Travel Archives - Page 9 of 13

The Story of Stari Most

June 23, 2020

Arching almost impossibly high over the vivid emerald waters of the Neretva River, Stari Most is an architectural icon in ...

June 13, 2020

Transnistria is simultaneously one of the smallest and most interesting states in Europe. Most people have never heard of it, ...

June 7, 2020

It’s about time we got around to writing this one up! Over three whole years have passed since our trip ...

June 1, 2020

It looks like some international travel may be possible, in small numbers, in the coming weeks. In the meantime, the ...

May 24, 2020

Having left the unrecognised country of Transnistria, we were heading down to the coastal city of Odesa. From here, we’d ...

May 17, 2020

When exploring the beautiful Polish city of Wroclaw, it’s almost impossible to miss the miniature army of Krasnale going about ...

May 10, 2020

Mount Toubkal is a classic climb in the High Atlas mountains of Morocco. Standing at 4167 meters, it is the ...

May 2, 2020

There are not many places where the main road is called Stalin Avenue. Even fewer where this leads to Stalin ...

April 26, 2020

Nestled in the foothills of the Greater Caucasus Mountains, the Silk Road city of Sheki feels a world away from ...

April 21, 2020

At the beginning of March 2019, just before Kenya’s rainy season, my brother James and I set off to Nairobi ...

April 12, 2020

The horrific spread of Coronavirus has effectively shutting down any opportunities for international travel (and rightly so – stay at ...

April 6, 2020

What a difference a few weeks makes. We’re in full lockdown in our flat in the UK at the time ...