Travel Notes

We share stories and essays that bring places and people closer — through reflections, impressions, and guides rooted in real experiences.

We explore the social and cultural dimensions that shape our world. Our goal is to bridge distances and help create a more tolerant, connected, and loving world.

  1. Read more: Notes from Hanoi: Smells, It-Is-Never-Silent, and Small Gestures
    Notes from Hanoi: Smells, It-Is-Never-Silent, and Small Gestures

    Notes from Hanoi: Smells, It-Is-Never-Silent, and Small Gestures

    We didn’t come to Hanoi, Vietnam, expecting anything. We left with our hearts stitched into its alleyways, its heat, its loudness, and the way stra...
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  2. Read more: Notes from Cairo: Fragments of Wonder
    Notes from Cairo: Fragments of Wonder

    Notes from Cairo: Fragments of Wonder

    Cairo: First  Right after we landed, got to the Airbnb house, checked in, and went out to explore the Downtown area. We explored Abdeen Garden, loo...
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  3. Read more: Notes from Tajikistan: Cascade of Seven Lakes
    Notes from Tajikistan: Cascade of Seven Lakes

    Notes from Tajikistan: Cascade of Seven Lakes

    We traveled from Samarkand, Uzbekistan, and kept thinking of visiting the Seven Lakes in Tajikistan. The route from Samarkand was: an hour by car t...
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  4. Read more: Notes from Tbilisi: It Smells Like Home
    Notes from Tbilisi: It Smells Like Home

    Notes from Tbilisi: It Smells Like Home

    Narrow, long streets of Tbilisi, enchanted by greenery. Old houses, the old town climbing upwards. Neat houses, and cypresses growing between them....
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  5. Read more: Notes from Sri Lanka: Сandor of Days
    Notes from Sri Lanka: Сandor of Days

    Notes from Sri Lanka: Сandor of Days

    Do you know that feeling of heading somewhere unknown, a barely familiar direction, and not wanting your road to ever end? You just want to keep go...
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  6. Read more: Notes from Hong Kong: Fragments of Сhop Alley
    Notes from Hong Kong: Fragments of Сhop Alley

    Notes from Hong Kong: Fragments of Сhop Alley

    Historic Alley In Hong Kong, the street best known for seal carving is Man Wa Lane (Chop Alley). Man Wa Lane is a narrow alley about 100 meters lon...
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