What You Need To Know When Visiting Abkhazia and Getting A Visa. The UN recognizes 193 member states. Then there is Palestine and the Vatican, which are called Observer States. That brings you to 195. There are other countries like Taiwan and Kosovo which seem like countries but due to global politics, are not part of [...]
Victory Day In Sukhumi Abkhazia. Maybe you have seen the images beamed to your TV sets or on the web of thousands of Russian troops and tanks parading through Red Square in Moscow every May 9th. This is Victory Day which commemorates the Soviet Union’s victory over Nazi Germany. This day is recognized by Russia and [...]
Peleg has been on the road for over 13 years with no end in sight Peleg is a from a small town, just miles from the Lebanese border. In 2006, his military unit was called up for the war with Lebanon. He spent a month in combat. After this experience, he revisited the direction of his [...]
Five Days At The Russian Cosmodrome Baikonur For A Manned Space Launch Day Five. Today was the day. The climax. The denouement. We started off with a leisurely tour of the Museum of History in the town of Baikonur. We were expecting to see our guide, Amina, from the day before, but she was nowhere to [...]
Samer has managed to work full time as an architect as he chases 193 Samer shared with me that he's driven to travel by FOMO and YOLO. The fear of missing out and you only live once, pushes him to plan constantly so he can maximize travel to the fullest. He is continually researching, creating lists, [...]
Five Days At The Russian Cosmodrome Baikonur For A Manned Space Launch Day Four. Today was going to be a bit low key compared to the previous, action-packed, day. I crammed down some sort of egg creation for breakfast and met the group for our 10:00 am departure in Lenin Square. The day was sunny and [...]
Five Days At The Russian Cosmodrome Baikonur For A Manned Space Launch Day Three. I awoke to darkness, and today was going to be an exciting and busy day. I gobbled down a quick breakfast of eggs and tea at the hotel, and the group was on the bus before 6:30 am. We entered the Cosmodrome [...]
A Guide: Seven Days In Oman. Oman is the Quiet Man of the Middle East. Think about, you don’t hear much about it compared to its neighbors. War in Yemen and Syria. The ongoing violence in Iraq. Turmoil in Lebanon and Jordan with a tidal wave of refugees. Strife in Israel with their ongoing conflict with [...]
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