you can say one thing about Singapore, it is definitely an assault on the ocular, culinary and olfactory senses. While rent, lodging and sit-down restaurants have prices more reminiscent of San Francisco or New York than the rest of Southeast Asia, the hawker courts are still king of cheap eats, with full meals available…
Penang. It is a small island off the northwest coast of the Malay Peninsula, long referred to as “The Pearl of the Orient”, and known as the Gastronomic Capital of Asia. As a lover of food travel, I’ve had Penang on my radar screen since I saw it on an episode of Anthony Bourdain’s No…
When I was logistically planning this trip, Malaysia was somewhat of an afterthought. I wanted to visit Penang for the food and history, but that was about it to start. However when I found a very affordable non-stop flight from Siem Reap to Kuala Lumpur, I figured I’d spend a couple days there, and I…
The Kuang Si waterfalls are about 30km outside of the city of Luang Prabang in northern Laos, but it takes a legit 50-60 minutes to get there due to poor roads winding through hills. How to get there will probably be your biggest and most difficult decision of the day. There are a few primary options:…
After 18 days in Vietnam, it was time to head to Laos, and the city of Luang Prabang. And what a spectacular city it was. It is beautiful, walkable, safe, friendly, has beautiful architecture and constant breezes given that it’s on a peninsula at the convergence of two rivers. It’s also a major breath of…
