• Jizew, Tajikistan
  • Almaty, Kazakhstan
  • Sharyn Canyon, Kazakhstan

Samarkand

To everyone who gives me *that look* when they ask me where I’m going for holiday and I say Uzbekistan, let me put things into perspective. Uzbekistan received 6.6 million tourists in 2023, which is ranked right below Australia (7.2mn) … Continued

Baku

Hello again my peeps, thanks for sticking around in 2024. Welcome to my first proper misadventure since the -stans. We flew into Baku, capital of Azerbaijan, via a layover in Dubai (more on the atrocity of Dubai and its airport … Continued

Crete

High speed ferry from Fira to Heraklion supposedly takes 2h, but you know, things are slower in Greece. We took Seajets once again and had an indoor window seat. We reached Heraklion, capital of Crete, at 19:00, but thanks to … Continued

Santorini

It was another chaotic morning because we nearly boarded the wrong ferry. The drawbridge was already pulling up and the ferry was leaving the jetty, when someone finally noticed we had the wrong tickets. What followed was a flurry of … Continued

Athens

Why hello there, two years later. Borders have opened up enough for me to go to Greece for a holiday, and this year I’m revenge travelling. I was excited for this one because having travelled to the far reaches of … Continued