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Is She a Crazy Old Woman? – Morocco

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Maya Shaman Blessing – Mexico

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Valbona to Theth – Hiking Albania’s Accursed Mountains

Pyongyang – New Year in North Korea

Villages Painted by Women – Sirigu, Ghana

Kawah Ijen – Hiking Indonesia’s Blue-Flame Volcano

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Are You Ready to Travel India? – Get REAL ADVICE

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Meroe – Alone at Sudan’s Pyramids

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Europe’s Thriving Peasants – Botiza, Romania

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Mystical Islam – Dancing Sufis of Sudan

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A Biblical World Amid Iraq’s Southern Marshes

Cremation spot of Pol Pot of the Khmer Rouge Cambodai

The Murder of 2 Million Ends Here – Anlong Veng, Cambodia

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Trekking to the Lost Inca City of Vilcabamba – Peru

Modeling for Gun Money – Mursi Tribe of Ethiopia

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Hanal Pixan: Maya Day of the Dead – Mexico

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Cemetery of Ships – The Aral Sea Disaster in Uzbekistan

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Lalibela – My Pilgrimage to the Ancient Rock Churches of Ethiopia

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How to Hitchhike – ANYWHERE

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Extreme Himalaya Highway – Srinagar to Leh Road #1

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Land of Dracula: Traveling Transylvania – Romania

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Happy Street Shower – Guinea Bissau

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17 Killer Travel Tips From 30 Years of Backpacking the World

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Street Guy Gets a Meal – Cambodia

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Beautiful Mongolian Music

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Traveling Ladakh – Crossing “Little Tibet”

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The Black Virgin aka Nuestra Señora del Cobre – Cuba’s Most-Sacred Site

Gigantic Stone Head Half-Buried – Guatemala

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Angry Piggy Goes to Market – Laos

Female Portraits

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Village Amid a Fishing Frenzy – Cambodia

Victoria Falls – World’s Largest Waterfall: Visiting in the Dry Season

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Laguna Chicabal – The Mystical Center of the Maya Cosmos

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Hiking Mount Sinai in Egypt

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Crazy Surfing – Yemeni-Style

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Dental Disaster – Cambodia

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Melnik – Bulgaria’s Tiny, Ancient Wine Village

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Freetown Market – Sierra Leone

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Crossing Lake Tana By Boat – Ethiopia

Xinye Ancient Village China Panorama

Xinye Village – Flashback to Ancient China

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Las Geel Prehistoric Cave Art – Somaliland

UN APC Maliana East Timor

UN Peace-Keepers in East Timor

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Travel Panoramas

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Surviving Sudan in Summer – Wadi Halfa to Dongola

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Maximon – A Maya God That Smokes & Drinks – Guatemala

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Antarctica Watercolors

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Mountains & Markets of Kassala – Sudan

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Manic, Mystical MesoAmerica

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On the Road Across North Korea – Pyongyang to the DMZ

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Yemen Folk Music – Live Street Scenes

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Hargeisa – capital of a country that isn’t – Somaliland

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Sanaa, Yemen – An Arabian Night’s Vision

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How to Survive Long Term Travel

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Camping on Golden Beach – Beginning a Van Life in China

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Koh Ker – Cambodia’s Overshadowed Temples

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Zorats Karer – Armenia’s Stonehenge

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Van Camping on a Yalu River Island Opposite North Korea

Boat To Cobue From Malawi To Mozambique

Traveling Northern Mozambique by Boat, Truck, Van + Train

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Love & Tequila Amid the Sun + the Moon – Mexico

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Drugged, Abducted + Robbed in Russia

Misty Wandu Tomb Ruins China

Valley of Pyramids – Wandu Mountain City: the Ancient Korean Kingdom in China

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World’s Weirdest Prison: San Pedro Prison Tour – Bolivia

Icy Chang Bai Volcano Lake China

Changbai Mountain & Heaven Lake – China bordering North Korea

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Luxor – Egypt: An Ancient Beauty Amid the Modern Beast

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Elusive Peace – Jerusalem

Hutou Ww2 Japanese Fortress Guns China

Hutou Fortress: The Battle That Ended 11 Days After World War Two

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Palangan – a Kurdish Village Stepping the Mountain – Iran

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10 Indications You’re a Freedom Junkie, a Travel Crazy or Simply, Insane

Wrecked Ships Berbera Somaliland

Berbera – Ancient Port at the End of the World – Somaliland

Great Zimbabwe Hill Top Ruins Panorama

Exploring the Enigmatic Ruins of the Great Zimbabwe

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Jaded Traveler Blues – Cairo, Egypt

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On a Bus With the Smell From Hell – Chile

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Surreal Sculptures of Egypt’s White Desert

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Quarantined While Van Camping in Coronavirus-Hit China

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Kuelap – Chachapoyas: The Cloud People of Peru

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Kaluts Desert – The Sand-Castle Mountains of Iran

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The Dreaming – Nightmare in Vietnam

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Destination X – Art Exhibition

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Police Hassles – Traveling Saddam’s Iraq, Part 2

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Al Hajjarah Village – Hiking the Haraz Mountains in Yemen

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Baye Fall Musician – Daouda Diabate: Life on Goree Island, Senegal

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Matara – Eritrea: A Barren But Beautiful Land

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Ulisa Bay on Lakoma Island – Lake Malawi

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Doucki – Hiking Above Guinea’s Grand Canyon

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Protected: Crazy in Yemen

Maya Festival Celebrating San Francisco de Asis – Guatemala

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The Silk Road – an Arduous Journey Across China

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Deception Island – A Haunted Beauty – Antarctica

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Winter Amid the Medieval Towers of Mestia – Georgia

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Snorkeling the Blue Hole in the Red Sea – Dahab, Egypt

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Dendara: Temple of the Lady of Drunkenness – Egypt

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Camping 3 Nights in Petra – Jordan, 1989

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Life in Sarong, Papua: To Find Her Father – Indonesia #2

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Avoiding Accidents in Tehran – Iran

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The Islamic, Swahili Coast of Kenya

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The ‘Blood Diamond’ Mines of Sierra Leone

Traveling the Mountains of Yunnan in China as the World Stays in Coronavirus Lock-Down

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Surrealism

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Hitchhiking Moyale to Marsabit – On a truck Across Kenya

Lijiashan – Staying in the Cave Houses of China

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Fortress Houses of the Tamberma Valley – Togo

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Life on the Edge of the Great Wall – Yongtai Fortress

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Amazing Travel Blog Names – To Die Laughing For!

Lazy Days on 4K Beach – Koh Rong Island Cambodia

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Masked Women of Minab Market – Iran

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Wild Lands of Tibetan Ganjia – China

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Escaping the Snow: Van Life at 3800 Meters – China

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Black & White Scenes

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Yugur Nomads of China’s Desert Mountains

djoser-step-pyramid-saqqarra-egypt

Saqqara – Ancient Egypt’s First-Ever Pyramid

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Trek to Akha Hill-Tribe Village – Laos

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Van Camping in the Pu-erh Tea Plantations of Xishuangbanna

Stalingrad – Where Russia Smashed the Nazis

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Hmong’s Ancient Lifestyle – Staying in a Remote Village (Vietnam, 1994)

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Fake Police Scam – or Just Corrupt Cops?

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Horse-Trekking to Hidden Ala Kul Lake – Kyrgyzstan

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Kang Village – 3000-Years of Settlement – Iran

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Money Safety Travel Tips – That’ll Save Your Journey

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Ashgabat: The Surreal Capital of Turkmenistan – in Winter

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Eritrea – (Once) A Land of Peace and Hope

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What to Take for Backpacking the World – Travel Gear List

FIND EVERYTHING - Oldest to Latest

crazy old woman video morocco

Is She a Crazy Old Woman? – Morocco

maya shaman blessing mexico video

Maya Shaman Blessing – Mexico

valbone-theth-hike-mountains-albania-panorama

Valbona to Theth – Hiking Albania’s Accursed Mountains

Pyongyang – New Year in North Korea

Villages Painted by Women – Sirigu, Ghana

Kawah Ijen – Hiking Indonesia’s Blue-Flame Volcano

sadhu pilgrim traveling train india

Are You Ready to Travel India? – Get REAL ADVICE

pyramids-of-sudan-in-sand-art-by-michael-robert-powell

Meroe – Alone at Sudan’s Pyramids

family-botiza-village-romania

Europe’s Thriving Peasants – Botiza, Romania

sufis dance sudan

Mystical Islam – Dancing Sufis of Sudan

marsh arab women in boats with reeds

A Biblical World Amid Iraq’s Southern Marshes

Cremation spot of Pol Pot of the Khmer Rouge Cambodai

The Murder of 2 Million Ends Here – Anlong Veng, Cambodia

sun-beams-vilcabamba-trek-peru-p

Trekking to the Lost Inca City of Vilcabamba – Peru

Modeling for Gun Money – Mursi Tribe of Ethiopia

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Hanal Pixan: Maya Day of the Dead – Mexico

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Cemetery of Ships – The Aral Sea Disaster in Uzbekistan

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Lalibela – My Pilgrimage to the Ancient Rock Churches of Ethiopia

hitchhiking on truck across kenya

How to Hitchhike – ANYWHERE

leh-highway-trucks-on-mountain-road

Extreme Himalaya Highway – Srinagar to Leh Road #1

dracula-castle-romania

Land of Dracula: Traveling Transylvania – Romania

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Happy Street Shower – Guinea Bissau

backpacking travel advice 101

17 Killer Travel Tips From 30 Years of Backpacking the World

crazy street guy eating-meal cambodia video

Street Guy Gets a Meal – Cambodia

beautiful mongolian folk music video

Beautiful Mongolian Music

tibetan-prayer-flags-ladakh

Traveling Ladakh – Crossing “Little Tibet”

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The Black Virgin aka Nuestra Señora del Cobre – Cuba’s Most-Sacred Site

Gigantic Stone Head Half-Buried – Guatemala

angry piggy goes to market laos video

Angry Piggy Goes to Market – Laos

Female Portraits

cham-people-amid-fishing-boats-mekong-river-cambodia

Village Amid a Fishing Frenzy – Cambodia

Victoria Falls – World’s Largest Waterfall: Visiting in the Dry Season

sacred-maya-place-laguna-chicabal-guatemala

Laguna Chicabal – The Mystical Center of the Maya Cosmos

Hiking Mount Sinai Egypt

Hiking Mount Sinai in Egypt

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Crazy Surfing – Yemeni-Style

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Dental Disaster – Cambodia

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Melnik – Bulgaria’s Tiny, Ancient Wine Village

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Freetown Market – Sierra Leone

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Crossing Lake Tana By Boat – Ethiopia

Xinye Ancient Village China Panorama

Xinye Village – Flashback to Ancient China

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Las Geel Prehistoric Cave Art – Somaliland

UN APC Maliana East Timor

UN Peace-Keepers in East Timor

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Travel Panoramas

passengers disembarking ship at the port of Wadi Halfa sudan

Surviving Sudan in Summer – Wadi Halfa to Dongola

maximon shrine guatemala

Maximon – A Maya God That Smokes & Drinks – Guatemala

antarctica-penguins-sea-ice-mountain

Antarctica Watercolors

taka mountains mosque kassala sudan

Mountains & Markets of Kassala – Sudan

temples collide tikal

Manic, Mystical MesoAmerica

north-korea-countryside

On the Road Across North Korea – Pyongyang to the DMZ

yemen folk music video

Yemen Folk Music – Live Street Scenes

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Hargeisa – capital of a country that isn’t – Somaliland

full moon rising sanaa yemen art panorama by Michael Robert Powell

Sanaa, Yemen – An Arabian Night’s Vision

how to survive long term travel

How to Survive Long Term Travel

Van Life China Blog 1

Camping on Golden Beach – Beginning a Van Life in China

Panorama Morning Pyramid Prasat Thom Koh Ker Temples Cambodia

Koh Ker – Cambodia’s Overshadowed Temples

Zorats Karer Stone Circle Armenia Mountain Panorama

Zorats Karer – Armenia’s Stonehenge

Van Camping On Island Yalu River China North Korea Border

Van Camping on a Yalu River Island Opposite North Korea

Boat To Cobue From Malawi To Mozambique

Traveling Northern Mozambique by Boat, Truck, Van + Train

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Love & Tequila Amid the Sun + the Moon – Mexico

drugged-robbed-russia-crazy-travel-stories

Drugged, Abducted + Robbed in Russia

Misty Wandu Tomb Ruins China

Valley of Pyramids – Wandu Mountain City: the Ancient Korean Kingdom in China

touring-san-pedro-prison-bolivia-crazy-travel-stories_1

World’s Weirdest Prison: San Pedro Prison Tour – Bolivia

Icy Chang Bai Volcano Lake China

Changbai Mountain & Heaven Lake – China bordering North Korea

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Luxor – Egypt: An Ancient Beauty Amid the Modern Beast

jerusalem-elusive-peace-travel-art-by-michael-robert-powell

Elusive Peace – Jerusalem

Hutou Ww2 Japanese Fortress Guns China

Hutou Fortress: The Battle That Ended 11 Days After World War Two

Houses Of Palagan Village Kurdistan Iran

Palangan – a Kurdish Village Stepping the Mountain – Iran

unconcerned by society art by michael robert powell

10 Indications You’re a Freedom Junkie, a Travel Crazy or Simply, Insane

Wrecked Ships Berbera Somaliland

Berbera – Ancient Port at the End of the World – Somaliland

Great Zimbabwe Hill Top Ruins Panorama

Exploring the Enigmatic Ruins of the Great Zimbabwe

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Jaded Traveler Blues – Cairo, Egypt

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On a Bus With the Smell From Hell – Chile

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Surreal Sculptures of Egypt’s White Desert

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Quarantined While Van Camping in Coronavirus-Hit China

kuelap ruins panorama chachapoyas peru

Kuelap – Chachapoyas: The Cloud People of Peru

kaluts-shahdad-desert-iran

Kaluts Desert – The Sand-Castle Mountains of Iran

nightmare vietnam crazy travel stories

The Dreaming – Nightmare in Vietnam

destination-x-art-exhibition

Destination X – Art Exhibition

police hassles in saddams iraq crazy story

Police Hassles – Traveling Saddam’s Iraq, Part 2

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Al Hajjarah Village – Hiking the Haraz Mountains in Yemen

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Baye Fall Musician – Daouda Diabate: Life on Goree Island, Senegal

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Matara – Eritrea: A Barren But Beautiful Land

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Ulisa Bay on Lakoma Island – Lake Malawi

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Doucki – Hiking Above Guinea’s Grand Canyon

yemen crazy travel stories

Protected: Crazy in Yemen

Maya Festival Celebrating San Francisco de Asis – Guatemala

camels sand dune sunset silk road china

The Silk Road – an Arduous Journey Across China

deception-island-ruins antarctica

Deception Island – A Haunted Beauty – Antarctica

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Winter Amid the Medieval Towers of Mestia – Georgia

blue hole dahab sinai egypt

Snorkeling the Blue Hole in the Red Sea – Dahab, Egypt

ruined-gate-dendara-hathor-temple-egypt

Dendara: Temple of the Lady of Drunkenness – Egypt

afternoon light facades of petra tombs 1989

Camping 3 Nights in Petra – Jordan, 1989

sarong beach sunset papua indonesia

Life in Sarong, Papua: To Find Her Father – Indonesia #2

crazy traffic tehran iran crazy travel story

Avoiding Accidents in Tehran – Iran

takaungu-village-river-swahili-coast-kenya

The Islamic, Swahili Coast of Kenya

mining diamonds by hand kono sierra leone

The ‘Blood Diamond’ Mines of Sierra Leone

Traveling the Mountains of Yunnan in China as the World Stays in Coronavirus Lock-Down

submission-to-god surreal art

Surrealism

camels on route moyale-marsabit-kenya

Hitchhiking Moyale to Marsabit – On a truck Across Kenya

Lijiashan – Staying in the Cave Houses of China

traditional woman tamberma valley togo

Fortress Houses of the Tamberma Valley – Togo

yongtai fortress gate china_

Life on the Edge of the Great Wall – Yongtai Fortress

classic-travel-blog-names-humor

Amazing Travel Blog Names – To Die Laughing For!

Lazy Days on 4K Beach – Koh Rong Island Cambodia

masked women minab iran

Masked Women of Minab Market – Iran

ganjia tibetan monastery gansu

Wild Lands of Tibetan Ganjia – China

van life snow galitai mountain pass china

Escaping the Snow: Van Life at 3800 Meters – China

tuareg-on-camel-hoggar-mountains-sahara

Black & White Scenes

yugur nomads sheep flock gansu china

Yugur Nomads of China’s Desert Mountains

djoser-step-pyramid-saqqarra-egypt

Saqqara – Ancient Egypt’s First-Ever Pyramid

kids playing akha tribe village laos

Trek to Akha Hill-Tribe Village – Laos

xishuangbanna-tea-plantation-aerial-shot-china

Van Camping in the Pu-erh Tea Plantations of Xishuangbanna

Stalingrad – Where Russia Smashed the Nazis

hmong hill tribe kids homestay sapa vietnam

Hmong’s Ancient Lifestyle – Staying in a Remote Village (Vietnam, 1994)

fake police travel scam kenya

Fake Police Scam – or Just Corrupt Cops?

ala kol lake horse trekking kyrgyzstan

Horse-Trekking to Hidden Ala Kul Lake – Kyrgyzstan

kang-village-iran

Kang Village – 3000-Years of Settlement – Iran

money safety travel tips

Money Safety Travel Tips – That’ll Save Your Journey

independence monument ashgabat turkmenistan

Ashgabat: The Surreal Capital of Turkmenistan – in Winter

windows massawa eritrea 1995

Eritrea – (Once) A Land of Peace and Hope

travel tips - what to take backpacking

What to Take for Backpacking the World – Travel Gear List

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