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Stalin

May 12, 2018 pdg

Looking for Uncle Joe

Joseph Stalin is alive and well in the former Soviet Republic of Georgia.

About Ramblings

Kia ora and welcome to Ramblings, a fairly random collection of travel stories, photos and reportage from New Zealand and around the world by Peter de Graaf. I’m a reporter and occasional travel writer based in Kerikeri, a small town in New Zealand’s Far North. Read more...

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Hawaiian voyagers welcomed back 40 years after historic visit to Waitangi

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A voyaging canoe has returned to New Zealand four decades years after reviving one of the world’s oldest seafaring traditions.

Pacific Top stories

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WEIRD TRAVEL

Europe Weird Travel

The Bone Church of Kutná Hora: Final resting place of 40,000 people or macabre tourist attraction?

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The monks of Sedlec Abbey, in what is now the Czech Republic, turned a problem into a morbid masterpiece.

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The Merry Cemetery: Where folk art conquers grief

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PHOTOS

New Zealand Photos

Hīkoi mō te Tiriti: A new generation rises up

January 4, 2025 pdg

A photo essay capturing the start of one of New Zealand’s biggest-ever protests, the nine-day Hīkoi mō te Tiriti (‘March for the Treaty’).

Ukraine revisited: Invasion rekindles memories of long-ago trip

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Middle East Photos

Jordan in pictures

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Egypt in pictures

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Cambodia in pictures

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