Hospitality Coin #15 – Owadan Tourism, Turkmenistan

Hospitality Coin #15 – Owadan Tourism, Turkmenistan

Jan 8, 2019 | Coin, Travels

Jabbar Ustad lives in Ashgabat with his wife and two sons and is working as a tour guide for Owadan Tourism in Turkmenistan.He was born in a refugee family in Shibirghan, Afghanistan in 1959.His family was a victim of Stalin’s Collectivisation Program of the...
Hospitality Coin #54 – Travelgest, Angola

Hospitality Coin #54 – Travelgest, Angola

Apr 27, 2018 | Coin, Travels

Laurinda Mafuta from Luanda, Angola I work as Tourist Guide and I like to meet people from every corner of the world. Receiving this Medal of Honor from Mr. Jim Kitchen was a fulfilment of what other tourists said, and this brought me very good hapiness and I was full...
Zimbabwe

Zimbabwe

Feb 14, 2018 | Travels

Spectacular Victoria Falls from the air (helicopter) Country Information: The capital of Zimbabwe is Harare. There are approximately 16 million people living here. There are 15 official languages. Shona and Ndebele are the most widely spoken, with English as the...

South Africa

Feb 14, 2018 | Travels

I have been to South Africa twice, once in the 1996 (pic above) and again in 2016 (pics below). When visiting, travelers cannot miss out on a safari at Kruger National Park, a park about the same size as Israel! If you’re lucky, you’ll be able to see the Big 5:...

Ghana

Feb 14, 2018 | Travels

Jim in one of Ghana’s slums Country Information:  The capital of Ghana is Accra. There are approximately 32 million people living here. The official language of the country is English, but Asante, Ewe, and Fante are spoken by the majority of the country. The...

Botswana

Feb 13, 2018 | Travels

Jim & Susan in Botswana Jim’s Perspectives: Botswana is rich with natural beauty and wildlife, and this countries is one of the best in all of Africa in which to “safari”.  I get a lot of questions about taking safaris … and let me tell you...

Bhutan

Feb 13, 2018 | Travels

Legendary Tiger’s Nest Monastery, 2016 Jim’s Perspectives: Bhutan is guided by their Gross National Happiness predicated on these four pillars: The preservation of the environment, which by law 60% of the country must remain forest for future generations The...

Grenada

Feb 13, 2018 | Travels

Country Information: Grenada is twice the size of Washington D.C and the capital of the country is Saint George’s. There are approximately 115,000 people living here. The official language of Grenada is English with a majority of Grenadians also speaking French...