Back in the USSR… Hello Soviet Kitsch!
We’d been handed some flyers touting the USSR Museum, and it was also briefly mentioned in our Trans-Siberian guidebook. It sounded kitsch and fun, and so we hopped on the […]
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Ferris Wheels, Rodelbahns and a Near Death Experience in Krasnoyarsk
Arriving back in Krasnoyarsk from our hiking adventures at Stolby Nature Reserve, we got off the bus at the Opera House just before 6pm, arriving at exactly the right time […]
Exploring Underground: ‘Stegomites’ at Diros Cave, Areopolis
My main reason for visiting Areopolis was that I wanted to check out the nearby Diros Caves. I liked the idea of taking a little boat through the caves and […]
Lunch with the Local…Cats
I mentioned in my previous post that Monemvasia has rather a few cats. I wasn’t kidding. It seems like there’s a hundred or more living in the old town, and a […]
Stuck Centre Stage at ‘Turkish Night’
I’d been sucked into going to the cliché ‘Turkish Night’ on my first visit to Goreme, and had a surprisingly good time…partly due to the amount of included raki consumed […]
On the Adventures of Hostel Cooking
One thing that I get excited about when travelling is staying at a hostel that has a kitchen – especially when it’s a brilliantly decked out kitchen. However, the brilliantly […]
