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Got a tattoo? How about an earring? What about a brightly colored shirt? A v-neck t-shirt? A man purse? Anything with a rainbow or...
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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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how a gas station in oklahoma got me a hotel upgrade...
Thirty minutes before I was to leave for the airport to begin my journey to Rwanda, I received a text from Chase Visa. "Did...
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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...
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...
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...
want to be a guest blogger on flyingnorth?
With the relaunch of the flyingnorth blog as flyingnorth: navigating the twenty-first century world, I thought it would be a nice idea to include...
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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
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
01:12
Reporting from the Rwanda - Congo (DRC) border
01:10
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
puerto rico’s fort san felipe del morro [video]
Old San Juan’s UNESCO World Heritage Site, the fort known as San Felipe del Morro, was named in honor of King Phillip II and...
the hiroshima peace park and the atomic dome [vlog]
Very little remains of the city of Hiroshima from before August 6, 1945 when the world's first use of an atomic weapon changed the...
the city of fes, morocco
Fes is the medieval capital of Morocco, and represents a learned and glorious period in Islamic civilization. Fes has the best-preserved old city in...
uganda’s queen elizabeth national park [video]
In the first in a series of videos featuring Uganda, this mini-report, from the roof of a safari vehicle, gives a brief introduction to...
a crusader castle in a conflict zone: syria’s crac des chevaliers
Syria is one of my very favorite travel destinations, and, given the current conflict there, it may be a few years before I have...
polar regions
the gentoo penguins of antarctica [video]
Everyone loves penguins! If you take a trip to Antarctica you will encounter hundreds of Gentoo penguins on the shores of the peninsula and...
