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This has not been a good few weeks for humanity. As much as we have progressed in certain areas, humanity has the uncanny ability...
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want to keep track of your country count? try the “been”...
There is an ongoing controversy among avid travelers as to how exactly to count countries and what constitutes a country. Organizations such as the...
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airline passenger restrictions and special requests: how far is too far?
Saturday's post about Malaysian Airlines' decision to create a child-free zone in their luxury first class caused a bit of a firestorm among my readers...
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in suzhou, china: getting the social studies textbook feeling
By guest blogger Fabien Reynaud.
During a recent 16 day trip to China, my partner and I spent a day in Suzhou, a major city...
berlin: a few travel tips
By guest blogger Fabien Reynaud.
Thinking about a trip to Berlin? Perhaps a few of these personal travel tips will come in handy. Berlin is...
from london to the simple life in altus, arkansas
By guest blogger Fabien Reynaud.
I never thought that after viewing a television program, my partner and I would end up in what at first...
welcome to curaçao: need a coffee?
By Guest Blogger Vince Catalanotto.
If your cruise liner docks in Curaçao, resist the urge to stop in Starbucks. You will find an outlet of the...
videos
a tour through the grand palace complex in bangkok, thailand
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the wildlife of namibia's etosha national park
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australia - a virtual tour of sydney harbour: day and night
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greetings from all seven continents
01:00
the landscapes of antarctica
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puerto rico’s fort san felipe del morro
07:36
the hedonism of patong in phuket, thailand
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flying north in antarctica
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the vernadsky antarctic research base
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montevideo, uruguay
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the kennedy space center, florida and the space shuttle atlantis
02:07
flying north in antarctica: official trailer
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from batna: the logistics of travel to and in algeria
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vlog from algiers, algeria
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vlog from the pyrenees mountains in andorra
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Vlog from Belgrade, Serbia [featuring Mr. Hleb]
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from sarajevo, bosnia and herzegovina
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Reporting from the Rwanda - Congo (DRC) border
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reporting from akagera national park, rwanda
00:55
vlog from the hiroshima peace memorial park, japan
01:23
Haeinsa Temple and the Tripitaka Koreana
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blog from abiverd, turkmenistan
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registan square, samarkand, uzbekistan
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reporting from queen elizabeth national park, uganda
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reporting from the grand place in brussels
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reporting from machu picchu, peru
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unesco sites
ancient merv, an archaeological gem in the karakum desert
Turkmenistan is a country full of unexpected surprises, and if you have nerve enough to navigate the quite complex and a bit costly visa...
a vlog from registan square, samarkand, uzbekistan
Any tour of Uzbekistan must include Registan Square, which was for many centuries the heart of Samarkand, and quite an interesting site.
a history of hagia sofia in istanbul, as told by sofia petrillo of the...
Picture it, Constantinople, 537. A young emperor dedicates a new structure to St. Sophia, the Divine Wisdom. Before this, he had spent many hours...
helsinki, finland and the suomenlinna fortress
Finland’s largest and capital city, Helsinki is a travel destination that combines the flavors of Scandinavia, the Baltics and Russian Europe into a unique...
palmyra, syria, part two: a magnificent unesco site
As part of a tour of Syria I embarked on in 2008 that included Aleppo, Damascus, and the Krak des Chevaliers Crusader castle, the...
polar regions
flying north in antarctica: the official trailer
I will be blogging from Antarctica in March. This is the official trailer.
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