I travelled to Tskaltubo, a former Soviet spa town, to hear the stories of Georgia’s Abkhazian refugees, who still reside inside ‘abandoned’ sanatoriums intended as temporary homes. “Hope is the last thing to die,” Lasha told me, standing in the...
The Cyprus buffer zone is a haunting divide that separates this Mediterranean island between Greek and Turkish communities. In 1974 the Turkish invasion of Cyprus left the island torn in two, as the Greek and the Turkish communities were divided and separated by the...
The Cypriot holiday resort of Famagusta, abandoned when the Turkish army invaded the island in 1974, is a war-torn ghost town on the golden sands of Northern Cyprus. Here’s how to explore the Varosha ruins. I set foot on the beach and was instantly dazzled by...
In Northern Cyprus, the ancient ruins of Salamis, once a thriving port city dating back to 1100 BC, is one of the island’s most impressive archaeological sites. I went to explore. The beach was golden and the seas were blue as I walked along Northern...
In the rolling hills above the Philippines’ Summer Capital, the Diplomat Hotel Baguio stands crumbling and forlorn. All that’s left is the shell of what was once a high-end hotel, which since the 1980s has lain completely abandoned. The Diplomat Hotel in Baguio City...
On February 1st, 1814, Mount Mayon began spewing smoke and ash on the horizon as the people of Legazpi feared the worst. Before many had the chance to evacuate the area, Mount Mayon was erupting violently, and a huge pyroclastic flow was hurtling down the steep...
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