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"Nothing can be done with a pencil or a keyboard that warrants a reprisal with a Kalishnikov." - The Economist, 10 January, 2015.
Unless you...
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app-solutely perfect: the national geographic world atlas app
Those of us who travel often are usually also geography nerds. Like any good and proud nerd we need our tools of the trade....
in transit
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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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...
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...
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...
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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
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greetings from all seven continents
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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
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
valletta’s strait street: the former seedy “gut” of malta’s capital city
Walking around Malta’s capital, Valletta, one finds a combination of old and new, the British colonial footprint vs. the underlying ancient history, and a...
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...
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...
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...
mostar and the old bridge in bosnia and herzegovina
By guest blogger Fabien Reynaud.
During a recent trip to Dubrovnik, Croatia, my partner and I decided to spend a day in Mostar, Bosnia and...
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...
