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There's a New National Park in West Virginia? And We Barely Even Noticed?

With everything going on in the world these days, you could be forgiven for missing a bit of news here and there, but what does it say when just about everyone under the sun fails to notice the same thing? Well, in these pandemic-ravaged times, I suppose it’s understandable; however, it’s still kind of odd that the U.S. added a new national park to the club toward the end of 2020, and almost no one noticed.

North AmericaLogan T. HansenJanuary 20, 2021travel, travel guide, travel advice, travelspiration, travel inspiration, West Virginia, wanderlust, national parks, National Park Service, Joe Manchin, Shelley Moore Capito, North America, New River Gorge National Park & Preserve, New River, John Denver, Country Roads, Take Me Home, New River Gorge, U.S. National Park Service, COVID-19, COVID, coronavirus pandemic, coronavirus, Hinton, Fayetteville, Outside, outside.com, Graham Averill, Thrillist, Thrillist Travel, tourism, adventure travel, adventure, adventure tourism, Mother Nature, natural attraction, nature, nature preserve, hiking, biking, climbing, rock climbing, whitewater rafting, whitewater rapids, backcountry hunting, hunting, ghost town, waterfalls, waterfall, open-air museum, coal mining, wild west, relief billComment

Can a Small Mountain Village in Kyrgyzstan Become a Global Tourist Destination? This Guy Thinks So

What on god’s green earth is in Kyrgyzstan? Well, there are cities you could potentially visit — Bishkek, the capital, and Osh, the country’s oldest city, for example — but to capture the true feel of Kyrgyzstan, you’d probably be better off taking a hike.

AsiaLogan T. HansenSeptember 17, 2019travel, travel inspiration, travelspiration, travel guide, travel advice, Emil Ibakov, Kyrgyzstan, Jyrgalan, USSR, Soviet Union, U.S.S.R., Asia, Central Asia, off the map, off the grid, remote, remote destination, coal mining, mining, mining town, mining village, mountains, Ak-Suu District, Issyk-Kul Region, Jyrgalan River, global travel, global tourism, Frantisek Duris, China, Bishkek, Osh, Terskey Alatau, My Dear Kyrgyzstan, Alex Pritz, Noam Argov, short film, independent film, tourism, tourism industry, social media, Jyrgalan Destination Management Organization, USAID, United States Agency for International Development, DMO, Destination Jyrgalan, jyrgalan.com, mountain biking, horseback riding, trekking, hiking, wilderness, outdoors, the great outdoors, Tian Shan, Tian Shan mountains, Gulmira Primova, Kyrgyzstani, Kyrgyz, adventure, adventure travel, adventure tourism, back country skiing Comments

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