Niver’s Spring News 2026: 75 Countries, New Flags, and a Map That Keeps Expanding

Niver’s Spring News 2026: 75 Countries, New Flags, and a Map That Keeps Expanding

Travel journalist Lisa Niver shares her Spring 2026 news, highlighting her podcast Make Your Own Map now streaming in 75 countries across Africa, the Middle East, Central Asia, and South America. This update includes media appearances, speaking engagements from SXSW to Tucson, and upcoming travel to Switzerland, Liechtenstein (country 103), and Italy, reflecting a season of global storytelling and growth.

Oman Beach Football

Oman: Tears on a Beach

Angry shouts puncture the morning air. Heads twist to stare at two men in colourless dishdashas, nose to nose in furious confrontation. Beneath the stark, earthy battlements of Barka fort, they could be warring tribesmen from three hundred years ago in Oman’s turbulent past. Instead, their fingers jab towards fish writhing in a small motorboat … Continued

See the World with Royal Caribbean

by Terrance Richardson Royal Caribbean offers cruises to destinations all over the world. Book your next holiday on a ship and see some of the amazing places you’ve always wanted to visit. Caribbean Cruises With a name like Royal Caribbean, you know this is a cruise line that knows this area of the world well. With ships … Continued

Yemen: To Go or Not To Go?

Article first published as Yemen: To Go or Not To Go? on Technorati. Yemen has been on my mind lately with the recent intercepted mail bomb, the attack on the USS Cole and the book, The Woman Who Fell from the Sky in the news.  I was scheduled to travel to Aden, Yemen, in 2001 as senior assistant … Continued

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