Early in the morning, I flew to Doha and then to Erbil in Kurdistan. Kurdistan not only includes the northern region of Iraq but also northern Syria and southeast Turkey. There is a strong independence notion in the area, that they should form their own country by separating from the other 3. Politics aside, here’s…
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I have to admit that I was not looking forward to visiting Muscat after how ridiculous my previous entry & exit experiences had been with passport control in Salalah, Oman. I was expecting a lot of grief and delays. The guy at passport control was clearly preoccupied with a text message conversation he was having,…
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If there was any advice about Bahrain I got, it was the same one from everyone: “a day is the right amount of time.” Yup. A day was plenty. It’s a small country, and it also didn’t have anything that jumped out at me as overwhelmingly unique that needed more time to investigate. It’s another…
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I will admit that I was shocked several times in Kuwait. I hadn’t really known what to expect, but I didn’t expect much of what I got. Before the trip, I knew Kuwait from the Gulf War of the 90s, it has a bunch of oil, falls into the “we are rich so all the…
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Ever been to a place that you thought would be “meh” but was “amazing”? That’s Baku. I really need to get back here and see more. I thought it wasn’t going to be very interesting and was only there 2 days. That wasn’t enough. The architects for Baku are clearly going to the same schools…
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The Wandering Vegan
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My name is Ryan.
I caught the travel bug at a young age, and here are the tales of my wanderlust, surprise vegan food finds, and adventures across the planet.
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