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United States – Washington (Seattle, Tacoma, Spokane, Yakima) VISITED BY: 1976 NOMADS What to do here   +− ⇧   © OpenStreetMap contributors. i ⤢ Hide series items  Expand Enter your visits to this region First visited Best visit quality No of visits Before 1980 … Continue reading →

Chad is one of the poorest and most corruptly mis-governed countries in the world, with most of its inhabitants living in poverty as subsistence herders and farmers. Due to its distance from the sea and desert climate, Chad is sometimes described … Continue reading →

Burkina Faso, formerly Upper Volta, is a landlocked country in West Africa. Burkina Faso is one of the friendliest – and until the late 2010s, one of the safest – countries in all of Africa. Even before the unrest that made travel … Continue reading →

A landlocked country in the Sahel, Mali remains one of the poorest countries in the world, but it has wonderful musicians and some incredible sights, including four UNESCO World Heritage sites and the historic city of Timbuktu. Just under half the population is less … Continue reading →

A landlocked country in the Sahel, Mali remains one of the poorest countries in the world, but it has wonderful musicians and some incredible sights, including four UNESCO World Heritage sites and the historic city of Timbuktu. Just under half the population is less … Continue reading →

Niger (pronounced: nee-ZHAIR) is an arid, landlocked country of the Sahel. Niger is a former French colony that was granted independence in 1960. The land is mostly desert plains and dunes, with rolling savanna in the southeast with nothing much to see. … Continue reading →

Niger (pronounced: nee-ZHAIR) is an arid, landlocked country of the Sahel. Niger is a former French colony which was granted independence in 1960. The land is mostly desert plains and dunes, with rolling savanna in the southeast with nothing much to see. … Continue reading →

W NATIONAL PARK Situated in 3 countries, W National Park is named for the bends in the Niger River that meanders in the shape of a W. This spectacular but relatively secret park in an unvisited corner of Africa has … Continue reading →

Yemen is one of the least developed and poorest countries in the Middle East and has endured a bloody civil war since at least 2011. Despite being adjacent to Saudi Arabia and on the same peninsula as the United Arab … Continue reading →

Yemen is one of the least developed and poorest countries in the Middle East and has endured a bloody civil war since at least 2011. Despite being adjacent to Saudi Arabia and on the same peninsula as the United Arab Emirates, Yemen is definitely … Continue reading →