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    © Nothing Declared creator Brandon Niles Cox is an avid traveler with a dream of inspiring and helping others reach epic reach off beaten destinations. Working as a leader in the aviation industry, a travel consultant and sommelier. Nothing Declared focuses on adventure travel, international conflict research, photography, and the wine we enjoy along the way.
    This site features detailed travel tips, how to guides, photography and informative short stories on rarely visited part of the world. The world is remarkably accessible, and we all need guidance on how to efficiently get there!

    Brandon has spent over 120 months in 180+ UN countries on all 7 continents as an avid traveler, independent international conflict researcher, author, and photographer.

    Currently he lives with his wife Emily in Amsterdam, NL having recently moved from London, UK. Brandon has worked as a leader specializing in building joint ventures and alliances, revenue & inventory management, pricing, capacity optimization and network management. He worked for the Coca-Cola Company after graduating from Georgia Tech studying Industrial Engineering, Management and Marketing. He has studied at Oxford University, as well as in Australia, France, New Zealand and Japan. His passion for adventure travel and conflict resolution began on a sporadic excursion from Japan to South Korea in 2003. Since then, his research has taken him to all 7 continents, over a hundred countries through over 40 active conflict zones. He has produced and directed documentaries in Ukraine, and researched conflict in the Democratic Republic of Congo, Zimbabwe, and Somalia during a 9 month overland journey through Africa from South Africa to Jordan and back.
    Brandon Niles Cox’s work has been featured by CNN, National Geographic, Georgia Tech, NBC, Georgia Tech Alumni Quarterly, MTV, and Delta Air Lines Inc.

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