To recap, the plan is to visit new and exciting locations in the world based on missions that appear in the award winning Splinter Cell video game series. I have no intention of repeating Sam Fisher's antics, but if carried out I would take a more leisurely approach to visiting these locations, especially this next one.
The Caspian Sea
Country: NoneArea: 371,000 km2
Population: No fixed population
Language: N/A
Sam travels to the sea to infiltrate a meeting taking place on an oil rig by the nefarious parties uncovered in the Georgian missions. After clambering over, hanging under and crawling through an array of pipes he finally gets the proof he needs and after a short firefight escapes back to base. Not quite what I plan to do though meeting the oil industry in some form is likely as most of the neighbouring countries have significant interests in it's mineral wealth with full towns being built around mining operations.
Again this is a location I'd like to visit because I know very little about it, I knew about it, but mainly because it shares it's name with a certain Narnian prince! The landlocked mass would also be a fascinating place to visit due to the number of cross-cultural links it creates and the diversity of it's ecology.
The sea is home to a numbers of sub-species unique to it's location such as sturgeon, which are in danger because of overfishing for caviar and it's other species such as the Caspian seal are also in danger from overfishing and environmental changes.
The areas surrounding the sea also have a diverse range of environments such as the mining towns, scrub land and even dense forests which would be fascinating to explore. I can't tell you much more as the main interests in the area seem to be mining, but I'm sure there would be plenty to explore!!
Well, that's it for now - where will I go next I wonder?
Word of the post: Frenetic –adjective
frantic; frenzied.
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