Micronesia waterfall We have now been running tours to the least visited countries in the world – all located in the Pacific – for three years now, and remain the only company to do so. Each iteration of our Least…
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15 Best Things to Do in Cape Canaveral (FL)
Located along the central portion of Florida’s Atlantic coast east of Orlando, Cape Canaveral is in Brevard County and is most well-known as the epicenter of the country’s space program. The area around Cape Canaveral was originally explored by Ponce…
Read More15 Best Things to Do in Lokeren (Belgium)
On the banks of the languid Durme River, Lokeren is a small city in the East Flanders. Lokeren’s greatest asset is the nature found effortlessly close city centre. From the train station you can hop on a bike, and Waasland’s…
Read More15 Best Things to Do in Vilvoorde (Belgium)
Named for a ford on the River Zenne, the city of Vilvoorde is about 10 kilometres north-east of Brussels and linked to the capital by the Brussels-Scheldt Canal. Vilvoorde gained city rights as long ago as 1198, and for decades…
Read More15 Best Things to Do in Avon Park (FL)
The City of Avon Park is located in the central portion of Florida in Highlands County. Its nearest metropolitan neighbor is Orlando to the north. It’s also equidistant from the Atlantic coast to the east and the Gulf Coast to…
Read More15 Best Things to Do in Turnhout (Belgium)
Home of the international playing card manufacturer Cartamundi, Turnhout is also unofficial capital of the Kempen region, a landscape of heathland, dunes and fens in the north-east of Belgium Turnhout had ties with the sport of hunting for hundreds of…
Read More15 Best Things to Do in Ostend (Belgium)
The largest city on Belgium’s coast is imbued with a royal flair that goes back to the middle of the 19th century when it became Leopold I’s resort of choice. Belgium’s aristocracy followed suit, and Ostend’s lofty status is confirmed…
Read More10 best Communist relics in Bulgaria
Despite siding with Fascist forces in WW2, after a Soviet-backed coup in the 1940s Bulgaria operated as a communist state under the reign of the Bulgarian Communist Party (BCP) for 44 years between 1946 and 1990. Whilst not part of…
Read More10 Facts About North Korea
Let’s face it, North Korea is an inherently interesting place. It’s one of the few places on Earth we can’t just load up Google and start digitally walking its streets. We can’t even talk to its citizens for the most…
Read MoreNouadhibou : A City Guide
Nouadhibou is the second most important city of Mauritania. Located at the north of the country, less than an hour driving from the wild border between Morocco and Mauritania, controlled by Western Sahara, it is an important fishing port of…
Read MoreBirdwatching in North Korea
When it comes to a trip to the DPRK you may be thinking about political and historical sights, factories and collective farms, the border with South Korea at the DMZ. You may even be thinking about a trip to the…
Read MoreMansudae Grand Monument
The Mansudae Grand Monument is one of the most iconic spots in Pyongyang and features two enormous bronze statues of the former leaders, President Kim Il Sung and General Kim Jong Il, The monument also includes a mural of Mt…
Read MoreCONIFA WORLD CUP 2020 GROUP STAGE DRAW
As we continue our coverage of the CONIFA World Cup 2020 in Skopje, the group stage draw for the finals were made this week and it’s thrown up some absolute corkers! It’s difficult to argue against Group D being the…
Read MoreTravelling to America after a tour to the DPRK… getting a tourist visa is easy!
Guest blog by Pioneer Joseph Harrison, a British guy living and teaching in China with an exotic taste in travel! He describes his experience getting a US tourist visa after his tour to the DPRK meant he couldn’t use the…
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