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Pouring an "R&R" at Fernando's

A Day Trip to Ponta do Ouro, Mozambique

Mozambique is a beautiful country filled with warm people, incredible wildlife and stunning nature. Most visitors will go to experience the urban culture of Maputo, the wildlife of the Niassa Reserve or the idyllic beaches of Vilanculos, but there is another place worth visiting in Mozambique. The tiny beach town of Ponta do Ouro lays just across […]

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Dhow near fishing village somewhere in the fjords of Oman

A Day trip to Oman – Exploring the Fjords of Musandam on a Dhow

I arrived into Dubai International Airport around 3am I navigated through passport control and left my luggage at baggage storage for the day and set out via taxi to the Radisson SAS Dubai.  I wouldn’t be staying in Dubai today.  Today I would be heading to neighboring Oman!  It was probably around 4am when I […]

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Me and my Basotho friend in her hut in Lesotho

Visiting the Mountain Kingdom of Lesotho via the Sani Pass

Today began at the palatial Fairmont Zimbali Resort outside of Durban.  It really doesn’t get much better then the Fairmont Zimbali – it is most certainly “Style Hi”.  Even though the day was beginning in South Africa, today would be spent in the mountain kingdom of Lesotho (pronounced locally as  le-soo-too) just a few hours away from […]

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Jumping for joy in North Korea - can you believe I took this with the timer on the very first try?  Oh and Bakyeon Waterfall Pavillion behind me is pretty cool too.

Crossing the Demilitarized Zone into North Korea

Our convoy was ten coach buses long as we left Dorasan and already murmurs of excitement could be heard from the Korean-speaking passengers aboard. For many of us, the day had begun at four o’clock in the morning but sleep was the last thing on my mind as military vehicles took their places in front […]

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