Editor’s Note: This is a guest post by OpenWorld contributor Bill Altaffer, named the “world’s most well traveled man” (according...
A bit about Tuva Northwest of Mongolia, in the Russian Federation, is the autonomous region formerly known as Tannu-Tuva. Its...
In July I took Oceanic Society Expeditions’ tour to Midway Island and not only had a great time but experienced...
Along with a group of nine other adventurers, I went on a tour of a country that few American travelers...
I have visited over 275 countries and, having made a November visit to the Marquesas Islands on board the Aranui,...
Timbuktu (French: Tombouctou) is a magical destination. Having wanted to visit this ultra-exotic city for dozens of years, I found...
The Kamchatka Peninsula, part of The Russian Federation, extends from the northeastern end of Siberia, thrusting down to divide the...
I met with my fellow travelers, a small group of Americans, in Almaty, Kazakhstan to begin my third trip to...
I have made dozens of trips to China, starting in 1979 with the first group of foreign tourists onboard the...
Inside “the Hermit Kingdom” By Bill Altaffer, San Diego. have traveled for over 50 years to every country in the...
After our trip to the Ukraine, a few of in our group flew to Greece for a post-trip visit to...
Minsk Our band of merry fellows boarded an early flight from Yerevan to Minsk, capital of Belarus. As we looked...
Part 1 – Asia (Azerbaijan, Georgia and Armenia) By Bill Altaffer, San Diego, California It was the last week of...
The former Soviet Union was ravaged during the Second World War, losing nearly 27 million soldiers and civilians. The memories...