One museum in Brest that Andy, Nigel and I enjoyed was the Museum of Confiscated Art (Known locally as the Museum of Salvaged Artistic Values), a display of valuable international art pieces (paintings, sculptures, ceramics) seized by Brest border guards as they were being smuggled out of the country. The museum itself is in an … Continue reading
Herat was a city I was looking forward to. Denied a visa into Iran, I knew Herat with its heavy Persian influence was about as close to Iran as I would get for a while. The city had a history that intrigued me as well. If you want to skip the background, you can just … Continue reading
I first became interested in Suriname after Tanja Gromala told me about it. It was after reading Karl Penta’s “Have Gun Will Travel” (the hardcover edition is pictured below), however, that I realized an investigation into Suriname as well as French Guiana by The Velvet Rocket was now compulsory. Here is how the jacket of Penta’s … Continue reading
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It has been a while – too long – since Team Ames and Team Boers pursued an adventure together. So, it was with great pleasure that I, accompanied by my Italian, met up with Brandon and Amanda in Brazil. I’m a big fan of bees… and honey. Turns out my close family has the same … Continue reading
Lesya: My introduction to the women of Eastern Europe… Continue reading
Inching through debris and choking heat, police forensic officers comb the wreckage of one of the 7/7 Tube trains in this never-before-seen picture… Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article Continue reading
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