by Mark | Nov 3, 2019 | Armenia, Bosnia & Herzegovina, Cambodia, Croatia, Estonia, Lithuania, Montenegro, Street Art, Taiwan, Thailand
Derelict spaces provide the perfect canvas for graffiti and street art It was a recent (October 2019) visit to a derelict villa in central Croatia that was once frequented by Tito that prompted me to write about street art in abandoned buildings. It was late afternoon...
by Mark | May 17, 2019 | Cambodia
Where to break the journey between Phnom Penh and Siem Reap Interesting places to visit between Phnom Penh and Siem Reap when travelling in Cambodia This post has been updated to include up to date information about riding the bamboo train and visiting the floating...
by Mark | Feb 12, 2019 | Abkhazia, Armenia, Bulgaria, Cambodia, Croatia, Georgia, Romania, Taiwan, Tunisia, Ukraine, Vietnam
Urban exploration at some of the world’s forsaken swimming pools Updated in December 2019 with the addition of abandoned swimming pools in Bulgaria and Tunisia, as well as another one in Croatia that was once connected to Penthouse magazine. Of all the derelict...
by Kirsty | Nov 18, 2018 | Cambodia, Laos, Thailand
Other Angkorian Temples in Southeast Asia apart from Angkor Wat Any mention of Angkorian temples usually conjures up images of Angkor Wat and the other magnificent temples found at Cambodia’s Angkor Complex which lays on the outskirts of Siem Reap. But in the period...
by Mark | Sep 2, 2018 | Off the Beaten Path, Thailand
Getting Off-the-Beaten-Path in Thailand If you arrive into the small border town of Ranong (*) by bus you won’t fail to miss this skeleton of a building that looms down over National Highway Route 4 linking Bangkok with the country’s deep south. (*) Ranong is a short...
by Mark | Aug 28, 2018 | Laos
Although often compared, the southern Lao city of Savannakhet is no Luang Prabang. There is plenty of French colonial-era architecture in the old part of town and, like Luang Prabang, the city is located on the Mekong River but that’s where the similarities end....
