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Guide to Sabah State including Kota Kinabalu & Kinabalu Park
An in-depth guide to Sabah State including Kota Kinabalu & Kinabalu Park. Find out all the activities you can get up to in the capital city of Sabah.
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[Hosted] JAIPUR - An Instagramers paradise. The Pink City of India is the capital of Rajasthan and it is also a place of wander and of royalty.
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This room is part of the upper floors of the City Palace the house of the Maharaja and can only be accessed by paying a very high entry ticket (35€) so it is almost empty which is why you don't see anyone in this shot. .
Jaipur has 3 UNESCO sites, the Walled city (added in 2019 to the list), Amer Fort as part of a nomination with 5 other forts in Rajasthan, and the astronomical instruments in Jantar Mantar.
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It was my second visit to the City Palace and to Jaipur and I just love it every time, I'm already thinking of my next trip.
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This trip was organised by @indiaSomeday who specialise in independent travel to India and it was my 10th visit to the country. .
I have been to India alone, on several occasions, but when travelling across a region, I found India Someday to be really good (and I'm a very demanding customer!). This was not a fully sponsored trip, I paid for my family's cost.
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#IndiaSomeday #Rajasthan #IncredibleIndia #Jaipur #IloveJaipur #JaipurCityPalace #pinkcity #catalanspelmon #viatgersDC #ladyinred

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ASHGABAT, TURKMENISTAN - How many Mar do you count? And any guesses what this is?
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This funny looking building that looks hyper futuristic is on top of a hill above Ashgabat, the capital of Turkmenistan, and is a wedding hall!
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That's right, people book it for weddings.
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The majority of the population in the country are Muslim and wedding are quite a big affair.
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If you Zoom in you'll see a world map on the sphere.
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.📷 by my best friend @edwin.grummitt
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#turkmenistan #catalanspelmon #ViatgersDC #ashgabat #architecture #ladyinred #sheisnotlost #dametravel #TLpicks #SilkRoad #Ashgabat

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LUXURY TRAIN TRAVEL - Who else loves it as much as I do?
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I've been on luxury trains in South Africa, from Joburg to Cape Town on the Rovos Rail.
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I've been on two luxury trains in India, The Golden Chariot through Karnataka and the Maharajas Express across Rajasthan.
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I took the Trans-Mongolian Express on the same train that's on the photo. We traveled for 14 days from Moscow to UlaanBaatar in Mongolia where we attended the Nadaam Festival.
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This time, I took the train from Almaty in Kazakhstan to Ashgabat in Turkenistan, visiting the main Silk Road cities in Uzbekistan.
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Have you ever been on a luxury train?
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#Luxurytrain #Luxurytravel #silkroad #uzbekistan #kazakhstan #turkmenistan #ladyinred #GoldenEagleLuxuryTrain #ViatgersDC #catalanspelmon

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SILK ROAD - How many is too many Mars? ;) .
Having some fun with Photoshop and the Presidential suite at the Golden Eagle luxury train while on our way to Turkmenistan.
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#LuxuryTrain #SilkRoad #Ladyinred #catalanspelmon #ViathersDC #luxurytravel #Turkmenistan #Uzbekistan #SheIsNotLost

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TASHKENT - Can you guess who that is and where I'm.standing?
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This is Cosmonauts metro station in the capital of Uzbekistan. The oldest surviving metro system in central asia.
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Since 2018 you are allowed to photograph the many ornate and themed stations and platforms in the metro including this one devoted to Soviet astronauts like Yuri Gagarin the first person to travel to space. .
Tue colours of the tiles change from blue to black and white like the Earth's atmosphere.
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The metro could not be photographed until 2018 because it was set aside as an air shelter in case of nuclear attacks this being a sensitive military target heavily guarded.
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#Tashkent #Metro #Uzbekistan #SilkRoad #ViatgersDC #catalanspelmon #yurigagarin #astronaut #travel

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JODHPUR - Scroll all the way to see a panoramic view.
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The Blue City of Jodhpur in Rajasthan has a city core with most houses painted in blue, inside and out. This has given the city its nickname .
The colour is associated with the Brahmin, an Indian caste of teachers and priests that follow Shiva and like to paint their houses blue, the colour of this Hindu God.
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The colour is also believed to keep mosquitoes away and, let's admit it, makes for amazing photography.
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#Hosted by @indiasomeday #Jodhpur #Rajasthan #IncredibleIndia #IndiaSomeday #MyNextVacay #SheIsNotLost #TLPicks #girlpowertravel #travelingwomen_ #Ladyinred #ViatgersDC #catalanspelmon

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SINGAPORE - I love Singapore's colonial shop house architecture but did you know there are 4 marked style periods?
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The most typical and recognisable style is this one, with the ornate facade and the top windows that were typical of the 2nd half of the 19th century, but there are 3 other from later periods the last one of which evolved into Art Deco architecture (with the square facades straight lines and high spyres).
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These houses on the picture are in Emerald Hill, a very high end area off Orchard Road that is quiet and lined with very expensive and pretty homes.
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Shophouse architecture can also be found in Malacca and Penang, in Malaysia.
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#YourSingapore #Singapore #SGIG #singapore_insta #SingaporeArchitecture #singaporeinsiders #EmeraldHill #Shophouse #singaporeig #VisitSingapore #ViatgersDC #catalanspelmon

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MERV, TURKMENISTAN - a UNESCO site in the middle of the desert that was inhabited by several civilisations from the Bronze Age till the Middle Ages.
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Although not much of Merv has been preserved and a lot still needs to be excavated, this Mausoleum to Sultan Ahmed Sanjar is the only full structure standing. .
It is said that when the Moguls ransacked the area they spared ig for fear. .
The mausoleum dates to the 12th century and it had a dome decorated with lie glazed tiles as was typical in the area.
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The mausoleum does not hold his tomb because they were worried about tomb robbers so it ended in another unknown location. .
This structure and Sultan Sanjat are found on Turkmenistan notes.
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#Turkmenistan #BBCTravel #NatGeoTravel #TLPicks #centralAsia #desert #UNESCO #Merv #AncientArchitecture #SilkRoad

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BUKHARA - I have never been so happy to wake up at 5am than to explore the empty streets of Bukhara as the sun was rising.
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This ancient city along the Silk Road still has many well preserved mosques, markets, caravanserai and madrasas most of which have these truly stunning domed gates. I could stare at them for hours, each unique, each the result of so much intricate work.
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Alone with just our cameras, tripod and a thick sweater (it was really cold!) @edwin.grummitt and I wandered the streets waiting for the sunlight to hit the blue tiles, it was magical. I have him to thank for this great shot.
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#Bukhara #Uzbekistan #madrasa #IslamicArchitecture #ladyinred #catalanspelmon #silkroad #silkroute #travelphotography #sheisnitlost #girlswhotravel #dametraveler

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SAMARKAND - The completely breathtaking Registan Square with it's three madrasas and many mosques is one of the most impressive sights I have ever seen.
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Samarkand was one of the most famous stops along the Silk Road and it's filled with incredible sights.
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I have to say I could have spent a whole day just in this square looking at the details of all the buildings. .
Photo by my best friend and favourite travel partner @edwin.grummitt
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#SilkRoad #Samarkand #Uzbekistan #RegistanSquare #SilkRoute #BlueTiles #GoldenEagleLuxuryTrains #Registan #Ladyinred #catalanspelmon

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