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Gunnar Garfors
Jan 19, 20205 min read
Who Deserves Your Aid Money?
In a pygmy village in Central African Republic. Internationally there are thousands and thousands of organizations that provide aid to...
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Gunnar Garfors
Dec 16, 20184 min read
Oops, I Did It Again
My second trip to Estonia, 15 years after the first. The last two years I have visited the 20 least-visited countries on the planet. And...
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Gunnar Garfors
Dec 10, 20181 min read
Visiting Every Country Twice
On the river bank in Asunción, the capital of Paraguay. After two years of research I have finally finished my book about the world’s 20...
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Gunnar Garfors
Nov 20, 20181 min read
‘Elsewhere’ Available Now
You can buy a gift certificate like this, to put under the Christmas tree, or preorder the book for yourself. Preorders qualify for a 15...
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Gunnar Garfors
Oct 14, 20184 min read
How to Visit Syria
The Damascus delivery dude. I met him several times around the old city. Last week I went on holiday. To Syria. It is the 31st...
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Gunnar Garfors
Jun 26, 201816 min read
World’s 20 Least Touristy Countries
From the least visited country in the world. Which one it is? Find out further down. Photo by Lexie Alford. I have been on the road the...
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Gunnar Garfors
Sep 10, 201713 min read
North Korea 8 Years Apart
In front of Taedong River and Juche Tower in Pyongyang in 2017, my first visit in eight years. I first visited North Korea in 2009. North...
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Gunnar Garfors
Apr 28, 20173 min read
World Record Chaser: – I am kind of stuck in Yemen
Country number 195 was definitely worth a smile. But that was before he knew how to get out again. How about that for a message from your...
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Gunnar Garfors
Apr 14, 20173 min read
Maldives on the Cheap
Expect amazing views regardsless of how much you pay for accommodation. Hahaha…? No, really. It can actually be done. I was never a big...
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Gunnar Garfors
Dec 20, 20163 min read
Magic Myanmar Made My Day
It has long been a vastly underestimated destination, and it still is. More and more tourists are coming, but the numbers are still on...
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Gunnar Garfors
Nov 24, 20163 min read
Jazzin’ it in Jakarta
It is a huge city, with a reputation to match. Traffic hell in a dirty concrete wastelands with shabby neighbourhoods in between cannot...
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Gunnar Garfors
Mar 19, 20162 min read
Beirut – The Nightlife Mecca of the Middle East
The Middle East isn’t usually what comes to mind first when it comes to nightlife. For obvious reasons. But there is usually an exception...
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Gunnar Garfors
Sep 30, 20152 min read
So You Thought USA Has Many Million-Cities?
Dream on. Many countries have more cities with over one million inhabitants than the US of A. The second biggest country of North America...
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Gunnar Garfors
Mar 31, 20154 min read
Skiers paradise – in the Iranian desert
It is quite rare to see Bedouins come to Northern Europe looking for patches of sand to explore. Just about as rare as seeing Norwegians...
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Gunnar Garfors
Jan 4, 20143 min read
Abkhazia, a Must-Visit During/After Sochi Olympics
The Olympic winter games will soon come to Sochi in Russia and thousands and thousands of people will be visiting. But the trip doesn’t...
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Gunnar Garfors
Aug 14, 20132 min read
Turkey, a Low Cost Escape
Guest post by: Catherine Lavinia you’ve got cheap holidays on the agenda this summer, why not consider a holiday in Turkey? It’s got all...
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Gunnar Garfors
Aug 8, 20132 min read
The Two Double Landlocked Countries
There are some claims to fame that are more unusual than others. And we all know that something unusual or unique inevitably ends up on...
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Gunnar Garfors
Apr 30, 201310 min read
– There Are No Tourists in Afghanistan!
Afghanistan is the 10th least visited country in the world. Go figure. Then again, I always thought it would be even less visited. Not...
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Gunnar Garfors
Sep 18, 20121 min read
Innovative Newspaper Design in North Korea
I was in North Korea in April, 2009. Another foreigner was there in October 2010. We both photographed the front page of The Pyongyang...
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Gunnar Garfors
Jun 18, 20122 min read
World First: Five Continents in One Day
PRESS RELEASE (English, Norwegian (nynorsk), Norwegian (bokmål): Gunnar Garfors from Norway is on his way to try to visit five countries...
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