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Drone footage in the interesting places →

It has been ages since I made any posts on this blog despite traveling most of the year.  Main reason is too much footage and images with little time to process.  Anyways, here are some videos from some interesting places which I will be spitting out more regularly both here and YouTube.  Enjoy

The first video is shot in an abandoned space ship looking, Soviet sanatorium in Georgia in the Caucuses. 

tags: video, mavic, dji, marko, polo, unrecognized, drone, travel, urban, exploration, urbanex
Sunday 11.19.17
Posted by Marko Moudrak
 

Roller Coasting in Iraqi Kurdistan

When someone says 'lets go roller coasting' Iraq is probably the last place you'd think of.  Well, the one thing I learned about Iraqi Kurdistan is that people LOVE amusement parks there.  Be it Mickey, or Chavy Land or some other cute name every town seems to have at least one....and some of them leave keys inside machines overnight ;)

Amusement park in Erbil

Amusement park in Erbil

Chavy Land in Sulimanyah

Chavy Land in Sulimanyah

Ferris wheel in Sulimanyah

Ferris wheel in Sulimanyah

American roller coaster in Sullimaniyah

American roller coaster in Sullimaniyah

Go around

Go around

Welcome!

Welcome!

Amusement park in mountains ski resort

Amusement park in mountains ski resort

They left the keys at night...so we had a go

They left the keys at night...so we had a go

Amusement park in mountains ski resort

Amusement park in mountains ski resort

An amazing ride under construction in Korek Mountain resort.  The rail extends 3 m outward into 300m straight drop gorge

An amazing ride under construction in Korek Mountain resort.  The rail extends 3 m outward into 300m straight drop gorge

View down the canyon

View down the canyon

Hustling local kids

Hustling local kids

good times

good times

tags: iraq, kurdistan, middle, east, erbil, sulaymaniyah, dohuk, pool, billiard, fun, travel
categories: travel
Thursday 04.14.16
Posted by Marko Moudrak
 

Missing a train to North Korea and wtf Pyongyang traffic girls

Me laying at the end of a rail road in the port of Rason in the north eastern North Korea

Me laying at the end of a rail road in the port of Rason in the north eastern North Korea


I've been to North Korea several times, taking a train once, flying and by bus but never by foot.

Today I had a vivid dream walking there. All I remember is I was scheduled to go to North Korea from China by train. It was at night or a very early morning as it was dark outside.  I remember thinking , damn I need to wait for over two hours...so, just like waiting for a bus I figured I can just walk to the next station.  I walked along the rail tracks, across the bridge and somehow ended up inside DPRK waiting at the abandoned station.  No border patrol or checks. The train left without me or never came, as I kept sitting at same spot in a fluorescent lit station with grey tiles.  As light came all I remember were the young uniformed Pyongyang traffic police women walking by several times and giving me this "wtf is this guy doing here" look without saying a word....It was a very vivid dream and I didn't know where the hell I was when I woke up.

Funny, I actually have an American friend that actually missed a train into DPRK from a small station in Russia. 

In any case, here are few images from North Korea with some elements from the dream. 

Famous Pyongyang traffic police girls

Famous Pyongyang traffic police girls

Foxy traffic girl wearing real fox collar

Foxy traffic girl wearing real fox collar

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On guard...

Looking out of what looks like an abandoned bunker into Sea of Japan, aka Sea of Korea

Looking out of what looks like an abandoned bunker into Sea of Japan, aka Sea of Korea

tags: dream, travel, pyongyang, traffic, police, train
Wednesday 03.30.16
Posted by Marko Moudrak
 
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