Reading Time: 4 minutesLapland or Sápmi, is an ethnocultural region which stretches over northern Fenno-Scandinavia (northern regions of Sweden, Finland, Norway, and Russia). Often called “The land of the midnight …
Peter Steyn - Editor, GlobeRovers
Peter Steyn - Editor, GlobeRovers
Blog post and photos by Peter who has been travelling almost full-time since 2005 and has been to over 122 countries. He visited several countries, such as Japan, more than 20 times. Peter is Editor-in-Chief and Publisher of GlobeRovers Magazine, an independent travel magazine focused on intrepid destinations.
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Reading Time: 2 minutesThere is nothing more beautiful than waking up in the morning and seeing the world around you is snowed in. Even better if it is a working …
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Reading Time: 13 minutesEver fantasized about being on top of the world? Geographically speaking, you have a few choices: northern parts of Canada, Greenland, Norway, or Russia. These are the …
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Reading Time: 4 minutesSVALBARD ISLANDS, NORWAY: Located about 1,000 kilometres (621 mi) from the North Pole, the Norwegian-administered Svalbard Islands are packed with adventure, all year round. Start your trip …
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Reading Time: 5 minutesNorth Korea is a “hermit” country that willfully walls itself off from the rest of the world – based on its Juche Ideology. North Korea is also a “cult hermit …
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Reading Time: 3 minutesOrangutans are currently only found in the rainforests of Borneo (an island to the east of Malaysia and south of China) and the Indonesian island of Sumatra. …
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Reading Time: 4 minutesYour history class on Cambodia may be a long way back, but if you have seen the 1984 British drama film about the Khmer Rouge regime in …
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Reading Time: 2 minutesAzerbaijan seems to be a very obscure and possibly considered a “weird place” to many travellers, albeit few have a clue what Azerbaijan is all about. Even …
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Reading Time: 3 minutesSapa is in Vietnam’s far north, close to the southeastern border of China’s Yunnan Province and is known as the “Land of the Big Skies”. Here, tranquillity …
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Reading Time: 4 minutesThere are a few countries still frozen in the Soviet era. Among these are North Korea, Turkmenistan, Transnistria, and Belarus. Though hardly comparable with one another, or …