We visited Istanbul in 2 parts, going to Cappadocia in between. Rather than 2 separate posts, here’s a look at our trip to Istanbul and how much we loved it. With current restrictions in Turkey, restaurants are not allowed to have dine-in service, so we got a lot of delivery and take-away to eat. Also,…
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Neither of us had been to Playa del Carmen before, and we liked it. It’s totally a tourism-based town, but the laid-back vibe around the beach and the good weather were wonderful. You can’t walk 4 steps without someone trying to sell you drugs, so that part was annoying, but we liked the city overall….
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We really liked Mexico City. It exceeded our expectations in every way. We stayed in the historic city center, which made it easy to visit the major tourist sites around there. There was always something going on, and the vibe of the city is fantastic. Walking around the historic center was awesome. We found the…
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From the odd start to my trip to Mauritania (the Benin airport), I arrived late at night to realize, “Man, this airport is FAR from the city!” Oddly, there were 0 taxis available. I asked around, and they pointed me to some guy driving a 1937 box with tape & glue, and off we went….
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From Freetown, Sierra Leone, I flew to Cotonou, Benin. They’ve set up a tented medical facility at the airport for COVID testing on arrival. You take a rapid test to be allowed to leave the airport, and later you get the results of your PCR test. Since I was planning to stay only about 30…
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