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Ravens on the Road: Road Trip Travel Writers Launch Black Sea Circuit
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Thursday, 4 June 2015. Road Trip Travel Writers Launch Black Sea Circuit. Ravens on the road in Georgia. Photo by Chris Raven. A career in overland adventure travel was launched when Simon Raven and Chris Raven drove across Siberia from the UK to Vladivostok at the dawn of a new millennium. A decade on sees the release of their fourth book BLACK SEA CIRCUIT, which follows the brothers on a quest to drive full circle around this large inland sea at the birthplace of civilisation. Y Chris Raven &. Discover...
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Ravens on the Road: Mt Elbrus: The Frosty Caucasus
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Tuesday, 21 July 2015. Mt Elbrus: The Frosty Caucasus. Standing proud at the Caucasus gateway between. Mt Elbrus is considered to be the tallest mountain in. Xploring deep into southern. 8217;s “Wild West”, Simon. Raven and Chris Raven,. Visit this double coned volcano with many names in many languages. Mt Elbrus, South Ossetia-Alania, Russia. By Simon Raven. Extract from the book:. By Chris Raven, Simon Raven. 8216;It is too cold to sleep in your car tonight. Please, sleep in the shop.’. Anna asks what ...
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Ravens on the Road: Crimea's summer palace of the Tsar
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Thursday, 18 June 2015. Crimea's summer palace of the Tsar. Decorative tiles inside Livadia Palace. Yalta, Crimea. Photo by Simon Raven. With breathtaking views of the Black Sea,. Crimea first became part of the Russian Empire in 1783, when Russia conquered the Crimean Khanate (a Turkic vassal state of the Ottoman Empire). He internationally recognised Ukrainian territory of Crimea was once again annexed by the Russian Federation in March 2014. Livadia Palace. Yalta, Crimea. Photk by Chris Raven. Order y...
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Ravens on the Road: Opium with the Konyak King (Nagaland) by Simon Raven
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Wednesday, 3 February 2016. Opium with the Konyak King (Nagaland) by Simon Raven. Discover the less visited state of Nagaland in the North East corner of India, where tribal kings still rule and environmental damage is taking its toll. Nagaland men at roadside (India). Photo by Chris Raven. Photography by Chris Raven. Tribal Nagaland is the last point before the Indian subcontinent merges into. Pressed against the border with. Crossing into Nagaland by local bus from Sibsagar in north eastern. I collect ...
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Ravens on the Road: BLACK SEA
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By Simon Raven, Chris Raven. The legends of Jason and the Argonauts, Noah’s Ark and a tribe of fierce female warriors known as the Amazons all originate from the Black Sea. Gripped by curiosity, Simon and Chris fire up their twenty year old Volvo that looks, “as rustic and weather-beaten as a Cold War tank” and embark on a quest to drive full circle around this ancient body of water at the birthplace of civilisation. BLACK SEA CIRCUIT b. Y Chris Raven &. Buy Black Sea Circuit. Buy Black Sea Circuit.
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Ravens on the Road: Discover a legend on your Starbucks coffee cup!
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Wednesday, 24 June 2015. Discover a legend on your Starbucks coffee cup! Have you ever wondered about the origins of the mesmerising woman on the Starbucks logo? The Scythians were a tribe of nomadic horse bowmen who once inhabited the grasslands of the Pontic steppe. Around the north shores of the. But skilled hardworking communities who lived a nomadic way of life. The Scythians grew wealthy from rearing cattle and wheat that ultimately fed the Greek Empire, and they would commission artisans. Gripped ...
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Ravens on the Road: Born on the Black Sea: At Home with Chekhov
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Wednesday, 17 June 2015. Born on the Black Sea: At Home with Chekhov. The much loved Russian writer, Anton Chekhov, was born on the Black Sea and ended his days in Yalta on the Crimean peninsula. During an epic journey driving full circle around the Black Sea in the summer of 2013, road trip travel writers, Simon Raven and Chris Raven, explore Anton Chekhov's humble beginings on a sea that inspired a literary genius. View of the Black Sea from Livadia Palace. Yalta, Crimea. By Simon Raven. By Simon Raven,.
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Ravens on the Road: Ghost Villages of Mariovo (Macedonia)
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Wednesday, 10 February 2016. Ghost Villages of Mariovo (Macedonia). Simon and Chris head to the Mariovo wilderness in search of ghost villages, gold mines, buried treasure and century old French cognac. Golden sunlight across the hills of Mariovo, Macedonia. (Photo © Chris Raven). It was during a road trip to. When I first heard about the legend of Mariovo. French war cemetery, Bitola. Photo © Chris Raven). Derelict house, Mariovo, Macedonia. Photo © Chris Raven). Simon Raven with wild Hermann's tortoise.
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Ravens on the Road: Sunflowers of the Black Sea
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Thursday, 18 June 2015. Sunflowers of the Black Sea. Kuban Steppe. Russia. Photo by Simon Raven. When visiting the Black Sea in the summer months the beautiful sight of vast fields of sunflowers. Is a breathtaking spectacle. According to statistics collated by the Food and Agriculture Organization, the world's top sunflower seed producers in 2012 were Ukriane with 8.39 metric tons and Russia with 7.99 metric tons. Following an expedition driving full circle around the Black Sea. Read Black Sea Circuit.
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Ravens on the Road: Russia’s Beslan School Massacre Ten Years On
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Tuesday, 14 July 2015. Russia’s Beslan School Massacre Ten Years On. The Beslan School Hostage Crisis shocked the world in 2004 when fourteen Chechen terrorists held 1,100 children and civilians hostage in a small town in southern Russia. A decade on, Chris Raven pays this small community in the foothills of the Caucasus Mountains a visit during a quest with his brother to drive full circle around the Black Sea. 169; Chris Raven. Extract from the book: BLACK SEA CIRCUIT. By Chris Raven, Simon Raven.
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