Chernobyl
There are a few different companies offering tours to the Chernobyl exclusion tour, which is about 2 hours from Kiev. Tours started being offered in 2002. I travelled with Solo East. On 26 April 1986 an explosion at Chernobyl’s reactor …
Category: Travel
Too Much Kandy is Bad for Buddha’s Tooth
After Japan, I travelled to Sri Lanka.I visited Sigiriya, the so-called Lion Rock and former site of a royal palace. It is a long climb to the top. But you don’t want to make much noise while you’re climbing. Then …
Arctic Pandas
I’ve started another round the world trip. I’m going up to the Arctic circle in Norway, then down to Antarctica. First stop was Japan. Due to the evil machinations of Typhoon Usagi (which stopped flights transiting through Hong Kong), the …