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Richard Collett

@traveltrampuk.bsky.social
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Cartographic curiosities and geopolitical oddities. Award winning travel journalist on a quest to understand the world through its borders. www.travel-tramp.com

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Richard Collett @traveltrampuk.bsky.social · 26/02/2025
Discover the curious case of 'Puntland' in my latest Substack. open.substack.com/pub/traveltr...
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The unusual case of the breakaway state of ‘Puntland’
Discover the unusual 'national' story of Puntland, a breakaway state in the Horn of Africa.
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Richard Collett @traveltrampuk.bsky.social · 18/02/2025
This week's Borderlines Substack is now live. Discover which ancient borders still divide nations today. open.substack.com/pub/traveltr...
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Richard Collett @traveltrampuk.bsky.social · 17/02/2025
All the fallafel and hummus in Amman, please.
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Richard Collett @traveltrampuk.bsky.social · 14/02/2025
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 societyofauthors.org/grants/grant...
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Richard Collett @traveltrampuk.bsky.social · 13/02/2025
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...
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‘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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Richard Collett @traveltrampuk.bsky.social · 12/02/2025
Which large body of water will the US claim next? #gulfofmexico
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Richard Collett @traveltrampuk.bsky.social · 11/02/2025
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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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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Richard Collett @traveltrampuk.bsky.social · 06/02/2025
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
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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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