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20. the road to the border

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Our last road experience was the one to border, no, to the Akhaura landport (you have an airport, a seaport, so why not a landport?). It took us 4,5 hours to cover the 125 kms. Through an area which was not very pretty, with lots of industry – mainly rice processing factories. Leaving Bangladesh was [...]
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11. Sylhet

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We have moved from the NW to the NE of the country, and landed in Sylhet, billed as the most touristic location of Bangladesh. Except that Sylhet itself doesn’t have many interesting sites itself, the most famous one being the shrine of Hazrat Shah Jajaj. The shrine is part of a whole complex, complete with [...]
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04. the border

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There are no flights to Syria, at least not from any airport near me. Most airlines fly to Beirut – which suited me well, because my Lebanese friend had just returned from Rafa, in Gaza. Yes, that one. After a relaxing day in Beirut the group departure was scheduled early morning from the city centre. [...]
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12. into Georgia

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Our first contact with Georgia is somewhat disappointing, but things are getting better.
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Wajaale

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A most efficient border crossing halfway between Jijiga in Ethiopia and Hargeisa in Somaliland.
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31. Wajaale

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There are few entries into capital cities – would-be capital cities – more depressing than the entry into Hargeisa. There are few more depressive ways of entering a capital city than the way we entered Hargeisa today. It all started quite well, with the best scrambled eggs we have had so far (admittedly, combined with [...]
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