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      • Crafts
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    • Colour
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  • Coast & seascapes,  Culture & tradition,  Friendly Friday,  Iceland,  Mountains

    Stunning landscapes of Iceland: the day the sun shone

    October 29, 2021 / 33 Comments
    Rocky coastline

    We had learned to dance in the rain on Iceland’s Golden Circle; now today we were dancing in sunshine! Well, OK, not exactly dancing but certainly smiling. The sun was shining for the first time in several days. We, all friends from the Virtual Tourist community, were enjoying each other’s company at a wonderful weekend gathering. And we were off to explore the Snæfellsnes Peninsula, so packed with scenic spots that it has been dubbed ‘Iceland in Miniature’.

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    Entrance to a white building on a pier

    Gallery: a walk along Brighton’s prom and pier

    October 26, 2021
    Dramatic mountain landscape

    Gallery: Mountain, Desert, Jungle or Ocean?

    June 28, 2021
    Boardwalk with sea beyond and yellow flowers

    A spring walk by the sea in Faro

    April 19, 2022
  • Architecture,  Guatemala,  Ruins,  Squares

    A city shaped by earthquakes

    October 27, 2021 / 35 Comments
    White painted cathedral

    Antigua, or Antigua Guatemala to give it its full name, is a city shaped by the movement of the earth on which it stands. It was founded in 1543 and despite the ravages of several earthquakes and volcanic eruptions, it was for over 200 years the capital and economic centre of the whole Kingdom of Guatemala. This was a significant country, covering what today we know as southern Mexico, Guatemala, Belize, El Salvador, Honduras, Nicaragua and Costa Rica.

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    Buddhist monk

    Saying prayers for Korean reunification

    June 3, 2021
    Ornate marble pillars holding up carved ceilings

    Chaumukha Mandir, the four-faced temple of Ranakpur

    March 1, 2021
    Large adobe church with white doors and crosses on towers

    Around the world in ten photos: day six

    December 22, 2020
  • Coast & seascapes,  England,  Monday walks,  Street photography

    Gallery: a walk along Brighton’s prom and pier

    October 26, 2021 / 22 Comments
    Entrance to a white building on a pier

    What do you think of when you imagine a traditional British seaside resort? My guess is that Brighton would have pretty much everything on your list.

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    Pink sunrise over water

    The tragic tale of a Senegalese mouse

    May 28, 2021
    Old boat and rail track on a shingle beach

    Gallery: at the edge of England

    November 11, 2020
    Back of whale with mountainous coast behind

    Thar she blows – eventually!

    July 7, 2021
  • Art,  Culture & tradition,  Ecuador,  Lens-Artists

    Weird and wonderful: forbidden culture in Cuenca

    October 24, 2021 / 35 Comments
    Street with low houses and woman carrying a basket

    It isn’t so often that, while out on a city walk with a guide, you are asked if you are easily offended. But that was the question posed by Wilson, who gave us an excellent tour in Cuenca, Ecuador.

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    Stylised female statue head

    The art on the Tyne

    December 11, 2021
    Man and dog on a bench

    Recycled Spirits of Iron (Ex Nihilo)

    May 20, 2021
    Sculpture of a soldier in uniform waving

    Gallery: a wartime farewell in Tavira

    April 23, 2022
  • Friendly Friday,  Iceland,  Landscape

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

    October 23, 2021 / 33 Comments
    Rain spattered window with blurred landscape

    What does a Golden Circle sound like to you? Something shiny for sure, and probably bright. And on a sunny day I am sure Iceland’s most popular tourist route is exactly that. But when I was there a few years ago with Virtual Tourist friends, it was anything but. If ever we needed to learn to dance in the rain, it was today!

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    Banner with photo of a tightrope walker

    Friendly Friday: meet a young tightrope walker in Jaisalmer

    August 27, 2021
    Rustic blue house

    Stepping back in time in Bulgaria

    June 5, 2021
    Banner heading with photo of African man

    Friendly Friday: meet Cheikh, a guide in Senegal

    July 16, 2021
  • CFFC,  Photographic techniques,  Themed galleries

    Gallery: a tangled web

    October 22, 2021 / 20 Comments
    Skeins of silk in autumnal colours

    I am always on the look out for interesting details to capture with my camera. I find it fascinating when the everyday can be made to look beautiful or remarkable when only a small part is picked out by my lens.

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    Row of impala drinking from a river

    Monochrome in colour: creating an impact

    November 1, 2020
    Large brick building with pools and low hedges in front

    Gallery: converging lines and the vanishing point

    October 15, 2021
    Close up of a green leaf

    Gallery: Seeking patterns in nature

    January 20, 2021
  • DPRK,  History,  Ruins

    Another slice of North Korean history in Kaesong

    October 21, 2021 / 17 Comments
    Ornate moss-covered oriental roof

    Kaesong is unusual among North Korean cities in having not been largely destroyed during the Korean War. It is also noteworthy as the only city to have changed hands as a result of the armistice agreement, having been part of South Korea from 1945 to 1950 until the 1953 Korean Armistice Agreement brought it under North Korean control.

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    Little girl in red skirt playing piano

    Spending time with the children of Chongjin

    March 25, 2021
    Large poster depicting man waving red flag

    Gallery: the art of the propaganda poster in North Korea

    July 17, 2021
    Buddhist monk

    Saying prayers for Korean reunification

    June 3, 2021
  • Architecture,  History,  Monday walks,  New Mexico

    A stroll around Las Vegas

    October 19, 2021 / 36 Comments
    Row of old shops and cafes

    No, not THAT one! Did you know that there’s another Las Vegas, in New Mexico? But unlike its more famous glitzy namesake this one is an appealing mix of slightly down-at-heel with trying-hard-to-revive itself.

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    Black and white photo of adobe church

    Gallery: San Francisco de Asis, Ranchos de Taos

    January 8, 2021
    Ornate door and building

    Gallery: the doors of Tallinn

    October 24, 2020
    Row of elegant buildings in cream, blue and white

    Gallery: the Art Nouveau gems of Riga

    August 20, 2021
  • Colour,  Sunday Stills,  Themed galleries

    Gallery: looking on the pink side

    October 18, 2021 / 16 Comments
    Pink flowers half-silhouetted against a pink sky

    We all know pink as the colour of romance, and most of us think of it as girly. It is also considered calming; paler shades of pink are sometimes used in prisons to calm inmates. And apparently sports teams have been known to paint the opposition changing room pink to make their players passive and less energetic.

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    Lots of metal lanterns hanging

    Gallery: all that glitters is not gold (or silver)

    December 15, 2021
    Wooden hut painted in candy stripes

    Gallery: colourful beach huts in Whitstable and Broadstairs

    November 20, 2020
    Row of impala drinking from a river

    Monochrome in colour: creating an impact

    November 1, 2020
  • England,  Lens-Artists,  Photographing Public Art,  Street art,  Travel galleries

    Gallery: the colourful street art of Brighton

    October 17, 2021 / 39 Comments
    Large mural of orangutan with a baby

    When the Prince Regent (later King George IV) built his seaside retreat in the small fishing village of Brighthelmstone in 1842, he didn’t know what he was starting. Or maybe he did? After all, all the fashionable world of his time followed his lead in everything, so it was only to be expected that they would follow him to the town that soon became known as Brighton.

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    Wartime sign about spies

    Cracking the code at Bletchley Park

    June 19, 2021
    Bronze statue of a seated man holding a hat

    Looking for Thomas Hardy in Dorset

    November 17, 2021
    Black and white photo of a river with bridges and city buildings

    Following the River Tyne to Ouseburn

    April 20, 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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