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January 1, 2012

North Korea: (2012)

Privileged Prisoners in “Alcatraz East”, How Fran Was Almost Arrested, and Other True Stories At the Pyongyang, North Korea, airport immigration counter, the unsmiling guard states: […]
January 1, 2013

Bolivia (2013)

Journey to Bolivia: Moon Goddesses, Titicaca, Shamans, Floating Islands, the Original Copacabana, long-lost Cousins, and other Oddities After a wonderful visit to Peru, Fran and I […]
January 1, 2013

The “Stans”: Kyrgyzstan, Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan and Turkmenistan (2013)

There are actually 5 “Stans”.  The ones listed in the title above, plus Tajikistan. They are located in Central Asia, south of Russia and west of […]
January 1, 2013

Suriname, Guyana, and French Guiana (2013)

A Visit to Guyana, Suriname, and French Guiana, Including the History of the Jews of Suriname (2013) Suriname Some questions you may have about Suriname: Where […]
January 1, 2014

East Timor, Nauru and Tuvalu (2014)

Fran & Rich’s Journey to Hell and Back: East Timor, Nauru, and Tuvalu The Beginning of the Journey     Our travel agent, Audrey, named this the trip […]
January 3, 2020

Pristina, Kosovo: A New Country, Bill Clinton, 2 Jews (including an Omahan), and Albanian Muslims (2014)

Pristina, Kosovo: A New Country, Bill Clinton, 2 Jews (including an Omahan), and Albanian Muslims (2014) By Rich Juro Why did we decide to journey to […]
January 1, 2014

Moldova and Transnistria Memoir (2014)

Our Trip to Moldova and the Breakaway Republic of Transnistria (2014) By Rich Juro Fran and I journeyed to Moldova in southeastern Europe because it was […]
November 5, 2019

Journey to Tajikistan, and the Connections… (2014)

Journey to Tajikistan, and the Connections… With UNO, No Frills, and Access Bank (2014) By Rich Juro During our recent visit to the remote nation of […]
December 12, 2024

Ganges River Cruise (2015)

Ganges River Cruise (2015) By Rich Juro      We went up and down the Ganges River in 2015 in eastern India with a river-cruise-boat, if  […]