How to get an Uzbek visa in Almaty OVERVIEW: Not easy. There is no way of knowing exactly how your Uzbek visa application will proceed. This is largely due to the fact that the Uzbek authorities change the consular every few months. The consular we saw had been there just one week. KEY RULES: Get [...]
Friday the 3rd of September + Thursday the 9th of September Train riding in Kazakhstan can be trial; it could also be the best time of your life. Each train has its distinct character and feeling and in the end its all about the people you meet and the melons you eat. Friday night in [...]
As the dawn is approaching I find myself passing by a bustling and noisy night market. At 10pm there is a stretch of road centrally located in Urumqi that is packed with small food stands offering meat barbecues, seafood dishes, spicy noodles, whole chickens and wheel size naans. People pass by in endless streams while [...]
It’s all starting now. It’s August 7th and the team is heading from Hong Kong to Shenzhen to get a train to Beijing (and then onwards to Mongolia!)
In Marrakesh, our first stop will be at 48 Derb Jdid Bab Doukala, that is, the Atfalouna Association! Atfalouna employs 14 educators/administrators and 3 volunteers, houses and educates 48 orphans and teaches another 436 who otherwise live at home. They do this on an annual budget of only £52,000, including salaries, health care and educational [...]
Why Your Company Should Get Involved: 1. Connect to an organization that appeals to young, passionate and adventurous people around the world. The What Took You So Long Foundation brings intrepid foreigners to distant areas of Africa to team up with non-profit civil society leaders on their local projects. The type of personality that undertakes [...]
$ The WTYSL-Movement is sourcing for corporate and private sponsorship. The money raised will contribute to the fund that will support the organizations we will visit and work with on our African expedition this summer. Corporate sponsorship packages are available. You can sponsor a variety of projects, specific NGOs or particular stages of our expedition. Selon [...]