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        • India
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        • Nepal
        • Oman
        • Syria
        • United Arab Emirates
        • Uzbekistan
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  • Mountains,  Nepal,  Travel galleries

    Gallery: Himalaya vistas near Pokhara

    December 26, 2022 / 23 Comments
    View of mountains from wooded hillside

    High in the hills above Pokhara the inhabitants of small villages live much as they have always done. Theirs is a life of hard work, farming a land of steep fields and terraces. But while the work is hard, the backdrop is stunning. I wonder how often they pause to appreciate their surroundings, raising a weary head to gaze in wonder at these mountains as I did?

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    Pine tree branch with out of focus mountains behind

    A day in the mountains: driving the North Cascades

    July 19, 2021
    Dramatic mountain landscape

    Gallery: Mountain, Desert, Jungle or Ocean?

    June 28, 2021
    Rocky coastline

    Stunning landscapes of Iceland: the day the sun shone

    October 29, 2021
  • Mountains,  Nepal,  Travel galleries

    Gallery: sunrise over the Himalayas

    December 22, 2022 / 58 Comments
    Mountain peak with small plane

    We’d planned to spend our last day in Pokhara taking it easy. Swimming in the beautiful hotel pool, a walk by the lake, maybe a bit of shopping. But some things can’t be missed, and surely sunrise over the Himalayas is one of those things?!

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    Looking down at still blue lake in a crater

    Mount Paektu, the revolutionary mountain

    October 24, 2022

    A postcard from Nepal: souvenir seller

    November 10, 2022
    Rocky coastline

    Stunning landscapes of Iceland: the day the sun shone

    October 29, 2021
  • Culture & tradition,  Monday walks,  Mountains,  Nepal

    Exploring the temple town of Manakamana

    December 6, 2022 / 27 Comments
    Distant mountains with colourful fabric in foreground

    I can never resist the opportunity to ride in a cable car. So when our tour company suggested that we break the long drive from Chitwan to Bandipur with a ride up to the temple at Manakamana, I agreed immediately. It would be a chance to see a different side of Nepal, I thought. And it was, but not quite in the way I had imagined.

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    Rock face with small caves and bushes

    In the footsteps of the Anasazi: Tsankawi

    May 3, 2022
    White houses, blur minaret and dome, distant mountains

    A walk along the Corniche in Muttrah

    June 9, 2022
    A man with a young girl on his shoulders

    Lunch with Mr Noon and his family

    January 13, 2023
  • Culture & tradition,  Mountains,  Nepal,  Postcards from the road

    A postcard from Nepal: souvenir seller

    November 10, 2022 / 24 Comments

    A statue of Shiva, the second largest in Nepal, was unveiled near Pokhara last year. A lady was selling souvenirs next to the steep path up to the statue.

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    Old bus and motor garage

    Stepping back in time: living history at Beamish

    September 23, 2021
    Two images of narrow city streets

    A walk in Seville’s picturesque Triana district

    December 2, 2021
    Rocky coastline

    Stunning landscapes of Iceland: the day the sun shone

    October 29, 2021
  • Mountains,  Nepal,  Postcards from the road

    A postcard from Nepal: Himalaya sunrise

    November 6, 2022 / 54 Comments

    We got up at 4.45 to go and watch the sunrise over the Himalayas - so worth it!

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    A postcard from Nepal: souvenir seller

    November 10, 2022
    Rocky coastline

    Stunning landscapes of Iceland: the day the sun shone

    October 29, 2021
    Mountain peak with small plane

    Gallery: sunrise over the Himalayas

    December 22, 2022
  • Mountains,  Nepal,  Postcards from the road

    A postcard from Nepal: Annapurna

    November 4, 2022 / 20 Comments

    The Annapurna Range of the Himalaya Mountains can be seen from Bandipur, an ancient hill town in Nepal

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    Rocky coastline

    Stunning landscapes of Iceland: the day the sun shone

    October 29, 2021
    Pine tree branch with out of focus mountains behind

    A day in the mountains: driving the North Cascades

    July 19, 2021
    Looking down at still blue lake in a crater

    Mount Paektu, the revolutionary mountain

    October 24, 2022
  • DPRK,  Lens-Artists,  Mountains

    Mount Paektu, the revolutionary mountain

    October 24, 2022 / 58 Comments
    Looking down at still blue lake in a crater

    Straddling the border between North Korea and China is a still-active volcano, Mount Paektu. Its last eruption was in 1903 and scientists consider that another one could be imminent, based on a trend of eruptions roughly 100 years apart. The crater lake, Lake Chon (‘Heaven Lake’) was formed in the 946 AD eruption.

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    Large statues of North Korean Leaders with visiting locals

    Gallery: statues of the Great Leaders

    February 20, 2021
    Statues of Kim Il Sung and Kim Jong Il

    Why go to North Korea?

    September 10, 2020
    Huge statues of young women holding a stone map above an empty road

    The Monument to the Three Charters for National Reunification

    September 18, 2021
  • Deserts,  Mountains,  Sunday Stills,  Themed galleries

    Gallery: on the road to the future?

    January 10, 2022 / 52 Comments
    Road through mountains with snow and pine trees

    I cannot, of course, photograph the future. I could perhaps take photos of futuristic sights and buildings, but they would still be very much of the present. People often talk about the future in terms of a road we are travelling, don’t they? And we also often talk about choosing a path or road, making a decision to go this way or that.

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    Small squat tree in a dry stony landscape

    Dhofar, the Land of Frankincense

    May 11, 2022
    Balloon over a desert landscape

    Reaching for the sky again in Africa

    April 18, 2021
    Blue lake with flamingos feeding

    Around the world in ten photos: day two

    December 18, 2020
  • 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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    Abstract view of sparkling blue water

    Gallery: water, water everywhere …

    February 20, 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
  • Mountains,  Squares,  Sunday Stills,  Washington State

    A day in the mountains: driving the North Cascades

    July 19, 2021 / 37 Comments
    Pine tree branch with out of focus mountains behind

    Highway 20, the North Cascades Highway, is recognised as one of the most scenic drives in the North West, possibly in the entire US. It is the only real road through this vast wilderness of mountains, glaciers and lakes which constitute the North Cascades National Park.

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    A postcard from Nepal: Himalaya sunrise

    November 6, 2022
    Distant mountains with colourful fabric in foreground

    Exploring the temple town of Manakamana

    December 6, 2022
    Looking down at still blue lake in a crater

    Mount Paektu, the revolutionary mountain

    October 24, 2022
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Fisherman in Fort Kochi, Kerala
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Okavango elephants
Blue glacier edge
Glacier Grey, Torres del Paine, Chile
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In Santiago, Chile
Very large statues of North Korean Leaders
Statues of the Great Leaders on Mansudae Hill, Pyongyang
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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
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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
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Blue and pink bird on a dead tree
Lilac-breasted Roller, Chobe NP, Botswana
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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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