Hey r/solotravel- its me Kyra-AMA from No Country For Moving and Black Solo Female Traveler. Get at me with Q/ if you dare! I'm an open book!

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Solo travel means waking up early when you want. No crowds at the Treasury!

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I told myself I would go solo travel through Europe if I ever made it 6 months without a seizure. Today is my first day abroad :)

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A highlight of my solo backpacking trip to the Faroe Islands. Marginally better Spring Break destination than Cancun I'd say.

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Leaving japan after a month, fell in love with this peak.

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Solo travel at any age - my first time backpacking Europe (age 17) VS last week, 22 years later - Prague

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When someone starts playing the guitar at a hostel

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You guys told me about Hostel Uppelink in Ghent, Belgium and the view that some of the rooms had, I still wasn't expecting it to be quite like this...

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Enjoying the midnight sun alone on a mountain in Lofoten

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Always wanted to go to Middle-Earth. Went solo hiking in Iceland and found it.

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I usually never find myself taking pictures of cities/towns, but Banff had me feeling some sort of way. Such an amazingly sweet place nestled in the heart of the Rockies 💙

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4 days, 4 states, 4 tanks of gas, but this moment made it all worth it!

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First time spending my birthday alone yet still one of my best birthdays.

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The best thing about solo travel was not having to stick to timelines or a fixed plan, and not having to satisfy other people's demands while exploring a city. This was around 1130 at night, when i decided to return to Senso Ji temple in Asakusa, Tokyo, Japan [OC]

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I decided to create some books to document all of my travels, and this is the final result!

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The Solo Traveller

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Don’t be afraid to wander! Stumbled across this cemetery in Kyoto during a festival tonight. All the lanterns were candle lit and it was stunning! Without wandering without a plan and getting lost you miss out on opportunities like this!

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Went on a National Park tour by myself in late May. Here is my favorite photo from Crater Lake National Park.

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Just back from a solo adventure in Thessaloniki area of Greece. Discovered this shipwreck off Potamos beach. Amazing place.

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North Vietnam. GO THERE!

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Ventured on a solo trip to Juneau, AK and has the most mesmerizing experiences. Absolutely incredible. 👌🏻 took this on July 10th, 2018 with my iPhone 6s.

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All 6 of us are solo travellers. We met in the hostel the night before and had an epic day adventuring around Dalat Vietnam

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Sunrise trek @ Mt Batur in Bali, Indonesia

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Just got back from a solo trip to the Philippines. This is my favorite photo taken in Rizal Province

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The first stop in my 6 month solo adventure is Portugal, and it's amazing!

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Packing tip: Folding Jeans/Pants

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First day of my 90 day European solo adventure!

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Came across this on my first day of solo travel, how fitting.

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About a month ago, I went on my first ever solo trip to Japan. Was nervous going into it, but experienced what probably were the best two weeks of my life. The stories on this subreddit really inspired me to go for it. AMA

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Solo travel to Norway

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Weirdly confrontational hostel in Estonia. I'm five out of these six things...

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Had a work trip in Arizona, I've never been. So I asked them to extend my stay a couple more days. I rented a car and headed North.

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When your friends are ignorant. Guess its time to solo travel!

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Making new friends in Bogota, Colombia - my first solo travel experience!

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Just got home yesterday from a 10.5 month (mostly) solo trip- these are the places I went

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Gardens by the bay in Singapore, nice place to take a break of the city, within the city.

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40 common tourist scams

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Backpackers- Please don't do this. It gives all of us a bad name. This was taken in Hong Kong by a friend.

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My best pic from my 5000 km bike trip through Vietnam!

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My view during my solo New Zealand trip

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Just finished my [19M] first long solo trip through Japan AMA

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From recent solo trip to Kaua'i, Hawai'i

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Fifth night of solo travel in Seattle. Glad I arrived just in time for the cherry blossoms (View from the hostel)

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Solo Traveled up to Oregon a few weeks ago. Made some friends, took some photos.

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Ice cream in the Alps: what real happiness looks like!

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The sixth stop on my half year solo adventure, Hamburg, Germany. (Week 3)

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Motorbiking in Laos

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Acqua Alta Bookshop, Venice

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First Solo Trip around Europe- Photo taken at First; Grindelwald; Switzerland!

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The eleventh stop on my six month solo adventure, Bergen, Norway! (My favorite yet)

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Solo camping in Iran

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Enjoying the Beauty of El Nido: Kayaking in the Philippines!

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There’s no one in Kotor this time of year so I went up into the mountains

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Took the advice of someone on here to drive south from Monterey on PCH. It's a beautiful drive.

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Just bought a one-way flight to Lima for $184.40! Thanks r/solotravel for your advice about my first solo trip!

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I traveled through Mexico City solo. Took a lot of pictures of urban decay. Here is the one shot of nature I captured.

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Accomplished travel is always worth the hardship. I’m coming to the end of three months of solo roaming about Norway. Here’s the beautiful Hjorundfjord from the Saksa trail in Urke! Good to see everyone here so encouraged to leave their shells for new horizons. Hope this helps some of you!

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I solo traveled for 500 days. Here’s me in Oman! And a brief recap I wrote about my experience.

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On the road to Mount Cook, New Zealand, during my first solo trip! (x-post from /r/travel)

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I just got back from a 2 week 4,500 mile solo trip. I visited 8 National Parks (2 of which were in Canada), saw a concert at Red Rocks, and visited the oldest known trees in the world!

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This is one of the awesome people I met in Kyoto during my first solo trip. She was a bartender and part time performer. Here she is singing for a few of us at the bar.

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Ngorongoro Crater (Tanzania) zebra. Was so cool to see so many here on my trip in June (This place is the Garden of Eden... but with a shit tonne of tourists...)

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When You Wander You Find The Strangest Things - Michael Jackson Shrine In Munich, Germany

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Hanging with my new friend in Thailand! I know it gets talked about a lot, but it really is a beautiful place that's worth a visit.

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First time, I feel liberated

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I took my first ever flight this year and I was traveling solo! This was my view flying into Chicago this past August in the early morning.

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I spent years planning to build a camper-van to solo travel out of and its finally happening (more in comments)

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frozen waterfall in Washington

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Travelled alone to Los Angeles for a week to do a little hiking, eating, and soul searching. My favorite place I stumbled upon was the abandoned LA zoo in Griffith Park.

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The Sunset Tonight in Arizona

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Took a solo trip last september to Switzerland. This here is Matterhorn, Zermatt - one of the most beautiful places I have ever been to.

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Travelled to the Shetland Islands just for a photo like this!

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Touching waterfalls in Iceland

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What I'm packing for 6 months in SE Asia

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My bedroom in a Bedouin cave just outside Little Petra, Jordan. Was going to stay 2 nights, ended up staying a week.

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Soloing Europe was the best decision of my life

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Garden of Cosmic Speculation

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Currently in Medellin - just thought I'd post this shot I took from Penon De Guatape!

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View overlooking Volcan Atitlan from Indian Nose in Guatemala back in April prior to moving on to my next destination after staying strictly on the lake for 3 months!

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Amazing beach near Sintra, Portugal

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I'm just over two weeks into my four month trip around the US. This is my first ever dispersed campsite. Not too shabby.

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A stranger snagged this picture of me while I was walking through the Angkor complex. My favorite photo from this trip, thank you random soul taking this!

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This cozy thatched roof cottage in a tiny British village stole my heart

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Machu Pichu Yesterday

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Great writings on bathroom walls @Laos

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Solo backpacking in Denali National Park. I spent two nights by myself with a backcountry permit.

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The evening sun - west coast of Scotland facing the Isle Of Rum, 2015

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Every country's top tourist attraction according to TripAdvisor

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HostelWorld has a new who's staying feature... pretty interesting.

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Thank you /r/solotravel, I made it to Florence and the weather couldn't have been better :)

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Taken during a solo cycle trip through Italy this summer

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Just wanted to share that today is my half year solo travel-versary! In the last 6 months I've hitchhiked ~10,000km, volunteered with 5 HelpX/WWOOF hosts and crashed with countless Couchsurfers. Now to head south for the winter...

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I was stranded alone for 5 hours at the train station in Porto, Portugal due to a transportation strike. This lovely family saw me, disheveled and exhausted, clearly in need of intellectual stimulation. They invited me to be the bank in their game of monopoly

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Pointing out Everest from 18,000 feet up (Kala Patthar)

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Malcesine, Italy - truly a paradise

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My days in cuba... It looks like a scene from cars movie

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Packing list for 25 day solo trip to Thailand

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A Burmese bride and groom over a sunrise in Bagan, Myanmar

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Put my 2 weeks notice to go on a yearlong solo trip starting with hitchhiking the 4 corners of the US.

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My evening view

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I'm the girl who wasn't feeling well a couple days ago so I was contemplating staying in bed and not exploring the city. Well, I'm glad I pushed myself because it was breathtaking. Porto, Portugal

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Early morning on the Great Wall of China with no tourists

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Thank you guys for inspiring me. Finally received this in the mail!!

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Tapestry shop in Oaxaca, Mexico

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Tokyo, Japan

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Starting my solo ancestral trek. First in my family to return to the motherlands. Standing in Wicklow Mountains, a few km from where we lived until the 1860s.

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A girl I met in Bled, Slovenia whilst solo travelling, she changed my life

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Seriously... Why do tourists do this? Mo Paeng Waterfalls (Pai, Thailand)

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The cheapest countries in Europe, ranked (image/map)

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Just made my itinerary for 4 months solo female travel in South America from March and booked my flights yesterday!

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Thank you from Amsterdam, r/solotravel!

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My first solo trip - Orchha, India

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I'm enjoying 2017 so far (Charles Bridge, Prague)

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Found some great swimming while exploring Copenhagen by myself

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Majestic Iceland

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I made my first attempt at photographing the Aurora Borealis and the night sky in Alaska over the holidays. Here are the results.

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Don't miss Singapore on your next trip to the SEA. It's amazing and perfect for solo travelers and families alike!

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2 months to go in Yangshuo, China

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Been traveling solo through Australia for the past 9 months and took this photo 2 weeks in. Still my favourite one so far (Kata-Tjuta, NT)

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A piece of paradise in Koh Tao, Thailand

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Hallstatt was beautiful today! I have 10 days between here and Prague after a summer in Europe. Does anyone have any ideas for the waning days of this trip!

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Budapest!!

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Autumn in Dublin

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On the canyon edge in Bryce this AM at a chilly 7 degrees, looking out at the Grand staircase. These spaces matter, they are sacred, not just to First Nations... to me, to anyone that has been blessed to lay their eyes on them and to feel the stillness. This land is your land, this land is my land'.

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Everything I own on my back, wandering through the world

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Norway is worth every penny just look at this picture, it's priceless!

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My favorite pic from my Solo day-trip to San Fran

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The highlight of my volunteer time in Thailand... also the highlight of my life thus far.

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Doing some solo travel of Europe at the moment, so glad I decided to make a trip to Hallstatt, Austria!

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Bummin around Patagonia solo. This is near Bariloche, headed further south in a few weeks!

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Well I made it. 62 year old man in Santa Ana El Salvador with a backpack

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Hiking in Kyrgyzstan, Central Asia is beautiful.

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Singapore, a nice place for solo travelers and photographers.

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First solo roadtrip - found an awesome little town in Arkansas that’s in love with rock n roll and Star Wars (but who isn’t?)

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Xmas beach vacay Thailand

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The view from the top of my hotel in Hong Kong

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Sometimes you just gotta kickback and relax... 15 € per night on Koh Tao

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3rd day in India; at this rate it's gonna be my favourite country of this trip (pic is in munnar)

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View of Berlin from the Berliner Dom

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Freedom!

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Queretaro, Mexico went on an adventure in small towns in Mexico, a lot o amazing views!

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Try to visit Rome on weekdays! Here's the Spanish steps, on a usual Saturday in October

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Sunset in Tokyo from the Odaiba ferris wheel

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