DLD 375: Lasha Tumbai
A bit of a challenge this week to get past the very real suffering of war and have a conversation about what it means in...
Ukraine
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DLD 373: Cocoon or carpet?
New seats, new routes, and a comeback of quality flooring round out this week's top stories.
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Sunrise Stretch: PaxEx Update 2019-10-18
The beginnings of Project Sunrise and extra leg room for the Kiwis. Plus more wifi (maybe) coming in China and another loyalty top tier moves...
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Exploring Chufut-Kale near Bakhchisarai, Ukraine
The town of Bakhchisarai has, over the past couple decades, developed into the biggest tiny tourist town in Crimea, Ukraine. That might not sound like...
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Beaching it up in downtown Kiev
Looking to escape from the hustle and bustle of summer city life in Kiev? Thank goodness someone came up with a plan for that. The...
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Heading back in time to the Cembalo Fortress atop Balaklava’s hills
It is not hard to see why the port town of Balaklava has seen residents dating back thousands of years. The harbor is well protected...
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Checking in: Best Western Sevastopol really is best
In some ways it is hard to believe that a simply finished room with nothing particularly fancy to be seen is the best. Usually it...
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Inside the super secret Soviet submarine base at Balaclava
The city of Balaclava doesn’t exist. At least it didn’t for a few decades during the Cold War. That likely came as quite a surprise...
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Rolling through the Ukrainian countryside
Need to get between cities in Ukraine? There are a few different ways to make it happen, but the most popular – by far –...
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Exploring Soviet naval history in Ukraine
It turns out that ties to the old Soviet motherland still run strong in parts of Ukraine. Most notable, perhaps, is Sevastopol, a port city...