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Category: travel
Hiroshima – Through My Lens
iroshima is famous worldwide for one main thing, right? The first city to have an atomic bomb dropped on it. This may mean that some people don't consider it as the first place to go when visiting Japan, on the other hand some people probably suspect it's a must visit because of this reason. As far as destinations go, Hiroshima is an attractive city, with a baseball stadium, a castle, and a museum to that fateful day in 1945 attached to a memorial visitors really shouldn't miss when there.
When Can You Travel to Australia Again?
Australia's border have been closed, at least to any sort of tourism, since March this year. When is that likely to change, and what's life like in Melbourne, Victoria right now, as we are still in lockdown?
Mountains & Adventure – an interview with Travel Bloggers Maggie and Richard from ‘Monkey’s Tale!’
Time for another insightful interview this week from the brilliant travel bloggers Maggie and Richard who run the travel blog 'Travel Monkeys'. They hail from Canada and they love to hit the mountains and hike and seek adventure. They really inspiring and they take you places with their blogs that are truly breathtaking!
Hunting for Bunkers in Albania!
Bald and Bankrupt has headed to Albania where he talks about the country's history and searches for bunkers built to fight a way that never happened!
Bouncing Into Bolivia – Lake Titicaca, Potosi and Salar de Uyuni
Bolivia is one of the world's secret destinations, I would say. When people think of heading to South America, they don't necessarily think to head to Bolivia, preferring Brazil or Peru perhaps, or even Argentina. But I would have to say as a place to travel, Bolivia is the most interesting South American country I have been too. Check out the video I've put together of this incredible destination!
Epic Journeys – Uyuni (Bolivia) to La Quiaca (Argentina)
Today the story of my epic journey from the town of Uyuni in Bolivia, the gateway to Salar de Uyuni, to the border town of La Quiaca, in Argentina, passing through such not-particularly-known towns as Atocha, Tupiza and Villazon (the border town on the Bolivian side). Crazy drivers and roads that appeared to be rivers made this quite the adventure!
Tasting Uzbekistan – Samarkand and Khiva
Time to turn your tastebuds Central Asia way again, this time taking them to the sandy country of Uzbekistan. I spent three says in sunny Uzbekistan last year only, it was a quick zip through the country from Tajikistan to Turkmenistan, but I did eat out a couple of times so hopefully I can give you a bit of a recommendation as to the places I visited – Samarkand and Khiva.
Monetizing the Blog, Corona Restrictions and Other Life Updates
Well, it's been a tough 2020 for all. How have you been? Today I chat about working on my blog and finally getting monetized, thinking about self hosting and where we're at in Melbourne with this whole pandemic thing!
Travel With a Pen – Interview with Brilliant Nigerian Travel Blogger Amarachi!
This week I've interviewed a brilliant travel blogger from Nigeria, Amarachi, who runs the blog 'Travel With a Pen'. Her blog is vibrant and exciting, and has a mix of local (Nigerian) travel options as well as international travel as well. Right now Amarachi has JUST moved to Nairobi, where she was able to answer my questions.
Andy Roams 