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Tofo, Mozambique 🌴 🇲🇿

Definitely! It's a top 10 country for me

The independent travel guide to Iraq — travelonastustring The reality of travel often shatters our perceptions, opening our eyes and minds to new discoveries and experiences. A trip to Iraq will not only shatter your perceptions, it will blow them away.

"A trip to Iraq will not only shatter your perceptions, it will blow them away." 🇮🇶

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Over the next 40 days I'll be travelling overland from Arusha 🇹🇿 to Johannesburg 🇿🇦 (the only way to travel in Africa 🌍)

If you want to follow along I'll be posting stories on my Instagram account 👇🏾
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Stu O'Brien on Instagram: "An ode to the matatu 🇰🇪 #kenyatravel #matatu #eastafrica #travelkenya #kenya" 5 likes, 0 comments - travelonastustring on January 12, 2026: "An ode to the matatu 🇰🇪 #kenyatravel #matatu #eastafrica #travelkenya #kenya".

If you've ever ridden in a matatu is East Africa you might like this reel I made 🇰🇪👇🏾

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Travel 2026: The HOT / NOT list — travelonastustring Where will you be travelling in 2026? Have you found inspiration in Lonely Planet’s ‘Best in Travel’ list, or are you finally going to tick off a destination on your bucket list? Will you be seeking s...

Where will you be travelling in 2026? 🌎

Check out Travel 2026: The HOT / NOT list for some inspiration 👇🏾

🇱🇰 🇮🇶 🇬🇪 🇦🇹 🇺🇸 🇨🇦 🇲🇽 🇪🇹 🇦🇶 🇦🇺 🇸🇳

Thanks to @touchtheworld6 @formerlywtc.bsky.social @nomadicbackpacker.bsky.social
@tspadventure for their pictures 😊

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Yeah, but I want to spread my wings...

Recommendations please: Where would you pitch a 500 word piece about Itchan Kala (Khiva), Uzbekistan? 🇺🇿

#TravelCommunity #WritingCommmunity

We couldn't even make it through the first week of 2026 without the US bombing another country 🙄

Happy New Year and #FreePalestine 🇵🇸

Great effort 👏🏾

Stu O'Brien on Instagram: "2025: The year in travel 🇦🇺 Barn Bluff, Tasmania 🇲🇾 Mt Kinabalu, 4,095 m 🦘 Kangaroo Island 🇳🇵 Mera Peak, 6,476m 🇦🇺 D'Alton Falls, Tasmania 🇺🇿 Itchan Kala, Uzbekistan 🇰🇬 Bis... 13 likes, 3 comments - travelonastustring on December 29, 2025: "2025: The year in travel 🇦🇺 Barn Bluff, Tasmania 🇲🇾 Mt Kinabalu, 4,095 m 🦘 Kangaroo Island 🇳🇵 Mera Peak, 6,476m 🇦🇺 D'Alton Falls, Tasm...

Here's to another great year of travel!

🇦🇺 🇲🇾 🇳🇵 🇺🇿 🇰🇬 🇹🇯 🇦🇪 🇰🇼 🇮🇶 🇰🇪

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That'll be Botswana!

Send me that title pic, it'll work great 👍🏾

Anything festive or celebratory?

Thanks, but I changed my mind on the Philippines now... soz

It's about the World Cup, so anything football related would be perfect 👍🏾

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Does anyone have photos of these places and would like to be featured (and duly credited) in my January #TravelBlog?

🇱🇰 Sri Lanka
🇵🇭 Philippines
🇦🇹 Austria
🇨🇦 Canada
🇲🇽 Mexico
🇪🇹 Ethiopia
🇸🇳 Senegal

#TravelCommunity
#TravelPhotography
#TravelBlogger

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#TravelWrapped 2025 🌍

Countries visited: 10
🇦🇺 🇲🇾 🇳🇵 🇺🇿 🇰🇬 🇹🇯 🇦🇪 🇰🇼 🇮🇶 🇰🇪
New countries: 5
🇺🇿 🇰🇬 🇹🇯 🇰🇼 🇮🇶
Highlight: summiting Mera Peak / Iraq
Lowlight: Kuwait (boring)

Photos:
🇳🇵 Mera Peak
🇮🇶 Abu Dulaf
🇺🇿 Khiva
🇲🇾 Mt Kinabalu

What did you 2025 look like?
#TravelCommunity

Yep, comfortably in my top 10

Eesh, that's a complicated process that I'm not going to pretend I understand fully 😂 there is an online portal where you have to apply...

My 3 week trip in #Iraq ends today and I have only positive things to say about this country. I've been welcomed by everyone I've met and extremely grateful to the Iraqi people for their hospitality. I would encourage everyone to consider visiting Iraq as soon as you can! ♥️

Who wants to be my 300th follower? 📸

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Iraq, week 2: Karbala - Babylon - Samarra - Baghdad 🇮🇶

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The independent travel guide to Uzbekistan — travelonastustring The Central Asian nation of Uzbekistan is rocketing up the list of the world’s hottest travel destinations. With growing interest in Silk Road tourism, Uzbekistan has positioned itself perfectly, and ...

My final blog post for the year: The Independent Travel Guide to Uzbekistan 🇺🇿

Make sure this wonderful country is on your list for 2026!

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Day 1 in Iraq 🇮🇶 crossing from Kuwait.

I'll be travelling south to north over the next 3 weeks.

If you want to follow along most of the action will be on my IG 👇🏾
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Has technology ruined travel? — travelonastustring The travellers at the hostel laze on unwashed cushions in oversized chairs, flicking through dog-eared travel guides and outdated magazines. One of them pulls out a laptop. ‘Can you believe people ar...

📢 New post: Has technology ruined travel?

"In early 2006, when backpacking in West Africa, a fellow traveller was aghast at someone travelling with a laptop. In the two decades since, so much has changed."

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Top 3 Favourite Countries: Stu O'Brien from Travel on a Stu-String Top 3 Favourite Countries: Stu O'Brien, Australian travel writer, humanitarian worker and now travel blogger over at Travel on a Stu-String.

Stu OBrien talks about his 3 favourite countries @travelonastustring.bsky.social
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Tombstone Tourism — travelonastustring The imagination of humanity, particularly when it concerns death, is endlessly fascinating. One of the best ways to learn about death practices when travelling is to visit cemeteries or other places o...

📢 New post: Tombstone Tourism 🪦

The imagination of humanity, particularly when it concerns death, is endlessly fascinating. One of the best ways to learn about death practices when travelling is to visit cemeteries or other places of burial or cremation.

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Does anyone know countries that accept passports with less than 6 months left on them?

#TravelCommunity #TravelTribe