ETF22 – STRAYLIGHT Travel

"I travel not to go anywhere, but to go. I travel for travel's sake. The great affair is to move."

ETF: The flights

Yerevan the long way: LHR-DXB-EVN-DXB-CDG-LHR on a mix of BA, Flydubai and Air France.

Photos from a variety of Armenian astrophysics facilities – some abandoned!

Searching for soviet space science in the mountains of Armenia.

A gathering of some of the world’s most-travelled people (and me).

Soviet art and architecture in Yerevan.

Exploring Armenia’s capital, host to the extraordinary travel festival.

A few views of – and from – the world’s tallest building.

My first new country since 2019 was one I’d never sought out: the UAE.

An unprecedented third long-haul trip of the year took me to unfamiliar territory – but in some ways, was a return to my travel roots.