Untold Travel Stories

Adventure, food and travel from places far and wide

50 Reasons to Visit the UAE in its 50th Year - Part 1: Architecture

Nicola Chilton

Nov 30, 2020
11 min

50 Reasons to Visit the UAE in its 50th Year - Part 1: Architecture

The UAE celebrates its Golden Jubilee in 2021, so here's Part 1 in my list of 50 Reasons to Visit the UAE in its 50th Year list

Nicola Chilton

Aug 21, 2020
6 min

Sohar, So Good

A road trip to discover one of the most beautiful buildings you've probably never heard of

A love letter to Bombay and an early morning market tour

Nicola Chilton

Jul 17, 2020
10 min

A love letter to Bombay and an early morning market tour

Chaotic and colourful, frenetic and friendly, join me to discover how Bombay has an energy like nowhere else.

The Islands of the Gods - five Greek islands to revisit this summer

Nicola Chilton

Jun 30, 2020
13 min

The Islands of the Gods - five Greek islands to revisit this summer

As Greece opens up again to the world, here are five of the prettiest Cycladean islands to discover this summer.

In search of the Ghost Village being consumed by the Arabian desert

Nicola Chilton

Jun 21, 2020
4 min

In search of the Ghost Village being consumed by the Arabian desert

A journey to find an abandoned village being submerged by the shifting sands.

Nicola Chilton

Jun 17, 2020
1 min

In Pictures - the Pushkar Camel Fair

Camels, horses and a kaleidoscope of colours on the edge of Rajasthan's Thar Desert.

Nicola Chilton

Jun 11, 2020
5 min

Breakfasts of Champions - Part Two

Continuing my quest to be convinced that breakfast really is the most important meal of the day.

All aboard the Tunis-Goulette-Marsa train for a trip back in time

Nicola Chilton

Jun 3, 2020
8 min

All aboard the Tunis-Goulette-Marsa train for a trip back in time

A local train trip around the loveliest parts of the Tunisian capital

Nicola Chilton

May 28, 2020
5 min

Breakfasts of Champions - Part One

Frappé all day or French Toast for the win?

Love on the Nile, or how I fell for Cairo - Part 1

Nicola Chilton

May 22, 2020
8 min

Love on the Nile, or how I fell for Cairo - Part 1

How I learnt to love crowded, chaotic Cairo, and some of my favourite places to visit on a day-long walking tour

The best small restaurants in Dubai to go back to when this is all over

Nicola Chilton

May 15, 2020
5 min

The best small restaurants in Dubai to go back to when this is all over

Five of my favourite Dubai small restaurants where you're guaranteed a fantastic - and affordable - feed

Nicola Chilton

May 9, 2020
4 min

The Aral Sea Ship Graveyard

Where ships sail on sand, or bearing witness to one of the greatest man-made ecological disasters the world has ever seen.

Nicola Chilton

May 8, 2020
2 min

Kuwait, a Photographic Tour

Kuwait is one of the few destinations on earth that doesn't really have a tourism industry, but that doesn't mean it's not worth visiting.

Jul 23
6 min

Anguilla. It's pronounced An-gwi-lla. And here are some things you might not know about it.

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May 13
8 min

On the hunt for cheap eats in the land of the gold-encrusted steak

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Mar 11
8 min

Five Weeks On - Part Two: The Aftermath of the 2011 Tohoku Earthquake and Tsunami

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