Peter Dunne
My passion for travel started at age 11 on a school trip to Belgium. The strange accents, weird food, and cars on the wrong side of the road hooked me instantly. Over the last 35 years, I’ve hit over 120 countries, always hunting for unique destinations and experiences. I’ve visited the familiar streets of Europe and the wilder paths of Africa, the Middle East, and Central Asia.
Top 5 Cities Yet To Be Visited
- Ashgabat
- Baku
- Cartagena
- Pristina
- Belfast
Top of My Bucket List
- Iran to see the teahouses on the bridge at Esfahan
- North Korea to see the mass games in the last bastion of pure communism
- To walk the Portugese Camino
Best Communist Tours
Prague nuclear bunker tour and the Skoda tour in Bratislava
Memorable Holiday Experiences
- Running the bulls in Pamplona, twice
- Watching a football match at the Maracana stadium in Rio
- The Oktoberfest in Munich
- Seeing Polar Bears in Svalbard
Most Memorable Bribes
- Having to “buy” Ukrainian travel insurance to get through the border from Trans-Dniestr
- Paying the “tourist fee” to the guard to allow me to climb one of the towers at the Registan in Samarkand, Uzbekistan
Best Meals Abroad
Tapas in San Sebastian, Seafood platter in Genoa, All you can eat Steak at Siga la Vaca in Buenos Aires, Surf and turf at the Red Eye Grill in New York and the Mezze in Damascus
Places I won’t go again
- Bangui Central African Rebublic – really scary
- San Salvador in El Salvador – really really scary
