by Richard Collett | Sep 24, 2016 | Azerbaijan, SURVIVAL GUIDES
This Survival Guide Will Explain Exactly how to get a Tajikistan Visa in Baku! Tajikistan! Home of the infamously stunning yet frighteningly challenging Pamir Highway! One of the highest altitude and greatest road trips in the known world! There’s glorious...
by Richard Collett | Sep 20, 2016 | Abkhazia, FROM THE ROAD
“Cha Cha, Vodka, Pive!” The sellers outside the Novy Afon cave entrance were attempting to cater to the unquenchable thirsts of the holidaymakers. Home brew wine, lethal spirits and beers. As the Russian tourists stocked up on their drinks for the...
by Richard Collett | Sep 17, 2016 | ABANDONED PLACES, Abkhazia
The Sukhumi Piers are a decaying reminder of Abkhazia’s former glory. I want to show you the crumbling pleasure piers of Sukhumi, on the promenade of Abkhazia’s fragmented yet intriguingly alluring capital. This seaside city was once a thriving...
by Richard Collett | Sep 15, 2016 | SURVIVAL GUIDES, Turkey
These are the best places in Turkey to get really off the beaten track! Coups. Terrorism. Refugees. Doesn’t Turkey have a border with Syria? And with Iraq? Yes. That’s all Turkey makes the news for these days. And yes, there is a lot of trouble in the...
by Richard Collett | Sep 13, 2016 | ABANDONED PLACES, Turkey
Ani, the neglected ruins of an Armenian Kingdom, are crumbling in a distant province of Turkey. The watchtowers stare back menacingly from across the steep ravine. I can’t see past the darkened windows of the steel structures, but I wonder if the...
by Richard Collett | Sep 10, 2016 | Azerbaijan, SURVIVAL GUIDES
This Survival Guide Will explain exactly how to get an Uzbekistan visa in Baku, Azerbaijan! Uzbekistan! The Central Asian country where the ancient Silk Road meets the Soviet Union! There’s deserts, stunning mosques, dried up seas, delicious Plov to eat and...
by Richard Collett | Sep 8, 2016 | Armenia, PHOTOS FROM THE ROAD
War Torn But Still Beautiful, These are the photos from Nagorno-Karabakh. I visited Nagorno-Karabakh in April 2016. Immediately before my trip, violence had flared up along the border with Azerbaijan, threatening to reignite a bitter conflict which has never...
by Richard Collett | Sep 6, 2016 | ABANDONED PLACES, Abkhazia
Abkhazia’s abandoned Psyrtskha Railway Station is in a state of romantic decay! Is there such a thing as romantic decay? I’ll leave that up to you to decide, but if anywhere in the world deserves this adjective, it’s most certainly Abkhazia’s...
by Richard Collett | Sep 3, 2016 | FROM THE ROAD
Travel Doesn’t Always Go To Plan! So, things haven’t exactly gone right this August… At the end of July I had to return home, to the United Kingdom. I’ve been hanging out in London, Nottingham, and my home town Buckingham. This wasn’t...
by Richard Collett | Sep 1, 2016 | PHOTOS FROM THE ROAD, Uzbekistan
These pictures will inspire you to travel to Uzbekistan! Uzbekistan has an ancient history along the old Silk Road, and a more recent history amongst the Soviet Republics. It’s a nation of intriguing contrasts, where Islamic traditions continue alongside...
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