The Faroe Islands
The Faroe Islands do get rather a lot of bad press and I was repeatedly asked why we would visit, given some of these. Freedom of choice and the ability to make one’s own mind up
Lamu
Founded in the 14th century, Lamu is the best-preserved Swahili settlement in East Africa. A UNESCO World Heritage site, this historic Swahili town is home to wandering donkeys and
Abandoned: Soviet Observatory
An abandoned Soviet observatory on the top of a mountain in the middle of nowhere sounds exciting, right? Shorbulak Observatory, once the site of challenging astronomical observati
Tskaltubo Train Station
Tskhaltubo Railway Station in Georgia became abandoned after the collapse of the town’s spa industry, which happened as a result of the fall of the Soviet Union in the early 1990
The Skeleton Coast
Both haunting and evocative, The Skeleton Coast is a treacherous stretch of wild Atlantic shore running for around 500km alongside a desert heaped high with giant sand dunes. Situa
Ushguli
Ushguli is a village community in the Georgian region of Svaneti. The village, which consists of four smaller villages, lies in the mountains of the Great Caucasus and is listed as
The Legend of Kópakonan
Every now and then (actually, most to the time), we are asked to look for something ‘different’ for a shoot, something that would take a bit of an adventure to reach &#
Big Shiraki
An amazing location that we recently scouted for an upcoming project. Around 1950, the Soviet government constructed a military airbase known as Greater Shiraki in Georgia – it w
The Grand Hotel
The Grande Hotel in Beira, Mozambique is probably one of the more bizarre locations we have visited over the last couple of years. Originally built as a luxury destination for weal
Abandoned
We found this rather amazing abandoned gas / petrol station whilst on a recent wander about Southern Namibia – there would be some intense logistics involved but the place is jus