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Things to do in Amsterdam

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 Amsterdam Every year, to celebrate my birthday, I travel somewhere, in 2019 I went to Morocco , in 2020 to Israel and this year (2022) I decided to visit Amsterdam. It was a long time since I wanted to visit this city and there I have a friend that I wanted to see, so with these three points combined, I decided to visit Amsterdam in winter. I spent five days in Amsterdam and I visited the city plus some places outside like Zaanse Schans, Zandvoort and Haarlem. One important thing is that I forgot my camera so all the pictures were taken with my phone, maybe the quality is not high but I think they are anyway beautiful. Amsterdam is the capital and the most populous city of the Netherlands, with a population close to a million. It is colloquially referred to as the "Venice of the north" due to the large number of canals which form a UNESCO world heritage site since 2010. Amsterdam was founded at the Amstel, the city's name derives from the Amstel dam, originating as a sm

Abandoned sanatorium in Tskaltubo Georgia

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Tskaltubo As a photographer, I have an urban photography project, I visit abandoned places and shoot with a model. I do it in Budapest , where I live, and if possible, while I am travelling, for example, in Kyrgyzstan, where I lived for two months . I want to say that it's illegal and hazardous to enter abandoned buildings/places, so please don't take this post as an invitation to do the same. During my trip to Georgia, you can read about it here and here , on the last day I visited the city of Tskaltubo. It is close to Kutaisi and reachable in 20 minutes by taxi and marshrutka. Because it was a last-minute decision, I visited the place alone, so no portraits. Tskaltubo is a spa resort in west Georgia, it is known for its radon carbonate mineral springs, whose natural temperature of 33-35 °C (91-95 °F) enables the water to be used without preliminary heating. The first bathhouses were built as early as the 1870s. Tskaltubo was especially popular in the Soviet era, attracting a

Travel in Georgia, first part west Georgia | travel blog

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Travel in Georgia First I want to say that this is about the country in the Caucasus region, on the Black sea, near Russia, Turkey, Azerbaijan and Armenia, so if you were looking for a state in the USA you are in the wrong place, but I invite you to continue because you can see fantastic nature and read about an excellent adventure. I travelled to Georgia for two weeks in September visiting a big part of the country, this month is the end of the main touristic season there. Moving from one place to another can be time-consuming if you use public transportation (marshrutka) or hitchhiking, but it can be really authentic and interesting.  After my experience in Kyrgyzstan in 2021, I wanted to visit another ex-soviet country, I am interested in the background, culture and history of these countries and Georgia is the second of a long list. In this post I will talk about the west part of the country, the city of Kutaisi, and the west caucasian mountains: the Svaneti region, I didn't v

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