At the Young Pioneer Magazine it is fair to say that we have more than a passing interest in the world of micronations; to our mind, at least, the weirder and wackier the better! Here’s our rundown of the seven craziest micronations we know of. 7) World Passport OK – so these guys aren’t a… Full Story »
Let's buy an island
A very British micronation — the Kingdom of Lovely
If you haven’t heard already, Let’s Buy an Island is a unique project to create a ‘micronation’ through crowdfunded investment. Adventurous bidders have been getting together to establish the principality of ‘Islandia’, looking for a suitable piece of land to purchase. But has anything like this been tried before? Way back in 2005, British comedian… Full Story »
Run your own island nation like a boss
Astronauts,pirates, cowboys and princesses – chances are you fantasised about being one or the other as you grew up, and chances are that as the cold hard realities of adulthood set in, you pretty much gave up on your dreams and became a hamburger sculptor or refuse relocation technician. But what if some dreams could… Full Story »
Exploring Sarawak – The Nagashanti Resort
I’ve been to Malaysia a few times, but due to business have largely hung around KL. Even that was hardly a comprehensive exploration of the city, limited as it was to Chinatown. So when the chance to do a bit of island shopping in Sarawak, complete with jungles etc. came up, I jumped at the… Full Story »
Hong Kong to Cork via Heathrow
When your main job and focus in life is exploring the kind of countries that Premier Trump calls “shitholes”, you end up kinda neglecting what one might call“normal” countries – places that are very much on the beaten track. In fact,aside from my yearly jaunts to pre-apocalyptic Britain, my sole Western European adventure in the… Full Story »
