Don’t Have A “Kow Ata”!
After a morning in Kipchak by the capital Ashgabat, we drove out of the city for the Kow Ata Thermal Springs: Known for its mineral spring waters and healing effects, it’s a 160m journey into the darkness where you can take a quick dip in its dark and...
Aghast At Ashgabat | Flying Austrian Air Business Class
How do I begin? When people ask what I found to be the most fascinating countries in the world, my usual reply would always have been “North Korea and Myanmar.” 5 hours in Ashgabat was enough to shoot Turkmenistan to the very top. Known as...
Meet The Azeris!
For our upcoming August trip to Azerbaijan and Nachkhivan, I present to you our next class of monsooners: And the places we're monsooning to: Still interested...
Meet The Samurai!
For our upcoming September trip to Japan, I present to you our next class of monsooners: And the places we're monsooning...
How I Visited 150 Countries During Med School+Residency & Still Became a Doctor
June 23, 2018 6:46pm: Counting down the last 14 minutes of my last shift in residency — the final moments of an era. 6:47pm: In 13 minutes, I graduate as an attending physician. It's remarkable to look back and realize all it took was losing a wager to...
Doha: Teardrops On My “Qatar”
First and foremost, props to Ann "Narcoleptik!" Wen on this trip for the blogpost's witty pun of a title -- It's going to be sad to leave such an unexpectedly pretty city that it's the reason for the teardrops on our "Qatar" (hey hey hey!). After 4 wonderful days in...
Wa Wa Nizwa!
After overnight camping at Wahiba Sands and leaving at 8am, we drove north up to Nizwa, arriving at around 11am. The main sight and reason to come to Nizwa is for its fort, built in the 1650s by the second Ya’rub and was the administrative seat...
O Man, Oman: Wahiba Sands
After a few hours swimming in the beautiful water holes of Wadi Shab, Talal and the gang continued south towards Sharqiya Sands. Also popularly known as Wahiba Sands named after the local Bani Wahiba tribe there, it boasts sand dunes up to 100 meters high and 170...
Where Are We Now?
Where Are We Next?
