40°27’21.6″N 124°55’18.8″EWe think of North Korea as a dark and evil place without much electricity, industry or cars, where people still live in huts so the regime can build nuclear weapons and eat cheese. That might indeed be the case, but those are perfect conditions for starlight photography.I …

46.8482° N, 29.5968° E The status of Transnistria is rather complicated. After the fall of the Soviet Union, Russia threatened to take away the land between the Dniester River and Ukraine if Moldova claimed independence. That land is now called ‘Transnistria’. A war a…

33.9391° N, 67.7100° E On August 30, 2021, the United States Armed Forces completed their final withdrawal from Afghanistan, ending a two-decade-long military engagement. For the first time in decades, a fragile peace seemed to settle over the country. By December 2023, I embarked on a journ…

35.8540° N, 71.7866° E The year is 2023 AD. Central Asia is entirely occupied by Muslims. Well, not entirely… one small village of indomitable Pagans still holds out against the invaders… But unlike the inspiration of the introduction, these are not Germanic tribes – these ironica…