X

Get FREE Email Updates

Sign Up

Dave's Travel Corner

Seeing the World One Step at a Time

  • Home
  • Blog
  • Guides
  • Journals
  • Photos
  • Videos
  • Links
  • Interviews
  • About

Between the Traditional and the Modern, there Lies Ulaanbaatar

December 2, 2016 by Abdul Rastagar3 Comments

Somewhere between the modern and the traditional, there lies Ulaanbaatar. Mongolia’s fascinating capital is a city evolving before our very eyes. Its population is rapidly trading its ancestral, nomadic ways for a more modern life while still trying to retain the uniqueness of its rich culture. Ulaanbaatar is a city in transition, moved by dynamics bigger than itself. It lies at the intersection of globalization, capitalism, the legacy of … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Asia · Tagged: Airport, Animal Rescue, Asia, Beijing, Coffee, Culture, Desert, Food and Wine, Japan, Korea, Lifestyle, Moscow, Restaurants, Shopping Mall, Traffic, Wildlife

Pittsburgh: Inspiring Awe and Nostalgia

July 23, 2015 by Marianne Ruane1 Comment

Visit Pittsburgh. It’s a vibrant city with fantastic views and all kinds of easily accessible ways to see them, a sports legacy to envy, and vital American history. But more importantly, it is a tribute to what city government, public and private enterprise, and concerned citizens – what we, as human beings – can accomplish. In the last 50 years or so Pittsburgh has orchestrated a miraculous environmental transformation. Ride to the top of the … [Read more...]

Filed Under: North America · Tagged: America, Baseball, Bicycle, Bridges, Bus Travel, Celebrity, Fashion, Hiking, History, Italy, Los Angeles, Monterey, Moscow, Music, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Pittsburgh, Restaurants, Russia, Seafood

Cirque du Soleil’s Zarkana—Wild, Wondrous and Body-Boggling

November 10, 2014 by Tom BentleyLeave a Comment

What do you do when your senses are simultaneously confused, excited, alarmed and enthralled? If you’re at a performance of Zarkana, Cirque du Soleil’s dramatic and mesmerizing visual bombardment at ARIA Las Vegas, you go with it. And going with it will be mighty gratifying. Many theater pieces engage your brain, perhaps with some later follow-through in your body. Zarkana envelops you. The lushly resonant music alone penetrates your body and … [Read more...]

Filed Under: North America · Tagged: Europe, Moscow, Music, New York City, Sand, Technology

Just woke up in “prison” in Helsinki

June 20, 2014 by DaveLeave a Comment

"Am I there yet? Am I there yet?" This question rattled around several times in my jet lag induced brain for a few moments before one eye fluttered open. In the foggy haze of nonstop travel for the past few days I looked around. I was in a small room. I noticed the window. It was high up the wall, not in a normal spot for a window. I glanced at the blinking red light. It was 4am. But there was plenty of outside light in the room. There was … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Europe · Tagged: Art, Drinking, Jet lag, Moscow, Naked, Seafood

Astana: Whipping up a storm

June 12, 2014 by Ian Jarrett1 Comment

This is the story of how Stalin lost his nose and why the face of former British prime minister Tony Blair pops up in the strangest places in a former Soviet republic. But first I want to tell you about Astana, the capital city of Kazakhstan. And later I’ll tell you about kyz kuu, a kind of lovers’ kissing game they play on the steppe of central Asia. Kazakhstan, independent since 1991, and squeezed between those other ‘stans’ (homelands) … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Asia · Tagged: Animal Rescue, Art, Asia, Beach, China, Drinking, Dubai, England, Moscow, Mosque, Museum, Naked, New York City, Palm Trees, Russia, Sports, Wildlife

Sacred Guides

June 26, 2013 by Marianne RuaneLeave a Comment

The eighty degree weather we’d had at breakfast in a California border town transitioned sharply into the fifties by lunchtime at the Grand Canyon. I exchanged my flip flops for socks and hiking shoes, threw a jean jacket over my summer dress, and donned a beanie, the only warmer things I had easy access to. My dress whipped around my legs in the chilly wind. The weather was unexpectedly far from ideal for sightseeing, but we couldn’t drive past … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Europe · Tagged: America, Beach, California, Canyon, Fashion, Film, Food and Wine, Germany, Grand Canyon, Hiking, Internet, Los Angeles, Moscow, Music, Romantic, Russia, Taxi, Traffic, Walking tour, Wildlife

Hanging out in Narita Japan

June 29, 2012 by DaveLeave a Comment

Woke up this morning on some straw mat in a room I had never seen before. This was fine as I'm used to sleeping on hard surfaces. The confusion became clearer as the fog lifted from the sleep deprived mind and I vaguely remembered landing in Narita, Japan last night. The drive to this guesthouse was a blur - but I do remember the driver turning off his engine at every stop light, turning off his lights every time he stopped and driving with both … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Asia · Tagged: Airport, Architecture, Bangkok Thailand, Hitch Hiking, Japan, Jet lag, Moscow, Mountain Climbing, Naked, Walking tour

Moon Moscow & St. Petersburg

September 27, 2011 by DaveLeave a Comment

Moon Moscow & St. Petersburg by Jennifer Chater & Nathan Toohey This book is a must have for any visitor planning a trip to Moscow or St. Petersburg. We had a fresh perspective on Moscow having just returned from this huge sprawling city and finding this book in our stack of newly arrived travel books. Moscow is definitely big and can be overwhelming to the first time tourist however this book does an excellent describing the main highlights in … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Guide Books · Tagged: Moon Guidebook, Moscow, Walking tour

Lost in the City of Dreams

July 1, 2011 by Kevin WallaceLeave a Comment

I had long been promising myself a visit to Istanbul, European Capital of Culture for 2010. So with the Bayram festival now approaching and the summer sun warming the earth, I couldn't resist a visit to this most ostentatious city of spires, a fabulously inspiring metropolis of imperial dreams; and it was only a magic carpet ride away. I arrived exhausted but excited, my heart in my hands here at the epicentre of three empires. Straddling two … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Asia · Tagged: Architecture, Art, Bridges, Bus Travel, Canals, Cruising, Culture, Dancing, Desert, Fashion, Festival, Fireworks, Food and Wine, History, Istanbul, Journey, Monks, Moscow, Mosque, Museum

Red Square & the Kremlin – Moscow – April 2011

April 1, 2011 by DaveLeave a Comment

The Red Square and the Kremlin are super important attractions and we went back to this part of Moscow 3 days in a row. You need at least 2 days to hit the main museums and attractions in this area and or just sit down and people watch. The Kremlin is unbelievable - with its golden spired domes, many cathedrals and amazing murals inside the curved walls of the churches. Red Square is one of the most impressive squares in the world anchored by … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Highlight of the Month · Tagged: Moscow, Shopping Mall, Walking tour

  • « Previous Page
  • 1
  • 2
  • 3
  • Next Page »
Follow @DaveDTC

Get FREE Email Updates  I

Categories

Latest Posts

  • On April 29, Yo-Yo Ma and Louisville Orchestra Per…
  • Jackson Doktok, Chairman of Palau Visitors Authori…
  • Artezzan Restaurant and Bar, ChesterFunctional and sophisticated base from which to en…
  • Rediscovering Lithuania’s Springtime Nature:…
  • Taiwan-Based STARLUX Airlines Launches First Trans…

Explore

  • Above the Clouds
  • Guides
  • Highlight of the Month
  • Interviews
  • Journals
  • Press Releases
  • Videos

Prepare

  • Book Reviews
  • Pack List
  • Quiz: Geography
  • Quiz: Travel
  • Tour Booking
  • Travel Insurance
  • Travel Products

Share

  • Contribute
  • Forums
  • Links
  • Photos

About

  • About Us
  • Advertise
  • Contact Us
  • Contributors
  • Email Dave
  • Media Coverage
  • Media Kit
Hi I'm Dave. After a life changing trip in 1996, I began this site as a creative outlet to educate, inspire and share travel experiences. Read more...
  • Facebook
  • Instagram
  • LinkedIn
  • Pinterest
  • RSS
  • Twitter
  • Vimeo
  • YouTube

Return to top of page
Copyright © 1996–2023 Dave's Travel Corner · All Rights Reserved · Log in

7ads6x98y