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Strange brew: Five truly odd and obscure beer styles
Strange brew: Five truly odd and obscure beer styles
Beer is a wonderful, comforting thing.  As a homebrewer, whenever I am experimenting with a new recipe or ingredient, I’m left with the knowledge that if I don’t hit the flavor or profile I’m aiming for, at least what I’m…
The top places for beer in Brussels
The top places for beer in Brussels
Belgium is one of the premiere destinations in the world for beer.  It is the home to a number of indigenous and unique styles, many of which you’ve likely heard of: Trappist ales, strong ales, wits, lambics, faros, oud bruins,…
The Top Ten Unique Backpacking Destinations
The Top Ten Unique Backpacking Destinations
Travelling as a backpacker allows you some real flexibility and is a great way to really dive in to and experience the country you’re visiting.  While it isn’t the only way to travel, going by backpack is a great experience…
Iceland – Encounters with shark-jello
Iceland – Encounters with shark-jello
One of the first things that stands out about Iceland is the quality of its food.  The seafood, lamb, and even staples like pizza, are superior.  But, then, it figures that when everything is 30-50% more expensive than anywhere else,…

My my, it’s been a little while, hasn’t it? Well, I’m back!

It’s been more than three years since my last post!  A lot’s happened since way back when, and it’s time to catch you all up on what I’ve been up to, and what you can expect in the near future from…

epiccuriDecember 17, 2017 Backpacking, Musings No Comments
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15 Incredible Towers of the Islamic World

15 Incredible Towers of the Islamic World

I’ll be honest – I’m a sucker for monuments and ruins.  Indiana Jones was and still is one of my favorite movie series growing up and there’s just something about seeing some big, ruined, monumental thing left behind from some ancient…

epiccuriSeptember 13, 2014September 13, 2014 Inspiration, Travel 2 Comments
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A Backpacker’s Travel Guide to Bukhara

A Backpacker’s Travel Guide to Bukhara

Bukhara Welcome to Bukhara, where the history is just as rich as anywhere on the Silk Road.  It is a city of scholars, and at one point it was the center of learning for the entire world.  While the West was…

epiccuriSeptember 8, 2014 Guides, Travel No Comments
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A Backpacker’s Travel Guide to Samarkand

A Backpacker’s Travel Guide to Samarkand

Samarkand Samarkand is old.  Very old.  As in, it is so old it could be featured in an episode of Doctor Who or in an Indiana Jones movie. This city, for many people, is the Silk Road.  The minarets, the colorful tilework that…

epiccuriSeptember 3, 2014September 8, 2014 Guides, Travel No Comments
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A Backpacker’s Travel Guide to Tashkent

A Backpacker’s Travel Guide to Tashkent

Tashkent It’s really hard at first to figure out what to make of Tashkent.  It’s a city of 2.3 million, with an odd blend of Russian and Uzbek influences, a growing restaurant, cultural, and nightlife scene, authoritarian Presidency, near police-state…

epiccuriSeptember 1, 2014September 8, 2014 Guides, Travel No Comments
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A Backpacker’s Travel Guide to Kokand

A Backpacker’s Travel Guide to Kokand

Kokand You’ll see little today in Kokand that recalls the city’s former glory as a religious center of Central Asia and capital of the Kokand Khanate during the 18th and 19th centuries.  Though it was at one point second only…

epiccuriAugust 28, 2014September 1, 2014 Guides, Travel No Comments
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A Backpacker’s Travel Guide to Osh

A Backpacker’s Travel Guide to Osh

Osh Osh is the second biggest city in Kyrgyzstan and also it’s oldest, with a history going back more than 3,000 years.  Yep, it’s ancient.  However, despite that impressive age and what one would expect to be a plethora of…

epiccuriAugust 26, 2014September 5, 2014 Guides, Travel No Comments
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A Backpacker’s Travel Guide to Kashgar

A Backpacker’s Travel Guide to Kashgar

Kashgar This is the western edge of China and one of the great market stops on the old Silk Road.  For more than 2000 years, Kashgar has been an important trading post for all of western China.  And it still is…

epiccuriAugust 25, 2014August 27, 2014 Guides, Travel No Comments
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A Backpacker’s Travel Guide to Kuqa

A Backpacker’s Travel Guide to Kuqa

Kuqa Kuqa (also known as Kucha) is not a pretty place.  This former Tokharian Buddhist city-state on the trail of the old Silk Road is dirty and poor.  It’s divided between an Uyghur Old Town in the west and a…

epiccuriAugust 23, 2014August 27, 2014 Guides, Travel 1 Comment
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A Backpacker’s Travel Guide to Turpan

A Backpacker’s Travel Guide to Turpan

Turpan Turpan is hot.  Very hot.  It sits in the Turpan Depression, the second lowest point on earth behind the Dead Sea, roasting in the still air.  In Turpan, the summers are very long and boiling hot, the winters are short…

epiccuriAugust 21, 2014August 27, 2014 Guides, Travel No Comments
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