Ever since I’ve been sharing my travel research I’m asked to be more positive. Considering I’m writing about politics, history…
Tanzania is one of the few sub-Saharan countries where the standard #adventurous traveller dares to go – of course, to…
Most self-respecting travellers eventually stumble upon Bhutan and find it quite a turn-on. The Buddhist mountain country stuck between China…
There are five countries in the world where abortion is illegal under all circumstances: the Dominican Republic, El Salvador, Malta,…
The urge for independence As some #well-travelled experts might remember from the two pages they read about Indian history before…
Burkina Faso is a poor country. To a large part, there are no streets but dirt roads. Also, there is…
Panama became independent from Spain in 1821 as part of Gran Colombia – that is, in Union with Colombia, Ecuador…
At the time of the Atlantic triangular slave trade, African soon-to-be slaves were mostly captivated by other Africans. These other…
When things went south with Japan during WWII, some Americans felt that people with Japanese roots could potentially sabotage allied…
It must become general knowledge to the avid reader of my musings that I’m an overly well-travelled person myself. As…