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Spango Valley
Just south of Greenock, in Inverclyde, western Scotland, is a derelict business park called Spango Valley, and an associated closed…
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The Russian Woodpecker
On my visit to Chernobyl and Pripyat, one of the places I was taken to was a site known as…
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Visiting Pripyat
Whenever anyone thinks of visiting Chernobyl, what they think of often isn’t the power plant itself. Rather, it’s the pictures…
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Chernobyl City and the Exclusion Zone
The Chernobyl Nuclear Power Station was the scene of an explosion in April 1986. It was such a significant event…
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How to Visit Chernobyl
At the time of writing this blog post, Chernobyl has been off-limits to visitors for a number of years. It…
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Podcast #074: Chernobyl
Welcome to Episode 074 of my “Travel Tales From Beyond The Brochure” podcast. This podcast episode is all about Chernobyl.…
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The Other Dead Sea
The Aral Sea shoreline. It’s pretty cold; I’m even wearing socks. The sky above, coupled with the flat landscape over…
