Richard Collett
@traveltrampuk.bsky.social
Cartographic curiosities and geopolitical oddities. Award winning travel journalist on a quest to understand the world through its borders.
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Borderlines | Richard Collett | Substack
Cartographic curiosities and geopolitical oddities. Join my quest to explore the world through its borders and boundaries. Click to read Borderlines, by Richard Collett, a Substack publication with hu...
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Borders shape the world around us.
My new project, Borderlines, explores the world through its borders and boundaries.
For cartographical curiosities and geopolitical anomalies, follow the journey on my new Substack.
open.substack.com/pub/traveltramp
My new project, Borderlines, explores the world through its borders and boundaries.
For cartographical curiosities and geopolitical anomalies, follow the journey on my new Substack.
open.substack.com/pub/traveltramp
This week's Borderlines Substack is now live. Discover which ancient borders still divide nations today.
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February 18, 2025 at 2:12 PM
This week's Borderlines Substack is now live. Discover which ancient borders still divide nations today.
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All the fallafel and hummus in Amman, please.
February 17, 2025 at 9:47 AM
All the fallafel and hummus in Amman, please.
Absolutely honoured to have been awarded a grant from the Society of Authors (the Authors' Foundation and K Blundell Trust) to help complete my first book, Borderlands.
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February 14, 2025 at 7:30 PM
Absolutely honoured to have been awarded a grant from the Society of Authors (the Authors' Foundation and K Blundell Trust) to help complete my first book, Borderlands.
#SoAgrants
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My latest article for CNN Travel explores the optimistic hopes of Syrian tour guides in the wake of the Assad regime's fall.
Before the war, some 10 million tourists visited Syria annually. But is too soon or can tourism be a force for good?
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Before the war, some 10 million tourists visited Syria annually. But is too soon or can tourism be a force for good?
edition.cnn.com/travel/syria...
‘Everything is better than before’: How Syria is reopening to tourists | CNN
Syria’s status as a classic Middle East tourist definition was shredded by civil war. Visitors are now beginning to return, but is it safe and what will they experience there?
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February 13, 2025 at 1:03 PM
My latest article for CNN Travel explores the optimistic hopes of Syrian tour guides in the wake of the Assad regime's fall.
Before the war, some 10 million tourists visited Syria annually. But is too soon or can tourism be a force for good?
edition.cnn.com/travel/syria...
Before the war, some 10 million tourists visited Syria annually. But is too soon or can tourism be a force for good?
edition.cnn.com/travel/syria...
February 12, 2025 at 9:42 AM
What can the world's first borders teach us today? That no matter how high you build that wall, people always find a way to cross.
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The World's First Borders (And What They Teach Us Today)
Discover the ancient divides that shaped history. And how the world's first borders still resonate today.
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February 11, 2025 at 10:01 PM
What can the world's first borders teach us today? That no matter how high you build that wall, people always find a way to cross.
traveltramp.substack.com/p/the-worlds...
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Borders shape the world around us.
My new project, Borderlines, explores the world through its borders and boundaries.
For cartographical curiosities and geopolitical anomalies, follow the journey on my new Substack.
open.substack.com/pub/traveltramp
My new project, Borderlines, explores the world through its borders and boundaries.
For cartographical curiosities and geopolitical anomalies, follow the journey on my new Substack.
open.substack.com/pub/traveltramp
Borderlines | Richard Collett | Substack
Cartographic curiosities and geopolitical oddities. Join my quest to explore the world through its borders and boundaries. Click to read Borderlines, by Richard Collett, a Substack publication with hu...
open.substack.com
February 6, 2025 at 12:48 PM
Borders shape the world around us.
My new project, Borderlines, explores the world through its borders and boundaries.
For cartographical curiosities and geopolitical anomalies, follow the journey on my new Substack.
open.substack.com/pub/traveltramp
My new project, Borderlines, explores the world through its borders and boundaries.
For cartographical curiosities and geopolitical anomalies, follow the journey on my new Substack.
open.substack.com/pub/traveltramp