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What to Wear in Iran

Travel Cake — Thu, 26 May 2016 15:31:29 +0000

Figuring out my wardrobe for my trip to Iran turned out to be a very interesting part of the travel planning. How do you dress in a country where showing your hair in public is illegal? Despite the fact that I had conducted some serious research, I was still feeling insecure about the outfits bulking […]

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Where to Travel in Iran – our two week itinerary

Travel Cake — Mon, 01 Feb 2016 21:59:02 +0000

The moment we entered Iran, we immediately knew: two weeks is way too little time to visit this vast, fascinating country! Unfortunately we can’t always take month-long vacations, so we figured: two weeks is better than nothing! Although it meant we’d have to make some tough decisions regarding the places we’d visit. Considering we were traveling […]

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Motorcycling India

Travel Cake — Sun, 04 Oct 2015 19:24:36 +0000

When I met my husband he charmed me with his vague plan to buy a motorcycle in India with which he’d traverse the country while documenting the journey on film. Ravished as I was, I didn’t really believe he’d pull through. But there I was, ten months later, on a plane to India to join […]

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9 Day Trips you should Never Take

Travel Cake — Wed, 25 Mar 2015 18:09:47 +0000

… Because they should be overnight trips! Day trips… they’re convenient when you want to see as much of a region as possible in a short amount of time. However, there are quite a lot of these convenient trips that really don’t do the place justice. You find yourself with hundreds if not thousands […]

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First Time Africa Travel: Where to Backpack

Travel Cake — Thu, 12 Feb 2015 04:08:54 +0000

So you’ve decided to do it, you’re going to venture in what people find the scariest, darkest continent of them all. Let’s start by rectifying this misapprehension straight away, shall we. Though there are some African countries that could qualify as somewhat “scary”, Africa is a huge continent. Did you know that Africa could easily […]

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3 Awesome Budget Accomodations in Albania

Travel Cake — Mon, 02 Feb 2015 21:10:30 +0000

I wasn’t sure what “on a budget” in Albania would mean exactly. Would my daily lunches consist of a raw cucumber from the market? Would I be forced to skip the bus fee in order to save a few bucks? Would I be sleeping in dirty dungeons, sharing bathrooms with 10 other people? None of […]

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12 Favourite Destinations

Travel Cake — Tue, 02 Sep 2014 14:47:49 +0000

It’s been exactly 10 years today since my first independent trip. By “independent” I mean a trip not organised or sponsored by parents, school or other organisations… I started traveling on my own dime in my own time. I was 19 when a friend and I booked a ticket to Zimbabwe, a country we knew […]

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5 Quirky Things to do in Bali

Travel Cake — Wed, 02 Apr 2014 22:48:55 +0000

There is a great misconception that Bali is just another tourist mecca full of beautiful clichés. Granted, there is a great deal of mass tourism, but there is so much more to it than that. Finding authenticity is a walk in the park and going off the beaten track is just as easy. Quirks are plentiful and […]

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