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      • Ukraine
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        • Kenya
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        • Tanzania
        • Zimbabwe
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        • Costa Rica
        • Ecuador
          • Galapagos Islands
        • Guatemala
        • Jamaica
        • USA
          • New Mexico
          • New York City
          • Washington State
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        • DPRK
        • India
          • Kerala
          • Rajasthan
        • Indochina
          • Cambodia
          • Laos
          • Vietnam
        • Japan
        • Nepal
        • Oman
        • Syria
        • United Arab Emirates
        • Uzbekistan
  • Themes
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  • Cambodia,  Culture & tradition,  Food & drink,  Just One Person

    Lunch with Mr Noon and his family

    January 13, 2023 / 26 Comments
    A man with a young girl on his shoulders

    Of course the main reason to visit Siem Reap is to see the temples of Angkor. But it’s possible to get ‘templed out’ so it’s good that there are alternative activities and places to explore between temple visits.

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    Hand holding knife and straw shavings

    Gallery: getting up close and personal

    September 24, 2021
    Header image with two small photos

    Friendly Friday Challenge: think about your viewpoint

    July 1, 2022
    Group of people sitting on blue plastic stools in a market

    Gallery: Psar Thmei, Phnom Penh’s Central Market

    February 13, 2022
  • Culture & tradition,  Monday walks,  Senegal

    Living on borrowed time in Djiffer

    January 11, 2023 / 28 Comments
    Men with fishing nets on colourfully painted wooden rowing boats

    At the southern tip of a spit of land on the coast of Senegal, which separates the sea from the waters of the Saloum, lies the small village of Djiffer. Its narrow strip of houses is thus squeezed between the waters of the Atlantic to the west and the lagoons of the Sine Saloum delta to the east. The Atlantic Ocean to the west is continually nibbling at its sandy shores in an effort to meet up with the waters of the Saloum. People living here are doing so on…

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    Man applying colourful face paint

    Gallery: a traditional Keralan Kathakali performance

    April 28, 2021
    Close-up of head sculpted in bronze

    Purple Haze: remembering Jimi Hendrix

    July 30, 2021
    Lake with domed structure and birds

    Tales of death in Jaisalmer and beyond

    February 19, 2021
  • Culture & tradition,  Nepal,  Photographing Public Art

    Lord Shiva statue in the hills above Pokhara

    January 7, 2023 / 24 Comments
    Huge blue statue of seated figure

    A new sight has recently appeared in the hills above Pokhara. A huge statue of Lord Shiva, the second largest in Nepal, sits serenely looking out over the foothills. And at his back are the mighty Himalayas.

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    Three women in red checked fabric wraps

    The Maasai people of the Ngorongoro Crater

    January 25, 2021
    Rock face with small caves and bushes

    In the footsteps of the Anasazi: Tsankawi

    May 3, 2022
    Looking over an Italian hill town

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

    November 26, 2020
  • Culture & tradition,  Monday walks,  Nepal

    A walk in a Tharu village

    December 13, 2022 / 30 Comments
    Three women in bright clothes and a man carrying large bundle of leaves

    The Tharu are a people of the forest. They have lived for centuries in the lowlands of southern Nepal and northern India. Often persecuted, they have now been recognised by the Nepali government as an official nationality. But their lives are still not easy.

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    Colourful houses built over water

    Chiloé: a place of witches and gnomes

    August 4, 2022
    Elaborately decorated table

    Eating like honoured guests in North Korea

    December 30, 2021
    Line of seated stone statues wearing red caps and bibs

    The Bake-Jizō of Kanmangafuchi Abyss

    February 16, 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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    Man frying insects at a food stall

    Exploring the street food of Phnom Penh

    April 3, 2021
    Blacksmith crouching

    A village blacksmith in the Lao highlands

    March 10, 2021
    Low stone houses on a hillside

    The Birdmen of Rapa Nui

    January 15, 2021
  • Culture & tradition,  Nepal,  Photographing Public Art,  Travel galleries

    Gallery: kings of the road in Nepal

    December 3, 2022 / 41 Comments
    Colourful lorry

    If public art can be defined as creative, decorative works that can be viewed by anyone at no cost, then the lorries of Nepal should rank as one of that country’s significant contributions to the genre!

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    Close-up of head sculpted in bronze

    Purple Haze: remembering Jimi Hendrix

    July 30, 2021
    Little boy and two little girls in Japanese costume

    Celebrating childhood at the shrines of Japan

    April 25, 2021
    Man sitting on a rug using a hammer and anvil

    A blacksmith at work in Bukhara

    March 24, 2022
  • Architecture,  Culture & tradition,  Nepal,  Writers' Quotes Wednesday

    In Kathmandu’s Durbar Square

    November 19, 2022 / 38 Comments
    Stone and wood built temple surround a square with children and pigeons

    In the heart of Kathmandu is a cluster of ancient temples, places and open spaces, known as Durbar (meaning royal palace) Square. This UNESCO World Heritage site was badly hit by the earthquake that struck Nepal in April 2015, but no amount of damage could destroy its unique atmosphere. And today much has already been done to restore it to its former glories.

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    Black and white photo of street signs

    Gallery: meet me on the corner

    September 2, 2022
    Several bridges over a river

    Newcastle: a city and its river

    February 18, 2021
    White painted cathedral

    A city shaped by earthquakes

    October 27, 2021
  • 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
    Man applying colourful face paint

    Gallery: a traditional Keralan Kathakali performance

    April 28, 2021
    Buddhist monk

    Saying prayers for Korean reunification

    June 3, 2021
  • Culture & tradition,  Nepal,  Postcards from the road,  Sunday Stills

    A postcard from Nepal: Manakamana

    November 2, 2022 / 23 Comments
    Woman praying at a small shrine

    We rode a cable car to the top of a mountain to find a Hindu temple that draws thousands of believers. The small town that has sprung up to serve their needs is full of shops selling garlands, offerings and even chickens and goats for sacrifices.

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    Row of moai

    Rapa Nui: the mystery of the moai

    October 18, 2020
    Print with blue mountains

    Dust collectors? Or precious memories?

    January 23, 2021
    Huge blue statue of seated figure

    Lord Shiva statue in the hills above Pokhara

    January 7, 2023
  • Culture & tradition,  Nepal,  Postcards from the road

    A postcard from Nepal: Sadhus

    October 27, 2022 / 31 Comments

    Sadhus are holy men who have left behind all material attachments.  We came across a number of them in the Pashupatinath temple in Kathmandu.

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    A man with a young girl on his shoulders

    Lunch with Mr Noon and his family

    January 13, 2023
    Rocky coastline

    Stunning landscapes of Iceland: the day the sun shone

    October 29, 2021
    Man in orange robes by worn plaster wall

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

    October 11, 2021
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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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