A large American cruise ship had appeared in Yalta bay overnight and Sergey had been prebooked to spend the day shepherding Americans around. As a result we were going to be on our own today in Yalta and the surrounding area. Yalta is a world famous city despite...
I left you as we headed for Odessa station to get the train to Simferopol. The journey was full of drama - as we ...
Day 5: Odessa Historical CentreOdessa Opera HouseThe trains in Ukraine aren’t a whole different to the ones in Russia ...
Inside the Upper Lavra complexYesterday’s day trip to Chornobyl was epic enough to have its own post, but was only the ...
Today was set to be one of the most unique travelling experiences I am likely to ever have. For the last decade, the ...
Day One: ArrivalPossibly the most painless start to a backpacking trip I have ever experienced. Charlotte, Katie and ...
Erbil Mosque, IraqAfter what seemed like a lifetime in some ways and a second in others, it was time for us to head ...
Erbil City CentreIn many ways the sightseeing part of our journey was now over, as we had visited the three provinces ...
Having met up with Nabaz and Omed the night before, they showed us typical Kurdish hospitality in offering to take us ...
We had now explored most of the north of Iraqi Kurdistan - two of the three provinces that make up the region. All ...
The road to Baghdad (we turned off)Not a whole lot of sightseeing planned for today was we tried to get back to ...
Amedi, IraqWith all of Iraqi Kurdistan to explore, and not much time to do it, we moved swiftly on from Dohuk to the ...
