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AROUND THE WORLD

Discover destinations and places that inspire. Flying Baguette takes you to a dreamy travel adventure around the globe.

Phuket
  In Surin, that raw idyllic stretch, about 7km of imperceptibly inhabited coastline across the Andaman Sea which lies on the west coast of Phuket, Thailand’s largest island; it is where nature triumphs over man’s ego. On its powdery shore, swaths of palm trees stand dignified. Others inclined irregularly; reaching out...
Barcelona city
Barcelona's appeal begins with its iconic buildings, and the best way to appreciate them is to know the artist behind the city's most impressive landmarks.  My first glimpse of La Sagrada Familia, a fanciful looking cathedral and the most imposing landmark in the city of Barcelona, is of curious tourists...
Between a 150m-deep rocky gorge to Spain’s oldest bullfighting ring, Ronda is a place not just to see architecture influenced by the Romans, Arabs and the Catholic Monarchs but also dreams and dramas.  Through the large glass paneled windows blurred by the cold mist of the Andalusian winter, the clip-clop...
Men at work
In Malaysia, the country’s cultural diversity and soul is best expressed through its love for food and the makan.  The city train heading to the town center whizzes by fast after halting for a few seconds at Kuala Lumpur Sentral Station. One can still hear its engine, like an ominous...
Flamenco
Seville is dazzling and bewitching. It's a city of story and souls - from its flamencos, flourishing architecture and muti-layered faiths. Seville blooms at any given season, come night or day. He could have been a converso. But he is definitely a gitano.He has the song that echoes of his...
Lucca
  August is coming to a close in Lucca, a masterfully preserved medieval Italian city situated some 50 kilometers to the west of Florence and a short 15 minute drive from Pisa’s Galileo Galilei International Airport. The sweltering Tuscan heat of midsummer had begun to wane. It is at this...
 Against the closing of spring and just as summer is about to make its anticipated entrance, our car zoomed along the curvy asphalt, passing several “Ausfahrt” signs with France miles away. The further we drove, the more it became apparent that we had come the wrong way. How on...
Bangkok has it all. But what makes every traveler keeps on coming back to Thailand's capital? The secret lies in its notorious street food.  Why do I find it hard not to be charmed or even excited by the shattering sound of ice when liquid is poured over it? Then...
Office of Sigmund Freud in Vienna
 Between Vienna’s imposing Parliament Building and its famous university which dates back to medieval times, there sits a classic newspaper-laden Viennese café that bears the impress of uncompromising dignity.Inside you will find a wooden interior of exquisitely varnished columns, panels and coffee tables as well as incandescent lamps and...
on some occasions, certain details are more questionable than others. For example: the day of the week. Could it still be Friday? Most likely. But it surely wasn’t a Friday because I am in Kuala Lumpur International Airport (KLIA), pushing a trolley and ambling around like a drunken sailor....
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