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Not here. A travel blog by Tom O'Hara. Focused on the unusual, the offbeat and the authentic, from Uzbekistan to Upper Clapton.

30/04/2016
Keukenhof: Tulip mania | Not here.

What links 17th century Holland, Spongebob Squarepants and the global economic crash of 2008?

Turns out the answer is, er... tulips.

In March 1637, an episode in Dutch history that has come to be known as ‘tulip mania’ reached its feverish zenith. The price for the most coveted varieties of tulip had skyrocketed; the going price for a single bulb was over ten times as much as a sk

31/03/2016
Not here. March 2016 Newsletter

This month's newsletter features terrorism, train travel and turnips...

My March newsletter features articles on Belgium, Macedonia and Spain, as well as a round-up of my favourite stories from around the web over the last month.

15/03/2016
Antwerp: Bridging the divide | Not here.

Fat cows and live tattooing in Antwerp, Belgium...

Antwerp - famous for its diamonds, its port and its Jewish heritage - bridges the divide between the old Europe and the new. Also, the beer is pretty good.

25/02/2016
Vientiane: The sleeping capital | Not here.

24 hours in Vientiane, Laos...

Quiet, laid back, virtually empty - is Vientiane really a capital city, or just an overgrown village on the Laos-Thailand border...?

10/02/2016
The ethics of travelling to repressive regimes | Not here.

Is it possible to travel to places like North Korea and Burma ethically, or should tourists stay away?

I decided to have a look at the pros and cons of holidaying in countries ruled by repressive regimes... Let me know what you think!

Is it possible to travel to countries like North Korea and Burma ethically, or should tourists stay away? I decided to weigh up the pros and cons.

03/02/2016
Palermo: Refusing to pay | Not here.

Adventures with a hip hop anti-Mafia wizard and other unusual characters in Palermo, Sicily...

Gritty Palermo might not be the most tourist-friendly of cities, but the bad old days of 'la cosa nostra' are over. Or at least that's what we thought...

27/01/2016
Driving the Karpaz Peninsula | Not here.

Revisiting a little road trip from a few years ago, driving to the eastern tip of Cyprus and back again...

A journey to the tip of the Karpaz Peninsula, the most easterly point of Turkish-occupied Northern Cyprus.

24/01/2016
On the shores of Lake Ohrid, Macedonia | Not here.

Of all the countries that I've been to in Europe, I think Macedonia must be the most underrated. Here are my musings on Lake Ohrid, which I visited back in August 2014...

Macedonia has to be one of Europe's most underrated countries, and Lake Ohrid, straddling the border with Albania, was a real highlight of my trip.

14/01/2016
A grey day in Gibraltar | Not here.

We went to Gibraltar. It was crap.

The British enclave of Gibraltar is a surreal place, home to Morrisons, Marks & Spencer and a bunch of mischievous monkeys.

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