Running a marathon in Siberia couldn't be that hard, could it? I was fit, played football regularly and fancied my chances. All things considered, I should have listened to my Nan.
Some travellers head to North Korea to take in the Kim Il-Sung tour, but you can also get a taste of the Hermit Kingdom from the north of the border, in Russia's Far East.
With Putin's annex of Crimea grabbing the world's attention, focus has now turned to identified which states the Russian leader has his sights on next...
Viewers who are disillusioned with Western politics and news media should beware of being duped by Russia Today – a propaganda front for the brutal and corrupt regime of Vladimir Putin that is posing as a 24 hour “news” channel.
Russia is in the news a lot, but one thing that very rarely makes the headlines is the country’s incredible passion for the occult. Join me for a journey into the weird...
Sick to death of the screaming kids and stale farts of budget airlines but still terrified by the idea of 18 hour bus trips? Welcome to the peaceful, relaxing reality of the world's greatest train journeys.
After a tip-off from a Hungarian living in London, I set off to find Csepel, a mysterious semi-abandoned industrial estate and monument to the former industrial might of Soviet Russia.