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Worldwide with Wee-Cheng #54: Turkmenistan: Homage to Its Leader & Learning a New Calendar – Mary, Turkmenistan
Things to do today: take over country, have gold monuments made in my likeness, rename months after my gracious self.
Worldwide with Wee-Cheng #52: Kaliningrad, Russia: In Search of Long-Lost Konigsberg, East Prussia – Kaliningrad, Russia
History, World War II, and the EU seem to conspire to make this strip of land either a future Hong Kong on the Baltic, or an isolated scrapyard.
Worldwide with Wee-Cheng #51: Moscow: Three Nights on a Bus Looking for Lenin\’s Corpse – Moscow, Russia
A three-night bus journey from London to Russia moves across the past, present and future of Europe.
Worldwide with Wee-Cheng #50: Russian Adventure Starts Today & The Russian Visa Blues – Russia
Getting into Russia only cost Wee-Cheng $380US – did he mention that was just for the visa?
Worldwide with Wee-Cheng #49: Albania: Land of Teletubbie Bunkers; Surviving an Accident and What It Meant, Part II – Albania
Wee-Cheng gets dumped, kidnapped, and snatched in the mountain towns of Albania.
Worldwide with Wee-Cheng #47: NewsFlash: Bus Crash in Albania – Albania
Wee-Cheng was fortunate enough not to be hurt in this crash, but 3 other people died.
Worldwide with Wee-Cheng #48: Albania: Land of Teletubbie Bunkers; Surviving an Accident and What It Meant, Part I – Albania
Albanians are misunderstood? That’s an understatement of the world’s perception of this people and their country.
Worldwide with Wee-Cheng #45: Kosovo: Will there ever be a Balkans Nelson Mandela in the Land of Hatred? Part II – Kosovo
This part of Wee-Cheng’s journey finds the story of a people currently under siege and the circumstances they face, plus how hard reconciliation has become in Kosovo.
Worldwide with Wee-Cheng #46: Kosovo: Will there ever be a Balkans Nelson Mandela in the Land of Hatred? Part III – Kosovo
This part of Wee-Cheng’s journey finds the story of a people currently under siege and the circumstances they face, plus how hard reconciliation has become in Kosovo.
Worldwide with Wee-Cheng #44: Kosovo: Will there ever be a Balkans Nelson Mandela in the Land of Hatred? Part I – Kosovo
This part of Wee-Cheng’s journey finds the story of a people currently under siege and the circumstances they face, plus how hard reconciliation has become in Kosovo.
Worldwide with Wee-Cheng #43: Montenegro: Beach Bums, Mountain People And Dreams of Independence – Montenegro
Miami Beach has nothing on the blondes and studs of Budva, just as those in the Yukon will never be as hard as Montenegrins. No wonder they’re thinking independence.
Worldwide with Wee-Cheng #42: Montenegro or Bust: A 1,500 km Rush Around the Balkans in 48 Hours – Montenegro
More border confusion awaits, as does yet another 1500km journey to go to a 100km country.