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Car Launch Party in China ( Valli Promotion #1 )

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What to Take for Backpacking the World – Travel Gear List

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Eritrea – (Once) A Land of Peace and Hope

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Ashgabat – the Surreal Capital of Turkmenistan in Winter

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Money Safety Travel Tips – That’ll Save Your Journey

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Kang Village – 3000-Years of Settlement – Iran

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Horse-Trekking to Hidden Ala Kul Lake – Kyrgyzstan

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Fake Police Scam – or Just Corrupt Cops?

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Hmong of Vietnam – Living an Ancient Lifestyle

Stalingrad War Memorial- Where Russia Smashed the Nazis

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Van Camping in the Pu-erh Tea Plantations of Xishuangbanna

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Trek to Akha Hill Tribe Village – Laos

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Saqqara – Ancient Egypt’s First-Ever Pyramid

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Yugur Nomads of China’s Desert Mountains

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Black & White Scenes

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Escaping the Snow: Van Life at 3800 Meters – China

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Wild Lands of Tibetan Ganjia – China

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Masked Women of Minab Market – Iran

Lazy Days on 4K Beach – Koh Rong Island Cambodia

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Amazing Travel Blog Names – To Die Laughing For!

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Life on the Edge of the Great Wall – Yongtai Fortress

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Fortress Houses of the Tamberma Valley – Togo

Lijiashan Village – Staying in the Cave Houses of China

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Hitchhiking Moyale to Marsabit – On a truck Across Kenya

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Surrealism

Traveling China in the Mountains of Yunnan During the Coronavirus Pandemic

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Visiting The ‘Blood Diamond’ Mines of Sierra Leone

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Traveling the Islamic Swahili Coast of Kenya

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Avoiding Accidents in Tehran – Iran

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Life in Sarong – West Papua Indonesia (To Find Her Father #2)

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Camping 3 Nights in Petra – Jordan, 1989

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Hathor Temple of the Lady of Drunkenness – Dendera, Egypt

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Snorkeling the Dahab Blue Hole – Egypt

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Winter Amid the Medieval Towers of Mestia – Georgia

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Deception Island – A Haunted Beauty – Antarctica

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The Silk Road – An Arduous Journey Across China

Maya Festival Celebrating San Francisco de Asis – Guatemala

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Protected: Crazy Times in Yemen

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Hiking in Doucki Above Guinea’s Grand Canyon

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Ulisa Bay on Likoma Island in Lake Malawi

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Matara – Eritrea: A Barren But Beautiful Land

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

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Al Hajjarah Village – Hiking the Haraz Mountains in Yemen

police hassles in saddams iraq crazy story

Police Hassles – Traveling Saddam’s Iraq, Part 2

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Destination X – Art Exhibition

nightmare vietnam crazy travel stories

The Dreaming – Nightmare in Vietnam

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Kaluts Desert – The Sand-Castle Mountains of Iran

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Kuelap – Hiking to the Ruins of the Cloud People ( Peru )

sunset van camping lake erhai yunnan china

Quarantined While Van Camping in Coronavirus-Hit China

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Surreal Sculptures in the White Desert of Egypt

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On a Bus With the Smell From Hell – Chile

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Jaded Traveler Blues – Cairo, Egypt

Great Zimbabwe Hill Top Ruins Panorama

Exploring the Enigmatic Ruins of the Great Zimbabwe

Wrecked Ships Berbera Somaliland

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

unconcerned by society art by michael robert powell

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

Houses Of Palagan Village Kurdistan Iran

Palangan Village Iran – a Kurdish Settlement Stepping the Mountain

Hutou Ww2 Japanese Fortress Guns China

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

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Elusive Peace – Jerusalem

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Luxor – Egypt: An Ancient Beauty Amid the Modern Beast

Icy Chang Bai Volcano Lake China

Changbai Mountain & Heaven Lake – China bordering North Korea

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

Misty Wandu Tomb Ruins China

Wandu Mountain City & the Valley of Pyramids

drugged-robbed-russia-crazy-travel-stories

Drugged, Abducted + Robbed in Russia

love and tequila crazy story

Protected: Love & Tequila Amid the Sun + the Moon – Mexico

Boat To Cobue From Malawi To Mozambique

Cobue Border – Traveling Northern Mozambique by Boat, Truck, Van + Train

Van Camping On Island Yalu River China North Korea Border

Van Camping on a Yalu River Island Opposite North Korea

Zorats Karer Stone Circle Armenia Mountain Panorama

Zorats Karer – Armenia’s Stonehenge

Panorama Morning Pyramid Prasat Thom Koh Ker Temples Cambodia

Koh Ker – Cambodia’s Overshadowed Temples

Van Life China Blog 1

Camping on Golden Beach – Beginning a Van Life in China

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How to Survive Long Term Travel

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Sanaa, Yemen – An Arabian Night’s Vision

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

yemen folk music video

Yemen Folk Music – Live Street Scenes

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On the Road Across North Korea – Pyongyang to the DMZ

temples collide tikal

Manic, Mystical MesoAmerica

taka mountains mosque kassala sudan

The Mountains & Markets of Kassala – Sudan

antarctica-penguins-sea-ice-mountain

Antarctica Watercolors

maximon shrine guatemala

Maximon – A Maya God That Smokes & Drinks – Guatemala

passengers disembarking ship at the port of Wadi Halfa sudan

Backpacking Sudan in Summer – Wadi Halfa to Dongola

tree-strangled-temples-by-michael-robert-powell

Travel Panoramas

UN APC Maliana East Timor

UN Peacekeepers in East Timor

soldier-at-las-geel-cave-somaliland

Laas Geel Cave Paintings – Somaliland

Xinye Ancient Village China Panorama

Xinye Village – Flashback to Ancient China

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Taking the Boat Across Lake Tana – Ethiopia

freetown market sierra leone video

Freetown Market – Sierra Leone

melnik-village-from-hills

Melnik – Bulgaria’s Tiny, Ancient Wine Village

dental disaster cambodia crazy travel stories

Surviving a Dental Disaster – Cambodia

boys crazy surfing yemen video

Crazy Surfing – Yemeni-Style

Hiking Mount Sinai Egypt

Hiking Mount Sinai During the Day – Egypt

sacred-maya-place-laguna-chicabal-guatemala

Hiking to Laguna Chicabal – The Center of the Maya Cosmos

Victoria Falls – Zimbabwe: Best Time to Visit is the Dry Season

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

Cham Village Cambodia – Mekong River Fishing Frenzy

Female Portraits

angry piggy goes to market laos video

Angry Piggy Goes to Market – Laos

A Giant Stone Head Half-Buried – El Baul in Guatemala

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

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Traveling Ladakh – Crossing “Little Tibet”

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Beautiful Mongolian Music

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Street Guy Gets a Meal – Doing a Good Deed in Cambodia

backpacking travel advice 101

17 Killer Travel Tips From 30 Years of Backpacking Around the World

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Happy Street Shower – Guinea Bissau

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Land of Dracula: Traveling Transylvania – Romania

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Extreme Himalaya Highway – Srinagar to Leh Road #1

hitchhiking on truck across kenya

How to Hitchhike – ANYWHERE

worshippers-lalibela-church-ethiopia

Lalibela – My Pilgrimage to the Ancient Rock Churches of Ethiopia

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Cemetery of Ships – The Aral Sea Disaster at Moynaq ( Uzbekistan )

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Hanal Pixan: Maya Day of the Dead – Mexico

Modeling for Gun Money – Mursi Tribe of Ethiopia

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Trekking to the Lost Inca City of Vilcabamba – Peru

Cremation spot of Pol Pot of the Khmer Rouge Cambodai

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

marsh arab women in boats with reeds

A Biblical World Amid Iraq’s Southern Marshes

sufis dance sudan

Mystical Islam – Dancing Sufis of Sudan

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Europe’s Thriving Peasants – Botiza, Romania

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

Meroe – Alone at Sudan’s Pyramids

sadhu pilgrim traveling train india

Are You Ready to Travel India? – Get REAL ADVICE

Kawah Ijen – Hiking Indonesia’s Blue-Flame Volcano

Villages Painted by Women – Sirigu, Ghana

Pyongyang – New Year in North Korea

valbone-theth-hike-mountains-albania-panorama

Valbona to Theth – Hiking Albania’s Accursed Mountains

maya shaman blessing mexico video

Maya Shaman Blessing – Mexico

crazy old woman video morocco

Is She a Crazy Old Woman? – Morocco

FIND EVERYTHING - Latest to Oldest Posts

baojun valli car launch party china

Car Launch Party in China ( Valli Promotion #1 )

travel tips - what to take backpacking

What to Take for Backpacking the World – Travel Gear List

windows massawa eritrea 1995

Eritrea – (Once) A Land of Peace and Hope

independence monument ashgabat turkmenistan

Ashgabat – the Surreal Capital of Turkmenistan in Winter

money safety travel tips

Money Safety Travel Tips – That’ll Save Your Journey

kang-village-iran

Kang Village – 3000-Years of Settlement – Iran

ala kol lake horse trekking kyrgyzstan

Horse-Trekking to Hidden Ala Kul Lake – Kyrgyzstan

fake police travel scam kenya

Fake Police Scam – or Just Corrupt Cops?

hmong hill tribe kids homestay sapa vietnam

Hmong of Vietnam – Living an Ancient Lifestyle

Stalingrad War Memorial- Where Russia Smashed the Nazis

xishuangbanna-tea-plantation-aerial-shot-china

Van Camping in the Pu-erh Tea Plantations of Xishuangbanna

kids playing akha tribe village laos

Trek to Akha Hill Tribe Village – Laos

djoser-step-pyramid-saqqarra-egypt

Saqqara – Ancient Egypt’s First-Ever Pyramid

yugur nomads sheep flock gansu china

Yugur Nomads of China’s Desert Mountains

tuareg-on-camel-hoggar-mountains-sahara

Black & White Scenes

van life snow galitai mountain pass china

Escaping the Snow: Van Life at 3800 Meters – China

ganjia tibetan monastery gansu

Wild Lands of Tibetan Ganjia – China

masked women minab iran

Masked Women of Minab Market – Iran

Lazy Days on 4K Beach – Koh Rong Island Cambodia

classic-travel-blog-names-humor

Amazing Travel Blog Names – To Die Laughing For!

yongtai fortress gate china_

Life on the Edge of the Great Wall – Yongtai Fortress

traditional woman tamberma valley togo

Fortress Houses of the Tamberma Valley – Togo

Lijiashan Village – Staying in the Cave Houses of China

camels on route moyale-marsabit-kenya

Hitchhiking Moyale to Marsabit – On a truck Across Kenya

submission-to-god surreal art

Surrealism

Traveling China in the Mountains of Yunnan During the Coronavirus Pandemic

mining diamonds by hand kono sierra leone

Visiting The ‘Blood Diamond’ Mines of Sierra Leone

takaungu-village-river-swahili-coast-kenya

Traveling the Islamic Swahili Coast of Kenya

crazy traffic tehran iran crazy travel story

Avoiding Accidents in Tehran – Iran

sarong beach sunset papua indonesia

Life in Sarong – West Papua Indonesia (To Find Her Father #2)

afternoon light facades of petra tombs 1989

Camping 3 Nights in Petra – Jordan, 1989

ruined-gate-dendara-hathor-temple-egypt

Hathor Temple of the Lady of Drunkenness – Dendera, Egypt

blue hole dahab sinai egypt

Snorkeling the Dahab Blue Hole – Egypt

ancient-stone-tower-against sky-mestia-georgia

Winter Amid the Medieval Towers of Mestia – Georgia

deception-island-ruins antarctica

Deception Island – A Haunted Beauty – Antarctica

camels sand dune sunset silk road china

The Silk Road – An Arduous Journey Across China

Maya Festival Celebrating San Francisco de Asis – Guatemala

yemen crazy travel stories

Protected: Crazy Times in Yemen

canyon-edge-doucki-fouta-djallon-guinea

Hiking in Doucki Above Guinea’s Grand Canyon

Ulisa Bay afternoon lakoma island lake malawi

Ulisa Bay on Likoma Island in Lake Malawi

shepherd girl barren landscape matara eritrea

Matara – Eritrea: A Barren But Beautiful Land

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

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Al Hajjarah Village – Hiking the Haraz Mountains in Yemen

police hassles in saddams iraq crazy story

Police Hassles – Traveling Saddam’s Iraq, Part 2

destination-x-art-exhibition

Destination X – Art Exhibition

nightmare vietnam crazy travel stories

The Dreaming – Nightmare in Vietnam

kaluts-shahdad-desert-iran

Kaluts Desert – The Sand-Castle Mountains of Iran

kuelap ruins panorama chachapoyas peru

Kuelap – Hiking to the Ruins of the Cloud People ( Peru )

sunset van camping lake erhai yunnan china

Quarantined While Van Camping in Coronavirus-Hit China

chicken shaped rock white desert egypt

Surreal Sculptures in the White Desert of Egypt

smell from hell chile crazy travel stories

On a Bus With the Smell From Hell – Chile

jaded-traveler-blues-cairo-crazy-stories

Jaded Traveler Blues – Cairo, Egypt

Great Zimbabwe Hill Top Ruins Panorama

Exploring the Enigmatic Ruins of the Great Zimbabwe

Wrecked Ships Berbera Somaliland

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

unconcerned by society art by michael robert powell

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

Houses Of Palagan Village Kurdistan Iran

Palangan Village Iran – a Kurdish Settlement Stepping the Mountain

Hutou Ww2 Japanese Fortress Guns China

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

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

Elusive Peace – Jerusalem

travel hassles luxor crazy travel stories

Luxor – Egypt: An Ancient Beauty Amid the Modern Beast

Icy Chang Bai Volcano Lake China

Changbai Mountain & Heaven Lake – China bordering North Korea

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

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

Misty Wandu Tomb Ruins China

Wandu Mountain City & the Valley of Pyramids

drugged-robbed-russia-crazy-travel-stories

Drugged, Abducted + Robbed in Russia

love and tequila crazy story

Protected: Love & Tequila Amid the Sun + the Moon – Mexico

Boat To Cobue From Malawi To Mozambique

Cobue Border – Traveling Northern Mozambique by Boat, Truck, Van + Train

Van Camping On Island Yalu River China North Korea Border

Van Camping on a Yalu River Island Opposite North Korea

Zorats Karer Stone Circle Armenia Mountain Panorama

Zorats Karer – Armenia’s Stonehenge

Panorama Morning Pyramid Prasat Thom Koh Ker Temples Cambodia

Koh Ker – Cambodia’s Overshadowed Temples

Van Life China Blog 1

Camping on Golden Beach – Beginning a Van Life in China

how to survive long term travel

How to Survive Long Term Travel

full moon rising sanaa yemen art panorama by Michael Robert Powell

Sanaa, Yemen – An Arabian Night’s Vision

women-washing-clothes-hargeisa-somaliland

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

yemen folk music video

Yemen Folk Music – Live Street Scenes

north-korea-countryside

On the Road Across North Korea – Pyongyang to the DMZ

temples collide tikal

Manic, Mystical MesoAmerica

taka mountains mosque kassala sudan

The Mountains & Markets of Kassala – Sudan

antarctica-penguins-sea-ice-mountain

Antarctica Watercolors

maximon shrine guatemala

Maximon – A Maya God That Smokes & Drinks – Guatemala

passengers disembarking ship at the port of Wadi Halfa sudan

Backpacking Sudan in Summer – Wadi Halfa to Dongola

tree-strangled-temples-by-michael-robert-powell

Travel Panoramas

UN APC Maliana East Timor

UN Peacekeepers in East Timor

soldier-at-las-geel-cave-somaliland

Laas Geel Cave Paintings – Somaliland

Xinye Ancient Village China Panorama

Xinye Village – Flashback to Ancient China

lake-tana-ferry-ethiopia

Taking the Boat Across Lake Tana – Ethiopia

freetown market sierra leone video

Freetown Market – Sierra Leone

melnik-village-from-hills

Melnik – Bulgaria’s Tiny, Ancient Wine Village

dental disaster cambodia crazy travel stories

Surviving a Dental Disaster – Cambodia

boys crazy surfing yemen video

Crazy Surfing – Yemeni-Style

Hiking Mount Sinai Egypt

Hiking Mount Sinai During the Day – Egypt

sacred-maya-place-laguna-chicabal-guatemala

Hiking to Laguna Chicabal – The Center of the Maya Cosmos

Victoria Falls – Zimbabwe: Best Time to Visit is the Dry Season

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

Cham Village Cambodia – Mekong River Fishing Frenzy

Female Portraits

angry piggy goes to market laos video

Angry Piggy Goes to Market – Laos

A Giant Stone Head Half-Buried – El Baul in Guatemala

stained glass window black virgin el cobre cuba

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

tibetan-prayer-flags-ladakh

Traveling Ladakh – Crossing “Little Tibet”

beautiful mongolian folk music video

Beautiful Mongolian Music

crazy street guy eating-meal cambodia video

Street Guy Gets a Meal – Doing a Good Deed in Cambodia

backpacking travel advice 101

17 Killer Travel Tips From 30 Years of Backpacking Around the World

girls happy street shower guinea bissau video

Happy Street Shower – Guinea Bissau

dracula-castle-romania

Land of Dracula: Traveling Transylvania – Romania

leh-highway-trucks-on-mountain-road

Extreme Himalaya Highway – Srinagar to Leh Road #1

hitchhiking on truck across kenya

How to Hitchhike – ANYWHERE

worshippers-lalibela-church-ethiopia

Lalibela – My Pilgrimage to the Ancient Rock Churches of Ethiopia

wrecked ships aral sea moynaq uzbekistan

Cemetery of Ships – The Aral Sea Disaster at Moynaq ( Uzbekistan )

day-of-dead-mexico

Hanal Pixan: Maya Day of the Dead – Mexico

Modeling for Gun Money – Mursi Tribe of Ethiopia

sun-beams-vilcabamba-trek-peru-p

Trekking to the Lost Inca City of Vilcabamba – Peru

Cremation spot of Pol Pot of the Khmer Rouge Cambodai

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

marsh arab women in boats with reeds

A Biblical World Amid Iraq’s Southern Marshes

sufis dance sudan

Mystical Islam – Dancing Sufis of Sudan

family-botiza-village-romania

Europe’s Thriving Peasants – Botiza, Romania

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

Meroe – Alone at Sudan’s Pyramids

sadhu pilgrim traveling train india

Are You Ready to Travel India? – Get REAL ADVICE

Kawah Ijen – Hiking Indonesia’s Blue-Flame Volcano

Villages Painted by Women – Sirigu, Ghana

Pyongyang – New Year in North Korea

valbone-theth-hike-mountains-albania-panorama

Valbona to Theth – Hiking Albania’s Accursed Mountains

maya shaman blessing mexico video

Maya Shaman Blessing – Mexico

crazy old woman video morocco

Is She a Crazy Old Woman? – Morocco

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