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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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the pen is mightier than the sword – especially when traveling
The old adage about the pen being mightier than the sword may be true in international diplomacy, but it is especially true when traveling....
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my tour of the runways of queens: a delayed flight to...
Whenever someone I know moves to a new city or country, I immediately begin the mental exercise of planning a trip there. So, when...
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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...
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...
polarsirkelen: a visit to the arctic circle in norway
By guest blogger Fabien Reynaud.
Having traveled all the way from eastern France, my parents and I stopped at the Arctic Circle during a trip...
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
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australia - a virtual tour of sydney harbour: day and night
08:07
greetings from all seven continents
01:00
the landscapes of antarctica
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puerto rico’s fort san felipe del morro
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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
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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
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vlog from the hiroshima peace memorial park, japan
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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
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.
blogging from machu picchu, the lost city of the incas
What a way to spend Thanksgiving - at Machu Picchu, the lost city of the Incas, thousands of meters above sea level among the...
a prop plane over the lost world of the tepuis in venezuela
Venezuela’s interior is quite beautiful, and a nice change from the chaos of Caracas, a capital city that sadly doesn’t rate very high on...
a place in saint louis, senegal tailor made for flyingnorth
During my travels in Senegal, as usual I was on the lookout for places that would inspire me to write a blog post. Those...
a border dispute heats up: thailand, cambodia and a unesco site
Border disputes are quite common these days. Some disputes involve strategic islands or territories, others ancestral homelands, and still others water or resource rights.
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polar regions
the landscapes of antarctica [video]
Antarctica is Earth's southernmost continent, containing the geographic South Pole. It is situated in the Antarctic region of the Southern Hemisphere, almost entirely south...
