Archives for the ‘The Places’ Category

2007 In Focus - Top Ten World’s Worst Destinations

By Lee Ridley • Dec 25th, 2007 • Category: The Places

‘Tis the season to be jolly, for some at least. Elsewhere, ‘tis the season to rampage through the streets, rubbing out your adversaries and making life a misery for anyone that contests your anti-social behaviour.



2005 in Focus - Top Ten Worst Destinations

By Rob Wood • Jan 26th, 2006 • Category: The Places

A summary of the world’s worst travel dstinations of 2005, as chosen by Polo’s Bastards.



Darfur Crisis: From the inside

By Rob Wood • Oct 14th, 2004 • Category: The Places

Polo’s Bastards’ Contributor, Vince Gainey has recently returned from a 6 week posting in the middle of the Darfur Crisis in West Sudan with a major international aid agency.



War in Iraq: A Pylon too far?

By Rob Wood • Oct 5th, 2004 • Category: Commentary, The Places

Route six, Iraq - AKA “MSR Topeka” (Main Supply Route Topeka), as named by the UK coalition forces, is a long, worn, and neglected jugular through the heart of Shia Iraq, running roughly south and east from Baghdad to Basrah - the second city.