![]() One day, my friend and I decided to visit Chernobyl he was relocating to Spain and I figured this would be a memorable visit for us, as we wouldn’t be able to see each other that often anymore.Ĭhernobyl changed my life. There is something mesmerizing about the end of civilization that drives my imagination. I was blown away after reading Cormac McCarthy’s book The Road and The Wool Trilogy. I’m half-joking, of course, but the divorce was a major event in my life that made me realize many things, and one of them was that I should try new things that I haven’t done prior.Īround the same time as the divorce, I met a guy at work who shared a similar attraction towards apocalyptic themes – we both like the Mad Max movies and The Book of Eli. ![]() When and why did your fascination with abandoned spaces come about? I have to thank my ex-wife for divorcing me, as that was the catalyst for the decisions I made afterward. Intrigued, we sought out this capturer of apocalyptic images to find out what makes him tick.Ībandoned armoured train found on the movie of The Hundreds Regiments Offensive (2015) In 2018, Greg moved to China – an ‘UrbEx gold mine’ – amassing over 100,000 followers on his Instagram He also hosts the Chasing Bandos UrbEx Podcast, as well as compiling an Abandoned China book trilogy. There are people who get off the beaten track in China, and then there is Greg Abandoned.īorn in Poland, before moving to the UK, divorce from his wife led to a trip to Chernobyl that changed his life – one he now dedicates to UrbEx, the exploration of abandoned spaces.
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