Travel with me

Travel snapshots from Toonsarah

  • Home
  • Destinations
    • England
      • London
      • Newcastle-upon-Tyne
    • Europe
      • Austria
      • Bulgaria
      • Estonia
      • France
        • 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
      • Rivers
    • Nature and wildlife
      • Animals
      • Birds
      • Plants
        • Flowers
        • Trees, forests and woodland
    • People
      • Culture & tradition
      • Street photography
    • Travel in general
  • Photo galleries
    • Themed galleries
    • Travel galleries
  • Postcards from the road
  • Challenges
    • Photography challenges
      • Just One Person
      • Lens-Artists
      • Mid-week Monochrome
      • Monochrome Madness
      • One Word Sunday
      • Photographing Public Art
      • Pick a Word
      • Squares
      • Sunday Stills
      • The Changing Seasons
      • Words of Wisdom
      • Cee’s challenges
        • CBWC
        • CFFC
        • CMMC
    • General challenges
      • Monday walks
      • Writers’ Quotes Wednesday
    • Challenges archive
      • Bird Weekly
      • Friendly Friday
        • The Friendly Friday Challenge: how to join in
      • Friday’s Foods of the World
      • Life in Colour
      • One-to-Three
      • Ten photos
      • Thursday Doors
      • Thursday Trios
  • About me
    • Contact me
    • ‘Always Write’ interview
    • My love of travel
    • My photography
      • Photographic techniques
      • My photography journey
      • Video
    • Disclaimer & GDPR
  • Archive
  • Home
  • Destinations
    • England
      • London
      • Newcastle-upon-Tyne
    • Europe
      • Austria
      • Bulgaria
      • Estonia
      • France
        • 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
      • Rivers
    • Nature and wildlife
      • Animals
      • Birds
      • Plants
        • Flowers
        • Trees, forests and woodland
    • People
      • Culture & tradition
      • Street photography
    • Travel in general
  • Photo galleries
    • Themed galleries
    • Travel galleries
  • Postcards from the road
  • Challenges
    • Photography challenges
      • Just One Person
      • Lens-Artists
      • Mid-week Monochrome
      • Monochrome Madness
      • One Word Sunday
      • Photographing Public Art
      • Pick a Word
      • Squares
      • Sunday Stills
      • The Changing Seasons
      • Words of Wisdom
      • Cee’s challenges
        • CBWC
        • CFFC
        • CMMC
    • General challenges
      • Monday walks
      • Writers’ Quotes Wednesday
    • Challenges archive
      • Bird Weekly
      • Friendly Friday
        • The Friendly Friday Challenge: how to join in
      • Friday’s Foods of the World
      • Life in Colour
      • One-to-Three
      • Ten photos
      • Thursday Doors
      • Thursday Trios
  • About me
    • Contact me
    • ‘Always Write’ interview
    • My love of travel
    • My photography
      • Photographic techniques
      • My photography journey
      • Video
    • Disclaimer & GDPR
  • Archive

Follow me

Follow Travel with me on WordPress.com

Topics I’ve touched on

africa architecture art birds black_&_white bulgaria cambodia cffc chile churches cities colour costa_rica dprk ealing england flowers france friendlyfriday Friendly_Friday history india just_one_person_from_around_the_world landscape lens-artists Lens_Artists_Challenge london Monday_Walks mountains nepal new_mexico north_korea paris people photography photo_effects PPAC rivers ruins Street_Art Street_Photography Sunday_Stills usa village wildlife
  • London,  Newcastle-upon-Tyne,  The Changing Seasons,  Themed galleries

    Gallery: a December selection

    January 1, 2023 / 55 Comments
    Gold bauble on a frosted artificial tree

    December in London this year has delivered frost, a touch of snow, but also mild and damp weather; a little bit of everything. Of course it has also brought Christmas lights and decorations.

    Carry on reading

    Or what about ...?

    Bronze sculpture of two young elephants

    A little bit of Nairobi in London’s Spitalfields

    January 22, 2022
    Purple flower against a bright green backdrop

    Gallery: a November (and October) selection

    December 1, 2022
    Squirrel with a conker in his mouth

    A neighbourhood walk

    October 31, 2020
  • London,  Nepal,  The Changing Seasons,  Themed galleries

    Gallery: a November (and October) selection

    December 1, 2022 / 39 Comments
    Purple flower against a bright green backdrop

    We often choose to go away at this time of year and this year was no exception. At the end of October and through the first part of this month we were travelling in Nepal.

    Carry on reading

    Or what about ...?

    Green bird with red stripe on head

    Gallery: discovering birdlife in Bushy Park

    April 9, 2021

    Gallery: encountering elephants in London parks

    July 6, 2021
    River view with modern city buildings

    Gallery: city living in London

    February 15, 2021
  • Bulgaria,  London,  Paris,  The Changing Seasons,  Themed galleries

    Gallery: a September selection

    October 3, 2022 / 25 Comments
    Red Metro sign against a backdrop of leaves

    There is a theme emerging in these monthly round-ups, a theme of bookends! I’ve already pointed out that while July was bookended by happy gatherings of family and friends, August was similarly bookended with funerals. And now we come to September and we are back to happier bookends: city breaks.

    Carry on reading

    Or what about ...?

    Mural of a girl's face

    Gallery: looking for street art in Sofia

    April 2, 2021
    Low chairs around a table, dark wood wall units

    Welcome to the 1980s in Bulgaria

    October 20, 2022
    Sepia photo of Buzludzha Monument

    Buzludzha Monument

    September 4, 2020
  • England,  The Changing Seasons

    Gallery: an August selection

    September 4, 2022 / 33 Comments
    Swan on a lake with green algae

    Although August has been hot, mostly sunny and very dry, I can already sense that summer is closer to its end than its beginning. The lights are going on earlier each evening. The warmth of the sun is tempered by a cooling breeze. And a few showers, and one day of steady rain, have started to re-green the weary grass in our parks.

    Carry on reading

    Or what about ...?

    Stone statue on a plinth on a grassy hillside

    Admiral Lord Collingwood, a forgotten hero

    April 25, 2021
    Brightly coloured boat approaching the shore

    Gallery: Everybody Razzle Dazzle in Liverpool

    October 1, 2021
    Group of deer with antlers

    Studley Royal, a very English country garden

    September 13, 2022
  • England,  Flowers,  Gardens,  The Changing Seasons

    Gallery: a July selection

    August 2, 2022 / 45 Comments
    White flowers with dark purple centre patches

    July may not be my favourite month (I prefer May or September). But there has been much to like about this past July, which was bookended with special celebrations.

    Carry on reading

    Or what about ...?

    Mist hanging over a lake

    Gallery: Morning mists over Matthew’s Linn

    January 26, 2021
    Green hillocks and winding paths

    Is it art or is it nature? Northumberlandia

    June 30, 2021
    Group of sculpted figures among dune grass

    The Conversation Piece and the Eye

    June 11, 2022
  • London,  The Changing Seasons,  Themed galleries

    Gallery: a June selection

    July 3, 2022 / 38 Comments
    Robin in a bird bath

    June is often a lovely month in England. This year it has brought us a short heatwave (temperatures topping 30 degrees, very unusual so early in the year), and plenty of pleasanter sunny days. But typically for Britain, we started the month with a cool, sometimes wet weekend that coincided with a public holiday for the Platinum Jubilee.

    Carry on reading

    Or what about ...?

    Purple flower against a bright green backdrop

    Gallery: a November (and October) selection

    December 1, 2022
    Green bird with red stripe on head

    Gallery: discovering birdlife in Bushy Park

    April 9, 2021
    Lake with blue sky and distant buildings

    Gallery: a March selection

    April 1, 2022
  • England,  The Changing Seasons,  Themed galleries

    Gallery: a May selection

    June 2, 2022 / 21 Comments
    Bright pink daisy-like flower

    We have had a cooler than average May, although not with many showers until the end of the month. But the flowers are here in abundance! It was time to get out and about with my camera.

    Carry on reading

    Or what about ...?

    Mist hanging over a lake

    Gallery: Morning mists over Matthew’s Linn

    January 26, 2021
    Wooden hut painted in candy stripes

    Gallery: colourful beach huts in Whitstable and Broadstairs

    November 20, 2020
    Lake with heron in foreground and large house beyond

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

    July 4, 2021
  • London,  Portugal,  The Changing Seasons,  Themed galleries

    Gallery: an April selection

    May 1, 2022 / 28 Comments
    Deep pink blossom

    April showers bring May flowers. This is supposed to console us on wet April days with the thought of better weather to come. It reminds us that we need the rain to help things grow. But what if it doesn’t rain?

    Carry on reading

    Or what about ...?

    River with boats and houses on the far bank

    Gallery: on our doorstep

    June 12, 2022
    Looking down a spiral staircase

    Gallery: the perfect simplicity of a spiral staircase

    October 10, 2021
    Green bird with red stripe on head

    Gallery: discovering birdlife in Bushy Park

    April 9, 2021
  • London,  The Changing Seasons,  Themed galleries

    Gallery: a March selection

    April 1, 2022 / 26 Comments
    Lake with blue sky and distant buildings

    March has been a quiet month for photography, on the whole. It started slowly as I searched, sometimes in vain, for subjects that inspired me. Then halfway through the month spring started to arrive. Trees burst into blossom, shortly followed by my beloved magnolias.

    Carry on reading

    Or what about ...?

    Deep pink blossom

    Gallery: an April selection

    May 1, 2022
    Two pelicans swimming with daisies beyond

    Gallery: the birds of St James’s Park

    July 13, 2021
    Looking down a spiral staircase

    Gallery: the perfect simplicity of a spiral staircase

    October 10, 2021
  • Costa Rica,  London,  Photographic techniques,  The Changing Seasons,  Themed galleries

    Gallery: a February selection

    March 1, 2022 / 21 Comments
    Large red bird with white face and beak

    Keeping up my resolution of taking at least one photo a day was very easy in the first part of February and much less so towards the end of the month. For the first two weeks we were in Costa Rica and I was in travel photography heaven – and overload! When we got home however the weather was cold and I was jet-lagged. It was hard to get motivated to look for images among the familiar scenes of home after the novelties of travelling.

    Carry on reading

    Or what about ...?

    Hairy animal holding a tree trunk

    The oddities of sloths

    March 6, 2022
    Rocky beach and palm trees

    On the Pacific coast in Drake Bay

    February 28, 2022
    Sun setting over the sea

    Gallery: enjoying serene views in Costa Rica

    February 19, 2022

Follow me

Follow Travel with me on WordPress.com

Subscribe to blog via email

Enter your email address to subscribe to this blog and receive notifications of new posts by email.

Join 1,278 other subscribers.

Read my featured blogger interview

Logo for blogging feature
By Marsha of 'Always Write'

And my answers to Bren’s ‘five at five’ questions

Lady in a hat and red top sitting on rocks

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

Some topics I’ve touched on

africa architecture art birds black_&_white bulgaria cambodia cffc chile churches cities colour costa_rica dprk ealing england flowers france friendlyfriday Friendly_Friday history india just_one_person_from_around_the_world landscape lens-artists Lens_Artists_Challenge london Monday_Walks mountains nepal new_mexico north_korea paris people photography photo_effects PPAC rivers ruins Street_Art Street_Photography Sunday_Stills usa village wildlife

Archive

  • January 2023
  • December 2022
  • November 2022
  • October 2022
  • September 2022
  • August 2022
  • July 2022
  • June 2022
  • May 2022
  • April 2022
  • March 2022
  • February 2022
  • January 2022
  • December 2021
  • November 2021
  • October 2021
  • September 2021
  • August 2021
  • July 2021
  • June 2021
  • May 2021
  • April 2021
  • March 2021
  • February 2021
  • January 2021
  • December 2020
  • November 2020
  • October 2020
  • September 2020
  • August 2020

You may have missed

  • Gallery: seeing Japan in black and white
  • Gallery: the sound of silence
  • Gallery: the doors of Nepal
  • A city stroll in London
  • Gallery: a pop of colour to brighten the darkness

Follow me

Follow Travel with me on WordPress.com
All images and texts copyright Sarah Wilkie - 2023 ©
 

Loading Comments...