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July 2, 2024
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June 21, 2024
I read in a book by Ryszard Kapuściński, “Ebano”, that for Africans the concept of time is not scientific. It is a flexible, elastic,
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May 29, 2024
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March 31, 2024
‘No-alcohol trade zone’ I am at the Macrocenter of Cesme, Turkish coast. I ended up checking the shelf of the renowned artichokes (enginarlar) from
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January 3, 2024
There is an iconic place in Riga that encapsulates the diverse souls of Latvia and its last hundred years of history. It is the
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November 15, 2023
Royal Geographical Society Travel, exploration, geography and cosmopolitanism have always been a founding instrument of knowledge, economic, military and political power for the British
When Britain was Greater – ch.I
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