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Today I checked out Andorra, as I have been P-free for 49 days. Tomorrow I can go to the next country.

Andorra is very mountainous; I did not know this. It is beautiful and cold. I watched a 6-minute video on it, and I would not go there because it is too cold, but it looks wonderful. The mountain roads look cool with the cars zipping up and down them, around all the bends, next to tall cliffs.

 

Hi, I now have 3 NP pesos!! Woohoo. I just watched the video and would like to apply for a passport.

 

Angola had the most expensive city in the world until oil prices tanked (pun intended). Now it is dangerous. I watched two videos on it. In both, the tourists said they enjoyed their time in the capital Luanda, despite danger. It sounds like being a tourist in Angola is expensive and risky. I would not want to go there. However, both videos said that it was very enjoyable. Maybe my apprehension is because the videos did not explain why the visitors enjoyed their trips so much.

I did not know that Angola was having a civil war for 40 years that ended in the 2000s. This is horrible.

 

I am happy to say that after a struggle to get to 10 days, I have finally been able to visit Afghanistan.

I watched a brilliant video on trekking in the Wakhan Corridor.

The Wakhan Corridor is a narrow strip of territory in the North East of Afghanistan and is wedged between the Pamir and Karakoram mountain ranges.

I've been trekking on what was part of the ancient silk road, sometimes pitching a tent overnight and other times staying with the locals in their huts where we ate flat bread and drank tea made with yak milk and salt.

It is a beautiful part of Afghanistan with snow topped mountains, patchwork shades of green, orange-red lichen and pink and white lithophytes growing on rocks. Looking down, I can see the turquoise Wakhan river. It's breathtaking. I feel very alive here.

Compared with other parts of the country the Wakhan is pretty safe for tourists. Even though it is hard to get to I would definitely recommend going there.

 

Am ready to explore @discovery

 

I've watched the video, and am at 9 days now, so looking forward to starting this challenge!

 

First Trip Report: Afghanistan

I spent an amazing week in and around Kabul. I was surprised and overwhelmed by the hospitality of the Afghan people I met and their willingness to share a tea or a meal with a visitor. Got to enjoy some displays of traditional sports, such as Kok boru – or goat-carcass polo, and equestrian wrestling. I was able to explore the mountains around the city a little bit but their beauty left me eager to come back and see more. The unique heritage of the Afghani people with thousands of years of history being at the crossroads of different empires was a privilege to experience, if only for a short time.

 

Getting ready for my trip to ALBANIA tomorrow! I bought a flight to Tirana (the Capital of Albania) and packed my bag. Covid-19? Not in my World!!

Tomorrow is the dayyy! Yayyy

 

The 2nd Country on my list - this took me two Months and two weeks

Another mountain country. I was surprised how many it has in common with Afghanistan:
- more than half of the population is Muslim (although it is only ~56% in Albania and 99,9% in Afghanistan)
- both Countries have a long cultural history and are to this day very traditional
- both value hospitality very high, but also family honor and have blood feuds to this day

Albania is located between Italy and Greece, so to speak, although it doesn't touch Italy - the Adriatic Sea is in between (less than 100 km). Other than Greece it also has a border with Serbia and two other countries that nobody knows.

Albania were under the Ottoman Empire's domination for 400 years and had a German Prince, called Wilhelm zu Wied, as ruler for 6 Months.

But Albania is also famous for his Orthodox Church. So its quite a religious country, although the Communists tried to expunge all religion and declared it "the first Atheist Country of the World" in 1967.

I found this video series "The traveler" by Al Jazeera that helped me to prepare for my trip. Marvellous pictures! Really! I loved the trip, I loved the Country. It was a suitable celebration for my 10 day clean

@discovery I didn't get your fun fact joke (sorry!) but could you please update my Travel Board?