Wolfgang Fobo23. Feb.5 Min.The two faced IraqTravelling to Iraq in February 22 - are you crazy? Although I was not expressively asked, I could read that question in the faces of...
Wolfgang Fobo31. Jan.12 Min.North Korea, May 2009I kept this journey for me, as a secret. Because I could not imagine to really obtain a visa. Then, one day, I received a call from the...
Wolfgang Fobo30. Jan.2 Min.Yemen Yes there are tours to mainland Yemen. To be exact Southern Yemen. Even though everybody might discourage you, because there is war over...
Wolfgang Fobo29. Dez. 20214 Min.Gwadar, BaluchistanBalochistan is not exactly a region that the ordinary tourist endeavors to visit. What can be read in the press was that Baluchistan is a...
Wolfgang Fobo31. Aug. 20214 Min.Bosnian TripleAnybody ever heard of Medurecje? Or Odzak? Or Domaljevac? Neither did I. These are 3 exclaves inside and outside of Bosnia. And...
Wolfgang Fobo31. Aug. 20214 Min.Cameroonian AdventureBy way of the connections of our tour operator, we managed to obtain a visa for Cameroon - although officially the border was closed for...
Wolfgang Fobo6. Apr. 20216 Min.Testing for Covid in GambiaThis is mandatory prior to departure. No negative test, no boarding pass. Our departure was scheduled for Easter Saturday 3rd of April,...
Wolfgang Fobo4. März 20212 Min.Einstein and meHanging around at home during the Covid pandemia, not being able to live my passion, which is traveling, I keep my mind busy with...
Wolfgang Fobo5. März 20201 Min.Market Reef This is one of the geographical oddities that I like so much. The smallest "island" in the world that is shared by 2 countries, Finland...
Wolfgang Fobo12. Feb. 20203 Min.Transnistria Visiting Transnistria was one of my most urgent desires of places yet to be visited, and as soon I left my company for good, going into...
Wolfgang Fobo8. Jan. 20203 Min.Chad - EnnediNo trip for the faint hearted. What you need is good health, a sense of humor, a decent amount of money to afford this trip, and some...
Wolfgang Fobo18. Dez. 20194 Min.Enclaves and ExclavesEnclaves fascinate me, in a similar manner that non-countries do. Somehow I see in enclaves an irregularity in geography. Why is this...
Wolfgang Fobo16. Dez. 20192 Min.SomalilandOne of the few "non-countries", Somaliland enjoys independence since 1991. Officially one of the three regions in Somalia, Somaliland...
Wolfgang Fobo16. Dez. 20191 Min.DjiboutiNot a country in the mainstream of tourists, and yet this is it what made me curious. Good thing is that there is a certain minimum...
Wolfgang Fobo16. Dez. 20191 Min.The Pamir HighwayIt was an adventure journey, starting in Osh in Kirgistan, ending in Dushanbe, the capital of Tajikistan. Traveling in jeeps, over...
Wolfgang Fobo30. Sept. 20193 Min.OecusseOecusse gave me a kind of exclusive feeling. Because I might have been the only tourist in this exclave of Easttimor. Perhaps. At least I...
Wolfgang Fobo20. Mai 20193 Min.BurundiShould I go or shouldn’t I? On their website the German Ministry of Foreign affairs discourages a visit , so does the Lonely Planet in...
Wolfgang Fobo9. Apr. 20194 Min.Equatorial GuineaOne of the least visited countries, and not exactly provided with an infrastructure for tourists, you must have a foible for the bizarre,...
Wolfgang Fobo8. Apr. 20192 Min.Elista/KalmykiaI was curious. How a Buddhist City in Europe would look like. Elista is the capital of Kalmykia, a Russian Republic, which for whatever...
Wolfgang Fobo8. Apr. 20194 Min.Train 350M Moscow to TashkentThe train is operated by Usbekistan Railways, leaving Moscow Kazanskyi Station at 12.16 hrs, but not daily. This train takes the Southern...