The Journey From Bishkek to Almaty Shouldn’t Take This Long

Five minutes after arriving in the former capital city of Almaty, Kazakhstan, I was being detained inside a windowless police cell.

Resident Evil – Inside the Mansion of the Former Ukrainian President

Do you really need to know a guy named "Petro" to get inside?

Ukraine in Winter – the Peakness of Bleakness™

Surprisingly, ten other people shared my travel contrariness, and we explored for two days in the radioactive wasteland of Chernobyl, Ukraine.

I Will Burn Your Country to The Ground – Iran Tour Report

Everything you’ve ever been told about Iran, is probably wrong…

Staying Overnight in Chernobyl – Worst Idea Ever?

Being stranded in the Chernobyl exclusion-zone was just the start...

What Happened When I Used My Phone on the Mean Streets of Kiev

Kiev is not like any other city on the planet.

Brutal Socialist-era Yugoslavian Monuments – the Spomenik

In the friendly, disputatious, sometimes fatalist, Adidas-tracksuit-wearing nations that make up the former Yugoslavia, "spomenik" simply means "monument". Futuristic, modernist, and concrete, this page is an explanation and guide to the most brutal set of memorials anywhere on the planet - "The Spomenik".

Photos From The World’s Last Cave Village – Kandovan, Iran

Kandovan in remote North West Iran may look like a movie set. But, this is genuinely a working village - and home of the last cave-dwellers on the planet.

Personal Warning – You Need to Know the Truth About Iran

       

The Largest Gypsy Ghetto in Europe – Stolipinovo, Bulgaria

Recently listed as the number one worse place on the planet to take a short vacation, Stolipinovo is a parallel world that defies belief.

Personal Letter to a First Time Traveller

     

Announcing My Next Iran Tour

Today, I'm announcing the launch of one more Yomadic Iran Tour for 2016. The "Untour" is a purposefully limited opportunity for you to experience a remarkable country in it's "before" state.