Pamir Highway
One of the coolest scouts we have ever done, for a long term project: The Pamirs are beautiful, wild and harsh, where dusty roads snake through the ever growing mountains between T
Overfished, Malawi
Massive population growth, overfishing and the effects of climate change are putting Lake Malawi under stress. With an estimated 700 to 800 cichlid species, many of which are found
Bathhouse Number 8
The first bathhouses in Tskaltubo are believed to have opened in 1870, with the sanatoriums following in 1925. In 1931 Tskaltubo was designated as a balneotherapy therapy centre an
Stalin’s Dacha, Tskaltubo
One of the many dachas (country or holiday houses) that were built for Stalin across the Soviet Union, this one was used when he visited the mineral springs dotted across the town.
Kyrgyz State Circus
The Kyrgyz State Circus in Bishkek was one of a series of circus buildings commissioned across the Soviet Union during the 70s and 80s. While some of its mural art has been damaged
The Registan
The Registan was the main shopping area of Samarkand long before any buildings were constructed there. Back in the day, all travellers and merchants looking for a hot bath, somewh
Sauran, Kazakhstan
Every now and then you will arrive at an area that could have been designed around the question, WTF? When we were asked to scout the ancient city of Sauran ‘because we were in
The Mountain Kingdom
Lesotho is known as The Mountain Kingdom, with good reason. Remote, rugged and rather beautiful, Lesotho is said to be the place where Gods and mythical beasts roam. It is also rat
Kolmanskop Ghost Town
Some 15 km from the Namibian coastal town of Lüderitz, Kolmanskop used to be a small railway station in 1908, when the railway between Lüderitz and Keetmanshoop was built.
Føroyar
The Faroe Islands do get rather a lot of bad press and I was repeatedly asked why we would visit, given some of these. Freedom of choice and the ability to make one’s own mind up