
Hi, I’m Joan Torres, founder of Against the Compass. Since 2016, we’ve been inspiring and helping travelers explore some of the world’s most misunderstood, off-the-beaten-track, and hard-to-access destinations.
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Syria, Iraq, Mauritania, Turkmenistan, Eritrea, Kazakhstan, Afghanistan, Pakistan and many more.
After years of exploring the most off-the-beaten-path destinations, Against the Compass is now running epic expeditions to the world’s most most misunderstood and unexplored countries.
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