Countries

entrance to tirana's bunker museum

Albania
green pyrenees valley with snow-capped peaks above andorra la vella

Andorra
the view over english harbour from shirley heights

Antigua
argentina

Argentina
the medieval fortress of amberd

Armenia
schonbrunn palace seen from the gardens

Austria
the medieval brick facades of the old st

Belgium
bolivia

Bolivia
mountains of lukomir village near sarajevo

Bosnia
the iguaçu falls

Brazil
the snow-covered peaks of the rila mountains

Bulgaria
angkor wat at dawn

Cambodia
the toronto skyline across lake ontario

Canada
the eroded

Chile
the great wall at mutianyu

China
colombia

Colombia
peasant rebellion monument with statue of gubec

Croatia
aphrodite's rock (petra tou romiou)

Cyprus
prague castle and st

Czechia
the colorful gabled townhouses of nyhavn

Denmark
us with out guide at drc border crossing

DRC
a volcanic shoreline meeting the brilliant turquoise waters of the galápagos islands

Ecuador
snelli park in tallinn

Estonia
view of helsinki from the plane

Finland
gergeti trinity church perched beneath the snow-covered wall of the greater caucasus

Georgia
the bastei bridge (basteibrücke) above the town of rathen

Germany
vista of date plantations and the sea from delphi

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

Hungary
the colosseum in rome

Italy
atyrau bridge in astana

Kazakhstan
cheetah walking towards the sunset in masai mara park

Kenya
section of mother teresa cathedral in pristina

Kosovo
an eye-catching facade decorated with giant ceramic plates in kuwait city

Kuwait
flowers at memorial in bishkek

Kyrgyzstan
riga public library modern building

Latvia
liechtenstein

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

Lithuania
the rugged cliffs of the blue grotto on malta's southern coast

Malta
port hercule

Monaco
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
paraguay

Paraguay
machu picchu

Peru
warsaw uprising memorial

Poland
view of kigali

Rwanda
the cesta tower crowning a crag of monte titano

San Marino
loch ness in scotland

Scotland
saint sava church

Serbia
bratislava castle at sunset

Slovakia
lake bled

Slovenia
seoul sprawling toward the mountains

South Korea
spain

Spain
frozen river in kuttainen, sweden

Sweden
switzerland

Switzerland
beautiful fresno in khujand

Tajikistan
palm tree on beach in dar es salaam, tanzania

Tanzania
star wars tatooine film set in tunisia

Tunisia
the great dome and minarets of the hagia sophia in istanbul

Türkiye
downtown dubai seen from the observation deck of the burj khalifa

UAE
view of kampala from gaddafi mosque minaret

Uganda
stately palm trees against the deep blue sky of a park in montevideo

Uruguay
mizdakhan necropolis near urgench

Uzbekistan
a detail of raphael's battle of the milvian bridge

Vatican City

Travels

I have had the good fortune to travel to 86 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

Who am I?

My name is Jivahn Moradian. I am an adventurer, a teacher, and a project manager at an AI startup. Traveling to new places, learning about new cultures, and exploring the outdoors fascinates me.

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. 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

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 or other reliable sources. Although I am fascinated by geopolitics and am quite knowledgeable, 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). I used AI to draft some of the more recent pages, giving it my travel journal for content and training it on my past writing samples so it can learn my voice. This of course involved lots of manual editing and proofreading afterwards.


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.