Category: Transportation
MSC Cruises Review
We took a 17-day cruise from Venice to Ft. Lauderdale on the MSC Poesia, which had stops in Italy, Tunisia, Spain, Portugal, Virgin...
Cableway to the Iranian Border
From Ashgabat there is a cable car into the mountains that make up the southern border of Turkmenistan with Iran. For 2 Minat (75 cents)...
Goodbye Uzbekistan
After recovering the cell phone in Bukhara, we decided it was time to move on as we had been in Uzbekistan for almost 25 days and in...
“Excuse me, do you have the swine flu?”
We took the 11:58pm train from Urumqi to Almaty, a 36 hour adventure across the Chinese border to Kazakhstan. Arriving early (as is my...
Cycling for Adventure Travel
As every good adventurer knows, a good companion makes all the difference. At AbandonTheCube we revere those who have gone before us and...
A Visa-Related Snag
Having completed all the necessary paperwork, acquired mini photos of myself and located my passport I set off to the Uzbek consulate in...
Yellow Mountain Fever
We returned today from a four day trip to HuangShan, Yellow Mountain, in Anhui province, China. Nine Dragon Waterfall On Friday the 13th we...
International Visas
As the trip planning progresses I find myself at the stage of applying for international visas, a process wrought with vagueness and...
The Problem of the Borders
In planning the trip from Shanghai to Ashgabat, I’m encountering some chatter online about difficulties previous travelers have faced...
Shanghai to Ashgabat, the Plan
As many of you know, I was laid off from my financial job on New Year’s Eve (classy timing). But this upsetting twist has been an...
How Much Would it Cost to Travel for a Year?
How much would it cost to travel in Asia for a year? This thought crossed my mind today as I was sitting in my office. Like being back...
