Way back in 2013, with the goal of trying to eat as much KC barbeque as possible, I flew to Kansas City, MO’s international airport (MCI). After a long weekend of trying local staples such as Arthur Bryant’s and Gates Bar-B-Q, I headed back to the airport. Indeed, when MCI opened in 1972, the idea […]
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Language Lunes: Canang Sari: Bali’s Ubiquitous Hindu Offerings
Advertiser Disclosure: noworkalltravel.com earns an affiliate commission for anyone making a purchase through some links available on this website. For more information, please visit the Advertising and Privacy Policy page. If you’ve ever researched going to, or have been to Bali, then you’ve mostly likely noticed canang sari. Before diving into what canang sari represents, it’s important […]
Throwback Thursday: Hamburg, February 2021
I have thousands of (digital) photos that collect virtual dust, until I get a feeling of nostalgia for certain trips. Embarrassingly — more so because I don’t even like the movie — watching Tomorrow Never Dies over the weekend made me think of my daylong stopover in Hamburg, Germany last February. Although I never had […]
Photo of the Week: A Split Decision
Santa Barbara, California, the “American Riviera,” is nice little beach town a couple of hours northwest of Los Angeles. It is surrounded by some beautiful natural scenery, many homes and buildings were designed using the Spanish Colonial Revival architectural style, and there isn’t much light pollution (i.e. once it’s nighttime, don’t expect to be able to […]
The Wazir Khan Mosque of Lahore (Pakistan)
There’s an amusing anecdote regarding how I learned of the Wazir Khan Mosque. I was sitting in front of the Lahore Fort, one of the primary tourist spots of Lahore, Pakistan. To my surprise, an older man came to sit next to me, trying to preach about Jesus. After telling him where I was from, […]
Kuwait Towers (أبراج الكويت)
Subsequent to the first export of Kuwaiti oil in 1946, Kuwait immediately began to modernize its infrastructure. At the time, water was supplied to residents by tank trucks, which rapidly became ineffective due to the fast-growing population and development. In order to tackle the issue of water distribution and storage, in 1965 the Ministry of […]
Catfish and Earthquakes
Take a stroll around the Yaesu exit (八重洲口) of Tokyo train station along Sotobori St (外堀通り), and you might notice a seemingly bizarre graphic on one of the road signs: Looks like a chuffed catfish, right? Well, if you’ve traveled a bit around Japan, you might have mistaken the image for one of the myriad yurukyara (ゆるキャラ), or […]
Architectural Spotlight: Cinema Rossiya in Yerevan, Armenia
Discovering what I would consider to be unusual examples of architecture is a major plot point in how I create itineraries. Whether it’s random geodesic domes and Ferris wheels, religious structures that can’t make up their minds, or tackily-colored eyesores, I have made many a pilgrimage to these types of (subjectively?) zany attractions. To wit, […]
