With none worldwide journey for the reason that world pandemic, my passport truly expired in August 2023 and I didn’t even realise it until many months later! I lastly obtained spherical to getting a brand new one lately however there aren’t any nonetheless plans to go abroad. I’d like to do a fast journey to Seoul or Taipei however discovering a handy time to do this (in addition to the cash!) will not be really easy. It did get me eager about the shortest instances I’ve spent in nations although so, of all of the nations I’ve visited, these are the ten which had been very a lot in ‘n out jobs…
10. Myanmar (December 2013) – The unique concept was for us to remain for a few week right here however issues didn’t fairly go to plan and so we ended up simply having a few nights there. We most likely spent extra time checking out our visas on the embassy in Tokyo than we did within the nation itself! All of that wasn’t going to cease us from getting probably the most out of it and it proved to be a vastly memorable journey. Extra particulars right here.
9. Bosnia & Herzegovina (2010) – The unique concept was to not even keep the evening right here by arriving within the morning and leaving within the night. Nevertheless, a 5 hour bus delay put paid to that concept. There wasn’t far more to Mostar than a touristy, cobbled procuring road operating parallel to the river over which Stari Most (Outdated Bridge) crossed. It was lined with small cafes, eating places, artists’ studios and memento outlets promoting a mixture of cheesy stuff in addition to former-Yugoslavia items which I discovered fascinating. Extra particulars right here.
8. Scotland (2012) – This time it was a cancelled flight to Glasgow which had me redirected to the capital at a a lot later time than initially deliberate. Subsequently I arrived at a mate’s place at 9:00 pm and flew out early afternoon the subsequent day. That gave me about 4 hours to discover the town within the morning. Fortunately it’s fairly a small place which is simple to stroll round while taking in some lovely buildings. Extra particulars right here.
7. Qatar (2014) – A transit en-route to the UK the place I paid for a visa to get out of the airport and discover a few of the sights of Doha. I had a beautiful time and was pretty content material with what I managed to do in such a restricted period of time. Extra particulars right here.
6. Belgium (January 2011) – After a really early morning flight from Berlin I arrived in Brussels for breakfast. After a fast look across the capital I took a prepare to Bruges which was a extremely beautiful, picturesque place with many bridges, canals and medieval buildings. As a lot as I appreciated that I used to be there to search out the filming areas for the 2008 darkish, comedy thriller ‘In Bruges’. Extra particulars right here.
5. Mexico (Might 2002) – Border city Tijuana is round 30 kilometres south of San Diego within the States. I don’t suppose it actually counts as having been to the actual Mexico does it? I do not know why I had the picture (under) taken as I don’t know what the constructing within the background is! Perhaps it was as a result of photographic pictures had been restricted or was it simply because there was a Mexican flag on present! Extra particulars right here.
4. Macau (July 2017) – To be sincere, I’d by no means actually had any curiosity in visiting Macau as I’m not fussed by casinos and playing. What I wasn’t conscious of was the Portuguese structure and so, with a number of filming location sights thrown in too, I made a decision to take a day-trip throughout the waters. Extra particulars right here.
3. Austria (January 2010) – While primarily based in Bratislava (Slovakia) I made a decision to take a brief prepare journey over the border to go to Vienna. Getting on the flawed prepare that morning value me an hour or so however I used to be nonetheless pretty glad with the 4 hours or so I had within the Austrian capital. I went to the gorgeous Schönbrunn Palace after which to Stephansplatz again within the metropolis centre the place I visited the humungous Stephansdom and walked on over via the picturesque Hofberg Imperial Palace space. Extra particulars right here.
2. Liechtenstein (August 2010) – While in Switzerland, the possibility of visiting one other nation was too good an opportunity to show down so I ended in Vaduz for a number of hours as I moved between Zurich and Lucerne. I used to be actually excited to see a capital metropolis which has a inhabitants of simply over 5,000 folks. Vaduz was principally only one procuring road filled with eating places, memento outlets and some museums with a picturesque fort nestled up within the hills behind it. Extra particulars right here.
1. Denmark (August 2000) – My time in Fredrikshavn on the north-east coast of Denmark was so brief that I don’t also have a correct picture from there! The one one I may discover was considered one of me going there on the boat from Gothenburg in Sweden. My pal Hugo made a mistake with the boat instances so we principally needed to flip round on arrival on the port so as to get again that day! He stayed on the boat however I did disembark to spend about eight minutes trying across the port!
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