Travel Photo Blog

GO PLAY OUTSIDE KIDS

Vintage Soviet playground equipment in suburban Chișinău, the capital of the Republic of Moldova, 2015.


HOPE FOR SOFIA

Soviet-era housing in the Sofia, Bulgaria suburb of Nadezhda – meaning “Hope”.


FUN WITH CYRILLIC

Some seriously stunning signage on the platforms of the Syretsko-Pecherska Line of the Kiev Metro.


DOWN UNDER IN BUCHAREST

Some serious Soviet-era Metroul București platform signage/graphics at Tineretului Metro Station, 2015.


TROYLAND TICKET TUESDAYS: KIEV

A ride on the Київське метро costs less than 20 cents a pop with these lovely plastic tokens, soon to be replaced by something more “modern”.


HELLO?

Obsolete Soviet-era telephones for sale (for cheap) at flea markets in Eastern Europe.


ANYONE HOME?

Glimpses of life in the Soviet-built suburbs of Bulgaria, Romania, Moldova, and Ukraine, 2015.


BULGARIA CALLING

Setting off tomorrow for more adventures in Eastern Europe! Follow my Instagram feed (troylitten) for a daily dose of trippingwithtroy. Nazdrave!


LOS COLORES DE CUBA

In celebration of the easing of tensions between Cuba and the USA, I’m sharing muchas fotos from my Cuba trip in 2000 over on Instagram. Check it out!


CUBA CAMELLO

In celebration of the easing of tensions with Cuba, I’m looking back through the photos I shot during my visit in 2000. The “camell0” was a Havana trailer bus that hauled as many as two hundred passengers and was phased out in 2008.