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04. the preparations

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The visas are ready within a week. We can pick up our passports from VFS Global, no need for an appointment. This time we are outside again after ten minutes. That’s one, the Indian visa. We drive on to the Bangladeshi embassy, also in The Hague. Although technically we can only collect visa between 3 [...]
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01. the Syria idea

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I do admit to a certain amount of opportunism. Years ago we planned to go to Syria, only to be denied by what was then euphemistically called the Arab Spring. We all know how that has developed in the past years, and especially in Syria. So when some organisation I know announced a trip to [...]
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01. the first Italy plan

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I call this the first Italy plan, because I suspect we will be coming back a few times. Italy is too big to cover in one trip, and besides, we are not in a hurry, we can take it easy – because Italy is also driving distance from home, and a lot easier to return [...]
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01. the Czech plan

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We are not the type that travels during the peak holiday season in Europe. July and August we spend at home, because the rest of the world is then happily holidaying – it is far too busy everywhere, far too many screaming kids, far too difficult to find affordable accommodation, and impossible to strike up [...]
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01. the Caucasus Plan

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We are about to leave for our next trip, the first of two journeys into the South Caucasus. We start with Azerbaijan and Georgia, lots of variation and lots of things to discover. Years ago, whilst we were traveling by car through Eastern Turkey, we decided, on a whim, to cross into Armenia. We didn’t [...]
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01. the Chile and Peru plan

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It is that time of the year again, the winter in Europe is around the corner, time to escape for a while. This time, we have selected South America as our travel target. With one of us being Argentinian, we do go to South America regularly. But hitherto we hardly ever featured outside Argentina on [...]
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04. the adjustments

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Even before we have left, we had to adjust the plan already. News about the attack on tourists in the Danakil Depression remains elusive – the only thing everybody agrees on is that five tourists were killed. Now the ARDUF, a rebel group inside Ethiopia that fights for greater autonomy of the Afar region, claims [...]
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02. the plan

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Right! As always, we have a plan. This time we will be traveling in circles – there is really no other logistically convenient way to do it. We’ll fly to Addis Abeba, only to pick up our Somaliland visa, and then we take a plane to Djibouti, where we will start our trip. After a [...]
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    • 14. Nowruz April 29, 2026
    • 13. Gonur Depe April 26, 2026
    • 12. Ancient Merv April 23, 2026
    • 11. Köw-Ata cave April 20, 2026
    • 10. Nokhur village April 20, 2026
    • 09. Balkanabat April 18, 2026
    • 08. the Yangykala canyon April 18, 2026
    • 07. Awaza April 9, 2026
    • 06. Turkmenbasy April 9, 2026
    • 05. Old Nisa April 6, 2026
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