The Adventures of Nicole

Updated May 2026, Socotra in Photos was originally written in October 2018 Rightly nicknamed ‘The Most Alien-Looking Place On Earth’, Yemen’s Socotra Island has bewildered and beguiled travelers and traders for over two millennia. Continue on to see Socotra in photos. Start here: The Socotra travel guide Grab a copy of Bradt’s first ever Socotra guidebook to help you plan!

Updated May 2026, Albania Food: Must-Try Dishes from Albania was originally published in December 2024 Albania is a foodie paradise, sat at the crux of delicious influences moving east to west. The cuisine of Albania is entirely its own, but do expect to see Mediterranean, Balkan, and Ottoman influences intertwined into its foods much like you will experience traveling across...

Updated May 2026, Trekking to Pik Engles, Tajikistan was originally published in January 2022 Returning to the Tajik Wakhan, I had moved the trek to Pik Engles Meadows to the top of my priority list, located in the southern sliver of Tajikistan, sitting on the border with Afghanistan. The trek to Pik Engles’ southern meadows was straightforward, easy for Tajikistan- owing to ...

Updated May 2026, Murghab Travel Guide + 4 Things to Do in Murghab, Tajikistan was originally written in March 2020 Welcome to the wild wild east! Murghab is a peculiar, rugged frontier town located in Tajikistan’s Eastern Pamir at a staggering elevation of 3,650 meters. Murghab wasn’t much anything aside from an area that Kyrgyz nomads wandered through until the 1890s when t...

Updated May 2026, The Independent Republic of Užupis: A Borderless Bohemian Adventure was originally published in June 2025 Welcome to Užupis, the self-proclaimed republic in the heart of Vilnius, Lithuania. A once neglected and crumbling district, Užupis has transformed into a thriving bohemian enclave of artists, intellectuals, and entrepreneurs. I ended up in Užupis by cha...