Reading Time: 3 minutesClose to the border with Tajikistan, with a population of over 300,000, Samarkand is the second-largest city in Uzbekistan after the capital city Tashkent. We are exploring …
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Reading Time: < 1 minuteThe incredible World Fair (or World Expo) is held in another city every 2 to 4 years. These photos are from the 2010 Expo in Shanghai, …
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Reading Time: 3 minutesA good friend of mine who lives in Malta once remarked that on a map of Europe, his country looks like nothing more than a tiny bit …
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Reading Time: 2 minutesLiechtenstein is a constitutional monarchy, currently headed by Hans-Adam II (known as Prince Regnant of Liechtenstein). It is the only remaining European monarchy that practices strict agnatic …
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Reading Time: 3 minutesEntirely surrounded by Italy, the Republic of San Marino is located on the Italian Peninsula at the northeastern side of the Apennine Mountains. With a total population …
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Reading Time: 3 minutesMonaco is the country with the second-highest population density, and highest per capita millionaires, Monaco is the playground of the rich and famous. If you can’t keep …
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Reading Time: 2 minutesWhile the surface area of the Vatican, the world’s smallest sovereign state, is less than half a square kilometre (0.17 sq mi), it has some of the …
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Reading Time: 2 minutesCentral Asia is unquestionably one of the world’s greatest regions for extraordinary road trips! Whether you do it by 4×4 vehicle, bus, train, shared taxi, cycling, or …
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Reading Time: 2 minutesBangladesh is one of the most rewarding places to visit for intrepid travellers who like to get well off the beaten track. If you are into portrait …
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Reading Time: 2 minutesI recently visited Bangladesh and was pleasantly surprised by the friendliness of the people. I reached some very remote villages where the chief of the villages told …