STEBO'S BLOG

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I am Stephen. I was born in Dublin, Ireland, I now live in Rotterdam, the Netherlands since 2003. I love cooking, travel and learning new languages.

Asia Tour 2026 - Day 25/25 - 3rd September - Going Home

Hotel Corridor We had ordered a taxi for 05:30, it was still dark and I was incredibly hungover. Luckily I had pre-packed everything the day before and put the last few items in my hand luggage. The receptionist had two little breakfast packages for us too. Our bird It was dark for most of the drive, we exited the city and drove across the undulating steppes to the airport. When we arrived at the airport the sun was just rising. For some reason our Turkish Airlines flight wit

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Asia Tour 2026 - Day 24/25 - 2nd September - Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia - City 15/15 - Country 9/9

The Market Entrance It was decided that a day at the market was on the cards. After breakfast we walked 3 km to the Narantuul Market with its beautifully decorated gate. Then market was huge, selling clothes, school stationary, household stuff and what not. Carpet-land More interestingly, they had lots of carpets which in itself was spectacular as they were hung on either side of the aisles and above the aisles making for a very colourful and special experience. Traditional

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Asia Tour 2026 - Day 4/25 - 13th August - Baku, Azerbaijan - City 4/15 - Country 3/9

After breakfast we took a walk down to the promenade and had a coffee at a Georgian restaurant. Already feeling a little bit touristed out we went to the shopping mall and watched Spider-Man in Turkish, we had the choice of Человек-паук (Russian) or Örümcek Adam (Turkish) either with Azerbaijani subtitles for Hörümçək Adam! In the end it was the Turkish version. Surprisingly I uSurpassinglyndersatnd and learned quite a bit. Along the boulevard After the film we stopped for a

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Asia Tour 2026 - Day 3/25 - 12th August - Baku, Azerbaijan - City 4/15 - Country 3/9

Samovar We were down for breakfast at 08:00, it was in general pretty generic with breads and cheeses and the like, but also nice eggs, shakshuka, hash browns and tea from a Samovar. Old city walls After breakfast we explored the city, this time going to the old city. The city walls were quite impressive. Inside the old city walls as expected people were hustling for business selling tea, carpets, trinkets whatever! The palace We paid to enter the Shirvanshah palace for 24 eu

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