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Travel Book 2019

A 365-day adventure by Alex Akimov Read more
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    Sampai Jumpa!

    March 13, 2019 in Indonesia ⋅ ⛅ 29 °C

    TBT: Gunung Api Banda
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    Leaving Indonesia after 3 months spent here. Summing up - great time full of unexpected encounters and experiences, full of ups and downs (and I'm not talking only about hiking), meeting great people whom I'm gonna see again in Singapore and India on the way to Europe. Bye and Sampai Jumpa!Read more

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    Tea Chapter

    March 15, 2019 in Singapore ⋅ ⛅ 27 °C

    Tea ceremony in Chinatown is unavoidable and unique experience - choose the right teahouse, select the tea and enjoy it for a few hours. No rush!

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    Marina Bay Sands

    March 15, 2019 in Singapore ⋅ ⛅ 31 °C

    I remember well those days when you can look in this direction and you see only sea and sky. This Marina Bay Sands and Gardens by the Bay is one of testimonies to human perseverance to change the environment and claim land from the sea. Sad and exciting at the same time, to see this, to see our efforts to fight NatureRead more

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    Indian Roads

    March 16, 2019 in India ⋅ ⛅ 21 °C

    Indian roads have plenty of space for everything - cars, rickshaws, motorbikes, buses, elephants, trucks, pedestrians etc etc etc as long as there is no cow that would decide to relax right on the middle of the roadRead more

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    Amber Palace

    March 17, 2019 in India ⋅ ⛅ 19 °C

    Amber Palace - was once a capital of Jaipur state - massive, beautiful, mighty. There are two gates to the city - Moon Gate and Sun Gate. Which one would you enter and which one you would exit through?Read more

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    Hawa Mahal

    March 17, 2019 in India ⋅ ⛅ 29 °C

    If I'd live here, it would be too difficult to close all the windows to not hear all that honking coming from a bustling street below during the day

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    Delhi Slums

    March 20, 2019 in India ⋅ 🌫 24 °C

    Introduction to Delhi started with slums - multi-story, colourful, vibrant. No, it doesn't turn me off, nor delight me. Yet it showed me one of true images of this multi-face city

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    And Here Me Cried

    March 21, 2019 in India ⋅ 🌙 20 °C

    Yesterday, I had a chat with a guy stayed in the same hostel, and I brayed about entrance fee to monuments in India for foreigners: it's ridiculous to charge 12-15 times higher than locals - "I won't go to Taj Mahal if price is higher than 1000 INR"

    Today, once I reached Taj Mahal I saw price tag of 1100. No way I'm gonna pay that and I walked around neighborhood, then headed to another side of Yamuna to see Taj free of charge from a park. When I saw a fee 300 INR for foreigners vs. 30 for locals, I laughed and turned my back. Having found small sand track I proudly walked towards the river via bushes lavishly strewn by human dang and foul smelling tickling my nostrils, for what? Right - to bump into guards shouting it's not allowed to galabant here. Alas, no Taj Mahal, I told myself and went to have lunch before taking train to Delhi

    Lunch over, I headed to ticket office to not say that I been to Agra and didn't enter Taj. Saying Bye to crispy notes I entered and started walking around. In one mosque on the side of the main mausoleum I entered minbar (pulpit) to take this picture, out of sudden I heard the voice of a man sitting on the floor:
    - It's not allowed to stay there
    - Why so? I paid for that
    - It's a mosque
    - If that's the mosque then why do I pay for it? (and sat next to imam, what I learnt later)
    - (he closed Qoran)
    - Tell me, doesn't Qoran teaches that we all are the same?
    - It does...
    - If this is the mosque, why do foreigners pay 10-fold price?
    - (silence)
    - Doesn't Islam considers haram getting profit from place of worship?
    - It does...
    - Then why do I pay to enter the mosque?
    - (silence)
    - (silence)
    - (he extended his arms and cupped my head with his old hands looking with sad yet clear eyes into mine) It's not us, it's government
    - (And Here Me Cried)    Read more

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    Train Toes

    March 21, 2019 in India ⋅ ⛅ 25 °C

    Economy class travel in Indian trains requires some disconnection from reality - when people try to get into already packed wagon (imagine putting a whole whale into a can of tuna), when all foul waters from toilet pour over your feet, or when people take you out from the carriage like a gushing stream, or when at some point you realize that someone's toes are tickling your nostrilsRead more

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    Madras Coffee House

    March 23, 2019 in India ⋅ ⛅ 28 °C

    Coffee, dosa and Ganesha - was a lovely evening catching with Debasish whom I haven't seen for 4 years and driving around Delhi - a city I never had any expectation for and which I immediately fell in love with where all your senses are utilized at extreme extent - seeing, hearing, smelling, touching and being touchedRead more

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