A Day Trip to Naxçıvan City Part I
Naxçivan International Airport

A Day Trip to Naxçıvan City Part I

  Where is Naxçıvan and how do you get there? Naxçıvan is small enclave of Azerbaijan, roughly the size of the state of Delaware, that is completely separated from Azerbaijan proper. Naxçıvan shares land borders with Armenia, Turkey and Iran, although all of the Armenian borders are completely…

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A Hike Out to the Árbær Open Air Museum
House with traditional Icelandic turf roof at the Árbær Open Air Museum

A Hike Out to the Árbær Open Air Museum

  The Reykjavík City Museum is spread out over several locations, with the most fascinating being the Árbæjarsafn (Árbær Open Air Museum), situated roughly 9km (5.5mi) outside the city center. Once upon a time this used to be pure farmland, but the population explosion in Reykjavík over the past…

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What is going on in Nicaragua and what is it like to travel to Managua now?

  Update June 8, 2018: The situation in Managua has severely deteriorated in the past weeks. Peace talks have been suspended and the death toll continues to rise as Ortega refuses to step down.  The silver lining of all the violence and bloodshed is that it has brought…

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