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Printable PDF guides built from my own trips: every stop with how long to stay, how to get there and what it costs in local currency, AED, USD and EUR. Prices, links and rules are rechecked every month, so the file you get is never more than two months old.

South Korea

Each guide works on its own, with the same practical pages (getting around, before you go, manners and food needs) so you never need two.

Cover of South Korea in 8 days
Seoul to Busan · 8 days · 34 pages

South Korea in 8 days

My full trip: a guided loop south through temples, tea fields and hanok villages, Busan by the sea, then Seoul's palaces, food, design and hidden bars.

  • Every stop with time to spend, how to get there and ticket prices in KRW, AED, USD and EUR
  • Seoul metro lines, stations and exits for every move, plus taxi fares
  • Driving in Korea, tour or driver, and the Seoul classics I skipped
USD 9AED 33 · EUR 8
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Cover of South Korea in 7 days
The essentials · 7 days · 30 pages

South Korea in 7 days

The first timer's route: three days in Seoul, a day at the DMZ, a night in a Jeonju hanok and two days in Busan, timed so you catch the drone show.

  • Palaces in hanbok, N Seoul Tower, Seoul Sky and the Secret Garden
  • KTX and bus legs with fares, and the day order that avoids every closing day
  • Busan's Sky Capsule, Gamcheon, Jagalchi and the coast
USD 8AED 29 · EUR 7
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Cover of Seoul by design
Design, tech and hidden doors · 4 days · 22 pages

Seoul by design

Concept stores, robots, giant screens and museums by day, and a bar behind a bookshelf, a shrine or a fridge door to end each evening.

  • Gentle Monster, CASETiFY, Musinsa, Leeum, Hyundai Motorstudio and more
  • Asia's 50 Best bars, with a verified plan B for every night
  • Tech habits for Seoul: apps, kiosks, robots
USD 5AED 18 · EUR 4
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K-beauty and spas · 3 days · 19 pages

Seoul glow

Olive Young hauls, personal colour analysis, a ginseng facial, a barefoot forest walk and an 18 step Korean head spa right before your flight.

  • A time for every stop, so treatments land where they should
  • How skin clinics work for visitors, and the 2026 tax refund rules
  • Sale weeks, testers and what to buy
USD 5AED 18 · EUR 4
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All four South Korea guidesUSD 19 · AED 70 · EUR 17Buy the bundle

Saudi Arabia

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Tombs, canyons and a mirror · 3 days · 20 pages

AlUla in 3 days

My long weekend in AlUla, rechecked for 2026: Hegra's tombs, a helicopter over the oasis, Elephant Rock at sunset, Maraya and a slow afternoon in Ashar Valley.

  • Every stop with time, how to get there and prices in SAR, AED, USD and EUR
  • How AlUla works: the car, the Winter Park tours, the Ashar Valley gates
  • The classics I skipped: balloons, stargazing, Harrat, Sharaan
USD 6AED 22 · EUR 5
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China

Each guide works on its own, with the same practical pages (getting around, before you go, manners and food needs) so you never need two.

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Caves, dunes and rainbow mountains · 4 days · 43 pages

Dunhuang & Zhangye in 4 days

My Silk Road trip, rechecked for 2026 with Chinese sources: the Mogao Caves, the singing dunes of Mingsha Shan, cliff temples in the Qilian Mountains and the Rainbow Mountains at sunset.

  • Every stop with time, how to get there and prices in CNY, AED, USD and EUR
  • The Mogao Caves and the Rainbow Mountains explained: tickets, booking, the route
  • A short history of the Silk Road oasis towns, a full budget and a food guide
USD 14AED 51 · EUR 13
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The 8D city, karst and caves · 3 days · 40 pages

Chongqing in 3 days

My Chongqing trip, rechecked for 2026: monorails through buildings, hotpot in a wartime shelter, the Wulong karst, the Saturday drone show over the rivers and an abseil to the Buddha of Tianyan Cave.

  • Every stop with time, how to get there and prices in CNY, AED, USD and EUR
  • The Wulong karst and the drone show explained, with reviewed tours only
  • A short history of the mountain city, a full budget, where to stay and a food guide
USD 12AED 44 · EUR 11
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Kazakhstan

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Canyons, the Silk Road and the desert · 10 days · 55 pages

Kazakhstan in 10 days

My trip across Kazakhstan, rechecked for 2026: red canyons and turquoise lakes around Almaty, the Silk Road cities of the south and three days by 4x4 across the Mangystau desert.

  • Every stop with time, how to get there and prices in KZT, AED, USD and EUR
  • The night train, Turkestan and the Mangystau 4x4 tours explained, with reviewed tours only
  • A short history of Kazakhstan, a full budget, where to stay and a food guide
USD 15AED 55 · EUR 13
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