Both Congos are the kind of place that whispers before it speaks. There is a river so wide it has its own weather, forests so deep the light arrives late and leaves early, and a silence that isn't empty but full, the way a held breath is full. The Democratic Republic of the Congo is a secret kept too long: gorillas in mist, a lava lake glowing like an ember at the world's edge, a rainforest so vast it outgrows every map.

Republic of the Congo is quieter still, almost shy This Congo, is a country that lets you stand at the riverbank and hear the other side of the world breathing back, with gorillas in Odzala who don't know you're watching, and elephants that walk as if the forest were made for them, and no one else. They are not destinations you check off; they are the kind of place that rearranges you, gently, the way a long rain does.

El Salvatore

South Africa.

🇩🇰 Denmark

Georgia

St Lucia

Vatican City

India

Papua New Guinea

Brazil

israel

Detroit

qarth

Wales.

The land of the long white cloud.

AOTEAROA.

Japan

One with trees

Texas!

Duchy of Grand Fenwick

Crushistan

Wallis and Futuna

Australia. It’s down “under”.

🙂 Well, if said folk were to begin to flock, it would lose its haven-like status...then basically not be worth my visiting anymore 🤔

Think I'll keep it as one of the world's best-kept secrets 🤫

Slovenia, but might be just an impression. 🙈