Countries

entrance to tirana's bunker museum

Albania
schonbrunn palace seen from the gardens

Austria
mountains of lukomir village near sarajevo

Bosnia
peasant rebellion monument with statue of gubec

Croatia
us with out guide at drc border crossing

DRC
snelli park in tallinn

Estonia
view of helsinki from the plane

Finland
vista of date plantations and the sea from delphi

Greece
saint stephen's basilica dome (view from the inside)

Hungary
atyrau bridge in astana

Kazakhstan
cheetah walking towards the sunset in masai mara park

Kenya
section of mother teresa cathedral in pristina

Kosovo
flowers at memorial in bishkek

Kyrgyzstan
riga public library modern building

Latvia
gate to the orthodox church of the holy spirit in vilnius

Lithuania
black lake near zabljak in montenegro

Montenegro
ornate architecture of the hassan 2 mosque in casablanca

Morocco
umbrellas above old city street

N. Macedonia
aurora borealis near tromso in norway

Norway
warsaw uprising memorial

Poland
view of kigali

Rwanda
loch ness in scotland

Scotland
saint sava church

Serbia
bratislava castle at sunset

Slovakia
frozen river in kuttainen, sweden

Sweden
beautiful fresno in khujand

Tajikistan
palm tree on beach in dar es salaam, tanzania

Tanzania
star wars tatooine film set in tunisia

Tunisia
view of kampala from gaddafi mosque minaret

Uganda
mizdakhan necropolis near urgench

Uzbekistan

THE CHALLENGE

Jivahn Moradian

I am an adventurer, a teacher, and a project manager at an AI startup who wants to help make people more informed, interconnected, and tolerant.

I grew up in India and in France with an American mother and an Indian father. After completing the intensive French scientific baccalaureate examinations, I studied economics at Princeton University in the USA for my bachelor's degree. I then received a master's degree in innovation and management at Imperial College in the UK. Traveling to new places and exploring the outdoors fascinates me. In my spare time, I enjoy playing cards and going on walks (which can range from casual strolls around the neighbourhood to inter-city treks to intense mountain hiking).

jivahn moradian headshot

Travels

My good fortune has been to travel to 49 countries (and counting!). The objective of this website is to help people learn about countries and cultures they otherwise might never discover, using my travel experience to make their history more accessible than your standard history textbook. Each country's page has 7 paragraphs, organized in the following structure:

  • Paragraph 1: An introduction to my experience in the country.
  • Paragraph 2: A summary of the city (or cities) I visited, with some historical background.
  • Paragraphs 3-4: Background about the country's history and/or geopolitics.
  • Paragraphs 5-7: Pictures I took during my visit placed in historical and/or geographical context.
sunset on the beach in bali

DISCLAIMER: Most of the information I cover is from common knowledge verified with general online sources. All country statistics (life expectancy, population...) come from the CIA World Factbook. I do not claim to be an expert, so if you catch any inaccuracies, please let me know so that I can change it. Also, I have tailored my writing to my network, which is based in the U.S. or in Western Europe, so keep that in mind when reading (I do try my best to remain neutral and accessible to people from all countries).


ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS: I must first and foremost thank my mother Ann Moradian, and my father Khodadad Moradian, for exposing me to the world, and for their help editing this. I also am very grateful for all the friends with whom I have had the pleasure of traveling and adventuring.