War and Peace in Ukraine. Is Kiev Safe To Travel To? This was a question I pondered furiously over in Moldova when deciding where in Eastern Europe I should travel to next, is Kieva safe to travel to? I could go back to Romania, but that was the way I’d just...
“Care! Radiation!” The sign warned that I was entering the Chernobyl Exclusion Zone. There was no turning back now. My documents were checked, and the armed guards waved us across the security line, straight into the fallout area. The Chernobyl disaster...
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...
“Man, I love this country! Something crazy’s always happening!” My guide was on edge as he weaved the car through the mad, mad traffic of Tirana, on edge for fear of crashing and with pure, reckless joy at the mayhem he was part of it. There are no...
In 1986 REACTOR NUMBER 4 exploded. Residents were forced out of their homes, and given only hours to collect all they could carry. They believed that they would be home again soon, but almost 3 decades later, the towns and villages of the Chernobyl exclusion zone are...
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