Istanbul, a city straddling two continents, stands as a living testament to the confluence of Eastern and Western civilizations. With a history spanning millennia, this metropolis has served as the...
The Republic of Georgia is a little-known country located at the crossroads of Europe and Asia. It is bordered by Russia to the north and east, Azerbaijan and Armenia to...
Vivacious, varied and immense, and home to a kind of culture that's utterly separated from the rest of the world, the enormous expanses of China are rightly held up as...
The Philippines is the world's second largest archipelago, after Indonesia, with over 7,100 islands. The islands are largely volcanic in nature and are covered in tropical rainforest and fertile soil, though most of the rainforest has been cleared. Although the terrain varies greatly, many of the coasts have numerous bays and headlands, and many of the larger islands have mountainous interiors.
