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December 24, 2021 By Ramblin' Randy

Make Three Wishes – You’re in Mauritius!

Getting There My hotel (okay, resort) was a little over an hour away from Sir Seewoosagur Ramgoolam International Airport and in the opposite direction of the island’s capital and most populous city, St. Louis. It too, was almost an hour away. The airport here really was in the middle of nowhere. Perhaps that was the…

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December 24, 2021December 28, 2021 By Ramblin' Randy

Sally Sells Seashells by The Seashore in Seychelles

Preface Africa is more than huge. It’s humongous. It’s an absolute behemoth for someone trying to visit every country on the continent. There are 54 of them! But despite the obvious challenges of time, distance and cost, there are a handful of countries in Africa that are either tough to get into as a foreigner,…

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December 14, 2021December 14, 2021 By Ramblin' Randy

7 Countries, 7 Photos: October Trip Re-Cap

October 2021: Seven amazing countries, starting in Europe, a Central Asia “Stan”-apalooza and a nice UK wrap up. Here are seven photos of seven countries…enjoy!   #166 – Bulgaria My second attempt at getting into this country – and I barely made it in. The city was beautiful! I was surprised by all the big,…

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December 13, 2021December 14, 2021 By Ramblin' Randy

Great Scott! 24 Hours in Edinburgh.

Quickie It broke my heart to spend so little time in such an amazing city as Edinburgh…it was not my intention, but sometimes you just have to deal with inflexible flight schedules. I’d found an amazing deal on a British Airways business class ticket, mid-pandemic, back in March of 2021. The airlines were almost giving…

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December 9, 2021December 11, 2021 By Ramblin' Randy

The Belfast and the Furious

BEEN I’ll start by noting that Northern Ireland is not its own country. Well, I guess it depends on who you ask; but it is definitely not one of the 193 fully recognized nations that I’m on a mission to visit. It belongs to the UK, just like Scotland, Wales and a handful of others….

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November 15, 2021November 15, 2021 By Ramblin' Randy

4th Stan…SlowJAMastan!

There’s a New Stan in Town Back in August I visited my very first micro nation: The Republic of Molossia. Not only did I have a blast–my favorite part was meeting the President–but I left inspired. Dammit, I want a country of my own now! So The Republic of Slowjamastan was born. “Dude, I saw…

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November 14, 2021November 15, 2021 By Ramblin' Randy

Stan #3: Tajikistan

Third and Final Stan (This Run) As soon as I reached the immigration booths, I realized the people here were not the same as in the previous two “Stans.” The lady actually looked Persian – nothing like the folks I saw in Uzbekistan and definitely not like Kyrgyzstan. I’d been told that Tajikistan has a…

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November 7, 2021November 7, 2021 By Ramblin' Randy

Stan #2: Uzbekistan

Stan Number Two (See Number One HERE) I was pretty jazzed about flying into Tashkent on Uzbekistan Airways. Who gets to do that? The flight attendants were pleasant (and pretty), the safety video was not only well produced but fantastically cultural. The food was decent (and different). This concludes my review of Uzbekistan Airways. I’m…

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