My First Impressions Of Dili, East Timor I spent four days travelling across West Timor to reach East Timor. The island has long been divided into two, a legacy of division that goes back to the early colonial days of the 16th Century and that produced a history that...
“This is not the best time to be here”, said the official at the Ministry of Foreign affairs, “but thank you for visiting my country”. I had travelled to Nagorno-Karabakh, a country which doesn’t technically exist. It’s a small, breakaway territory between...
So, you want to travel to a country which doesn’t exist? A barely recognised, war torn state somewhere on the black sea? Well then you are reading the right article! Here’s how to travel to the Breakaway Republic of Abkhazia! The breakaway Republic of...
I visited the breakaway Republic of Abkhazia. Here’s a secret look inside this self declared nation state. Abkhazia is war torn. It’s been in conflict with Georgia since the Soviet Union collapsed and the people decided they were better off on on...
Transnistria. The perfect location for a get away holiday. Far from the madding crowds, really far from anywhere at all in fact. There’s beaches, cognac and KGB agents. The breakaway republic truly is a destination like no other. Read on if you too want the...
I can’t think of a great many better places to spend a few relaxing days on holiday than the heavily armed breakaway Republic of Transnistria. This is a country which doesn’t, technically, even exist. This unrecognised recognised nation is lost...
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