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Pot hole rallye to the Isalo National Park, Madagascar
Still I am unsure: is Madagascar more beautiful than it is poor, or exceeds the poverty level its level of beauty? In any case, your...
Wolfgang Fobo
15. Dez. 20222 Min. Lesezeit
Chinguetti
Far out in the Mauritanian desert, Chinguetti is a mystical place. Details about this oasis you can google, let me just state that...
Wolfgang Fobo
15. Dez. 20222 Min. Lesezeit
Noah's Land, Nakhichevan
Another exclave, another curiosity. Belonging to Azerbaidshan, but (as by the tie of writing, October 2022) only accessible by air from...
Wolfgang Fobo
13. Okt. 20223 Min. Lesezeit
Ghadames
To me Ghadames always was (and is) a mystical place. Located in South Western Libya, close to the borders with Algeria and Tunisia,...
Wolfgang Fobo
30. Mai 20223 Min. Lesezeit
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...
Wolfgang Fobo
23. Feb. 20225 Min. Lesezeit
How to pee correctly in Belochistan
It happens to everybody. When you are on the road for hours, eventually the call of nature will make you stop your car, and if there are...
Wolfgang Fobo
20. Feb. 20221 Min. Lesezeit
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...
Wolfgang Fobo
31. Jan. 202212 Min. Lesezeit
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 Fobo
30. Jan. 20222 Min. Lesezeit
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...
Wolfgang Fobo
29. Dez. 20214 Min. Lesezeit
Bosnian Triple
Anybody ever heard of Medurecje? Or Odzak? Or Domaljevac? Neither did I. These are 3 exclaves inside and outside of Bosnia. And...
Wolfgang Fobo
31. Aug. 20214 Min. Lesezeit
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...
Wolfgang Fobo
31. Aug. 20214 Min. Lesezeit
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,...
Wolfgang Fobo
6. Apr. 20216 Min. Lesezeit
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...
Wolfgang Fobo
4. März 20212 Min. Lesezeit
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 Fobo
5. März 20201 Min. Lesezeit
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 Fobo
12. Feb. 20203 Min. Lesezeit
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...
Wolfgang Fobo
8. Jan. 20203 Min. Lesezeit
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...
Wolfgang Fobo
18. Dez. 20196 Min. Lesezeit
Somaliland
One of the few "non-countries", Somaliland enjoys independence since 1991. Officially one of the three regions in Somalia, Somaliland...
Wolfgang Fobo
16. Dez. 20192 Min. Lesezeit
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...
Wolfgang Fobo
16. Dez. 20191 Min. Lesezeit
The Pamir Highway
It was an adventure journey, starting in Osh in Kirgistan, ending in Dushanbe, the capital of Tajikistan. Traveling in jeeps, over...
Wolfgang Fobo
16. Dez. 20191 Min. Lesezeit
For those who speak no German, please refer to the English posts, which are an extract of the "All Posts". Lately I also endeavor to write a few stories in other languages. All languages - except Spanish - I used for the business I was in.
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