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Published 31 July 2018 at 3709 × 2782 in Seven Life Hacks for Travel Writers

Top Photo: Video journalists and YouTube phenoms Janek Rubeš (center) and Honza Mikulka (right) from the video series ‘Honest Guide’ gave the closing address. Their work, which has drawn millions of YouTube downloads from around the world, shows that a low budget is no barrier to producing inspired, popular, funny, and helpful travel content. Photo by Mark Baker.

Video journalists and YouTube phenoms Janek Rubeš (center) and Honza Mikulka (right) from the video series ‘Honest Guide’ gave the closing address.

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Mark Baker

I’m an independent journalist, travel writer and author who’s lived in Central Europe for nearly three decades. I love the history, literature, culture and mystery of this often-overlooked corner of Europe, and I make my living writing articles and guidebooks about the region. Much of what I write eventually finds its way into commercial print or digital outlets, but a lot of it does not.

And that’s my aim with this website: to find a space for stories and experiences that fall outside the publishing mainstream.

My Book: ‘Čas Proměn’

In 2021, I published “Čas Proměn” (“Time of Changes”), my first book of historical nonfiction. The book, written in Czech, is a collection of stories about Central and Eastern Europe in the 1980s and early ‘90s, including memories of the thrilling anti-communist revolutions of 1989. The idea for the book and many of the tales I tell there were directly inspired by this blog. Czech readers, find a link to purchase the book here. I hope you enjoy.

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