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Pakistan routinely astonishes visitors with the gap between reputation and reality. The north alone – a staggering wall of peaks including five of the world’s fourteen eight-thousanders – would justify the trip. But there is so much more: the ancient ruins of Mohenjo-daro, the Mughal splendour of Lahore, the frontier energy of Peshawar, and hospitality so generous it will bloe you away. This is South Asia at its most seductive and surprising.Love the pod? Get the guide! Out with each new podcast, we publish a guide to the country. Buy the TrodPod guide to Pakistan for just $3: https://www.patreon.com/c/trodpod/shop. Better yet, become a TrodPod member for just $5 a month and access TrodPod guides to every country in the world, released weekly with each new podcast episode! Sign up now: https://www.patreon.com/trodpod/membershipThanks for all your support!TrodPod is Murray Garrard and Elle Keymer. Sound editing by Leo Audio Productions. Design and marketing by GPS: Garrard Powell Solutions.

Botswana is the quiet achiever of southern Africa: a landlocked, sparsely populated country that transformed itself from one of the world’s poorest nations at independence in 1966 into one of the continent’s most stable and prosperous democracies, largely on the back of diamonds. For travelers, though, the draw is wild. The Okavango Delta, the Kalahari Desert and the Chobe River system together make this one of the finest wildlife destinations on earth. It is exclusive, expensive and absolutely worth every penny.Love the pod? Get the guide! Out with each new podcast, we publish a guide to the country. Buy the TrodPod guide to Botswana for just $3: https://www.patreon.com/c/trodpod/shop. Better yet, become a TrodPod member for just $5 a month and access TrodPod guides to every country in the world, released weekly with each new podcast episode! Sign up now: https://www.patreon.com/trodpod/membershipThanks for all your support!TrodPod is Murray Garrard and Elle Keymer. Sound editing by Leo Audio Productions. Design and marketing by GPS: Garrard Powell Solutions.

Suriname is South America’s smallest sovereign state and its most quietly extraordinary. Wedged between Guyana, French Guiana and Brazil, it is a country of vast, largely untouched rainforest, languid rivers and a capital city where mosques, synagogues and Hindu temples sit side by side. Once swapped by the Dutch for New York – arguably history’s most lopsided deal – Suriname today is a cultural kaleidoscope shaped by Indigenous, African, Indian, Javanese, Chinese and Dutch traditions. It is small, strange and utterly beguiling.Love the pod? Get the guide! Out with each new podcast, we publish a guide to the country. Buy the TrodPod guide to Suriname for just $3: https://www.patreon.com/c/trodpod/shop. Better yet, become a TrodPod member for just $5 a month and access TrodPod guides to every country in the world, released weekly with each new podcast episode! Sign up now: https://www.patreon.com/trodpod/membershipThanks for all your support!TrodPod is Murray Garrard and Elle Keymer. Sound editing by Leo Audio Productions. Design and marketing by GPS: Garrard Powell Solutions.

Burkina Faso sits at the beating heart of the Sahel, where desert meets savannah and ancient trade routes converge. This landlocked nation offers mud-brick architectural marvels, vibrant cultural traditions, and landscapes that shift from sandstone spires to sweeping plains. Security concerns have dimmed its tourism glow in recent years, but for those who venture here, rewards include genuine hospitality and a chance to witness West Africa's living heritage largely untouched by tourist hordes.Love the pod? Get the guide! Out with each new podcast, we publish a guide to the country. Buy the TrodPod guide to Burkina Faso for just $3: https://www.patreon.com/c/trodpod/shop. Better yet, become a TrodPod member for just $5 a month and access TrodPod guides to every country in the world, released weekly with each new podcast episode! Sign up now: https://www.patreon.com/trodpod/membershipThanks for all your support!TrodPod is Murray Garrard and Elle Keymer. Sound editing by Leo Audio Productions. Design and marketing by GPS: Garrard Powell Solutions.

Sandwiched between Estonia and Lithuania on the Baltic Sea, Latvia is a compact nation of forests, bogs, and beaches where pagan traditions never quite went away. The capital Riga boasts the world's finest Art Nouveau architecture, while beyond the cities, a quarter of the country remains wonderfully forested. Latvians are famously tall, reserved, and deeply attached to their rye bread, midsummer bonfires, and four very distinct seasons.Love the pod? Get the guide! Out with each new podcast, we publish a guide to the country. Buy the TrodPod guide to Latvia for just $3: https://www.patreon.com/c/trodpod/shop. Better yet, become a TrodPod member for just $5 a month and access TrodPod guides to every country in the world, released weekly with each new podcast episode! Sign up now: https://www.patreon.com/trodpod/membershipThanks for all your support!TrodPod is Murray Garrard and Elle Keymer. Sound editing by Leo Audio Productions. Design and marketing by GPS: Garrard Powell Solutions.

Nicaragua is Central America's largest nation and perhaps its least understood. Wedged between the Pacific and Caribbean, this is a land of volcanic drama, colonial grandeur, and revolutionary history. Two vast lakes dominate the interior, while twin coastlines offer everything from surf breaks to coral reefs. It's raw, beautiful, occasionally chaotic, and refreshingly unspoiled by mass tourism. Think of it as Central America's best-kept secret – though perhaps not for much longer.Love the pod? Get the guide! Out with each new podcast, we publish a guide to the country. Buy the TrodPod guide to Nicaragua for just $3: https://www.patreon.com/c/trodpod/shop. Better yet, become a TrodPod member for just $5 a month and access TrodPod guides to every country in the world, released weekly with each new podcast episode! Sign up now: https://www.patreon.com/trodpod/membershipThanks for all your support!TrodPod is Murray Garrard and Elle Keymer. Sound editing by Leo Audio Productions. Design and marketing by GPS: Garrard Powell Solutions.

Australia is a continent-sized nation where ancient Indigenous cultures meet cosmopolitan cities, and where everything from the wildlife to the weather seems designed to test your mettle. It's a land of contradictions: friendly locals and hostile fauna, world-class wine regions and unforgiving deserts, sophisticated cultural institutions and a national obsession with the humble pie. Expect stunning natural beauty, excellent coffee, and the occasional reminder that nature here plays by different rules.Love the pod? Get the guide! Out with each new podcast, we publish a guide to the country. Buy the TrodPod guide to Australia for just $3: https://www.patreon.com/c/trodpod/shop. Better yet, become a TrodPod member for just $5 a month and access TrodPod guides to every country in the world, released weekly with each new podcast episode! Sign up now: https://www.patreon.com/trodpod/membershipThanks for all your support!TrodPod is Murray Garrard and Elle Keymer. Sound editing by Leo Audio Productions. Design and marketing by GPS: Garrard Powell Solutions.

St Kitts & Nevis – the Western Hemisphere's smallest sovereign nation – packs considerable punch into its modest acreage. These twin volcanic islands in the Lesser Antilles offer a potent cocktail of colonial fortresses, sugar-plantation history, and Alexander Hamilton lore, all wrapped up in rainforest, beaches, and surprisingly good diving. It's the Caribbean distilled: rum punches, steel pans, and enough hiking trails to work off the Johnny cakes. Small it may be, but forgettable it is not.Love the pod? Get the guide! Out with each new podcast, we publish a guide to the country. Buy the TrodPod guide to St Kitts & Nevis for just $3: https://www.patreon.com/c/trodpod/shop. Better yet, become a TrodPod member for just $5 a month and access TrodPod guides to every country in the world, released weekly with each new podcast episode! Sign up now: https://www.patreon.com/trodpod/membershipThanks for all your support!TrodPod is Murray Garrard and Elle Keymer. Sound editing by Leo Audio Productions. Design and marketing by GPS: Garrard Powell Solutions.