I wasn’t originally planning on visiting Turkey. My plan was to head straight to Serbia but since my flight had a stop in Istanbul I decided to might as well check it out. I gave myself 2 weeks to see the country and was surprised to learn that there was so much to see.
Turkey is a very interesting country with a lot of history. It’s located both in the European and Asian continents. It’s …
A lot of travelers I’ve met along the way told me they didn’t like Bangkok. They said it was too busy, or too crazy, or too hot, too dirty, etc. Maybe they just don’t like big cities. But my guess is most of them just didn’t spend enough time here to really experience the city.
Bangkok is a big transportation hub in Southeast Asia and many travelers end up here just to make a connection …
I was looking at Couchsurfing’s website one day while I was in Bangkok and someone posted something about going to Ayutthaya. I’ve seen similar posts before but I actually had no idea what’s to see there. But since it was pretty close to Bangkok, around 1.5 hours by bus, I decided might as well join.
We decided to do take the train on the way there as it seemed to be the popular way to …
I was recently working with integrating Stripe payments with a Django app. Since it's a subscription-based web application, it made a lot of sense for us to use webhooks, which Stripe supports. You basically set a URL in your Stripe account settings where Stripe could POST when an event occurs (eg. trial ends, subscription canceled due to an unpaid invoice, etc.). This eliminates the need of having to poll the Stripe server to check …
I originally planned on heading straight to Belgrade, Serbia from Bangkok, but while searching for flights I noticed that the cheaper airlines go to Dubai first in the United Arab Emirates. Since I haven’t been there I figured I’ll stop by for a couple of days.
I was there during Ramada (from July 10 to early August). Dubai has very strict rules regarding fasting during this time. Everyone, including tourists/non-Muslims, are not allowed to eat …