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UNESCO Sites Visited
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Where am I?
I’m Piia Mustamäki, an academic wanderluster, a Finn, and a New Yorker, currently based in Abu Dhabi where I teach at NYU Abu Dhabi’s writing program. I’ve visited 90 countries and lived in 6. These are my essays: blog posts, some longer essays, some a bit experimental. Most are about traveling. There are 1001 worlds out there to learn from and to explore.
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In a tired haze the previous night — after a sauna and mineral baths combo following a day of hiking in the mountains — I had made a ridiculous plan to travel in one day from the Northeastern edge of South Korea to the southwest corner to the port town of Mokpo. I made the …
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As much as I’ve traveled, perhaps one of the most exotic places I’ve ever visited, at least to other people, is the Finnish Lapland. Why I don’t quite notice its exoticism as quickly as others is because I go there every single summer. In fact, I’ve been there every summer without fail since I remember, even though …
I had already visited Uganda once, but that time I never went on a game drive. This might sound strange as safari is one of the biggest reasons people travel to Africa, but I was happy just visiting my friends, who had recently moved to Uganda, and going road tripping with them and Danny. I was also happy …
I live in New York where we’re blessed with amazing food from all around the world: you can get Syrian falafel, the best sushi I’ve had outside Japan, Georgian kachapuri, Vietnamese pho, Chinese dim sum, you name it. Mexican food is no exception. Yet recently I had visitors from Finland, who were upset about the …
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Meridian: The APWT Drunken Boat Anthology of New Writing
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