Travel, Culture & Real Stories
We should establish a couple of things about precolonial Africa before diving deeper into this post. First is that back in the old days, nation-states weren’t ubiquitous in the Motherland, as they are today. There … Read More
First of all, let’s establish this. We all know of Russia, the large country at the northern tip of Eurasia. But there’s also a smaller nearby region that historically is known as Prussia, not to … Read More
The Kuril Islands are a series of landmasses that collectively stretch from northeast Japan to Russia’s Kamchatka Peninsula. Japan and Russia do not share a border on land, but they are maritime neighbors.
Unfortunately, the … Read More
When the average person looks at world maps, we may notice subtle differences but not particularly care. However, creating an accurate map of the globe requires a lot more than just drawing and positioning coastlines. … Read More
For many travelers, Japan is one of the safest countries in the world. I’ve visited Japan’s airports, walked through its cities, and spoken to countless travelers who describe the country as clean, organized, and incredibly … Read More
As a traveler, I’ve visited places around the world that look completely ordinary today but are remembered because of something tragic that happened there. It could be something as simple as a street corner or … Read More
