Posts in category ”Travel destinations”
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Lurking in Lower East Side
Manhattan is like a Russian doll of subcultures and neighborhoods. The more I scratch the surface, the more I realize how little I know of the city. Few parts of New York are more steeped in mystery than Lower East Side.
I still love you, New York
We meet again, New York. It’s been 15 years since last time. I was young and curious with unrealistic expectations, while you were still in recovery from a horrible event.
The horrors of Auschwitz
I didn’t expect to be back in Krakow four months later, but here I am. The city was already beautiful in spring but it’s absolutely gorgeous in summertime as well.
The hills of Santiago
As I stand on top of the hill called Cerro San Cristobal, I realize the sheer scale of Santiago. The snow-clad Andes loom in the distance, a jagged mural painted by giants, while the city below buzzes with energy that feels both restless and resigned.
Chilling in Chile
Compared to stern Santiago, Valparaiso looks like a drunken cousin who spent a year in art school and now lives in a maze of color-splashed alleys and rusted funiculars.
The eternal mist of Lima
Lima seems to be eternally shrouded in grey, as the mist drapes the capital in a near-perpetual blanket of grey for half the year. Sunshine is a rumor. Blue skies, a myth.
Historic city of Cusco
At 3400 meters above sea level, one don’t so much walk through Cusco as climb it. Lungs burning, legs whining and breath slowly deflating with every gasp of thin mountain air. It’s not just the altitude that hits hard. It’s the weight of centuries pressing down, every worn cobblestone whispering secrets in Quechua and Spanish.
Conquering Machu Picchu
They say the journey matters more than the destination. That’s easy to say when the destination doesn’t involve dragging yourself out of bed at 4 AM in a town that smells like damp socks and stale pizza. But when that destination is Machu Picchu, the sacred city of stone, it all makes sense.
Things to do in Quito
Quito is the capital of Ecuador, located high in the Andean foothills. At 2850 meters above sea level, Quito is the second highest capital of the world.
Across the equator in Ecuador
Ecuador is a country where ancient volcanoes loom in the background like silent gods, giving way to the eponymous feature that gave the region its name. The equator is not just a line on a map. It’s a metaphor, a balancing act between two hemispheres.