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cuba: diplomatic relations again, but a travel ban remains
President Barack Obama announced today that the United States will restore full diplomatic relations with Cuba and open an embassy in Havana for the...
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tokyo rail map lite: a must-have guide to the tokyo subway...
To a non-local, the Tokyo subway is probably one of the most complicated and confusing to navigate. Fortunately, help is available right in your...
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i’m never flying through texas again: texas passes an airport anti-groping...
I ASK YOU, what is the point of getting pat-down by a Transportation Security Administration agent if you don’t get a little something-something...
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cartagena, colombia: a colonial port city less than 5 hours from nyc
By Guest Blogger Vince Catalanotto.
Intrepid American travelers, are you tired of the usual warm weather locales of Las Vegas, the Bahamas, or Cancun? Are...
the berlin wall: an ironic symbol of freedom
By guest blogger Fabien Reynaud.
As far back as I can remember, I have always been fascinated by Berlin. Berlin is a cosmopolitan city of...
a serbian in new york [srbin u njujorku]
By guest blogger Nebojša Vlaškalić.
As a kid born in a small, beautiful country with open wounds, I have always carried a big burden of...
ambérieu-en-bugey, france: my hometown
By guest blogger Fabien Reynaud.
Even though I left my birthplace some fourteen years ago to move the UK, I wanted to share a little...
videos
a tour through the grand palace complex in bangkok, thailand
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the wildlife of namibia's etosha national park
15:13
australia - a virtual tour of sydney harbour: day and night
08:07
greetings from all seven continents
01:00
the landscapes of antarctica
24:54
puerto rico’s fort san felipe del morro
07:36
the hedonism of patong in phuket, thailand
06:59
flying north in antarctica
18:58
the vernadsky antarctic research base
02:57
montevideo, uruguay
04:57
the kennedy space center, florida and the space shuttle atlantis
02:07
flying north in antarctica: official trailer
01:05
from batna: the logistics of travel to and in algeria
02:59
vlog from algiers, algeria
01:23
vlog from the pyrenees mountains in andorra
01:20
Vlog from Belgrade, Serbia [featuring Mr. Hleb]
02:34
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
01:17
blog from abiverd, turkmenistan
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registan square, samarkand, uzbekistan
01:31
reporting from queen elizabeth national park, uganda
00:57
reporting from the grand place in brussels
01:20
reporting from machu picchu, peru
00:49
unesco sites
the mountain gorillas of the bwindi impenetrable rainforest in uganda [video]
Tracking the gorillas at the Bwindi Impenetrable rainforest in southwestern Uganda is not what one might think. One may imagine, as I did, that...
a video blog: the grand place in brussels, belgium
As the flyingnorthblog ventures into the world of new media, you never know where I might show up. The Grand Place, the central square...
my birthday in dubrovnik: how old do I have to be to become unesco...
There are many reasons to celebrate this week. After six years of effort, Croatia this week formally concluded the accession negotiations with the European...
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.
kyoto’s kinkaku, or golden pavillion
Kyoto was quite a surprise. I didn't know much about the city except that it was the location for the the UN climate change...
polar regions
the vernadsky antarctic research base [video]
During my travels along the Antarctic peninsula, I had the privilege to visit some of the few part-time inhabitants of Antarctica with a stop...
