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Podcast #088: Armenia – Soviets and Christians
Welcome to Episode 088 of my “Travel Tales From Beyond The Brochure” podcast. This is part three of an overview…
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Podcast #087: Georgia – Country of Cheese and Garlic
Welcome to Episode 087 of my “Travel Tales From Beyond The Brochure” podcast. This is part two of an overview…
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Podcast #086: Two Days in Azerbaijan
Welcome to Episode 086 of my “Travel Tales From Beyond The Brochure” podcast. So, as you know, I’ve recently been…
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What is a Numbers Station
There is a famous quote from a spokesperson in what was at the time the Department of Trade and Industry…
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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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Podcast #055: Back In The USSR
Welcome to Episode 55 of my “Travel Tales From Beyond The Brochure” podcast. This episode is a little unusual. See,…
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Podcast #008: Uzbekistan
Welcome to Episode 8 of my “Travel Tales From Beyond The Brochure” podcast. This episode is dedicated to the Central…
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Tiraspol: Support Your Local Sheriff
“I’m the urban spaceman baby, here comes the twist: I don’t exist”. I have been told by a couple of…
