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The travels on this website are categorised according to world regions. This is the portal into Asia, Europe, Middle East, North Africa and Latin America. Scroll down and...
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The UNESCO World Heritage List includes several hundred properties with outstanding universal value. They are all part of the world’s cultural and natural heritage. ...
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How to include maps in your blog posts
This website deals with travels and trips to many places. Most readers would want a map to assist in understanding what a particular article is describing. Here are some ways to display maps in your posts. ...
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Central Asia 2014 (5) The Emir of Bukhara and the lost camels
The man on the image from 1911 was the last Emir of Bukhara. Join me for a look into days long lost, and read what happened to him and his treasure after he was forced to leave his fortress. The oases on the Silk...
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Central Asia 2014 (4) Shakhrisabz and the birth of a nation
This is rule number 1 in nation building: Go back in history and find an epic...
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Central Asia 2014 (3) The road to Samarkand
Three of history’s greatest warlords found reason to conquer and ravage...
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Saltstraumen, the world’s strongest maelstrom
Outside Bodø in Northern Norway we find the strongest maelstrom, or tidal...
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Almost on the North Pole, a visit to Svalbard
Svalbard is an extreme place on Earth. In the winter snow and darkness falls...
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This Week in Nature: Air
This is the last part in my series of photo essays dealing with the classic...
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Sculptures in the centre of Oslo, Part 2
The second and last part of this walk from Oslo Central Station to the Royal...
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