Reflecting on a hotel #smarp REFLECTION HUNTERS CONTEST - Round 289
A snap of the The Oguzkent Hotel in Ashgabat, Turkmenistan, whilst I was taking a leisurely energy sapping stroll when the temperature was just under 100°F. It is a 5-star hotel…
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Traveller. Here and There. Following the lens. Technophobe. Sometimes straight often twisted.
Wrexham UK
Being for the Benefit of Mr. Kite!*
A throw back to Soviet times, a permanent "state circus" virtually identical to ones I saw on my travels in and Baku and…
2hr out 2 hr back, nearly but no cigar. Ashgabat. Turkmenistan
So a walk, 2 hours out 2 hrs back, just follow the lens, things I learnt. 40°centigrade at 11:00am is fucking hot No shade No bars No shops No one seems to walk in Ashgabat The…
Turkmenistan here I come, or rather here I went.
Turkmenistan, a difficult country to get into, a stand alone visit, as when I did the other 4 Stans, this was not an option, politics and all that. Getting a visa was a bugger…
Under Baltic skies. Tripping from Tallinn to Vilnius. April 2025
A 2025 sixteen day trip an enjoyable trip through the Baltics, but it was fucking cold, wet and I was stuck with people who I am glad I shall never meet agin ever. Weather I can…
Savičiaus Špunka. Vilnius.
So it was beer o'clock, which in all honesty can be anytime! I need refreshment, alas the bar didn't open until 5pm, so it was a case of hanging around on a street corner for…
Travelling, getting educated, Vilnius University
Isn't that what a tasty traveller as opposed to a tacky tourist does? Learn stuff? One is never too old to immerse oneself in subjects of…
Vilnius.The church of St. John the Baptist and St. John the Apostle and Evangelist. Hedging your bets on imaginary friends .
The church was built in the 13th century, reconstructed in the 16th and 17th centuries. In the Soviet times the church was was confiscated from…
Kryžių Kalnas. Lithuania
This is a place I have wanted to visit for years; after seeing a programme about it on the telly. I could have stayed here for hours it just struck a nerve, it was so…