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        • Japan
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        • United Arab Emirates
        • Uzbekistan
  • Themes
    • Architecture
    • Art
      • Crafts
      • Street art
    • Colour
    • Dark tourism
    • Eco-tourism
    • Food & drink
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    • History
      • Ruins
      • War
    • Landscape
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  • Culture & tradition,  Jamaica,  People

    One love: the rhythms of Jamaica

    December 30, 2020 / 8 Comments
    Yellow gable with image of Bob Marley

    Few would argue with the idea that the main contribution that Jamaica has made to international culture is its reggae music, and the man who did most to bring that to the world’s attention was Bob Marley. So it’s perhaps not surprising that he has achieved almost cult status on the island.

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    Low stone houses on a hillside

    The Birdmen of Rapa Nui

    January 15, 2021
    Line of seated stone statues wearing red caps and bibs

    The Bake-Jizō of Kanmangafuchi Abyss

    February 16, 2021
    Small squat tree in a dry stony landscape

    Dhofar, the Land of Frankincense

    May 11, 2022
  • CFFC,  New York City,  Street photography,  Travel galleries

    Gallery: on New York City’s streets

    December 28, 2020 / 12 Comments
    Man in a ticket office booth

    Where better to take candid street photos than New York City? It is one of my favourite cities, and has a buzz unequalled anywhere else I have visited. It is like being on a movie set. The skyscrapers and streets provide the perfect backdrop for the constant ebb and flow of people.

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    River shaded by tall trees

    Misadventure on the Rio Nosara

    March 9, 2022
    Looking down a spiral staircase

    Gallery: the perfect simplicity of a spiral staircase

    October 10, 2021
    Close up of a green leaf

    Gallery: Seeking patterns in nature

    January 20, 2021
  • Landscape,  Oman,  Ten photos

    Around the world in ten photos: day ten

    December 27, 2020 / 15 Comments
    Vista of barren rocky mountain landscape

    Standing here you feel on top of the world. You are standing at a height of 2,000 metres above sea level. Below you see the road, little more than a track, that you are to follow, winding down through an almost other-worldly volcanic landscape.

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    Rock arch with rock stack

    Gallery: earth’s story told in its rocks

    March 27, 2022
    Rocky landscape with outcrop of stone pillars

    Around the world in ten photos: day nine

    December 26, 2020
    Close up of a green leaf

    Gallery: Seeking patterns in nature

    January 20, 2021
  • Iceland,  Landscape,  Ten photos

    Around the world in ten photos: day nine

    December 26, 2020 / 10 Comments
    Rocky landscape with outcrop of stone pillars

    These hexagonal pillars look more man-made than natural. They are quite regular in size, creating the impression that they were somehow manufactured. In a sense they were, but by nature rather than man.

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    Top of a waterfall

    Just a few of the waterfalls of Iceland

    May 3, 2021
    Rain spattered window with blurred landscape

    Learning to dance in the rain: Iceland’s Golden Circle

    October 23, 2021
    Rocky coastline

    Stunning landscapes of Iceland: the day the sun shone

    October 29, 2021
  • Gardens,  Italy,  Ten photos

    Around the world in ten photos: day eight

    December 24, 2020 / 9 Comments
    Italianate garden with statues and a fountain

    This pretty garden, originally laid out by a wealthy silk merchant, later became a popular beer garden. The small palace to which it belongs bears the name of the brewer who once had his brewery in its cellars and is still owned by his descendants.

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    Purple flower on a long stem

    Gallery: roses are red, violets are blue …

    April 19, 2021
    Large glass conservatory with lawns and flower beds

    In for a penny: a visit to Kew Gardens

    August 24, 2021
    Dark pink flower head

    Gallery: in the garden, Costa Rican style

    March 12, 2022
  • History,  Rajasthan,  Ten photos

    Around the world in ten photos: day seven

    December 23, 2020 / 13 Comments
    Intricate red stone palace

    There is something about a tale of an abandoned city that tugs at the imagination, and this one is no different. Here among the remnants of an emperor’s glory you can still discover riches, and the sense of a world that existed only briefly and is long gone.

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    Part of a cathedral with blue skies

    Catedral de Santa María de la Sede: Seville’s cathedral

    January 15, 2022
    Stone statue on a plinth on a grassy hillside

    Admiral Lord Collingwood, a forgotten hero

    April 25, 2021
    Log cabin with sign 'Shoes, Boots, Saddles'

    Old Mission, one man’s dream

    November 10, 2021
  • Architecture,  History,  New Mexico,  Ten photos

    Around the world in ten photos: day six

    December 22, 2020 / 15 Comments
    Large adobe church with white doors and crosses on towers

    There is a solidity to this church; it seems rooted in the soil from which it was built. Its thick walls with their jutting buttresses look more like a fortification than a place of worship, and its massive bulk seems completely out of proportion to the small community it was built to serve.

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    Part of a cathedral with blue skies

    Catedral de Santa María de la Sede: Seville’s cathedral

    January 15, 2022
    River view with modern city buildings

    Gallery: city living in London

    February 15, 2021
    Colourful paper lanterns at night

    Gallery: let there be light

    September 21, 2021
  • Guatemala,  Landscape,  Ten photos

    Around the world in ten photos: day five

    December 21, 2020 / 19 Comments
    Small fishing boat with a man in it, on a large lake

    Early morning, and the sun has just climbed above the volcanoes that encircle the lake. A fisherman in a rowing boat drifts slowly, checking the net that he hopes will have captured some fish overnight.

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    Small town beneath a forested hillside

    Meeting Maximón, the idol of Santiago Atitlàn

    December 13, 2020
    Man in small boat and a distant volcano

    Gallery: the serenity of dawn on Lake Atitlàn

    December 19, 2021
    Girl in traditional blue clothing

    Traditional textiles in San Antonio Palopo

    April 21, 2021
  • Laos,  People,  Ten photos

    Around the world in ten photos: day four

    December 20, 2020 / 11 Comments
    Woman crouching by a river panning for gold

    A woman crouches beside the fast-flowing river, panning for gold. Hers is a simple life in a rural village, but success here could change it forever.

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    Man in orange robes by worn plaster wall

    Gallery: the monks of Luang Prabang (a life in orange)

    October 11, 2021
    Blacksmith crouching

    A village blacksmith in the Lao highlands

    March 10, 2021
    Hand holding knife and straw shavings

    Gallery: getting up close and personal

    September 24, 2021
  • DPRK,  History,  Ten photos

    Around the world in ten photos: day three

    December 19, 2020 / 22 Comments
    Grassy mounds and statues of sheep

    A king and his queen are buried here, an unexpected sight in a country where much of ancient history has been forgotten, ignored, rewritten or even erased.

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    View of a town on a bay with mountains behind

    Chongjin, a very different North Korean city

    March 5, 2021
    Buddhist monk

    Saying prayers for Korean reunification

    June 3, 2021
    Grassy mounds with stone sheep

    A rare glimpse of history in North Korea

    October 14, 2021
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Some favourite photos

Man in a turban with fishing nets
Fisherman in Fort Kochi, Kerala
Two elephants in long grass
Okavango elephants
Blue glacier edge
Glacier Grey, Torres del Paine, Chile
Elderly woman in black hat and sunglasses
In Santiago, Chile
Very large statues of North Korean Leaders
Statues of the Great Leaders on Mansudae Hill, Pyongyang
Water reflecting the sky with clouds and low sun
Approaching sunset in the Okavango Delta
Feet of huge metal sculpture, with man standing beside
The feet of the Angel
Large moai with row of more behind
The ‘travelling moai’ and Ahu Tongariki
Man in knitted hat by water, black and white photo
Waiting for the ferry, Banjul
Mountain reflected in a lake
On the road to Dyrholaey
Sunset at Wahiba Sands, Oman
Squirrel with a conker in his mouth
In Walpole Park, Ealing
Silhouette of a man in a gateway
Looking out from Bundi Palace
Blue and pink bird on a dead tree
Lilac-breasted Roller, Chobe NP, Botswana
Buddhist monk in orange robes with mobile phone
Monk at Wat Nong Sikhounmuang, Luang Prabang
Man sleeping in a tuk tuk by a carved stone wall
Tuk tuk driver by the Terrace of the Leper King
Close up of flamingo with head tucked under
Flamingo (Jersey Zoo)
Lady with baskets of fruit sitting by a canal
In Hoi An, Vietnam
Small fishing boat with a man in it, on a large lake
Lake Atitlan
Wet street and two people with bright pink umbrella
Street in Lucca, rainy day – edited

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