Anyone who’s been to China can sometimes get a bit of festival overload, it seems there’s some festival every week! Spring Festival is, of course, the most well-known, followed by Mid-Autumn Day and the political festivals of National Day and May Day. …

Central Asia already has a lot going for it – dictators and post-soviet bureaucracy, coupled with mountains, deserts, yurts and the Silk Road. But something that’s often overlooked is how unique and interesting their flags are, the flag of Turkmenistan …

Since establishing our European office in Bulgaria back in 2017, our range of adventures offered throughout the lands of the former Soviet Union and Yugoslavia, continues to expand! We now run tours to over 21 different countries and counting, here is …

The propaganda posters in the Soviet Union were based on the Marxist–Leninist ideology to promote the Communist Party line. Propaganda was one of the many ways the Soviet Union implemented control over its citizens. Glavit was the main Soviet Union cen …

To simply put it, no. You cannot visit North Korea from South Korea or visit South Korea from North Korea. It is impossible to cross the demarcation line that separates both countries as a tourist. Previously it was possible to cross from South Korea t …

While I usually pride myself on my supreme eloquence, I think few would disagree that 2020 has been a write off so far. Sadly though, as much as we’d like to see the year ending, there are several cultures that have their own versions of the new year h …

After centuries of historical despair, the flag of Chechnya has changed many times in quick succession. After a gruelling series of civil wars that lasted almost two decades, today, it can be argued that Chechnya has two national flags: one used by the …

Travelling to Turkmenistan won’t mean you’ll be completely cut off from the world, but it does mean you’ll get a well-deserved rest from the constant contact that the modern world demands. Reporters without borders recently published their annual list …

Since the Kingdom of Cambodia government decided to close their borders to incoming tourists on the 31st of March, 2020, Siem Reap – a city most famous for having tourists flock within the millions each year to Angkor Wat, has been left as a ghost town …