Charlie has spent the last few days with me visiting Madrid while I visit a new city and attempt to practice Spanish in advance of my trip to Chile next month. We have only been here two nights, and are soon due to go back to the airport for our […]
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Charlie : Moscow Airport
We had an unexpected re-route on our way back from Kyrgyzstan to London. You can read more about this in the main section of the blog but to cut a long story short I needed to come back from Central Asia earlier than planned for personal reasons and so, after […]
Charlie : Kyrgyzstan
Charlie is now with me in the Hotel Holiday in Bishkek after a great time in Kyrgyzstan. It has been both boiling hot and freezing cold, there has been great food and nice people, and we have seen all sorts of scenery ranging from mountain lakes to rocky canyons and […]
Charlie : Uzbekistan
Charlie crossed into Kyrgyzstan with me this afternoon after a few days in Uzbekistan. We only saw Tashkent, the capital of the country, and the Fergana Valley between Tashkent and Osh in Kyrgyzstan, but it was a nice introduction to the region. In Tashkent we had a look around the […]
Charlie : Istanbul
Today Charlie went with me on a city tour of Istanbul, Turkey. We are at the start of a trip to Uzbekistan and Kyrgyzstan but my outbound flight includes a long layover in Istanbul and so I took advantage of the Turkish Airlines offer of a free city tour. This […]
Charlie : Hong Kong
Charlie has just returned to The UK after our trip to south east Asia, for a sailing trip around southern Myanmar with a few days in Thailand either side and an overnight layover in Hong Kong. Hong Kong was an experience to visit, especially in contrast to how quiet and […]
Charlie : Phuket, Thailand
Charlie has enjoyed his time in Thailand. Phuket is not the sort of place that has ever interested me, as most people come here for the nightlife and the sterile beaches, but I did my best to get away from these and see some of the local culture. Before travelling […]
Charlie : Myanmar (aka Burma)
Charlie has spent the past week with me on a sailing trip through southern Myanmar (also known as Burma) and it has been really nice. I usually like to take trips which are full of activities, or at least which don’t have a large proportion scheduled for relaxation time, so […]
Charlie : Ukraine
Charlie has returned from his visit with me to Ukraine, to see Kiev and the Chernobyl Exclusion Zone. I have already posted about Charlie’s experiences in Chernobyl, which was the main part of the trip, but he also travelled around Kiev too. While in the city he came with me […]
Charlie : Chernobyl Exclusion Zone
Charlie has spent the past few days exploring the Chernobyl Exclusion Zone with me, helping to continue with my theme of visiting places that nobody (or very few) people that I know have visited and which are unique. Pripyat and the Chernobyl Exclusion Zone were certainly unique. Seeing Chernobyl, the […]