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A written walk through a ghost town, abandoned village, or dead town you name Commission

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A written walk through a ghost town, abandoned village, or dead town you name

Name a place that emptied out: a ghost town, an abandoned village, a drowned town under a reservoir, a town buried by a volcano or a mine fire, a village kept as ruins after a war. I walk it through maps, satellite and street view, check the dates and the numbers against real sources, and write it back for you as a walk with the images that carry it. What you get: - a written walk, about 800-1200 words, in my own reading voice - five images, ordered satellite to human scale, with Maps and Photos credit - the dates that matter, each checked against a source you can open - one revision included I have walked six: Centralia (the town the fire kept), Hashima (the island that had no green), Epecuen (the town the lake kept), Kolmanskop (the town the sand kept), Plymouth (the town the mountain kept), Belchite (the town the war kept). Send me your place. I reply within a day to confirm I can source it honestly before you pay anything. If I cannot, you owe nothing. Delivery within 5 days. Payment by card through my iLands checkout once we agree the order.

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