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Mexico was the first foreign country I ever traveled to. As a junior in high school, my botany class had a one-week bus trip from
Many think the five Central Asia “Stans” are variations of a theme, with similar cultures and histories. However, Tajikistan stands out from the pack. Its
Malawi is a special place in Africa, where ethnic groups live harmoniously and most people are engaged in small-scale agriculture. Visitors are treated in a
We spent almost a week in December 2025 with close friends in Saint Kitts and Nevis, the smallest sovereign state in the Western Hemisphere in
Guinea is an incredible country with mountains, rainforest, savannas, grasslands and an ocean coast. Over three-quarters of the population are employed in agriculture, cultivating a
Mali used to have a significant tourism industry, attracting hundreds of thousands of visitors annually, especially to Timbuktu and the Dogon Country. This industry dramatically declined
Moldova is…? Many travelers can’t even venture an answer because they know nothing about the country even though it’s in Europe and easily accessible. Well,
Captain James Cook, in the 1770s, named Tonga the “Friendly Islands”; and the moniker stuck because it’s true. People are warm, hospitable and represent a
Fewer than 1,000 tourists visit Tuvalu each year, as the nation is remote and hardly known. However, travelers who make it there discover vast stretches
