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Entry into Portugal

Does anyone know if the current rules for entry into Portugal take one's travel history into account with, for example, a 7 day or 14 day lookback rule?  

The CNN website says: "Portugal is currently open to US citizens. Testing is required; quarant

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Northern Pakistan

I have arranged a private trip to northern Pakistan through a tiny British and Pakistani based company that I have used before. The trip will run 15 July-5 August and leave from Islamabad going as far north as Shimshal and then back down through the

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What an extraordinary year!

As 2020 is winding down, we can recognise it was an extraordinary year, in several aspects.

Extraordinarily challenging, business-wise, for some financially-wise, in our relationship (that social distance thing), travelling-wise of course, ... But it

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Amazon ferry

I am looking to take the passenger ferry from Iquitos, Peru to Belem, Brazil in late May or mid June. This is not the nice tour boat way to travel.
I am unable to locate much info on this online. I cannot locate boat schedules (are they every day?). C

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Unofficial Border Crossings

We've happened across several occasions during our travels where you can simply walk into a different country without an "official" border crossing.  In other words, it's basically being an illegal alien.

These are the ones I remember off the top of

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Paradors in Spain

Have you ever stayed in a Spanish parador? If so, I’m planning a trip there in the fall and would love any advice you can give. I’m particularly interested in staying in castles and maybe monasteries, driving a tour for about 10-14 days, and maybe go

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