Category Soviet Union
Wilbur’s Travels – My 7 Travel Wonders Of The Past Decade
Travel is a great defining constant in my life and as I reflect on the last ten years of travels, I am extremely grateful that I am able to indulge in my passion on a regular basis. I have visited 22 new countries in the decade and revisited many more old favourites. I found it […]
Georgia & Azerbaijan 2019 – The Tbilisi to Baku Train
Continuing the story of our (Hamish & I) latest adventure out East…………. We arrived at 9.15 a.m. on our overnight train from Tbilisi. I was pretty damned excited having slept well, a feeling enhanced by the fact that I was in a brand new country. The train journey had been very comfortable in our two-berth […]
Monday Morning Blues – Winter Palace Interior, Sheki, Azerbaijan
Earlier this month I was in Sheki where I visited the impressive Winter Palace. A memory that helps me beat the Monday Morning Blues. It would be great if you could join me and my Twitter pals in posting a photo featuring the colour blue over on Twitter every Monday morning. Together we can beat […]
Georgia & Azerbaijan 2019 – Tbilisi
We arrived on an early October Thursday via Istanbul Sabiha Gokcen (the far less frenetic Istanbul airport on the Asian side of the great city). We had actually stayed the previous night at an airport hotel situated there – a first for Hamish & I. This was our second visit to the Georgian capital having […]
