The mountainous region of Nagorno-Karabakh is one of the more complicated parts of the world. Straddling Asia and Europe, even its name is disputed with the Armenians calling it Artsakh and Azerbaijan (and most of the rest of the world) calling it Nagorno-Karabakh.  ...

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The Stone Fort at Tashgurkan I felt like I was in Tajikistan not China. The clothes, the food, the way people dressed, all were just so Tajik. Yet I was in Tashgurkan, the first Chinese town on the Karakoram Highway which I had been travelling on since Islamabad. ...

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Samoa is not known for its exports, outside of rugby union players, but it has a small but growing industry in producing extremely tasty chocolate.  Samoa is not known for its exports, outside of rugby union players, but it has a small but growing industry in producing extremely tasty chocolate.  ...

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While travelling on Samoa's less populated island Savai’i I headed deep into the interior to visit the Mount Matavanu Crater. Not only can you look deep into the impressive crater whose eruption reshaped the islands east coast, but you will be able to meet Crater Man, the guardian of this volcanic wonderland.  ...

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