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Skyline of Tokyo

Tsukiji to Toyosu

In 1935, the world’s largest wholesale fish market opened in a neighborhood called Tsukiji, occupying prime Tokyo real estate right in the center of the city. 83 years later, on October 6th 2018, it finally symbolically shuttered its doors and…

Horse-carriage and a smoky food-filled Jemaa el-Fna on a Ramadan night

An Itinerary for Morocco

Over 10 days in the Summer of 2018, we took a much-awaited fabulous trip through Morocco. The final itinerary placed us in 5 main cities – Casablanca, Chefchaouen, Fes, Marrakech and Ouarzazate – with a few more sights and brief…

Fez panorama while coming back from Borj Nord (North Fort)

Amidst the rooftops of Fes (Fez)

“I’ll let you be in my dreams if I can be in yours”― Bob Dylan As we approached our first sunset in the unique town of Fez, we scrambled to find a place to get a bird’s eye view of…

One of the purported 9,000 alleys of the old medina in Fes (Fez) Morocco

The 90,000 alleys of Morocco

Are there really 90,000 alleys in Morocco? Who really knows, but it feels like there are a whole lot more. The Fes (Fez) medina, or old town, is the largest car-free zones in the world, and is itself said to have…

Soccer around the World

It is the most popular sport in the world – played by over 250 million people across more than 200 countries. And there is a simple reason for it – all you need is a spherical object which can be…