It’s hard to find much video footage from Chad, other than fund raising type roll from relief agencies. The best aerial shots are provided by the French Air Force via YouTube. ArcticTropic has two links – neither of which are really providers of accommodations or adventure travel services. Obviously this nation is not on the top tourist circuit these days.

We welcome anyone who has recently ( past 5 years or so) traveled to Chad to share their experiences,suggestions of places to stay and video via YouTube.

Turn down the music and go for a kite plane tour of Cambodia.ArcticTropic has just two listings right now – providers should contact us immediately by commenting below for inclusion and booking capabilities.

Until the 1990’s Burma was really the “Back of Beyond” It was isolated with only a twice weekly flight from Bangkok to Rangoon, and a maximum one week visa issued to visitors who were only allowed to come in on group tours. Now, the country has opened up and travel is unlimited for up to a month.ArcticTropic now has three providers in Burma, with many more to be added.

Austrian Airways now has four flights a week from Vienna to Erbil,Kurdish Iraq. In the late Saddam era this area was known as the Northern No-Fly Zone and hence developed peacefully and independently from the rest of Iraq. There are many archeological wonders in this Alpine setting where Alexander the Great defeated King Darius of Persia.

Only 6 hours from Miami – Bolivia has every non-maritime adventure. Right now ArcticTropic has two links to destinations there . The video is 64 years old – but many things aspects of life haven’t changed much since then.

Bhutan is remote and selective – like an exotic world club for the few and privileged . The entry (visa) fee is $250 and you must be on an organized tour. Numbers are limited. TV was only legalized 4 years ago – and the Web is arriving in a small trickle. Bhutan is an authentic Shangri-La – a land of True Adventure.

The oldest Orthodox culture set in a volatile cultural crossroads makes for true adventure travel. ArcticTropic has two destinations as of today.

In Days of Old ( the 1960’s and 1970’s) Afghanistan was a popular stopover on the overland Hippie Trail from Europe to India. Many an ancient hipster can still rave ( if he or she can remember) about spending days or weeks in the opium dens and hash houses of Kabul, while en route to Cosmic Enlightenment in Goa.

All that came crashing down in 1979 with the Soviet Invasion, the subsequent war, then the Taliban and now the simmering war between many of the world’s forces gathered along the Pakistan border.

Afghanistan is open for limited tourism once again. In general the North and West are said to be safer. ArcticTropic has two locations/providers in Afghanistan at the moment – below our usual minimum of three per country. We welcome further posts and pictures about Afghanistan. The above video is courtesy of the videographer who posted it on YouTube.

From a respectable distance , this footage of multiple cremations was taken along the Ganges River in Varanasi, India. ArcticTropic is the gateway to all adventure travel in India. For an in depth look at Indian life, check out India Incognito.

Very little changes in rural India. The cycle of life goes in circles. This scene in Andra Pradesh could be 100 years ago or 100 years from now. Our documentary,India Incognito,shows the real India,beyond the usual tourist attractions.

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