Kathmandu travel guide: Durbar square, the stupas and Nagarkot
Kathmandu in three days: Durbar square and the Kumari Ghar, the Thamel quarter, the Swayambhunath and Boudhanath stupas, Pashupatinath, Bhaktapur and Patan, a Himalayan…
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Selected articles on visas and travel.
Kathmandu in three days: Durbar square and the Kumari Ghar, the Thamel quarter, the Swayambhunath and Boudhanath stupas, Pashupatinath, Bhaktapur and Patan, a Himalayan…
Thailand for first-time visitors: Bangkok's temples and markets, Chiang Mai and the elephant sanctuaries, Phuket, Phi Phi and Krabi, the Samui islands, domestic flights…
China for first-time visitors: Beijing and the Great Wall, Shanghai, the Guangzhou fairs, Xi'an and Chengdu, fast trains, paying with WeChat Pay and Alipay,…
Male and the gateway to the Maldives: the coral-stone Friday Mosque, the Islamic Centre, the fish market, the difference between a resort island and…
A plain explanation of the types of visa, the difference between the short-stay type C and the national type D, single, double and multiple-entry…
Ho Chi Minh City in two or three days: District 1 and the central post office, Ben Thanh market, the War Remnants Museum, the…
The Philippines for first-time visitors: Manila and Intramuros, El Nido and Coron in Palawan, Boracay, Cebu and Bohol, domestic flights and ferries, adobo cooking,…
Samarkand in two or three days: the three madrasas on Registan square, the Gur-e-Amir mausoleum, the Shah-i-Zinda tombs, the Ulugbek observatory, Siyob bazaar, the…
Beijing in four days: the online rule for the Forbidden City ticket, Tiananmen and the Temple of Heaven, which section of the Great Wall…