by Mark | March 5, 2020 | Cambodia
The best places to visit in Cambodia beyond the temples of Angkor and the Killing Fields at Choeung Ek Many of you will already know that we are big fans of Cambodia and never need an excuse to return. We have been travelling to the kingdom since the early 1990s. I...
by Mark | February 26, 2020 | Abkhazia
In the summer of 2018, we visited the little-known de facto sovereign state of Abkhazia. While exploring the capital city, Sukhumi, we stumbled across this building. It appeared to be an abandoned medical centre (I’ll call it that as such). I can find zero information...
by Mark | February 20, 2020 | Back in the Day, Burma/Myanmar
A look back on one of our early trips to Myanmar when we visited the temples at Mrauk-U and the tattooed Chin women Every now and then I like to write a blog post about my travelling days when I was in my early to mid-teens, which was around twenty-five years ago! If...
by Mark | February 10, 2020 | Architectonic
Moldtelecom Location: Chisinau, Moldova Completed: 1967 Artist: Mikhail Burya and Vladislav Obukh Former name: Ministry of Communications for the Moldovan SSR/Central Post Office Genre: Mosaic, Soviet artwork, former USSR VIEW ALL ARCHITECTONIC POSTS Did you...
by Mark | February 10, 2020 | Architectonic
Licurici Puppet Theatre Location: Chisinau, Moldova Completed: 1986 (building)/1991 (panel art) Designers: Yuri Tumanyan, Oleg Vronsky (architects) and G.N. Spitsyn (artist) Alternative name: Republican Puppet Theatre “Licurici” Genre: Modernist, Soviet architecture,...
by Mark | February 8, 2020 | Architectonic
Monument to the 1876 Uprising Location: Lovech, Bulgaria Completed: 1980 Sculptor: Georgi Gergov Genre: Socialist monument, former Eastern Bloc VIEW ALL ARCHITECTONIC POSTS Did you know?… We also have an Instagram account and Facebook page that are dedicated to...
