2025-07-07
Rounds in Africa, with right-hand traffic narrows down to a few countries. If its Nigeria, and the follow car is not present or not seen, paying attention to the architecture can be helpful.
The detail that stands out is the roof. Nigerian houses and buildings usually are tall, with steep angles, similar to roofs in Europe or in North America.
Many roofs are also made of metal sheets. So focus on the shape, not the material.
2025-07-06
Identifying Malta is one of the most useful things to end duels. It's such a small country that looks like the Middle East, but it's far from it, which will grant many points.
Here's how to identify Malta:
The country mainly looks beige. Stones and houses paintings use this tone of color that makes it very easy to identify, or to think it's a Middle Eastern country.
But there is a catch though. Malta drives on the left side of the road, which will tell it apart from all the other countries that have this dry climate vibes.
2025-07-05
Slovenia is a tricky country. It's architecture can be confused with Hungary, it's language can be mistaken by Croatian, and some road signs patters are common to many other countries around.
So the best way to look at Slovenia is the landscape.
Slovenia is a country full of mountains and forests. Seeing a forest in a mountain landscape should make you start considering Slovenia. Also, most of the coverage is in small roads inside these hills with many trees around.
These roads sometimes have bollards. In Slovenia, these bollards are white, with a red stripe and a black cap.
Another interesting tip are the signs indicating the kilometer of the road. These signs are white, with the number of the road marked in a yellow background.
In bigger roads, unfortunately there isn't much exclusive information about Slovenia, so it is recommended to learn the names of the biggest cities in the country, so you can recognize them in signs on bigger roads or in urban rounds.
2025-07-04
Canada is so big that it's helpful to know how to identify each province.
Today, let's focus on Alberta. Apart from the beautiful scenery that is present there, there is an exclusive detail to the province: the bollards.
As it's indicated in the image, Alberta bollards are white, round, with 2 black bands: one at the top and the other one a little lower.
Important: Not all intersections have these bollards, but if you spot them, you are in Alberta!
2025-07-03
New Zealand can often be mistaken by Australia, Ireland, or the UK. They all have left-hand traffic, English signs, and similar landscape.
One of the ways to tell New Zealand apart from these other countries is the Give Way signs.
New Zealand has the GIVE WAY text written in red, and the sign supports are painted white.
In Australia, the border is also red, but the text is written in black.
2025-07-02
Romanian is a Romance language with Slavic and Balkan influences, and its modern writing system reflects that complexity. While it uses the basic Latin alphabet, Romanian stands out thanks to five special letters with diacritics that are essential for correct pronunciation and meaning.
Let’s take a closer look at these characters, their roles in the language, and where else they appear.
The Five Special Characters in Romanian
Ă ă
 â
Î î
Ș ș
Ț ț
Used in other languages?
Again, it’s often written incorrectly with a cedilla (Ţ ţ), but the comma-below form is standard.
So next time you see a word like mulțumesc or știre, lock it in Romania!
2025-07-01
If you’re in a round in East Asia, one of the most reliable visual clues in South Korea and Taiwan is the presence of black and yellow striped utility poles.
There is a key difference between them:
South Korea: The stripes don't go all the way down to the ground.
Taiwan: The stripes go all the way down to the ground.
Careful! Not all poles in these countries have these yellow and black stripes.
