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- 07 Sepevike14 in Fun and Travel | NO COMMENTS
A beginner’s guide to urban exploration
Just when you thought that we know all the possible ways a person can travel, something new and exciting pops up to give traveling a fresh boost. Urban exploration is one such trend, although the idea is neither new nor completely original. Urban exploration, or urbex, similarly to the exploration of caves for example, supposed the research, documentation, mapping of unseen (and often forbidden) urban areas.Urban explorers can be attracted to anything from abandoned industrial facilities to former theme parks, catacombs or sewers. And like other forms of exploration, urbex is not without risk, and can entail all sorts of dangers. However, if you suspect that the urbex bug is on your tail, you might be interested in a beginner’s guide to urban exploration. …
- 16 Augandra88 in Travel Planning | NO COMMENTS
Top 5 modern ruins for urban explorers
Gagra, Georgia. Photo by Vyacheslav Argenberg
The fact that we know out planet pretty well by now (although not entirely), can be a blessing or a curse, depending on your sense of adventure. If you have the time and the money, and you know where you want to go, you can travel anywhere on the map, which is definitely a good thing. On the downside, however, some people could argue that much of the mystery is gone, and trips are no longer journeys of exploration that can lead you to unknown places.
But if you fancy yourself a modern Indiana Jones, don’t despair yet – there are modern ruins for you to see and explore, and with a bit of imagination they are mysterious enough to satisfy even the most cynic traveler. So here are top 5 modern ruins for urban explorers: …
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