Malaysia is located in Southeast Asia and is divided into West Malaysia and East Malaysia by the South China Sea. The west of the country is on the Malay Peninsula and has a border with Thailand and various sea borders with Vietnam, Indonesia and Singapore. East Malaysia lies on parts of the island of Borneo….
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Japanese Jewels
Japanese Jewels is a fantastic trip that takes you to some of Japan’s most worth seeing places. The program is designed so that you can experience as much as possible of this multifaceted and contrast-rich country. The journey begins in Osaka, continues to Hiroshima, Kyoto, Kanazawa, Takayama, Matsumoto, Hakone and ends in Tokyo. During the…
Before the trip to Nepal
Passport, visa and customs The passport must be valid for at least 6 months after the return journey and contain 2 unstamped pages. Your passport must not be cracked or otherwise broken. Visa required for Nepal. Visas to Nepal are issued on site upon arrival in Kathmandu. Upon arrival, the traveler must hand over 2…
Krabi, Thailand Travel Guide
Located in southern Thailand, Krabi is one of Thailand’s most diverse and popular holiday destinations, which attracts Finns in winter. Krabi’s best delicacies include paradisiacal beaches, incredible views, diverse recreational opportunities, some of the best food in the world and a general atmosphere that instantly takes you away from the gray of everyday life. Krabi…
Yemen 2008
Yearbook 2008 The Yemeni government was crowded during the year by both Shia and Sunni Muslim extremists. The ceasefire entered into in 2007 between the government and Shiite Muslim militants from the al-Huthi clan was broken in January, when at least 25 rebels and 18 government soldiers were killed in fighting in the northern Sada…
Vietnam 2008
Yearbook 2008 Vietnam. A series of strikes were carried out at the beginning of the year by industrial workers protesting that their wages did not keep pace with inflation. As a result, the government decided that the workers who participated in an illegal strike could be ordered to pay damages to their employers for up…
Uzbekistan 2008
Yearbook 2008 Uzbekistan. In January, President Islam Karimov was sworn in for a third term, despite the president being allowed to run for re-election only once. Uzbekistan’s security service was identified at the beginning of the year as guilty of the murder of regime-critical Uzbek journalist Alisjer Saipov in Kyrgyzstan in 2007. According to a…
United Arab Emirates 2008
Yearbook 2008 United Arab Emirates. The environmentally friendly city of Masdar City in the Emirate of Abu Dhabi began to be built in February. The city, which is scheduled to open for some companies in 2009 and be fully completed in 2016, was planned to become the world’s first city completely free of carbon dioxide…
Turkmenistan 2008
Yearbook 2008 Turkmenistan. From the New Year, the ban on foreign currency trading was lifted, a step in President Gurbanguli Berdimuchammedov’s attempt to open the energy-rich Turkmenistan economically to the outside world. ABBREVIATIONFINDER: Click to see the meanings of 2-letter acronym and abbreviation of TM in general and in geography as Turkmenistan in particular. Land…
Turkey 2008
Yearbook 2008 Turkey. The power struggle further raged between the secularist establishment, with its military base, and the moderate Islamist government and its liberal supporters. In February, the ruling Islamic Justice and Development Party (AKP) passed a law that gave green light for women to wear headscarves at the country’s university. The opposition said that…