Quirky Guide

Emily is a freelance journalist and travel enthusiast, who’s most recent journey was an eight month overland trip from Prague to Delhi.

You can almost imagine moustachioed colonels sitting on verandas, sipping gin and watching the empire slip away.

This park was set up after the fall of the Soviet Union with what seems to be the quite explicit aim of making fun of the Soviets.

Worried that your wedding photos will be lacking that something extra? Then grab the wedding party, and jump aboard the Trans-Siberian Railway to Ulan Ude.

Tired of never being able to find fresh goat meat at the local farmers market? Then head to the Mal Bazaar, the livestock market in Silk Road town, Kashgar.

If you have ever felt bad for an animal locked up in a zoo cage, Kyoto’s Iwatayama Monkey Park is the place for you.

Decorating your house is easy these days: just pop down to IKEA for some wall hangings. Sedlec Ossuary in the Czech Republic, however, did not have this luxury.