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Laurel Munshower | Travel Writer & Editor in Abu Dhabi & Dubai

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Pittsburgh, PA native now residing in Dubai, UAE as an American expat and travel journalist

My Sri Lankan Escape Into the Pandemic

Posted on May 25, 2021 by travelaurel

Reading time 11 minutes

Abu Dhabi Food UAE

The Abu Dhabi Snack Stroll

Posted on April 16, 2021 by travelaurel

Reading time 9 minutes

& All The Rest Expat Life

Bye-bye Dubai

Posted on September 19, 2020 by travelaurel

Reading time 3 minutes

A quick guide to shopping in Marrakech

Posted on August 2, 2020 by travelaurel

Reading time 10 minutes

An epic Paris tour by foot; or, Walking 15 miles in my shoes

Posted on June 5, 2020 by travelaurel

Reading time 15 minutes

How to explore ancient Carthage in just 2 hours

Posted on May 21, 2020 by travelaurel

Reading time 7 minutes

& All The Rest Fashion

Fashion that gives you those holiday feels

Posted on May 14, 2020 by travelaurel

Reading time 5 minutes

5 of the best temples to visit in Angkor (that aren’t Angkor Wat)

Posted on May 9, 2020 by travelaurel

Reading time 7 minutes

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A year ago today I shared snaps of autumnal Philadelphia. So here, have some more for autumn 2022.

Happy #WorldElephantDay from #Rajaji National Park in the #Garhwal #Himalayas. This was my second experience with #elephants in the wild, following close encounters on #safari in the Masai Mara. But while an #elephant never forgets, I most certainly do. In this case, forgetting to transfer all my photos from that Kenyan safari over to a new drive before I reformatted the one they were living on, and lost them all!

Happy weekend! Enjoy some Costa Rican critters. Spoiler alert: no sloths. They are much harder to find (especially in the dense, wild jungle I was usually in) than the marketing/tourism board would have you believe! But I’m not complaining, there was always plenty to marvel at.

My final stop in #CostaRica was the #Caribbean coast. #PuertoViejo, a jungle-backed beach town filled with backpackers, laid-back expats and stylish sun-worshippers. I joined the latter category at Hotel Aguas Claras, a plush beachside hotel in a refurbished Victorian mansion filled with decor by the multimedia-artist owner and imbued with a retro-Havana or Palm Springs vibe. Scroll through for a taste of the digs — I’ve included a peek at my tropical dream home, one of the hotel’s villas, on the last slide.

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5 of the best temples to visit in Angkor (that aren’t Angkor Wat)

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