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Denmark, Travel Words

It Smells like Hippies. (R)

Christiania was not itself a surprise, as I’d known for a long time about the little semi-autonomous community wholly inside of Copenhagen. Nor were the hash vendors/smokers/paraphernaliers on the main street (semi-cleverly known as the Green Light Zone), as the hash seems to be the most famous raison d’etre of the […]

Budgeting, Uzbekistan

Budget: Uzbekistan (R)

Uzbekistan is the budget destination of Central Asia.  Apart from the silly currency ($1 = 2200 Som, and the largest bill is 1000 Som), prices are also quite low for just about any of the goods or services a budget traveler will be partaking of. Even with the occasional nice […]