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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

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...

Wolfgang Fobo

30. Sept. 20193 Min. Lesezeit

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...

Wolfgang Fobo

20. Mai 20193 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.