Ghadames
To me Ghadames always was (and is) a mystical place. Located in South Western Libya, close to the borders with Algeria and Tunisia,...
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Wolfgang Fobo
- 23. Feb.
- 5 Min.
The two faced Iraq
Travelling to Iraq in February 22 - are you crazy? Although I was not expressively asked, I could read that question in the faces of...
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Wolfgang Fobo
- 31. Jan.
- 12 Min.
North Korea, May 2009
I 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...
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Wolfgang Fobo
- 30. 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...
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Wolfgang Fobo
- 29. Dez. 2021
- 4 Min.
Gwadar, Baluchistan
Balochistan is not exactly a region that the ordinary tourist endeavors to visit. What can be read in the press was that Baluchistan is a...
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Wolfgang Fobo
- 31. Aug. 2021
- 4 Min.
Bosnian Triple
Anybody ever heard of Medurecje? Or Odzak? Or Domaljevac? Neither did I. These are 3 exclaves inside and outside of Bosnia. And...
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Wolfgang Fobo
- 31. Aug. 2021
- 4 Min.
Cameroonian Adventure
By way of the connections of our tour operator, we managed to obtain a visa for Cameroon - although officially the border was closed for...
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Wolfgang Fobo
- 6. Apr. 2021
- 6 Min.
Testing for Covid in Gambia
This is mandatory prior to departure. No negative test, no boarding pass. Our departure was scheduled for Easter Saturday 3rd of April,...
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Wolfgang Fobo
- 4. März 2021
- 2 Min.
Einstein and me
Hanging around at home during the Covid pandemia, not being able to live my passion, which is traveling, I keep my mind busy with...
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Wolfgang Fobo
- 5. März 2020
- 1 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...
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Wolfgang Fobo
- 12. Feb. 2020
- 3 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...
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Wolfgang Fobo
- 8. Jan. 2020
- 3 Min.
Chad - Ennedi
No 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...
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Wolfgang Fobo
- 18. Dez. 2019
- 4 Min.
Enclaves and Exclaves
Enclaves fascinate me, in a similar manner that non-countries do. Somehow I see in enclaves an irregularity in geography. Why is this...
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Wolfgang Fobo
- 16. Dez. 2019
- 2 Min.
Somaliland
One of the few "non-countries", Somaliland enjoys independence since 1991. Officially one of the three regions in Somalia, Somaliland...
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Wolfgang Fobo
- 16. Dez. 2019
- 1 Min.
Djibouti
Not 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...
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Wolfgang Fobo
- 16. Dez. 2019
- 1 Min.
The Pamir Highway
It was an adventure journey, starting in Osh in Kirgistan, ending in Dushanbe, the capital of Tajikistan. Traveling in jeeps, over...
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Wolfgang Fobo
- 30. Sept. 2019
- 3 Min.
Oecusse
Oecusse gave me a kind of exclusive feeling. Because I might have been the only tourist in this exclave of Easttimor. Perhaps. At least I...
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Wolfgang Fobo
- 20. Mai 2019
- 3 Min.
Burundi
Should I go or shouldn’t I? On their website the German Ministry of Foreign affairs discourages a visit , so does the Lonely Planet in...
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Wolfgang Fobo
- 9. Apr. 2019
- 4 Min.
Equatorial Guinea
One of the least visited countries, and not exactly provided with an infrastructure for tourists, you must have a foible for the bizarre,...
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Wolfgang Fobo
- 8. Apr. 2019
- 2 Min.
Elista/Kalmykia
I was curious. How a Buddhist City in Europe would look like. Elista is the capital of Kalmykia, a Russian Republic, which for whatever...
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