Wondering Voyager

I started my trip of the UAE after landing at Zayed International Airport, in Abu Dhabi. However, due to my itinerary, I only had two full days to explore Abu Dhabi, and a significant amount of that time...

The United Arab Emirates is not a particularly big country. Moreover, it is one of the leading producers of hydrocarbons, making fuel quite cheap in the market. This means that transportation, public or...

Dubai is not a country, but also, it kind of is. Confused? You should not be. While this is most unusual for the Wondering Voyager, for the United Arab Emirates, I wanted to do an exception and try my...

Calling any city a Paris of the East is certainly quite Orientalist, and yet, it is more common than one might think. Baku is one of those cities. In certain ways, its city center did remind me of the...

While the local food is always my go to as I explore a new country, as a pescetarian, that may prove more difficult than expected at times. If the local cuisine has a lot of meaty dishes, one has to rely...

Azerbaijan has an excellent cuisine, even for pescatarians like me. While it is admittedly meat-heavy, you can always find something vegetarian on the menu. While one would have a hard time criticising...