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 Tajikistan: Cascade of Seven Lakes
    Mountain gorge with turquoise water in the Fan Mountains, Tajikistan — Loud Etudes

    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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  2. Read more: Author’s Essay: Where Bukhara Meets You
    Historic domed building and arched gateway with street traffic, Bukhara, Uzbekistan — Loud Etudes

    Author’s Essay: Where Bukhara Meets You

    That morning I strolled across Bukhara with no destination. I wanted only to wander. I moved slowly through the dry city, unexpectedly tender, its ...
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  3. Read more: Notes from Tbilisi: It Smells Like Home
    Rooftops of old Tbilisi old town seen from above, Georgia — film photography by Loud Etudes

    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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  4. Read more: Notes from Hong Kong: Rituals in Motion, Man Mo Temple
    Temple attendant before the main altar at Man Mo Temple, Sheung Wan, Hong Kong — film photography by Loud Etudes

    Notes from Hong Kong: Rituals in Motion, Man Mo Temple

    Tucked away in the lively streets of Sheung Wan, surrounded by towering skyscrapers and the hum of modern Hong Kong, stands a quite lonely but stri...
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  5. Read more: Notes from Sri Lanka: Сandor of Days
    Three women standing outside a roadside house, coastal Sri Lanka — Loud Etudes

    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 Cairo: Fragments of Wonder
    Dark alleyway with Arabic signs and laundry overhead in Downtown Cairo, Egypt — film photography by Loud Etudes

    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, look...
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