Roseleaf Cafe, at the back of Dubai Garden Centre, just off Sheikh Zayed Road, Al Quoz, 10-minute walk from FGB Metro Station March, 2018. Tuesday, 11.45 am. (*score out of 10) The flat white: 8. Looked too dark to not be bitter and it was a bit bitter, but still a nice coffee though. Although […]
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In Minsk, I am a glamorous undercover spy in a 1980s thriller, confused yet enthralled at having inadvertently left the set and emerged into a more western European film set clutching a flat white and a bottle of vodka. Go to Minsk if you want to: find out how good your friends’ geography is; have
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I am wearing colourful, billowy swathes of lightweight fabric which are flying out of the auto-rickshaw I’m travelling in at a perilously fast speed through chaotic, noisy traffic. I may look bohemian and laid back, with an orange paint dot on my forehead, but I’m hanging on for dear life, awake in the fullest sense
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This post really is only for someone visiting Belarus, I gave up trying to make it an interesting read before I got to the potential that is the hooker section. All information correct as at January 2018. Money – Language – Using your overseas mobile – Solo female traveller – Toilets Money BYN is the
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Google Maps – Walking – Pedestrian crossings – Metro – Buses – Taxis – Trains, Trams & Trolley Buses – Snow Travelling around Minsk is far easier and safer than you might expect, the main hindrances being if you can speak no Russian or Belarusian/read no Cyrillic and if you’re impatient and hate waiting for
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Having spent around two months in India over the past year, it has proved impossible to maintain my avoidance of the numerous stalls selling bangles, necklaces and earrings. Prior to my India trips, I had only rarely worn one bangle, maybe once every five years a pair of earrings and only occasionally a few of
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