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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 Kukiland plan

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We never even considered going to Bangladesh, what on earth would we be doing there? But opportunist as always, when I received this email announcing a two week trip to Bangladesh, from the same organisation that arranged the highly successful trip to Syria last year, I asked my customary travel partner – on a cold [...]
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01.the Former Yugoslavia plan

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I could have called it the Western Balkans plan, of course, and technically, that would have been more appropriate, as we will only fleetingly visit Serbia, and we will skip North Macedonia – what used to be called the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia – all together. But all of the countries we plan 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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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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01. the idea

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As if there hasn’t been written more than enough about everything that can possibly be written about, I will once more add to the vast amount of text on the internet. I enjoy blogging, it forces me to be even more observant than I normally am, as to ensure that there is always something to [...]
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  • The 10 Latest Entries to the Site

    • 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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