Our Latest Blog Posts
Our blog posts cover an eclectic range of topics and destinations. In sharing our experiences, we hope to inspire you to travel to off the beaten path destinations and seek out unconventional things to see and do in better-known places. Niche topics include abandoned places, street art, Soviet-era monuments and Brutalist architecture, but you’ll also find ‘what to do guides’ and other invaluable tips to help you plan your journey along the path less travelled. Although we have posts spanning six continents, lately our focus has been on Asia (notably, Taiwan and Southeast Asia), and the New East – Eastern Europe, the Balkans, the Baltic states, and Central Asia.
Our Worst Experience in a Decade of Travel: Getting Robbed in Abkhazia
Our experience of being robbed in Abkhazia: what happened when we got mugged in Tkvarcheli, and our thoughts on how safe is is to travel to Abkhazia.
Street Art in Taichung City, Taiwan
Searching for street art in Taichung in western Taiwan. We found some of the best street art and graffiti at Rainbow Village and Animation Alley.
Travel Shot | The Sunday Market in Kashgar
The Sunday Market in Kashgar is still very much a full on Uyghur affair. Trading in sheep seemed to be the most common activity at this busy animal market.
Cosplay Girls in the Taiwanese city of Tainan
At weekends, Tainan’s Koxinga Shrine becomes a meeting place for photographers and ornately dressed cosplay girls who come to pose for the cameras.
Belgrade’s Modern City Gates | Serbia Travel Guide
What and where are Belgrade’s Modern City Gates? Visiting the Genex Tower and Rudo, iconic tower blocks in the Serbian capital.
Abandoned Thailand: Chiang Mai Women’s Correctional Institution
Urban explorers in Thailand will want to visit Chiang Mai’s abandoned prison. In the heart of the city, it is the former Women’s Correctional Institution.
Abandoned Taiwan: Former Japanese Navy Fongshan Communication Centre in Kaohsiung, Taiwan
The former Japanese Navy Fongshan Communication Centre in Kaohsiung, Taiwan, features some elements that are unusual for an abandoned location.
Fan-Shaped Train Garage in Changhua, Taiwan
The roundhouse, or fan-shaped train garage, in Changhua is the only one left out of six built by the Japanese during their occupation of Taiwan.
How to visit to Thailand’s Maeklong Railway Market independently
A guide to Thailand’s Maeklong Railway Market including the up-to-date Maeklong railway market train schedule. Plus: abandoned train carriages in Maha Chai.
The Indian moustache … still very much in fashion
The Indian moustache is still very much in fashion. In India! It seems sometimes that every post-puberty male in India has a moustache of some kind.
Abandoned Vietnam: Ho Thuy Tien Water Park in Hue, Vietnam
Featuring a fierce-looking concrete dragon, a visit to Ho Thuy Tien abandoned water park near Hue in Central Vietnam is a must for urban explorers.
Abandoned Cambodia: Former Khmer Rouge airport in Kampong Chhnang
Locating Kampong Chhnang’s abandoned airport and other places associated with the Khmer Rouge – part of our series on abandoned places in Cambodia.