Hello! Welcome to Travels with Talek.

This blog was created to inspire your travels and to explore experiences in interesting locations. What you will find are thoughts on how to immerse yourself in local culture, food, history and people.

I want you to be as excited about traveling as I am. I want you to imagine yourself in a Turkish bazaar inhaling the smells of the spice market.

To feel the exhilaration of landing in a new and exciting destination for the first time. To marvel at the Statue of Liberty as you slowly drift past on the Ferry. It’s all about the experiences that I hope will stay with you for a lifetime.

Travel makes you happy. It just makes you feel good in a way nothing else does. Seeing a place for the first time is especially electrifying; tasting new foods, finding your way around, communicating.

The feeling of being a world citizen you gain by sharing a meal with a Chinese farmer on a train from Shanghai to Xi’an is priceless. The thrill of zip-lining across crystalline lakes in Cuba is exhilarating.

The challenge of finding your way around the hutong, or alleyways, of Beijing is rewarding. I also believe that travelling outside your comfort zone helps you hone practical skills used in your day-to-day life like problem solving, goal setting and communication.

I want to share these experiences with you and inspire you to create your own unique experiences. On your way to these adventures I hope to provide you with useful information to help you get there.

Check out the blog, start planning, take that first step and live the dream. Let me know if you have any travel related questions and I will try my best to answer them. Or better yet, come with me on a future trip.

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