Travel Tramp is all about slow travel. I took the old Soviet sleeper train from Bucharest to Chisinau, on the long over land route between these two European capital cities. It was slow, sleepless and…did I say slow already? It was just how overland travel...
In December 1989 Nicolae Ceausescu gave his last speech as leader of communist Romania from the balcony of the Communist Party Headquarters in Bucharest. Romania’s dictator fled as the crowds began to jeer, and within days the country was up in arms against the...
The Lycian Way stretches for over 500 kilometres along the Mediterranean coastline of Turkey. From Fethiye to Antalya this challenging trail follows ancient paths, Roman roads and historic routes that have been walked for centuries by the inhabitants of Lycia....
Resting on the seabed off of Amed’s volcanic, black sand beaches is the Japanese Shipwreck. This is one of Bali’s greatest snorkelling spots, where the ruins of a rusting sunken vessel have become a rich coral garden swamped with sea life. I took a dip...
“Hey guys! Fancy spearfishing?” Mad Jon came out of his beach side hut, with spear gun in hand to tempt us out onto the ocean. It didn’t take much persuading before we were climbing into the boat and getting ready for our first experience...
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