Podcast #088: Armenia – Soviets and Christians

Welcome to Episode 088 of my “Travel Tales From Beyond The Brochure” podcast. This is part…

Podcast #087: Georgia – Country of Cheese and Garlic

Welcome to Episode 087 of my “Travel Tales From Beyond The Brochure” podcast. This is part…

Podcast #086: Two Days in Azerbaijan

Welcome to Episode 086 of my “Travel Tales From Beyond The Brochure” podcast. So, as you…

What is a Numbers Station

There is a famous quote from a spokesperson in what was at the time the Department…

The Russian Woodpecker

On my visit to Chernobyl and Pripyat, one of the places I was taken to was…

Visiting Pripyat

Whenever anyone thinks of visiting Chernobyl, what they think of often isn’t the power plant itself.…

Chernobyl City and the Exclusion Zone

The Chernobyl Nuclear Power Station was the scene of an explosion in April 1986. It was…

How to Visit Chernobyl

At the time of writing this blog post, Chernobyl has been off-limits to visitors for a…

Podcast #074: Chernobyl

Welcome to Episode 074 of my “Travel Tales From Beyond The Brochure” podcast. This podcast episode…

Podcast #055: Back In The USSR

Welcome to Episode 55 of my “Travel Tales From Beyond The Brochure” podcast. This episode is…

Podcast #008: Uzbekistan

Welcome to Episode 8 of my “Travel Tales From Beyond The Brochure” podcast. This episode is…

Tiraspol: Support Your Local Sheriff

“I’m the urban spaceman baby, here comes the twist: I don’t exist”. I have been told…