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North Korea Travel Guide

DPR NORTH KOREA – How things can go wrong in a North Korea trip (#TBT)

June 11, 2015 Chris W. 0

#TBT [ThrowBackThursday] week 24 of 2015. This week, something I remember from my visit to North Korea (DPRK), 1 of the 52 countries I visited prior to 2015. In October and November 2015 I had two trips planned to North Korea (DPRK). Both of them [read more]

Ireland - Newgrange & Knowth
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IRELAND – An Ireland road trip after the serious accident of my wife (#TBT)

May 28, 2015 Chris W. 4

#TBT [ThrowBackThursday] week 22 of 2015. This week, something I remember from my visit to Ireland, 1 of the 52 countries I visited prior to 2015. An Ireland road trip after an accident Back in 2006 my wife had a serious accident. A car hit [read more]

Sweden - Stockholm - Birka Island
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SWEDEN – Two funny anekdotes from our Stockholm city trip (#TBT)

May 21, 2015 Chris W. 0

#TBT [ThrowBackThursday] week 21 of 2015. This week, something I remember from my visit to Sweden, 1 of the 52 countries I visited prior to 2015. Two short anekdotes from Stockholm, Sweden If you travel with kids at some point they just don’t want anymore. [read more]

Eating Sannakji in Seoul, a live octopus
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SOUTH KOREA – Eating Sannakji in Seoul, a live octopus (#TBT)

May 8, 2015 Chris W. 1

#TBT [ThrowBackThursday] week 19 of 2015. This week, something I remember from my visit to South Korea, 1 of the 52 countries I visited prior to 2015. Eating Sannakji in Seoul, do you dare? I have been in South Korea only once in Seoul for [read more]

Eating Fugu in Tokyo and other dishes
Japan Travel Guide

JAPAN – Eating Fugu in Tokyo, a raw lobster and whale soup (#TBT)

April 30, 2015 Chris W. 0

#TBT [ThrowBackThursday] week 18 of 2015. This week, something I remember from my visit to Japan, 1 of the 52 countries I visited prior to 2015. Eating Fugu in Tokyo Together with my son (then 10 years) I had a list of things we wanted [read more]

Latvia - Riga
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LATVIA – A beauty salon in Riga and a scary neighbourhood (#TBT)

April 23, 2015 Chris W. 0

#TBT [ThrowBackThursday] week 17 of 2015. This week, something I remember from my visit to Riga, Latvia, 1 of the 52 countries I visited prior to 2015. Visiting Riga with kids Today I was going through the countries I had visited thinking about a good [read more]

Kuwait - Kuwait
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KUWAIT – I went to Kuwait only to get a passport stamp and eat at Burger King (#TBT)

March 26, 2015 Chris W. 2

#TBT [ThrowBackThursday] week 13 of 2015. This week, something I remember from my visit to Kuwait, 1 of the 52 countries I visited prior to 2015. To be honest there is not that much to remember from Kuwait, not even a traffic fine like all [read more]

Churrascaria
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BRAZIL – My first experience with Churrascaria; got addicted! (#TBT)

March 12, 2015 Chris W. 2

#TBT [ThrowBackThursday] week 11 of 2015, My first experience with Churrascaria; got addicted! My first time to visit Brazil was in 2011 and it was then when I got introduced to Churrascaria. This is not for vegetarians. Churrascaria is a kind of way of eating [read more]

Austria - Vienna - Schonbrunn
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AUSTRIA – Having dinner in a star restaurant with my daughter of 5 (#TBT)

March 5, 2015 Chris W. 0

#TBT [ThrowBackThursday] week 10 of 2015, Having dinner in a star restaurant with my daughter of 5 This week, something I remember from Austria, 1 of the 52 countries I visited prior to 2015. In 2009 or 2010 I do not even exactly remember I had [read more]

Argentina - Buenos Aires
Argentina

ARGENTINA – Tips on avoiding pickpocketing and my experience in Buenos Aires (#TBT)

February 26, 2015 Chris W. 6

#TBT [ThrowBackThursday] week 9 of 2015, Tips on avoiding pickpocketing and my experience. This week Argentina 1 of the 52 countries I visited prior to 2015. In all my travels I got pickpocketed only once and I knew it was happening! Here my experiences with pickpocketing in [read more]

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