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A flower power dictator with brutal cakes!

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Hello from another funny country! (According to the definition of my beloved ex boyfriend). And in this case, I totally agree, it IS funny! And lovely - of course 😍 (according to my definition). Tajikistan - what do you associate with it? As for me, I heard somewhere 10 years ago that it is super dangerous and you cannot go under any circumstances. Consequently, it was at the same time off the list and put as priority to discover! At the one hand, I am also not immune against alarming, sensationalist media reports. On the other hand, I know, whenever something is pictured too extreme in the media, in reality the situation turns out to be the opposite. And as a proper economist, I did my well founded statistical research ;)  My favourite examples are Saudi, Yemen, Iran with bad reputations in the media and super peaceful, highly civilized and cultured, enormously friendly populations! And on the other hand the medial "good guys" such as the US, India, Maldives, Br...
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3/1001 - Yemen #1 - Mainland Hadhramaut

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Mainland Yemen - Hadhramaut - حضرموت My dream came true!! After 8 years of waiting, I finally made it to Yemen! Yemen was number one of my travel bucket list since 8 years and finally it became reality!! I felt like a little child just before Christmas, full of anticipation and joy when I was finally sitting in the plane on the way to Aden!  During my studies in Oman in 2015 I heard so many incredible stories about Yemen, that it entered and never left my heart since then and it was so surreal making my first steps in Yemeni ground!  I'm so delighted to share this unique and very special experience with you! I know, when you follow the media, you will exclusively hear about war and famine. If you read a bit more, you will come across the names of Saudi Arabia, UAE and Iran as important actors on the battlefield. If you put a bit more effort into research, then you will read about UNESCO world heritage sites, about old kingdoms, rich trading routes, green valley...
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