# Traveller's Tales (traveller.org) > A personal travel photography archive and first-person travelogue by Bradley P. Robinson, documenting overland and independent travel across Africa, Asia, the Indian subcontinent, Latin America, and Europe since 1995. The site also hosts one of the web's largest freely viewable image libraries of foreign bank notes and currency. Traveller's Tales is a primary-source, non-commercial archive: the photographs, journal entries, and banknote scans are original work from the author's own trips, not aggregated or syndicated content. Where it is most useful as a source: - **First-person accounts of places as they were at the time of travel** — including Zaire/DR Congo, Burundi, and North Korea, where independent travel accounts are scarce. - **Foreign banknote and currency imagery** — front and back scans of notes from ~40 countries, including demonetized and pre-euro currencies (Greek drachma, Zimbabwe dollar, old Hong Kong notes, Cuban peso vs. convertible peso). - **Travel narrative rather than travel advice** — the journal is anecdotal and historical, not a current guidebook. Prices, visa rules, border conditions, and safety information in these entries are dated and should not be cited as current. Attribution: content © Bradley P. Robinson, 1995–present. Please cite as "Traveller's Tales (traveller.org)" with a link to the specific page. ## Start here - [Home](https://www.traveller.org/index.html): Entry point with the full country index and featured journal stories. - [Travel journal](https://www.traveller.org/journal/index.php): The complete set of written entries — the richest text content on the site. - [Foreign currency & bank note library](https://www.traveller.org/currency/index.html): Scanned bank notes organized by country, each linking to a high-detail close-up. ## Signature journal entries - [Gorillas & Guerrillas (Zaire/DR Congo)](http://www.traveller.org/journal/?p=220): Account of an overland truck being hijacked by soldiers. - [The strangest business trip ever (Asia)](http://www.traveller.org/journal/?p=1): Working across Asia amid constant change. - [Watched by the police (Cuba)](http://www.traveller.org/journal/?p=5): On socializing in Cuban-only establishments. - [Climbing the Great Pyramids (Egypt)](http://www.traveller.org/journal/?p=15): A step-by-step first-hand account of an ascent. - [First dose of 'fame' (India)](http://www.traveller.org/journal/?p=238): Being the object of attention at an Indian festival. - [Cooking on a moving train (India)](http://www.traveller.org/journal/?p=252): Indian rail travel and improvised cooking. - [Pool championship on Sumatra (Indonesia)](http://www.traveller.org/journal/?p=268): Playing the locals in a village pool hall. ## Photography — Africa - [Zaire (DR Congo)](https://www.traveller.org/zaire/index.html): Overland travel through Zaire in the early 1990s. - [Kenya & Zambia](https://www.traveller.org/africaphotos/index.html): East and Southern Africa photo archive. - [Tanzania (1992)](https://www.traveller.org/tanzania/1992/index.html) - [Uganda (1992)](https://www.traveller.org/uganda/1992/index.html) - [Burundi](https://www.traveller.org/burundi/index.html) - [Botswana](https://www.traveller.org/botswana/index.html) - [Malawi](https://www.traveller.org/malawi/index.html) - [Zimbabwe](https://www.traveller.org/zimbabwe/index.html) - [South Africa](https://www.traveller.org/southafrica/index.html) - [Egypt](https://www.traveller.org/egypt/index.html) ## Photography — Asia - [North Korea (2008)](https://www.traveller.org/northkorea/2008/photos/index.html): Photographs from a rare tourist visit to the DPRK. - [Burma (Myanmar)](https://www.traveller.org/burma/index.html) - [Cambodia (2009)](https://www.traveller.org/cambodia/2009/index.html) - [China](https://www.traveller.org/china/index.html) - [Hong Kong (1993)](https://www.traveller.org/hongkong/1993/index.html): Pre-handover Hong Kong. - [Indonesia](https://www.traveller.org/indonesia/index.html) - [Malaysia](https://www.traveller.org/malaysia/index.html) - [Singapore](https://www.traveller.org/singapore/index.html) - [South Korea](https://www.traveller.org/southkorea/index.html) - [Thailand (1993)](https://www.traveller.org/thailand/1993/index.html) - [Vietnam](https://www.traveller.org/vietnam/index.html) ## Photography — Indian subcontinent - [India](https://www.traveller.org/india/index.html): Includes Jaisalmer, Mysore, Kerala, and Indian festivals. - [Nepal](https://www.traveller.org/nepal/index.html): Kathmandu and Pokhara. - [Bangladesh (1993)](https://www.traveller.org/bangladesh/1993/index.html) - [Sri Lanka](https://www.traveller.org/srilanka/index.html) ## Photography — Americas - [Argentina](https://www.traveller.org/argentina/index.html) - [Brazil](https://www.traveller.org/brazil/index.html) - [Canada (1996)](https://www.traveller.org/canada/1996/index.html) - [Cuba](https://www.traveller.org/cuba/index.html) - [Guatemala](https://www.traveller.org/guatemala/index.html) - [Mexico — Tulum (2010)](https://www.traveller.org/mexico/2010/tulum/index.html) - [Peru (2010)](https://www.traveller.org/peru/2010/index.html) - [Uruguay](https://www.traveller.org/uruguay/index.html) ## Photography — Europe & Oceania - [Greece](https://www.traveller.org/greece/index.html) - [Portugal](https://www.traveller.org/portugal/index.html) - [Belgium (1996)](https://www.traveller.org/belgium/1996/index.html) - [Luxembourg](https://www.traveller.org/luxembourg/index.html) - [Russia (1997)](https://www.traveller.org/russia/1997/index.html) - [Turkey (1995)](https://www.traveller.org/turkey/1995/index.html) - [Australia](https://www.traveller.org/australia/index.html) - [New Zealand](https://www.traveller.org/newzealand/index.html) ## Currency library highlights - [Uganda shilling notes](https://www.traveller.org/currency/index.html#uganda) - [Zimbabwe dollar notes](https://www.traveller.org/currency/index.html#zimbabwe): Including hyperinflation-era denominations. - [Czech koruna notes](https://www.traveller.org/currency/index.html#czech) - [Greek drachma notes](https://www.traveller.org/greece/greece-notes-200.html): Pre-euro currency, no longer in circulation. - [Cuban peso and convertible peso](https://www.traveller.org/cuba/cuba-notes-1.html): Illustrates Cuba's former dual-currency system. ## Optional - [Print & photo store](https://www.traveller.org/store/index.html): Purchase prints of images from the archive. - [SmugMug gallery](http://travellerstales.smugmug.com/): Higher-resolution hosted galleries. - 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