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        • Chile
          • Rapa Nui
        • Costa Rica
        • Ecuador
          • Galapagos Islands
        • Guatemala
        • Jamaica
        • USA
          • New Mexico
          • New York City
          • Washington State
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        • DPRK
        • India
          • Kerala
          • Rajasthan
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        • Japan
        • Oman
        • Syria
        • United Arab Emirates
        • Uzbekistan
  • Themes
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    • Art
      • Crafts
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  • England,  History,  Monday walks

    A stroll around Avebury’s stone circle

    June 28, 2022 / 57 Comments
    Large stone in a field

    I find it a little odd that Avebury is not as well known, nor as visited, as nearby Stonehenge. Personally I find it just as impressive and in some ways more atmospheric. Its stone circle is so large that over time people have built their houses around and among the megaliths; so that today it seems almost as if the somewhat unearthly stones are slowly encroaching on human space.

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    Black and white photo of a river with bridges and city buildings

    Following the River Tyne to Ouseburn

    April 20, 2021
    Lake set among pine forests

    The Lewis Burn inlet walk at Kielder Water

    March 22, 2021
    Green hillocks and winding paths

    Is it art or is it nature? Northumberlandia

    June 30, 2021
  • England,  History,  Monday walks,  Sunday Stills

    A visit to Stonehenge on Salisbury Plain

    June 21, 2022 / 65 Comments
    Stone circle in a landscape with blue sky and white clouds

    Nowhere in England is the summer solstice more famously celebrated than at Stonehenge. This ancient site has been a place of worship and celebration of the solstice for thousands of years. Every midsummer it draws crowds, some committed Druids, others merely curious observers, to watch as the sun rises behind the Heel Stone to the northeast, and its first rays shine into the heart of the stone circle.

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    Typical Swaledale landscape

    Gallery: the barns of Swaledale

    September 5, 2020
    Ruins of a castle

    Kippers and castles: a walk from Craster to Dunstanburgh

    April 13, 2021
    Green hillocks and winding paths

    Is it art or is it nature? Northumberlandia

    June 30, 2021
  • Kerala,  Monday walks,  Travel galleries

    Gallery: a walk in a tea plantation

    June 14, 2022 / 29 Comments
    Track through small green bushes and slender trees

    Kerala can be regarded as consisting of three parallel environments, running north to south down the state. There is the coastal strip and backwaters, where the emphasis is on fishing and trade; the slightly higher agricultural strip where pineapples, bananas and a variety of other crops are grown; and the so-called High Range, part of the Western Ghat, where tea, coffee and spices predominate.

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    Man sitting among motorbikes in front of a garage

    A walk in Fort Kochi, Kerala

    January 12, 2022
    Washing drying outside a simple home on a dirt street

    Gallery: a stroll through a Kerala village

    January 18, 2022
    Man in a red turban

    The fishermen of Chowara, Kerala

    February 6, 2021
  • Culture & tradition,  Monday walks,  Oman

    A walk along the Corniche in Muttrah

    June 9, 2022 / 31 Comments
    White houses, blur minaret and dome, distant mountains

    On our last morning in Muscat we explored the district known as Muttrah. This is the city’s commercial heart, home to its port and a number of sights. Our walk took us from the bustling fish market at its northern end past the port to the equally busy souk near the far end.

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    White hearts with purple trim

    Viva Cuenca: one weekend, three festivals

    January 21, 2021
    Old bus and motor garage

    Stepping back in time: living history at Beamish

    September 23, 2021
    Two men in fancy dress

    Gallery: Comic and Games festival in Lucca

    November 8, 2020
  • Architecture,  History,  Monday walks,  Newcastle-upon-Tyne

    A city walk in Newcastle-upon-Tyne

    May 31, 2022 / 32 Comments
    Church tower and old stone built gatehouse

    I visit Newcastle so often I no longer consider myself a tourist, though local Geordies may disagree! But I recently saw it anew through the eyes of tourists when I hosted a group of former Virtual Tourist members for a weekend meeting in the city.

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    Several bridges over a river

    Newcastle: a city and its river

    February 18, 2021
    Large wooden curved structure

    Gallery: Seville’s mushrooms, art or architecture?

    December 4, 2021
    Row of old shops and cafes

    A stroll around Las Vegas

    October 19, 2021
  • Laos,  Monday walks,  Ruins

    Wat Phou: walking in the footsteps of the king

    May 23, 2022 / 30 Comments
    Avenue lined with small stone pillars and distant mountains

    Wat Phou is a pre-Angkorian Khmer Hindu temple at the foot of Mount Phou Khao. The Khmer chose this site because the unusual shape of the mountain peak seemed to them to resemble a Shiva linga. Today it was so hazy that the peak was hard to make out, but we had seen it yesterday in the late afternoon sunlight.

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    Blacksmith crouching

    A village blacksmith in the Lao highlands

    March 10, 2021
    Pink bike helmet with Pinkie logo

    Gallery: motorbike ‘art’ in South East Asia

    December 27, 2021
    Red lantern, blue wall, green shutters

    2020: my (pandemic) year in review

    January 3, 2021
  • History,  Monday walks,  Portugal

    Faro’s old town: sights and impressions

    May 9, 2022 / 32 Comments
    White dome above a tiled roof

    Some of my best memories of my previous visit to Faro were of exploring the streets of the Old Town especially around the beautiful Cathedral. I was keen therefore to revisit favourite spots and discover new ones.

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    Ornate moss-covered oriental roof

    Another slice of North Korean history in Kaesong

    October 21, 2021
    Two large mosaics with portraits of Kim Il Sung and Kim Jong Il

    Gallery: mosaic portraits of a dynasty

    October 21, 2020
    Row of old shops and cafes

    A stroll around Las Vegas

    October 19, 2021
  • Culture & tradition,  Landscape,  Monday walks,  New Mexico

    In the footsteps of the Anasazi: Tsankawi

    May 3, 2022 / 35 Comments
    Rock face with small caves and bushes

    One reason for our planning to spend several days in Santa Fe on our New Mexico road trip was to visit nearby Bandelier National Monument. I had read a lot about it and knew it was just the sort of place we would enjoy visiting. Then a few months before our visit a wildfire swept through the area, devastating over 146,000 acres, including about 60% of Bandelier’s area. Almost all of the monument was closed to visitors.

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    Street of adobe houses

    Acoma Pueblo: a place prepared

    January 13, 2021
    Two large mosaics with portraits of Kim Il Sung and Kim Jong Il

    Gallery: mosaic portraits of a dynasty

    October 21, 2020
    Row of moai

    Rapa Nui: the mystery of the moai

    October 18, 2020
  • Architecture,  Flowers,  Monday walks,  Portugal

    A stroll around Tavira

    April 29, 2022 / 37 Comments
    Two white bell towers

    I couldn’t go to the Faro area and not meet up with blogging friend Restless Jo, could I? Or perhaps I could! We planned to meet, naturally, but on the day fate intervened and our coffee date had to be … not cancelled, I hope, but certainly indefinitely postponed.

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    Modern buildings and cathedral dome in dull weather

    Gallery: favourite city life photos of 2021

    January 2, 2022
    Looking up at a spiral staircase

    Gallery: monochrome curves

    March 20, 2022
    Rustic blue house

    Stepping back in time in Bulgaria

    June 5, 2021
  • Coast & seascapes,  Monday walks,  Portugal

    A spring walk by the sea in Faro

    April 19, 2022 / 56 Comments
    Boardwalk with sea beyond and yellow flowers

    One of the delights of a spring break somewhere a little warmer than home is of course to get out and enjoy the sunshine. And if you can do so by the sea, so much the better. I’m not one for lying baking on a tropical beach; I can’t take the heat and I get easily bored. But I love the sea: the sound of waves on the shore, the fresh sea air.

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    Rocky beach and palm trees

    On the Pacific coast in Drake Bay

    February 28, 2022
    Pink sunrise over water

    The tragic tale of a Senegalese mouse

    May 28, 2021
    Group of men sitting among fishing boats on a beach

    Gallery: a traditional fishing village in Bakau

    April 10, 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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