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16 minutes ago, tarapoa said:

 

Anyone ever been to one of these places.....?

 

Paraguay

Uzbekistan

Central African Republic

Nauru

Guyana

 

If so, any good?

 

I know an Uzbek  from work and one of my mates stayed in Nauru when he was younger.

Other than that, no.

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I’m friends with a family who are currently backpacking in Guyana. Their photos look fantastic - a nature-lover’s paradise. I really want to go.

Uzbekistan has been on my travel list for a wee while. And might get to go to CAR through my work at some point - would certainly be up for it if the chance came.

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I've always fancied Paraguay after studying them in History. Mental country whose first dictator closed the country completely after independence and then they lost 90% of their male population in a war with all their neighbours.

 

Another country (relatively) nobody goes to but is much talked about: North Korea. I've looked at it before just because of how fascinating it would be to visit.

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2 hours ago, NotThePars said:

I've always fancied Paraguay after studying them in History. Mental country whose first dictator closed the country completely after independence and then they lost 90% of their male population in a war with all their neighbours.

 

Another country (relatively) nobody goes to but is much talked about: North Korea. I've looked at it before just because of how fascinating it would be to visit.

He had a man crush on Napoleon and declared war on Uruguay, Argentina and Brazil simultaneously.

Surprisingly he was winning for 3 months. If he had just picked one country to invade, Paraguay might have won.

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27 minutes ago, ArabAuslander said:

He had a man crush on Napoleon and declared war on Uruguay, Argentina and Brazil simultaneously.

Surprisingly he was winning for 3 months. If he had just picked one country to invade, Paraguay might have won.

 

Man, I need to go back and listen to the rest of the Radio War Nerd episode. It sounds absolutely insane.

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23 hours ago, tarapoa said:

 

Anyone ever been to one of these places.....?

 

Paraguay

Uzbekistan

Central African Republic

Nauru

Guyana

 

If so, any good?

 

I've been to Guyana back in 2002 when I traveled around Venezuela for 6 weeks. Albeit only for a day trip across the border and along the coast.

7 hours ago, The Gypsy King said:

Burkina Faso 

Mali

Ethiopia

Syria

Bermuda  

I had a stopover in Ethiopia en route to and from South Africa in 2001. Only viewed from the plane but was taken aback by the amount of lush, green agriculture in a Country normally associated with famine.

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3 hours ago, Melanius Mullarkey said:

Went to Syria around 2008. Damascus was fucking brilliant. Homs was not bad either.

Probably not so much these days tbf

Meant to do a tour of Syria and Lebanon for ages, especially Aleppo. Left it a bit late.

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38 minutes ago, welshbairn said:

Meant to do a tour of Syria and Lebanon for ages, especially Aleppo. Left it a bit late.

I never made it up as far as Aleppo (was with work) and was annoyed that I couldnt get to Beirut despite being only 60 miles from it.

Ah well, give it a 100 years or so.  

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17 hours ago, NotThePars said:

I've always fancied Paraguay after studying them in History. Mental country whose first dictator closed the country completely after independence and then they lost 90% of their male population in a war with all their neighbours.

I like that ratio!

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