July 27, 2016
Victor already described some sights of Amsterdam and is now completing his report with the story about the Red Light District. This post is more of informative kind, most of info obtained during guided tour. We hope that it would be interesting and Victor was right making notes of the Red Light District stories during chilly October evening, instead of…
March 13, 2016
Going to Rwanda, we were quite scared. Only 20 years before 500000 to 1000000 people were killed due to genocide here, and neither Europe nor the US could stop the violence. Entering the country, we were feeling pressure, similar to what we had felt in Burundi.
December 13, 2015
This time we tell about major attractions of Yoshkar-Ola, the capital of Mari El Republic: the museums, architecture, monuments, where to try Mari food and simply to walk.
October 26, 2015
Dushanbe is a young city, officially founded in 1925; according to Wikipedia, before 1929, only the walking paths led to this capital. Despite the title of the capital, Dushanbe, moreover, has been politically competing with Khujand for quite a while. In addition, it is not so easy to reach the capital from other cities or countries: the local transport is…
October 18, 2015
Probably, many of you remember a country Czechoslovakia. At the end of the 20th century, namely in 1993, Czechoslovakia collapsed being split into two independent countries: the Czech Republic and Slovakia. Many travellers admire Czech Prague, but little is heard about other capital – Slovakian Bratislava. In May 2014, Victor visited this beautiful and cosy city. Today he will tell…
October 2, 2015
Formally, Khujand has never been a Tadjik capital. However, due to its proximity to Uzbekistan, size, and economic success (compared to Dushanbe), Khujand had a leading role in Tajik Soviet politics. Called Leninabad in the Soviet times, Khudjand supplied the Tajik government with most of the high officials, which gave it the status of tacit domineering. By the way, Khujand…