Under military dictatorship since 1962, with limited areas only opened to the outside world for the past 5 years, many regions of the country are still unexplored by foreigners and the original authenticity of their culture remains largely intact.

With no destination in mind, we eagerly got lost amidst craftsmen’s workshops, open-air markets filled with locally hand-painted ceramics, fresh (and not so fresh) fish, and donkeys. So many donkeys.