The abandoned burnt out government building casts its long shadow over the city of Sukhumi, the capital of the breakaway Republic of Abkhazia, a dark and visible legacy in an unrecognised and conflict strewn nation. Abkhazia’s recent history is a violent...
Akdamar Island lies in the middle of Lake Van. On the island I found one of the few remaining Armenian churches left in Turkey, and a dark reminder of the events that violently shaped the landscape of a modern nation, in a strangely spectacular setting. It might...
I travelled to the ancient town of Hasankeyf in southern Turkey, an ancient Mesopotamian settlement in the cradle of civilization that may soon be completely flooded. “Hasankeyf is old”, Arjan tells me over a cup of steaming hot Chai on the banks of the...
I explored the insanely creepy and abandoned hospital on the edge of Turkey’s Lake Van. The city of Van lies in the East of Turkey, a sprawling metropolis situated on the pleasant banks of Lake Van, the largest of large lakes in the country. There’s only a...
Heidelberg, the romantic German City with a dark history. Today’s post is by the talented Marisa, The Traveling Story Girl! Her story is a tale of abandoned Nazi party theatres hidden above the German city of Heidelberg! Heidelberg is a city that is...
I ventured inside the abandoned village of Kayaköy and found a haunting remnant of Turkey’s bloody past. Kayaköy was once a Greek village. It was bustling and busy, known to its inhabitants in the Greek tongue as Livissi. The village was lived in by...
Along the Borders chronicles my multi-year journey along Britain's borders, boundaries and frontiers. Published by Penguin Random House, and available now!
