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My Travels: May 2021 – Sepetember 2022
The First and Final Picture of My Travels Today, as I begin writing this in a cafe in the centre of Vilnius, marks my last day of continuous travelling before heading back to London to begin my masters next week. I’ve been travelling for almost sixteen months, and it feels slightly strange today that this…
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Khiva, Uzbekistan
Initially, I was not going to write a blog about Khiva. As the smallest of Uzbekistan’s Silk Road Towns, I planned to group it together with Bukhara and Samarkand in a big piece about the historic centres of the country. However, having spent the last few days in Khiva, I think it is deserving of…
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Tashkent, Uzbekistan
When I was in my hostel in Riga, about to leave for Uzbekistan, to say I wasn’t apprehensive would be lying. Following proposed constitutional reforms, massive protests occurred in the southwestern city of Nukus, leaving 18 people dead and hundreds injured. I had heard the situation in Tashkent was calm and unaffected by the situation…
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Riga, Latvia
Having travelled through much of Eastern Europe throughout the past couple of years I have sort of felt I have largely neglected the Baltic states with exception of a few days in Lithuania last year visiting friends. Consequently, when I realised the most reasonably priced flights to my next adventure went via Riga, I decided…
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Budapest, Hungary
Well, after a bit of a delay I finally thought I’d write something about my time in Budapest last week. I first went to Budapest a few years ago when I was 18 on an interrail trip around Europe. Of all the trips I’ve done, this is possibly the worst trip I could use to…
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Kyiv
So this week marks a year since I visited Kyiv for the first time. If I’m honest I’ve been avoiding writing about my time in Ukraine and Russia, put simply I have had no idea what to say or how to say how I feel properly, and I probably still don’t. Anyway, I thought that…
The Random Wanderer 