Tourism in Cambodia: Genocide and Broad Smiles
‘Tuk-tuk?’, a toothless middle-aged guy beamed at me the moment I stepped out of the guesthouse. I smiled back and told him I was...
The Worst Hostel in Slovakia
I bought a train ticket in Budapest, and by mid-afternoon was in western Slovakia. My luck finding decent (read cheap) accommodation hadn’t been great...
The Rise and Fail of Dubai?
There's a Chinese restaurant in the Marco Polo Hotel in Dubai. The name of the restaurant is Chopstix, and it proudly holds the Guinness...
Serbia: Saints and Sljivovica
The Serbs seem to have an awful lot of Saints. The nation doesn't seem overtly religious as a whole (though it does have a...
Venice: It has Canals
1,600 years ago a bunch of people fled their homes in what is now northern Italy. They were escaping social and political turmoil surrounding...