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    • England
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    • Europe
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        • Paris
      • Germany
      • Iceland
      • Italy
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      • Latvia
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      • Portugal
      • Spain
        • Seville
      • Switzerland
      • Ukraine
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      • Africa
        • Botswana
        • Cape Verde
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        • 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
        • Oman
        • Syria
        • United Arab Emirates
        • Uzbekistan
  • Themes
    • Architecture
    • Art
      • Crafts
      • Street art
    • Colour
    • Dark tourism
    • Eco-tourism
    • Food & drink
    • Gardens
    • History
      • Ruins
      • War
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  • Art,  Coast & seascapes,  England,  Just One Person,  People

    Shanti Arts: inspired by world travel

    June 9, 2021 / 20 Comments
    Man in a brown hat with a feather

    As much as the sights we see, it is the people we meet who make travel so rewarding and so memorable. Whether close to home or on the other side of the world, an interesting encounter can really bring a place to life. A few years ago we had just such an encounter in Seaton Sluice, a coastal village north of Newcastle in north east England.

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    Huge sculpture with outspread wings

    The Angel of the North

    December 8, 2020
    Very large green snail sculpture

    Gallery: giant snails invading Riga!

    November 12, 2021
    Group of sculpted figures among dune grass

    The Conversation Piece and the Eye

    June 11, 2022
  • Architecture,  Culture & tradition,  DPRK,  Just One Person

    Saying prayers for Korean reunification

    June 3, 2021 / 14 Comments
    Buddhist monk

    One person I did not expect to meet in North Korea was a monk. In this famously atheist country, where tourists are forbidden to disseminate religious texts and the prevailing religion might be said to be belief in the supremacy of the Dear Leaders and the Juche idea, true religious conviction is hard to find. And I am still unsure whether or not I found it here.

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    Modern white building with moat

    Gallery: cool architecture, cool colours

    May 24, 2021
    Modern buildings and cathedral dome in dull weather

    Gallery: favourite city life photos of 2021

    January 2, 2022
    Colourful paper lanterns at night

    Gallery: let there be light

    September 21, 2021
  • Art,  Friendly Friday,  Just One Person,  People,  Washington State

    Recycled Spirits of Iron (Ex Nihilo)

    May 20, 2021 / 25 Comments
    Man and dog on a bench

    Dan Klennert is on a one-man crusade against today’s throwaway society, creating beauty out of objects others have rejected as no longer of use: ‘I do not form shapes, I collect shapes to create my forms.’ He works with junk metal and driftwood to create amazing and fantastical sculptures.

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    Manipulated photo of cornflowers and moon

    Gallery: playing around with effects from Enlight

    November 29, 2020
    Very large green snail sculpture

    Gallery: giant snails invading Riga!

    November 12, 2021
    Large wooden curved structure

    Gallery: Seville’s mushrooms, art or architecture?

    December 4, 2021
  • Culture & tradition,  Deserts,  Just One Person,  Oman

    Lunch with a Bedouin family in Oman

    May 5, 2021 / 28 Comments
    Lady in traditional Bedouin dress

    Salma is an Omani Bedouin. She lives part of the time in a tent on the fringes of the vast Wahiba Sands; and part of the time in a modern house in the nearby town of Bidiyyah. She wore the traditional Bedouin face mask, designed to protect from sandstorms and the elements in general, as she and her daughter in law served our lunch of traditional bread, rice, dhal, chicken, fish and salad.

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    Two images of narrow city streets

    A walk in Seville’s picturesque Triana district

    December 2, 2021
    Faded photo of a large statue and old apartments behind

    Where Lenin once pointed the way to …?

    February 5, 2021
    Looking over an Italian hill town

    The Palio della Balestra in Gubbio: a centuries-old tradition

    November 26, 2020
  • Culture & tradition,  Just One Person,  Kerala,  Travel galleries

    Gallery: a traditional Keralan Kathakali performance

    April 28, 2021 / 15 Comments
    Man applying colourful face paint

    In a simple room in old Fort Kochi, Kerala, a young man is gradually transforming himself. In one hand he holds a small mirror; in the other the fine brush with which he applies paint to his face. An audience of tourists watches agog, cameras flashing, phones held aloft.

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    Large group of dancers in traditional Korean green dress

    Gallery: dancing on the streets of Pyongyang

    November 28, 2020
    Group of ladies in pink saris

    Gallery: La Vie en Rose in Rajasthan

    June 14, 2021
    Faded photo of a large statue and old apartments behind

    Where Lenin once pointed the way to …?

    February 5, 2021
  • Culture & tradition,  Guatemala,  Just One Person,  Street photography

    Traditional textiles in San Antonio Palopo

    April 21, 2021 / 15 Comments
    Girl in traditional blue clothing

    There is something a little bit different about San Antonio Palopo, one of the smaller villages on Lake Atitlàn. Most of the villages in this part of Guatemala are Tz'utujil, where bright reds and embroidered flowers are the preferred shades for huipiles, the traditional embroidered blouses. But the people of this village are Cakchiquel Maya; and almost without exception every woman and girl wears the same lovely shades of blue in narrow vertical stripes.

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    Colourful manhole cover

    Gallery: the humble manhole cover as public art

    June 22, 2021
    Man in orange robes by worn plaster wall

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

    October 11, 2021
    Rocky coastline

    Stunning landscapes of Iceland: the day the sun shone

    October 29, 2021
  • Culture & tradition,  Just One Person,  Kerala

    A dhobi wallah in Fort Cochi, Kerala

    April 14, 2021 / 14 Comments
    Man beating white cloth

    At the Dhobi Khana in Fort Cochi, Kerala, nothing much has changed since the first Tamil dhobis were brought in by the Dutch Army 300 years ago to wash their uniforms. Today it is still operated by descendants of those original families, who live and work here as they have done for generations.

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    Two large mosaics with portraits of Kim Il Sung and Kim Jong Il

    Gallery: mosaic portraits of a dynasty

    October 21, 2020
    Faded photo of a large statue and old apartments behind

    Where Lenin once pointed the way to …?

    February 5, 2021
    Looking down at a station platform

    Taking a ride on the Pyongyang Metro

    July 10, 2021
  • Cambodia,  Just One Person,  Street photography

    A Sunday evening by the Tonle Sap, Phnom Penh

    April 8, 2021 / 20 Comments
    People walking by wide river lined with palm trees

    On a Sunday evening the promenades along Phnom Penh’s two rivers, the Tonle Sap and the Mekong, are thronged with people. Families come out to enjoy the cooling air. Monks in traditional robes sit talking quietly in small groups. Boats ply the waters, ferrying their passengers to the opposite bank or on pleasure cruises.

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    Header image with two small photos

    Friendly Friday Challenge: think about your viewpoint

    July 1, 2022
    Close-up of fried tarantulas

    Gallery: fancy a snack in Spider Town?

    April 30, 2021
    Hand holding knife and straw shavings

    Gallery: getting up close and personal

    September 24, 2021
  • Japan,  Just One Person,  Street photography,  Travel galleries

    Gallery: a visit to Takayama’s morning market

    April 1, 2021 / 19 Comments
    Smiling man in chef's whites

    Takayama is a mountain town, and the river that runs through it, the Miyagawa, is a clear mountain one. Every morning on its banks stall-holders set out their wares at the town’s famous morning market, in a long-held tradition.

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    Man with green umbrella by a river in autumn

    Where the gods descended: Kamikochi

    March 8, 2021
    Dark table with lots of small dishes

    Gallery: Dining in (Japanese) style ~ kaiseki

    March 6, 2021
    Colourful manhole cover

    Gallery: the humble manhole cover as public art

    June 22, 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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    Old sign advertising a clog shop entrance

    Gallery: shoes, slippers, trainers, boots and clogs

    August 15, 2021
    Low stone houses on a hillside

    The Birdmen of Rapa Nui

    January 15, 2021
    Looking over an Italian hill town

    The Palio della Balestra in Gubbio: a centuries-old tradition

    November 26, 2020
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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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