Recent updates:  Iraq, African Horn, Middle East journeys, Maldives, Shetland Islands,  Orkney Islands, into the Transkei, trekking in the Alps

Latest travels: Somalia (2018), Mexico (2018), Palestine (2018), Zanzibar (2018), Saudi Arabia (2018), Maldives (2019), Shetland & Orkney Islands (2019),  Iraq (2019)

Going next: São Tomé & Principe, Saudi Arabia, Algeria, Karelian territories in Russia & Finland