Bosnia and Herzegovina
Bosnia and Herzegovina sits at the crossroads of Eastern and Western Europe in the western Balkans, with Sarajevo's Ottoman quarter, Austro-Hungarian boulevards and rugged Dinaric mountains.
Bosnia and Herzegovina sits at the crossroads of Eastern and Western Europe in the western Balkans, with Sarajevo's Ottoman quarter, Austro-Hungarian boulevards and rugged Dinaric mountains.
Cuba is the largest island in the Caribbean, a long ribbon of palms, mountains and farmland with the colonial capital Havana, vintage cars, and a one-party socialist government in place since 1959.
Jamaica is the third-largest Caribbean island, the birthplace of reggae and Rastafari movement, with the lush Blue Mountains, world-record sprinters and an outsize cultural footprint for its size.
Montenegro is a small Balkan country of fjord-like Adriatic bays, dramatic limestone mountains and a centuries-old monastic tradition that reasserted independence from Serbia in 2006.
Morocco lies at Africa's north-western corner, where the Atlantic, Mediterranean, Sahara and Atlas Mountains meet, with imperial cities Fez, Marrakesh, Meknes and Rabat showcasing 1,200 years of dynasty.
Myanmar (Burma) is a Southeast Asian nation of mountains, rivers and fertile plains, dotted with golden Buddhist stupas, especially the more than 2,000 temples of the ancient capital of Bagan.
Nepal is a Himalayan republic between India and China, home to eight of the world's ten highest peaks including Mount Everest, with a culture deeply intertwined with Hindu and Buddhist tradition.
Oman occupies the south-eastern corner of the Arabian Peninsula, with traditional dhow shipyards, Frankincense-trade ports and the dramatic Hajar Mountains that drop sharply to the Gulf of Oman.
Pakistan is a South Asian republic divided between the Indus river basin, the Punjab plains, the southern Arabian Sea coast and the K2-crowned northern mountains, with a fast-growing population of around 240 million.