First-person travel notes, city stories, photos, and videos from the Travel Map archive.
Mobile internet is a headache for tourists. A data-only unlimited plan for a month costs around $55 from all operators. If you're only visiting for a short time, it's easier to connect to Wi-Fi, as you don't need a phone number to connect. However, in the…
#Seoul On public transport, you pay with a transit card, T-money. It's sold and recharged in convenience stores like 7-Eleven and Cu. The card itself costs ~3$. The only problem is that if you're a tourist, you can only top it up with cash, so you need to…
By the way, I went through electronic border control at Sheremetyevo, although I've only seen it in Dubai before. Overall, it's convenient. You need a new passport (which can be scanned), to be over 18, to stand in front of the screen for a photo, provide a…
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A subscriber sent some cool photos from Singapore. I hope this inspired someone to visit there!
#Belgrade Another interesting fact about Serbia: they're really obsessed with Tesla. He did spend half his life outside of Serbia, but he was still Serbian! That's why they named an airport, a street, and a cocktail after him, built a museum in his honor,…
#Belgrade Among the delights of European architecture. In order: the Museum of Railway Transport, the Museum of History and Art of Serbia, the Parliament building.
#Belgrade Walks around Belgrade) The Cathedral of Saint Sava, the largest Orthodox church in the Balkans. Its prototype was the widely known Hagia Sophia Cathedral in Istanbul.
#Belgrade In Belgrade, new housing is being built for relocated Yandex employees😂 I'm joking of course, but it really reminds me of Moscow's urban development, when a district with a bunch of residential complexes is built somewhere on the outskirts.…
Just for a day, to visit a friend who ended up in military service, but is now in the hospital for a routine check-up. Let's hope they'll eventually discharge him. Well, we won't even be able to have a proper drink😔
#Belgrade A military poster on a building of the Ministry of Defense that was destroyed during the bombing of Yugoslavia, as well as graffiti in the city center near a bridge. Unfortunately, I didn't have much interaction with Serbs, but in general, they…
#Belgrade In December, on my way back from Malaysia, I managed to spend a couple of weeks in Serbia. My interest was mixed - there's nothing particularly enticing about Serbia itself, it's just a relatively developed country in the Balkans where you can get…
#KualaLumpur #Review Traditionally, a summary post, this time about the capital of Malaysia. It has a lot in common with Bangkok, so if you missed it, click here + Accommodation, just like in Bangkok, falls into the average price category. You need less…
#KualaLumpur About the temples There are a couple of cool temples in Kuala Lumpur that I managed to visit. One of them is the Batu Caves, a natural site next to which there's a Hindu temple. The first photos show a huge statue guarding the long staircase to…
#KualaLumpur Hiking in Malaysia The trails can be reached by taxi in about 20 minutes from the city center (it can be seen in one of the photos). There are special maps with difficulty ratings and routes, so it's hard to get lost during the day. However,…
#KualaLumpur View of the city from the TV tower. Many buildings are about 50 stories high. Overall, it's quite similar to Singapore. Since my camera isn't very good, you can get a closer look through the video:
#KualaLumpur Malaysia's city center. It has the highest number of skyscrapers per meter, lots of shopping centers, offices of major companies, and luxury residential complexes. Walking around it is a pleasure: there are not too many cars, the sidewalks are…
Subscribers, who are in Moscow, let's go on a hike of about 40km this Sunday. Me and my friend are ready, but maybe there are more brave souls out there. Write to me in private messages.
#KualaLumpur About Malaysia Surprisingly, very few of my acquaintances know anything about this country, even though Malaysia's level of development and standard of living are significantly higher than Thailand's, and even comparable to Russia. There are…
An excellent description of the products based on reviews on Google Maps 😁
So I'm coming out of my New Year's binge)) I even got some work done. I'll be posting about my trip to Malaysia soon.
In the meantime (since November), I've been applying for a nomad visa to Malaysia (you can stay for up to two years, and apparently, there's no tax for residents), and accordingly, I'm sitting in the chat room with other applicants. These bastards haven't…
#Bangkok #Review A brief overview of the pros and cons of Bangkok. A similar post about Dubai can be found earlier in the channel + It's relatively inexpensive to get there, cheaper than other Asian countries. There are even direct flights from Moscow +…
https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-china-64107851.amp Hong Kong is dropping almost all its Covid restrictions this week, following a similar move by mainland China. From Thursday, people arriving in the city - a special administrative…
The oil cap is causing terrible problems, and we're forced to sell the oil by the kilogram.
#Bangkok A small cozy Japanese bar somewhere in the back alleys of Bangkok) That's where I tried a lot of different Japanese alcohol, most of which I really enjoyed😁
#Bangkok China Town Thanks for the photos @ArtemChernykh, we chilled together in Thailand. A separate district in Bangkok, filled with all sorts of Chinese stuff - bars, shops, restaurants, street food. There's a ton of people in the evenings, everything's…
Oh no! The main thing is that they don't get hassled after arriving, haha!
I went to an absinthe bar in Moscow with a friend. As they said, it's the only one in Russia)) The atmosphere is great, and from what I understand, it's designed with a nod to David Lynch's films, as the interior strongly resembles the black tepee from Twin…
More from the archive. This is what a layover in Abu Dhabi looks like if you fly in the summer (this is the capital of the UAE, the same country as Dubai). No, it's not fog or snow outside, it's a fucking sandstorm! The weather is appropriate. 39°C, overcast.
#HongKong I found old photos of Hong Kong from 2019, when we went there with our family. It was incredibly expensive, but at the same time, it was incredibly cool). If all the entry restrictions are lifted, maybe I'll go there for at least a week next year.
https://youtu.be/C4oCEwExVc4 A cool video about them from way back in 2016, when they had bred so much that we had to catch most of them.
By the way, Yandex Taxi has effectively banned me. I now have a debt that I can't pay with any card, which means I can't start a new ride with a card. I had to take a taxi from the airport with cash, fortunately, I had some with me for just such an occasion.…
Just about the cherry liqueur (which hasn't been sold in Moscow for about 10 years). At home, there's a food stockpile that I've bought over the course of several trips to Thailand. You can even track inflation based on the price tags! This is one of the…
Cool, I didn't even know that Roku Gin is sold so freely in Moscow. I bought it at a regular AM store near my house for ~$45. They said they supply 2-3 bottles to the store per month. I already liked it in Bangkok, so I decided to experiment with it at home…
And my flight to Turkey was delayed by at least an hour, now I have to sit and wait for three hours at the airport. I wish I could have slept a bit more :/ The most important thing is not to mess up and make it to the flight to Moscow, which is with a…
Damn it, Yandex works in Serbia. I decided to take a taxi to the airport, and the payment was set to my Ru card. I thought, well, okay, since it's possible, I'll charge it to it. In the end, the order was found, but then it was canceled, saying that the…
#Belgrade For the first time in my memory, there are sofas in the airport waiting area for anyone who wants to use them. Serbia, 6 in the morning, everyone is snoozing😁
#Bangkok From the attractions) In Bangkok, there's this pontoon, fractally designed temple. It's not located in the center, but it's not hard to get there by metro. It's considered almost a symbol of the city, as everyone loves taking photos of it in the…
#Bangkok I wrote about accommodation above. Generally, most condo units are similar in both price and quality. But since this is still Asia, for the average rental price in Moscow, you get a swimming pool, a fitness center, and parking as extras here. By…
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#Bangkok About Bangkok There's quite a lot to write about Bangkok, as I spent about three months there over the past year (across three visits). So I don't see the point in over-extending the posts - everything won't fit into one anyway. Instead, I'll just…
#Belgrade The widest bike lanes in Serbia 😄
#Dubai #Review A brief overview of the pros and cons of Dubai from my perspective: + A good location relative to other countries, with flights to any part of the world. You can find reasonably priced tickets + Money can buy you anything, with accommodation…
#Dubai I ended up staying in some Indian-Turkish neighborhood on the outskirts, which I partly regretted. Although the houses here are relatively cheaper compared to Dubai (though overall they're fucking expensive), there were practically no entertainment…
#Dubai The architecture of Dubai in the area where I lived. We're going to demolish the house, and then maybe build another one next to it, so we'll make a 7-story wall without windows))). Most likely, there will be parking there, but for now, it's just a…
#Dubai Upon arrival, I'd like to give a shout-out to the airport. The guys implemented electronic passport control via passport and face scans, and you only need to go through the real check once to get registered in the databases. Also, upon arrival, they…
#Dubai I'll be posting a series of posts about Dubai. I only went there for a week at the end of September, right after I left Russia at the start of the mobilization. I actually only stayed there for a week, but it was enough for me overall. I chose a…
I'm celebrating my birthday (or rather, not really celebrating it), alone in Bangkok. It's basically a work day, so I'll just be working. Next week, my friend is coming, so maybe we'll hang out together. And today, I'll go pour myself a whisky at least in…
#Bangkok It's still the rainy season in Bangkok (supposed to end in October), and it's cloudy and quite cold (24°C at night, 30°C during the day). It's a shame, because it's becoming really hard to go out, as you constantly need to wear a raincoat. Plus,…