Lost in the forgotten corners of the planet, these countries too often spurned earn yet to be known.
1. Suriname
on the Atlantic coast in the north of South America, this former Dutch colony is a genuine melting-pot or the Indian cultures mingle with British influences, Dutch, Chinese, Indian and Indonesian. The capital, Paramaribo, retains a beautiful testimony of the architecture Dutch colonial, but the natural reserves are the crown jewels of Suriname (although the infrastructures are inadequate). Those of Raleighvallen and Brownsberg are renowned for the abundance of their birds. At the border of the Guyana and French Guyana, just as unrecognized, it is the last terra incognita of-loving travellers to Latin America.
2. Togo
in West Africa, this small country in corridor is of those who delight all hearts. Lome, its capital, conducted its beaches and its 260 palm trees facing the Atlantic ocean, but behind it stretch of varied landscapes, deep valleys in high tops bordes then by Savannah. Togo is a wealth such that you are bound to find your happiness: after a meeting of windsurfing on Lake Togo, perhaps you will find-you to dawdling in the stalls of voodoo care on the market to the fetishes of Lome.
3. Kuwait
Famous only for having been invaded in 1990, the tiny Kuwait hardly seems on the sheets of road travellers, especially because it has to only neighbors Iraq and Saudi Arabia, which does not facilitate entry by land. Certainly, there are direct flights, but the game is worth the candle if you love the luxurious shopping centers and four-lane roads. Beyond the luxury glitz of Kuwait City, you'll be able to make the ascension of the culminating point of the country in the massif of the Mutla (145 m), or visit Al Ahmadi, cradle of the Kuwaiti oil industry. Fantastic, isn't it?
4. Sao Tome and Principe
Fancy Antilles close to the African coast? Dream fulfilled: quiet and uncrowded, the two islands of Sao Tome and Principe form the smallest of African States and are to the antipodes (figuratively) of Africa. Rare are those who know, still more those who visit, but their charms are a secret of less and less well guarded. And for cause: deserted beaches to loss of view, crystal clear waters, jagged peaks and tropical forests. Add to this a lifestyle, of the true good coffee, delicious fruit and seafood and ... are you still here?
5. Comoros
To the great days of the ocean trade, the Comoros were a traditional stopover for ships passing the Cape of Good Hope. And then the archipelago went over in the shadow of the Suez canal, and today only 25,000 people go there every year. Of Seychelles neighbors and to a few fathoms of Mauritius, the Comoros could be a tropical paradise, but the country, also fragmented politically that geographically, has known some 20 attempted coups since its independence from France in 1975. In Mayotte, which is part of the archipelago but is remained French, you can admire one of the largest lagoons of the world.
6. Albania
Bordered by a side still preserved from development, Albania is busy to three quarters by a chain of steep mountains that runs along a narrow coastal plain. In Tirana, the capital, the former monoliths of concrete of the communist era have been painted in cheerful colors, the streets are chaotic, and the bars are busy periods. If Durrěs, on the Adriatic Sea, is a seaside resort classic, the "Albanian Riviera", more to the south, on the Ionian coast, will surprise you with its superb beaches and wild landscapes.
7. Belarus
During that other former Soviet satellites see the inflow of tourists, Belarus is still scorned, despite its key position between Moscow and the rest of Europe. The last dictatorship of Europe is the ideal place to immerse in the Soviet world: its capital, Minsk, was virtually razed during the Second World War and rebuilt in the more pure stalinist style. For the natural beauties, direction the national park Belovezhskaya, horse riding on the Polish border: the largest primary forest of Europe Houses of European bison, the larger mammals of the Old Continent.
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