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The word ‘catacombs’ is used most frequently to describe an underground cemetery, as in the case of the Paris Catacombs. Not so in Odessa, the seaside jewel of southern Ukraine. The Odessa Catacombs are more of a combination smuggling network/partisan tunnel system/just plain cool oddity, and during YPT’s Eurasian Adventure tour, it was our privilege […]
The word ‘catacombs’ is used most frequently to describe an underground cemetery, as in the case of the Paris Catacombs. Not so in Odessa, the seaside jewel of southern Ukraine. … [Read More...] about Smugglers and Partisans: the Catacombs of Odessa
I’ve been to Malaysia a few times, but due to business have largely hung around KL. Even that was hardly a comprehensive exploration of the city, limited as it was to Chinatown. So … [Full Story] about Exploring Sarawak – The Nagashanti Resort
With its population thinly spread out all over the widest territory in the world (Moscow excepted), Russia is fertile ground for crap cities. It this … [Full Story] about Crap Cities of the World – The Ussuriysk Guide
Article by Pier-André Doyon African cities have a bad reputation when it comes to commemorating or remembering their past. Old and miniscule dusty rooms act as National … [Full Story] about Traces of Idi Amin and Gaddafi in Kampala
Ghosts are probably bullshit; if nothing else, the lack of irrefutable evidence in the Age of the Smart Phone is probably proof enough of that. That said, it doesn’t stop some places from being spooky as shit. There are tens of thousands of reputedly ‘haunted’ places all over the globe, but here are YPT.life, China is … [Full Story...] about 3 most haunted places in China
As we so thoroughly documented in our previous article regarding brutal historical executions, we can be really quite unpleasant to each other. So unpleasant, in fact, that some of the nastier stories were left on the cutting-room floor. That said: fuck it. Here are some more awful stories of man’s inhumanity to … [Full Story...] about 3 more historical executions to make the Boltons blanch
Given that it's the Witching Month, our series of articles concerning the ghastly and macabre continues. See the first article on Chinese ghosts and goblins here. Grief hits hard, we all know this, but it also hits in many ways. One person’s anger might be another’s sorrow. Some bereaved choose to celebrate the … [Full Story...] about The 4 weirdest funeral rites around the world
Every year YPT go to the genuinely voted best damn island in the world, Palawan, and the not-so-untouched paradise of El Nido for a week of messing about on boats and drinking rum like pirates on the Palawan Island Hopping Tour. How to get to El Nido Given it’s an island, you can’t just drive here, but there are … [Full Story...] about Nice Philippines Cities – El Nido
If you happen to be a country collector – or one of those of those cheeky chappies chasing the holy grail of the 193 Club – then at some point you are gonna have to visit 192 of the 193, the Democratic Republic of Timor-Leste! Or, as the cool kids call it, East Timor. And if you are not douchebag of a country collector … [Full Story...] about Crap Cities of the world – The Baucau Guide
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