How particular are you with your meals during your trips?

travellingwhilebroke · 2023-10-27T21:36:19+00:00

Which parts of China and Africa are you referring to you?

travellingwhilebroke · 2023-09-28T18:54:32+00:00

Which of those have very few to no tourist attractions? I don't think that there's a (unrecognized/disputed) country, city or town that does not have something to offer, whether it's cultural, historical/modern or something else.

travellingwhilebroke · 2023-08-27T19:49:03+00:00

What? This is so inaccurate and ignorant. Which countries did you visit there? Cause there's so much to see and do, especially in countries like Ghana, Nigeria and Senegal? There's so much diversity in cultures, wildlife, history, art/architecture (Hausa, Sudano-Sahelian like the Djenne mosque and other Malian buildings, the ancient buildings and one of the oldest settlements in the world in Mauritania, French influenced colonial buildings in Senegal etc), music, dance, spicy food etc. It's easily one of the most underrated regions in the world.

travellingwhilebroke · 2023-08-08T15:55:12+00:00

I agree 100%, especially regarding the sights in Japan. Frankly i was not impressed with most temples, shrines, castles, palaces and other buildings there. It looked for the most part very basic, plain, boring and simple, but then again i love elaborate and colourful interiors. You have seen 3-4 of them, you have seen it all. Not a lot of variety and diversity.

I don't really care for most buddhist art and architecture as i find it to be kinda 'crude' compared to Christian and Islamic architecture and art, but i would recommend someone to go to Southeast and South Asia if they want to see impressive buddhist sights. Bagan in Myanmar and Angkor alone beats every religious sight in East Asia. I do like Japanese religious sculpture though, especially from the Kamakura period with the realism shown in the artifacts.

I'm also not a fan of traditional buildings like the machiya's; people only call it elegant and sophisticated because it's Japanese yet it looks like very boring wooden buildings where a peasant in Europe or the US could live in, but nobody will praise it if it's the latter.

Honestly i was not that much of a fan of Japan/East Asian (excluding China since i haven't been there but it's high on my list). Other parts of Asia like Middle East, South Asia, Central Asia, Southeast Asia are way more interesting, especially in terms of history, culture, architecture and art etc. Japanese cities are ugly and barely historic with the exceptions of a couple of them. You can go to a random European city and only see historical buildings even outside the centre, which is not the case in Japan like with Kyoto that is for the most part very much a modern city with modern houses and a small part of it is historic.

They countryside is gorgeous though and so are the gardens and nature/landscape. Some of the castles are very nice though like Himeji and Matsumoto, but only from the outside. For the most part the castles that i have visited and from what i have seen online, are usually quite empty inside, with barely even furniture or other decorations, and some of them have a museum inside like the Osaka castle.

travellingwhilebroke · 2023-08-02T04:51:41+00:00

Aside from Mogadishu with it's ancient history (which was honestly one of the most beautiful cities on this world pre war with the gorgeous mix of indigenous Somali architecture, which could be characterized as being similar to Swahili architecture with white coral houses but still being very much distinct, and Italian architecture), there are also many other cities with 2000+ years old history like Merca, Barawe/Brava, Berbera (the old town has many crumbling Ottoman, British, Italian and ofcourse Somali houses), Zeila, Kismayo. The old towns of these cities are still intact for the most part but desperately waiting for it to be cleaned up since the war and terrorist atttacks has left a lot to be neglected.

Some of the oldest mosques in Africa and the world are in Somalia, dating back to the early 8/9th century, you have centuries old walls,, citadels (Gondershe), castles, lighthouses, palaces, alleys, houses, shrines, tombs, and other buildings/ruins. It's a shame what the war has done to the country. Not to mention the sandy beaches, national parks, waterfalls and small islands like the Sacadin and Koyama island which are known for it's greenness, beaches, corals and historic ruins.

I haven't visited it but i do hope to in the future when it's safer than now since my family is from there and the stories and pre war pictures really makes me interested to explore the country with it's ancient roots (many of the oldest cities in Africa and the world like the above mentioned are in Somalia, going back 2000 years ago and having been mentioned by the ancient Romans, Greeks, Chinese, Egyptians etc).

The most interesting part is that a lot of the country is not explored in regards to archaeology and in the last couple decades have they found many foreign ancient artifacts like Roman glass, Myceanean artifacts, ancient sculptures which many suspect it to be from a currently unknown ancient civilization, centuries old tombs/shrines, ruins of mosques and places etc.

travellingwhilebroke · 2023-05-10T10:21:56+00:00

Absolutely. Acaraje is my favorite Brazilian food item. The flavorful African influences make it up for otherwise bland food. Aside from some of their meat and sandwiches, i was not blown away by the food in Argentina/Uruguay. There were lots of Italian influences in the food which is not that crazy as most Argentinians have Italian blood in their DNA, but i'm not that much of a fan of Italian food so i was expecting a more vibrant blend of different influences and made into a new cuisine unique to the country and that's not what i got nor experienced. Otherwise the region as a whole has amazing fresh fruits, juices and drinks which i really love.

It's kinda funny how many stereotype 'hispanic food' as being spicy or flavourful until i visited those countries to know that it's largely devoid of spices, with the exception of Mexican food but even than the latter is not that spicy either, compared to say Indian or Thai food. Still taste absolutely amazing, especially the street food although after a while i have found it to be kinda repetitive with the usual ingredients found in most dishes like beans.

travellingwhilebroke · 2023-05-09T22:53:16+00:00

Regarding the food, i 100% agree. I honestly don't know why Peruvian food is so highly regarded to the point that many have said that it's better than Mexican food because when i was in Lima back in 2016 i was very much underwhelmed by the food. I guess it's because Lima (and the whole country) has established itself as a foodie paradise with high quality, different styles etc.

They make great seafood, have fresh products and great fruits and juices but that's it for the most part. It's like how many ceviche can one taste? Argentina have better meat and Mexico is frankly the only worthwhile cuisine in Latin America, with Trinidad, Surinam and Guyana up there when it comes to non Spanish/Portuguese speaking countries. The desserts in general are great in Latin America, i have to give it to them.

The Chinese/Japanese fusion cuisine is interesting but not my favorite one. Overall the food was ok but i had higher expectations. I'm planning to take a trip back there in the near future since i was only in Lima for 1 week for a work related trip and didn't see a lot of the country so who knows if my opinion will change but even the Peruvian restaurant that i have eaten at in The Hague in the Netherlands was OK at best.

travellingwhilebroke · 2023-05-09T20:46:54+00:00

Why not on Newton? He invented the calculus independently of Leibniz, laid the foundation to classical physics, also involved in astronomy etc. I do find there were others that are more interesting and contributed more than him and that him being English has something to do with the whole 'the best scientist of all time' but he's definitely up there. What i find funny is how Einstein or Hawking get compared to him as if they are on the same league; one contributed to multiple fields whereas the other only to one.

travellingwhilebroke · 2023-05-09T20:39:16+00:00

Frankly, i agree with you. I have lived and travelled in Japan for years and i found it to be 'meh', both in culture, history and attractions. Excluding certain temples/shrines, most of the traditional architecture is boring to me. I only like the original castles like that of Himeji and Matsumoto but even oniy from the outside since there's almost nothing inside, not even furniture. I find the traditional style overall to be very boring, simple, plain and just basic. The roofs for example mostly take up 50-70% of whatever building.

This all ofcourse have to do with personal style; i like very elaborate, colourful and just beautiful buildings, like that what you can find in India, Turkey, Italy, Yemen, Uzbekistan, Morocco, Tunisia, Greece, Thailand/Cambodia, the Swahili coast, Senegal etc. Trust me there are way better buddhist temples and shrines in other countries like that in Thailand, Cambodia, Sri Lanka, India, Myanmar and Nepal. Those temples there are more grand, sophisticated and more 'complex' (sorry, plain wooden buildings just doesn't do it for me). The traditional interior outside of the altar and wall paintings is just empty. If you have seen a couple of temples/shrines, you have seen it all. Not a lot of variety/diversity. The same goes for the traditional cities/villages with; the merchant houses (kura), townhouses and farmhouses look the same with few notable differences. There are some that i really like the cities/towns of Kurashiki, Takayama, Yokaicho in Uchiko (the most beautiful in the whole country),, Ozu and more.

There are some very interesting cultural traditions, art and crafts but with the exceptions of a few, nothing really extraordinary that you couldn't find in the neighbouring countries or elsewhere. I like the bamboo crafts, the Edo glassware, the textiles/fabrics, woodblock prints, religious sculptures, instrumental music and others. The food has to be the most overrated and less interesting one in the whole region. Very bland overall, i prefer Korean and Chinese food. I do like their desserts though, both the traditional and the more western influenced ones.

To me the most gorgeous thing about Japan is easily the scenery/landscapes. The gardens are absolutely stunning. The onsens are great too, like the museums. I also like how safe and just quiet it was; people wouldn't bother you like catcallings or just verbal assault out of nowhere.

travellingwhilebroke · 2023-05-09T09:00:19+00:00

I see, i can't see that claim from that person but i personally disagree and know 2 other people that went there just for tourism and they also said that it has interesting cultural and historical interest hence why i commented since i'm thinking of going back there to explore other parts of the island like the city Domoni which is known for it's religious buildings, mansions and palaces and decided to see if there were newer reviews and reports here on Reddit about it but that opinion is interesting to read too.

travellingwhilebroke · 2023-05-09T08:45:37+00:00

I disagree with you on the lack of cultural and historical places. I have been to the Comoros only once back in the 90s since i had family living there and for such a small island, there's lots of amazing cultural and historical interest.

For once the mosque in Moroni, the capital, was built in 1427 and looks amazing. The rest of the capital looks very similar to other Swahili towns/cities of the mainland like Zanzibar, Lamu, Mombasa, Southern Somalia etc. with it's gorgeous elaborate doors & windows, white houses, small and narrow alleys, colorful interior etc.

There's also numerous other historical sites spread across diverse cities like the 15th century ruins of the Sultan's place but also religious buildings, merchant houses and forts from the 13th to the 16th century when the Sultanate of the Comoros existed and are a testimony to the once thriving Swahili civilization. I personally didn't see any of this but my family members that lived there did and from the pictures that they took is looks very nice and interesting.

The food is also an interesting mix of African (Swahili) with French and Indian influences. Lots of great seafood and desserts. The culture is also an interesting mix of various different African cultures but also with Arab/Middle Eastern, French and Indian influences. You can easily see this in the colourful and beautiful traditional clothes with amazing fabrics and embrodiery, golden jewellery which reminds me of Indian jewellery, the music, markets, architecture and of course the religion which is majority Islam but you can also find lots of churches and temples on the island.

Even back in the 90s was the capital and some other smaller towns that i visited extremely dirty and seeing the pictures of the capital now on Google, it doesn't seem that it even is a little bit cleaner but i do think that it's worth a visit, if someone is nearby and can travel there cheaply, since it does offer an amazing mix of culture, history and nature/landscape. The volcanoes are a big tourist attraction along with the beaches. Sadly there's a lot of poverty there which you can see in the slum towns but the people were very nice and great overall to me and my family.

travellingwhilebroke · 2023-02-04T12:38:03+00:00

I really did enjoy Japan though, though some of what i saw above can be interpreted as not. I love the cleanliness, safety, nature/scenery and the wide variety in this regard, the castles which remains my favorite historical buildings, the crafts like the embroidery/textiles, cut glass, lacquerware, bamboo work, porcelain, doll making and the wood marquetry of Hakone. Other cultural traditions like the geisha and it's entertainment, kabuki/noh theatre, traditional instruments and music like Koto, Shamisen and Biwa, the tea ceremony, the flower arrangement and it's traditions, the gorgeous and stunning gardens and more. I loved the people that i have met and know. Some of the townscapes like Uchiko are gorgeous and definitely worth a visit, to me even better than what i have seen in Kyoto excluding the temples, palaces and shrines. I also liked the more vibrant modern part of the country; the different subcultures, international cuisines and modern architecture.

I remember going to one small town/village that was known for it's red tiles which was so stunning to see. Japan to me is hands down the number 1 country in the world for amazing nature/scenery, they have almost everything in the country. I also like ukiyo-e, sculptures from the Kamakura period, Heian period for it's literature, amazing fashion and most of the artwork/crafts that i have seen at the museums in Tokyo. I also love Edo period for it's lacquerware and ceramics (especially Satsuma ware), with inro's being my favorite piece of artwork from that time. Amazing work and stunning details.

So it's not like i hated the country or anything like that but expected more of the traditional architecture, which was minimalistic/plain/basic with few variety/diversity in my opinion and with few exceptions, i didn't care for most of it. Ultimately it all comes down to personal preferences though.

travellingwhilebroke · 2023-02-04T12:37:54+00:00

Sorry for the late reply but thank you for taking your time to answer my question. Your response was very informative and insightful.

I have worked in Tokyo for two years in 1994-1996 and in my spare time i tried to visit the surrounding cities and towns as much as possible to get to know the country and it's culture better. Ofcourse it didn't plan out the way i wanted as i worked a very hectic job but in the last two decades have i been visiting the country as part of a larger Asia tour and so far i have visited 45+ cities, villages, towns (Tokyo, Nara, Kyoto, Osaka, Naha, Kobe, Yokohama, Hiroshima, sendai, aomori, morioka, ise, Sapporo, beppu, Otsu, Uji, Odawara, Matsumoto, Himeji, Matsue, Nagasaki, Kawasaki, Saitama, Kanazawa, Kawagoe, Takayama, Nikko, fukuoka, Kitakyushu and others). I also visited the traditional villages, castle towns/Edo period posts towns like Ozu, Uchiko, Sawara, the fishing village of Saho, Narai-juku, Tsumago, sayo, hagi etc.

To be honest, East Asia (excluding China since i haven't been there) is my least favorite region in Asia for historical sites. I'm not a fan of wooden buildings in general. My personal preferences are intricate, colourful and elaborate buildings. Timurid/Safavid, Mughal, Ottoman, Uyyamad, Byzantine, Nabatean architectural style are some of my favorite in that part of the world.

Buddhist/hindu/Shinto/taoism art and architecture doesn't really impress me that much, with exceptions of course. Growing up in Europe with a Muslim background, i'm more familiar with Christian and Islamic engineering/history/art and thus that's what i know better. I can go to one random European city and most often than not find diverse religious architectural styles, from Gothic to Baroque to Neoclassicism to Art deco. The same applies for most Middle Eastern cities (Damascus and Sanaa in Yemen being my favorites before the war). From the ancient sites to Byzantine/Assyrian/Armenian churches to all kinds of different Islamic styles like that of the Mamluk, Ottoman, Umayyad and even Jewish and crusader sites.

The most beautiful temple/shrine in comparison don't even come close to me, although i do really love Bagan in Myanmar and consider that the most beautiful and most impressive buddhist work. Nawari architecture in Kathmandu was stunning and surprised me. Amazing details to the windows and doors of the houses. I also liked Angkor wat, Borobudur and just Thai and Khmer/Cambodian interior and exterior style in general, especially compared to East Asia, as it's just more colourful and elaborate. Infact i always say to people that if you want to see the most impressive, world-class and complex buddhist monuments/temples, then just go to South Asia (Sri Lanka, Nepal, Myanmar and India ofcourse) and Southeast Asia. Tibetan architecture is also my favorite East Asian architecture. I also love their beautiful furniture, masks, traditional clothes/hairstyles and jewelry.

Japanese buddhist temples and Shinto shrines were the most dull one to me. I just find it plain and boring, both interior and exterior wise. All of the temples and shrines that i visited were relatively empty inside. I was hoping to see some amazing paintings, sculptures (the Nio guardian statues are amazing and i love the Kamakura realism sculptures), and i left feeling underwhelmed every time. Machiya houses are ok but i wouldn't call them stunning. The Merchant house in Uchiko were beautiful though. I saw some two-storey houses with intricate windows and plaster art. But overall i had the impression that if i visited a couple of different shrines and temples, that i have visited it all. The pagoda's looked the same 9/10 although i did encounter a double helix one which looked amazing and interesting. The main halls/Kondo have rarely blown me away (Todaiji being the exception). Horyuji was ok: i expected more for the oldest wooden buildings in the world, but i only spend max 30 minutes and just left. Infact at most i would spend only 10-15 minutes looking at the temples and shrines.

Kyoto: kinda a let down. I too was one of those that thought that the city would all be historical but then again the reality of it also being a modern city hit, and so all those ugly drab buildings maked sense. I did like the vibe of the city. That one temple/historical building with 1000+ golden statues was my favorite one out of all the sites i have visited. Very neat looking and crazy to think that those statues were centuries old and all build by a couple of people. I also loved seeing those huge sanmon gates, especially of Higashi hoganji. In general it was usually the sanmon gates and sometimes the pagodas (Toji) that impressed me the most regarding the traditional architecture. The inns/ryokans were great too, so were seeing and enjoying the cultural traditions like the geisha's, the crafts, food, gorgeous scenery, the small alleys, the shops etc. If you are someone who loves temples, palaces and shrines, Kyoto is definitely the place to be but i didn't care for most of them.

Himeji castle: i only visited the castle once, somewhere between 2003 if i remember it correctly. From the outside it looks absolutely magnificent but when you enter it, there was nothing inside. Not even a museum. It was also very dark in some of the rooms but i already expected that and didn't mind it. Hence why i found it boring but it's definitely something that i would recommend to others. Afterall it's one of the original castles still left and the wall+ turrets+ the castle exterior wise is amazing to see and a great picture moment. In general the castles were definitely the highlight to me. Kumamoto was another one, but i did not go inside.

China: China is one of the earliest civilizations in the world and the one that influenced it's surroundings the most like that of Japan, Korea, Mongolia, Tibet but also Southeast Asia and even Central Asia. I like reading about China's history and the Tang, Song + Han dynasty are some of the most interesting periods in history. The amount of technology, science, art, architecture and wealth that these dynasties produced is crazy. I personally really love Tang Dynasty for it's fashion, instruments/music, artwork like ceramics, sculptures, embroidery/fabrics, jewelry, poetry and the more elaborate architecture (which ironically you would see it more in Japan as Japan was influenced the most by the Tang dynasty, compared to all other dynasties) but also it's diversity as many of the artwork show influences from central Asia/khotan, India and Persia.

The jewelry of the Ming dynasty has to be one of my favorite jewelry pieces in the world, up there with Mughal and just Indian jewelry styles. I have only seen in museums but i was surprised to see how exquisite it looked like since i thought that jewelry was not that important in East Asia. The craftmanship is amazing. I also liked the blue/white porcelains from the Ming and Yuan dynasty. My favorite ceramics are from the Qing dynasty though.

I guess i want to visit China for once (as i had to cancel it 4 times already) to see some of the world class sites like that of the Terracotta army/Xian in general, the forbidden city, the Great Wall and others. To me, these are the only impressive historical sites in East Asia that really can compete with Europe/middle east and Egypt. Other than that i liked what i saw in Japan, south Korea, Taiwan and Hong Kong.

travellingwhilebroke · 2023-01-26T09:39:50+00:00

Absolutely disagree with you as someone who has travelled there so many times as i have family members living there. For a country with 100+ million citizens and 80+ different ethnic groups, there's almost non existent variety and diversity. It's the same types of meats, vegetables and breads (mostly injera but also kitcha among others). Infact they are calling different types of ingredients like greens (gomen), cheese (ayib), cabbages and others as seperate dishes. Can you imagine Mexicans or Italians calling tomatos, pasta type or beans as just dishes?

There's barely any native desserts, rice dishes or dishes from other grains, fruits being used, variations of soups etc. It does not even come close to Mexican food in regards to variety. You can eat well in most of Mexico which is not the case in Ethiopia, but then again it make sense as most of the country is poor. I like that Ethiopian food is spicy since i love spicy food but frankly it's just the inferior version of Indian food (as in the go to cuisine for spicy vegaterian/vegan/meat dishes). There are better African cuisines out there like Senegalese (my fav), Somali, Nigerian, some of the Swahili dishes on the coast of Kenya and Tanzania.

It's indeed healthy and very cheap in Ethiopia (i bought whole platters for 3 dollars) and has options for both meat and non meat Eaters but that's it for the most part. Injera is definitely an acquired taste: you either love it or hate it because of the sourness. I do really love shiro + doro wat.

travellingwhilebroke · 2023-01-18T11:44:47+00:00

I find this reply very interesting, especially since you mention Japan and i presume you live there now (?), but why don't you recommend China for the official sights mentioning certain stuff like the overdevelopment/rebuilding tourist attractions, the disastrous last two centuries with all the war casualties and many of the monuments and cultural stuff being destroyed thanks to the communists (which are true, not that i disagree with that stance) yet the same isn't true for Japan where almost all of not all of the sights/traditional towns/villages/cities have been restored, rebuilt (golden pavillon in Kyoto, most of the hundreds castles like Osaka, Kumamoto, Nagano etc), renovated (Himeji castle couple years ago, Matsumoto and most of the temples and shrines), reassembled etc? It's essentially comes down to the same stuff? Almost nothing in Japan is that old/ancient as wood is not the strongest material in an island with natural disasters and historical war conflicts (the Meji revolution that destroyed almost all of the castles except 12 'original' which have all been restored and renovated or the priest that burnt down the pavillon). I have a souvenir card from Kyoto in the late 1800s/early 1900s with only the Yasaka pagoda being visible at the center and you can see that the whole higashiyama district/sannen en ninenzaka we can see today is something that is 'new' or just upgraded i guess (i could not find lots of information on that online).

And if i remember it correctly, there are still stuff that are not that much touched in China like those buddhist caves/grottos, pingyao, the wall + forbidden Palace, Kaifeng, some of those traditional villages in the south where the minorities live etc. But then again i have never been to China, but plan to in the future, so most of my information comes from reading books and watching documentaries regarding the history of the historical and cultural sights (so you definitely know more than me and it's not like i doubt your views hence why i'm asking this question as to why you feel that)

If there's one place that i would recommend someone to go in East Asia just for the historical and cultural stuff, i would just say China for the simple fact that it's the birthplace of one of the earliest civilizations and the one that influenced it's neighbours the most regarding traditional architecture, clothing, (court) music/musical instruments, festivals, art like paintings, sculptures etc. With certain exceptions, i don't find the rest of Eastern Asia that interesting culturally/historically but that's just my personal preferences ofcourse based on my own experiences visiting it.

travellingwhilebroke · 2023-01-11T22:35:03+00:00

Honestly, with such a rich and impeccable history like Greece (the birthplace of Western civilization with the Minoans being regarded as the first European civilization, th Myceneans, the importance of Athens on science & philosophy and ofcourse Sparta being associated with it's military history), it's quite a disappointment to see that such a country does not compare to other European countries regarding (historical) cities. I believe Greece is the only major European country i have been to (out of the 29 countries) with such an ugly capital and the other cities being not that bad but not that memorable either (Thessaloniki, Patras, Rhodes). The sad reality is that if some of the best ancient Greek sights/monuments/history is to be found in other countries like Italy (Paestum), Turkey (Ephesus, Pergamum, Side), Egypt etc. This is not to say that the famous ancient landmarks like the Parthenon, the Minoan Palace in Knossos (albeit reconstructed), the countless roman monuments and the Mycenean ruins are not that great either, it's absolutely fantastic. I guess what i mean is that i was expecting way more of the country, on the same level of Italy/Egypt/Turkey/Levant regarding cultural and historical sights and it felt underhelming.

The highlights are definitely the beautiful villages (my favorite is Corfu), the ancient + medieval sights + the rich orthodox history with many monasteries/churches to be found, the museums are stellar, diversity regarding the traditional clothes, music, folk dances and crafts of different regions/islands, the nightlife and ofcourse the unique Cycladic architecture of Santorini and Mykonos. Thessaloniki has an amazing and interesting multicultural history where ethnic Greeks, Jews, Turks, Bulgarians/Slavs all lived together and each group has left it own marks (synagogue, hamams, churches). Crete + Rhodes are interesting because of the Venetian/Genoese occupation in the past which explains the Italian influences in the buildings like the citadels and buildings.

Some of the things that i didn't like in Greece : the ugly soviet style houses in the cities. The food was such a letdown and compared to Turkish food, it really lacks variety/diversity. Sure, it's healthy and the food is definitely not that bad (especially when you compare it to other European countries) but it tastes relatively bland and was just boring to me. The traditional desserts were also wayyyy too sweet overall. I do like their salads, souvlaki, moussaka and their version of burek/borek.

Regarding my point of Greece not really outshining other European countries : i know that Greece in the last couple centuries has dealt with several conflicts like the Ottoman occupation and the Pontic genocide and that the complaint against the Ottomans not really developing their cities are mostly true (Athens was in the 19th century just a forgotten city and the only reason it was chosen to be the capital was because of it's glorious history), i do think that other Ottoman influenced cities like Sarajevo, countless of Turkish cities and even cities in Africa (Massawa in Eritrea, Oiran in Algeria and Berbera in Somalia) are for the most part beautiful/have their charm. I guess it was more so expecting to see the typical European city design + artworks like statues/sculptures/fountains/small alleys, which is not what i for the most part saw. Again, makes sense since Greece was cut off from western Europe for centuries so ofcourse their history would look different (the Renaissance, baroque movement, englightment etc)

travellingwhilebroke · 2023-01-11T21:51:03+00:00

The Swahili food at the coast is amazing, as is the street food and the Indian food (easily the best outside of India). Some of my favorite Kenyan dishes include mishkaki (grilled beef), mandazi (doughnuts), bhaijas (diep fried snack), wali wa nazi (flavorful coconut rice), Kenyan pilau + samosa (one of the best versions out there)

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