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Azerbaijan in pictures

August 9, 2020December 28, 2020 pdg 0 Comments Azerbaijan, Baku, Lahic, Lahij, Lenkeran, Qobustan, Şeki

Unspoiled mountain villages where time stands still and mind-boggling environmental devastation left by the oil industry — you’ll find both in exotic, welcoming Azerbaijan.

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The Merry Cemetery: Where folk art conquers grief

August 24, 2019December 28, 2020 pdg 0 Comments Cimitirul Vesel, Maramureş, Merry Cemetery, Romania, Săpânţa, Sighetu Maramaţiei

Anyone who tries to tell you death is no laughing matter clearly hasn’t been to Romania’s Merry Cemetery.

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Walking New Zealand’s Hokianga Coastal Track

April 20, 2019January 2, 2021 pdg 3 Comments hiking, Hokianga, Hokianga Coastal Track, Kai Iwi Lakes, Maunganui Bluff, Ōmāpere, Waimamaku Coastal Track, walking

Three days of wildly beautiful coastline — and chances are you won’t have to share it with anyone.

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One foot in paradise

May 17, 2018December 28, 2020 pdg 0 Comments Aitutaki, Cook Islands, One Foot Island, paradise

I’d only been on Aitutaki, a series of atolls sprinkled around a picture-postcard lagoon in the Cook Islands, for a few minutes when Captain Terrible ruined my plans for this story.