Countries & Cultures
Morocco
A country where you can watch the sun set over the Atlantic in the morning and stand among Sahara sand dunes by nightfall.
Egypt
A country whose vast desert makes up most of its actual land area — while nearly its entire population squeezes into a narrow green ribbon along a single river.
Italy
A country that wasn't actually a single unified nation until 1861 — meaning "Italian" regional identity and dialects still run considerably deeper than many outsiders assume.
Japan
A country that runs some of the most punctual trains on Earth, down to the second, while also maintaining religious traditions that stretch back over a thousand years.