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Vancouver Fringe Festival: Guide to a Good Time in 2023

The Vancouver Fringe Festival is one of the most extraordinary and popular events in the British Columbia calendar. Each year, tens of thousands of people flock to this Canadian city to experience what's dubbed "the best art festival in BC."

Perhaps the festival's popularity has much to do with its equal-opportunity lottery policy for artists. Everything imaginable is on display, from performing artists to street performances, bands to visual arts, and mimes to comics. Some of it's rather out t

Osh Bazaar | World Heritage Journeys Silk Road

The Osh Bazaar is one of Kyrgyzstan's largest and busiest bazaars, and has been described as a ‘circus for your senses.’ The bazaar is an endless maze of shops with vendors selling every product imaginable. This is an opportunity to see a real bazaar that sustains local life here. All around you are real people going about their everyday chores.

Spices, grains, and dried fruit being sold at the Bazaar - Photo by MehmetO / Shutterstock.com

Much of the bazaar is filled with typical household ite

Wedding Palace | World Heritage Journeys Silk Road

Ashgabat is packed to the brim with strange and often very puzzling (but always marble and gold) architecture. One of the strangest buildings is the Wedding Palace, located just outside the centre of town.

This 11-story, 38,000 square metre “palace” is constructed of 3 white and gold star-shaped floors– each star is staggered so they never overlap. The star shaped base holds up a giant 32-metre wide disco ball which is engraved with golden maps of Turkmenistan.

The inside of the Wedding Palace

Why Yakima Valley Should be at the Top of Your Summer Bucket List

Why Yakima Valley Should be at the Top of Your Summer Bucket List

Tourism can be a transformative experience, both for destinations and the travelers who visit. While famous bucket list destinations are always fun to visit, under-the-radar destinations offer travelers the unique opportunity to see the authentic heart and soul of a place that can’t be found anywhere else (and hey, it doesn’t hurt to avoid the crowds either).

When most people hear Washington State, the first thing they might thi

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Vancouver Fringe Festival: Guide to a Good Time in 2023

The Vancouver Fringe Festival is one of the most extraordinary and popular events in the British Columbia calendar. Each year, tens of thousands of people flock to this Canadian city to experience what's dubbed "the best art festival in BC."

Perhaps the festival's popularity has much to do with its equal-opportunity lottery policy for artists. Everything imaginable is on display, from performing artists to street performances, bands to visual arts, and mimes to comics. Some of it's rather out t

Osh Bazaar | World Heritage Journeys Silk Road

The Osh Bazaar is one of Kyrgyzstan's largest and busiest bazaars, and has been described as a ‘circus for your senses.’ The bazaar is an endless maze of shops with vendors selling every product imaginable. This is an opportunity to see a real bazaar that sustains local life here. All around you are real people going about their everyday chores.

Spices, grains, and dried fruit being sold at the Bazaar - Photo by MehmetO / Shutterstock.com

Much of the bazaar is filled with typical household ite

Wedding Palace | World Heritage Journeys Silk Road

Ashgabat is packed to the brim with strange and often very puzzling (but always marble and gold) architecture. One of the strangest buildings is the Wedding Palace, located just outside the centre of town.

This 11-story, 38,000 square metre “palace” is constructed of 3 white and gold star-shaped floors– each star is staggered so they never overlap. The star shaped base holds up a giant 32-metre wide disco ball which is engraved with golden maps of Turkmenistan.

The inside of the Wedding Palace

Why Yakima Valley Should be at the Top of Your Summer Bucket List

Why Yakima Valley Should be at the Top of Your Summer Bucket List

Tourism can be a transformative experience, both for destinations and the travelers who visit. While famous bucket list destinations are always fun to visit, under-the-radar destinations offer travelers the unique opportunity to see the authentic heart and soul of a place that can’t be found anywhere else (and hey, it doesn’t hurt to avoid the crowds either).

When most people hear Washington State, the first thing they might thi