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    • England
      • London
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    • Europe
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        • Paris
      • Germany
      • Iceland
      • Italy
      • Jersey
      • Latvia
      • Norway
      • Portugal
      • Spain
        • Seville
      • Switzerland
      • Ukraine
    • Beyond
      • Africa
        • Botswana
        • Cape Verde
        • Gambia
        • Kenya
        • Morocco
        • Namibia
        • Senegal
        • Tanzania
        • Zimbabwe
      • Americas
        • Belize
        • Canada
        • Chile
          • Rapa Nui
        • Costa Rica
        • Ecuador
          • Galapagos Islands
        • Guatemala
        • Jamaica
        • USA
          • New Mexico
          • New York City
          • Washington State
      • Asia
        • DPRK
        • India
          • Kerala
          • Rajasthan
        • Indochina
          • Cambodia
          • Laos
          • Vietnam
        • Japan
        • Nepal
        • Oman
        • Syria
        • United Arab Emirates
        • Uzbekistan
  • Themes
    • Architecture
    • Art
      • Crafts
      • Street art
    • Colour
    • Dark tourism
    • Eco-tourism
    • Food & drink
    • Gardens
    • History
      • Ruins
      • War
    • Landscape
      • Coast & seascapes
      • Deserts
      • Mountains
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    • Nature and wildlife
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      • Birds
      • Plants
        • Flowers
        • Trees, forests and woodland
    • People
      • Culture & tradition
      • Street photography
    • Travel in general
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      • Monochrome Madness
      • One Word Sunday
      • Photographing Public Art
      • Pick a Word
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      • The Changing Seasons
      • Words of Wisdom
      • Cee’s challenges
        • CBWC
        • CFFC
        • CMMC
    • General challenges
      • Monday walks
      • Writers’ Quotes Wednesday
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  • Cape Verde,  CFFC,  Dark tourism,  Ruins

    Campo da Morte Lenta: Camp of the Slow Death

    March 31, 2021 / 25 Comments
    Looking down on faded yellow-painted buildings

    On the southern outskirts of the small fishing town of Tarrafel on Santiago, one of the Cape Verde Islands, is a haunting sight. Now a museum, this former concentration camp, also known as Campo da Morte Lenta, commemorates a darker time for the islands, under Portuguese rule.

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    Lady in bright carnival costume

    Carnival parade in Praia, Cape Verde

    January 18, 2021
    Large mural of woman's head wearing a colourful headscarf

    Gallery: Cape Verde street art

    June 3, 2022
  • Austria,  Liechtenstein,  Switzerland

    Collecting countries: three in one day

    March 30, 2021 / 27 Comments
    Looking up at a castle on a hill

    Living on an island it has always been a source of some fascination to me that the people of other European countries can cross international borders as easily as they do, unhindered by a barrier of water. Even decades ago, before the European Union was conceived, it was simply a matter of driving to the border, showing a passport and you were through. No need to buy a ticket for ship or plane!

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    Statue of a female figure on a building

    Gallery: on the streets of Vienna

    July 15, 2022
  • Architecture,  Lens-Artists,  Themed galleries

    Gallery: seeking geometry in architecture

    March 28, 2021 / 33 Comments
    Black and white photo of white building

    Architecture could be said to have begun with geometry. Since earliest times, builders have imitated natural forms, such as circles. Pattern can be found everywhere in nature, and nature knows what it is doing; geometrical shapes are not only pleasing to the eye, they provide strength.

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    Blue and green wooden doors

    Gallery: the doors of Nepal

    January 23, 2023
    Elegant stone buildings and a large church with a lawn

    A visit to King’s College Chapel, Cambridge

    July 21, 2022
    Banner with photo of a tightrope walker

    Friendly Friday: meet a young tightrope walker in Jaisalmer

    August 27, 2021
  • Bird Weekly,  Birds,  CFFC,  Chile,  Themed galleries

    Gallery: reflecting on birds

    March 27, 2021 / 39 Comments
    Two flamingos feeding

    Maybe a desert isn’t the obvious place to look for bird reflections, or indeed reflections of any kind. Deserts are dry, no? And the Atacama Desert in Chile is especially so. In fact, it’s the driest non-polar desert in the world, and has had no significant rainfall for 400 years. And yet, the shallow waters of its barren salt flats offer picture-perfect reflections of feeding flamingos.

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    Lake with heron in foreground and large house beyond

    Gallery: a Grey Heron at Osterley Park (and friends)

    July 4, 2021
    Two pelicans swimming with daisies beyond

    Gallery: the birds of St James’s Park

    July 13, 2021
    Black and white kingfisher eating a fish

    Gallery: some birds that eat fish

    March 18, 2021
  • Architecture,  India,  Ruins

    ‘He keepeth a great court’: Fatehpur Sikri

    March 26, 2021 / 23 Comments
    Red sandstone palace buildings and pool

    There is something about a tale of a deserted city that tugs at the imagination. Here on this rocky ridge near Agra in Uttar Pradesh, the third Mughal emperor Akbar built a new capital: the walled city of Fatehpur Sikri, the ‘City of Victory’. But soon after its completion he abandoned his great city due to a lack of water at the site.

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    Large building with green oriental roof

    A look inside the Grand People’s Study House

    November 18, 2021
    Two white bell towers

    A stroll around Tavira

    April 29, 2022
    Rustic blue house

    Stepping back in time in Bulgaria

    June 5, 2021
  • Culture & tradition,  DPRK,  Just One Person

    Spending time with the children of Chongjin

    March 25, 2021 / 39 Comments
    Little girl in red skirt playing piano

    Visit most countries and you will be shown their grand monuments, historic sites, beautiful landscapes. Visit North Korea and you will see those sights too. But they are also keen that you meet some of their people and see how they live. Carefully selected people, that is. In the city of Chongjin, where major sights are relatively few, we had the chance to visit two very different schools.

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    Elaborately decorated table

    Eating like honoured guests in North Korea

    December 30, 2021
    Village street with men sitting on bench

    A village built on shells

    May 11, 2021
    Colourful lorry

    Gallery: kings of the road in Nepal

    December 3, 2022
  • Bulgaria,  Street art,  Travel galleries

    Gallery: Staro Zhelezare, another street art village

    March 24, 2021 / 16 Comments
    Mural of Barack Obama shaking hands with another man

    Can you change the world, or at least one village, with art? It seems that in several parts of the world, that idea is taking hold. In this out of the way spot a group of young Polish artists have painted portraits of famous people on the walls alongside those of villagers.

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    Black and white photo of sculptures of two women, one a soldier

    The Monument to the Soviet Army in Sofia

    October 22, 2022
    Small church on a wooded mountainside

    Asen’s Fortress and the Church of the Holy Mother of God

    August 18, 2021
    Black and white photo of a city view with a large cathedral

    Gallery: seeing Sofia in black and white

    October 13, 2022
  • England,  Landscape,  Monday walks,  Sunday Stills

    The Lewis Burn inlet walk at Kielder Water

    March 22, 2021 / 35 Comments
    Lake set among pine forests

    Set in one of the more remote parts of Northumberland, Kielder Water may be man-made, but it is a haven of tranquillity. This lovely stretch of water is surrounded by forest; at over 250 square miles, the largest working forest in England. The lake is a popular place for water sports, while the forest offers miles of walking and biking trails. It is a haven for wildlife, one of the few places in England where you can see red squirrels. And on a clear night its skies are full of…

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    Four terracotta jars with cloth covers

    The Abbot’s Kitchen at Glastonbury Abbey

    March 2, 2021
    Landscape with old wall on hillside

    Outpost of the Roman Empire, Housesteads

    December 5, 2020
    Close up of peeling white bark

    Gallery: barking up the wrong tree?

    July 9, 2021
  • England,  History,  Lens-Artists,  Rivers

    King John was not a good man: Runnymede

    March 21, 2021 / 35 Comments
    Small round temple-style structure among trees

    The barons of early 13th century England would have agreed with A. A. Milne (the creator of Winnie the Pooh) that 'King John was not a good man'. In 1215 England was in political turmoil. King John had become vastly unpopular; his disagreements with the Pope over the appointment of a new Archbishop of Canterbury led to a papal interdict against the country and the king’s excommunication, while the imposition of high taxes to fund the war with France led to mounting anger.

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    Tree with dramatic sky

    Gallery: lone trees in the landscape

    July 22, 2021
    Statues of four young men

    Roll up, roll up! A Magical Mystery Tour

    August 26, 2021
    Stone statue on a plinth on a grassy hillside

    Admiral Lord Collingwood, a forgotten hero

    April 25, 2021
  • Food & drink,  Friday’s Foods of the World,  Italy

    Bologna la Grassa: a foodie’s delight

    March 20, 2021 / 23 Comments
    Restaurant with pavement terrace

    Not for nothing is Bologna known as ‘La Grassa’, the Fat One. A visit here is truly a foodie’s delight! The city has had the nickname since medieval times, indicating that it was already famous throughout Europe for its wonderful food and drink as far back as the 1300s.

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    Smiling lady on a bamboo ladder

    Gallery: in the Cardamom Hills of Kerala

    May 17, 2022
    Man frying insects at a food stall

    Exploring the street food of Phnom Penh

    April 3, 2021
    Sign saying Pie Town

    A pit stop in pioneering Pie Town

    June 24, 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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