Category: Responsible Travel
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Caucasus By Train: UK To Georgia/Armenia In Under A Week (Part Three)
This is Part Three of my account of travelling by train from the UK across Europe and Turkey to the Caucasus. If you just got here, start with Part One, which details the 72-hour journey from London to Istanbul. The final part of this series is all about how to do it yourself – that…
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Caucasus by Train: UK To Georgia/Armenia In Under A Week (Part Two)
This is Part Two of my account of travelling by train from the UK across Europe and Turkey to the Caucasus. If you just got here, start with Part One, which details the 72-hour journey from London to Istanbul. Otherwise, continue reading to find out how I got from Istanbul to the Georgian capital of…
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Breaking: Self-Unemployed Explorer Finally Gets Real Job
I recently got the opportunity to do something more risky and terrifying than any of the journeys, expeditions or adventure projects I’ve ever undertaken. That’s right: aged 41, and after nearly two decades as a “self-unemployed creative explorer”, I was offered my first ever real job. And – gasp – I took it! Because in…
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Caucasus by Train: UK to Georgia/Armenia In Under A Week (Part One)
Planning a trip to the Caucasus – perhaps to hike some of the Transcaucasian Trail – but concerned about the carbon footprint of flying there and back? I’m with you. Hiking has a small environmental footprint (depending on your shoe size). Air travel has a big one. But the good news is that, if you’re…