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  • Destinations
    • England
      • London
      • Newcastle-upon-Tyne
    • Europe
      • Austria
      • Bulgaria
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      • 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
        • Colombia
        • 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
      • Nature Photo Challenge
      • 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 Trios
      • Thursday Doors
  • About me
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  • Landscape,  Oman,  Ten photos

    Around the world in ten photos: day ten

    December 27, 2020 / 15 Comments
    Vista of barren rocky mountain landscape

    Standing here you feel on top of the world. You are standing at a height of 2,000 metres above sea level. Below you see the road, little more than a track, that you are to follow, winding down through an almost other-worldly volcanic landscape.

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    Waterfall cascading over rocks

    Gallery: the waterfalls of Wensleydale

    October 1, 2020
    Snow scene with pine trees and mountain

    Gallery: a snowy walk in Paradise

    November 21, 2020
    Ducks landing on a lake

    Summer in East Anglia

    August 10, 2022
  • Iceland,  Landscape,  Ten photos

    Around the world in ten photos: day nine

    December 26, 2020 / 10 Comments
    Rocky landscape with outcrop of stone pillars

    These hexagonal pillars look more man-made than natural. They are quite regular in size, creating the impression that they were somehow manufactured. In a sense they were, but by nature rather than man.

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    Rain spattered window with blurred landscape

    Learning to dance in the rain: Iceland’s Golden Circle

    October 23, 2021
    Top of a waterfall

    Just a few of the waterfalls of Iceland

    May 3, 2021
    Colourful mural in blues and greens

    Gallery: street art in Reykjavik

    July 23, 2021
  • Gardens,  Italy,  Ten photos

    Around the world in ten photos: day eight

    December 24, 2020 / 9 Comments
    Italianate garden with statues and a fountain

    This pretty garden, originally laid out by a wealthy silk merchant, later became a popular beer garden. The small palace to which it belongs bears the name of the brewer who once had his brewery in its cellars and is still owned by his descendants.

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    Dark pink flower head

    Gallery: in the garden, Costa Rican style

    March 12, 2022
    White flowers with dark purple centre patches

    Gallery: a July selection

    August 2, 2022
    Small purple blossoms

    Gallery: a bouquet of purple flowers

    August 11, 2021
  • History,  Rajasthan,  Ten photos

    Around the world in ten photos: day seven

    December 23, 2020 / 13 Comments
    Intricate red stone palace

    There is something about a tale of an abandoned city that tugs at the imagination, and this one is no different. Here among the remnants of an emperor’s glory you can still discover riches, and the sense of a world that existed only briefly and is long gone.

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    Several bridges over a river

    Newcastle: a city and its river

    February 18, 2021
    Large palace with lots of people and flower bads

    Gallery: a farewell to a monarch

    September 16, 2022
    Log cabin with sign 'Shoes, Boots, Saddles'

    Old Mission, one man’s dream

    November 10, 2021
  • Architecture,  History,  New Mexico,  Ten photos

    Around the world in ten photos: day six

    December 22, 2020 / 15 Comments
    Large adobe church with white doors and crosses on towers

    There is a solidity to this church; it seems rooted in the soil from which it was built. Its thick walls with their jutting buttresses look more like a fortification than a place of worship, and its massive bulk seems completely out of proportion to the small community it was built to serve.

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    Statue of two soldiers shaking hands

    Gallery: favourite miscellaneous photos of 2021

    January 7, 2022
    Orthodox cathedral at the end of a wide street

    Gallery: Sofia’s St. Alexander Nevsky Cathedral

    March 7, 2021
    Rustic blue house

    Stepping back in time in Bulgaria

    June 5, 2021
  • Guatemala,  Landscape,  Ten photos

    Around the world in ten photos: day five

    December 21, 2020 / 19 Comments
    Small fishing boat with a man in it, on a large lake

    Early morning, and the sun has just climbed above the volcanoes that encircle the lake. A fisherman in a rowing boat drifts slowly, checking the net that he hopes will have captured some fish overnight.

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    Small town beneath a forested hillside

    Meeting Maximón, the idol of Santiago Atitlàn

    December 13, 2020
    Man in small boat and a distant volcano

    Gallery: the serenity of dawn on Lake Atitlàn

    December 19, 2021
    White painted cathedral

    A city shaped by earthquakes

    October 27, 2021
  • Laos,  People,  Ten photos

    Around the world in ten photos: day four

    December 20, 2020 / 11 Comments
    Woman crouching by a river panning for gold

    A woman crouches beside the fast-flowing river, panning for gold. Hers is a simple life in a rural village, but success here could change it forever.

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    Blacksmith crouching

    A village blacksmith in the Lao highlands

    March 10, 2021
    Blue sign welcoming to village

    Island life in the Mekong

    September 26, 2022
    Two elephants among trees

    Elephant encounters on elephant terms

    September 13, 2020
  • DPRK,  History,  Ten photos

    Around the world in ten photos: day three

    December 19, 2020 / 22 Comments
    Grassy mounds and statues of sheep

    A king and his queen are buried here, an unexpected sight in a country where much of ancient history has been forgotten, ignored, rewritten or even erased.

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    View of a city with river and modern architecture

    The astounding architecture of Pyongyang

    November 7, 2021
    Elaborately decorated table

    Eating like honoured guests in North Korea

    December 30, 2021
    Large building with green oriental roof

    A look inside the Grand People’s Study House

    November 18, 2021
  • Birds,  Chile,  Deserts,  Ten photos

    Around the world in ten photos: day two

    December 18, 2020 / 18 Comments
    Blue lake with flamingos feeding

    The landscape here is a series of horizontal stripes in blue, green, beige and brown. It creates a calm backdrop for the flamingos as they feed, their pale pink feathers reflected in the still pools of water.

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    Black and white kingfisher eating a fish

    Gallery: some birds that eat fish

    March 18, 2021
    Lake with heron in foreground and large house beyond

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

    July 4, 2021
    Green bird with red stripe on head

    Gallery: discovering birdlife in Bushy Park

    April 9, 2021
  • Coast & seascapes,  Ten photos,  Washington State

    Around the world in ten photos: day one

    December 17, 2020 / 27 Comments
    Large tree trunks on a beach and foggy offshore islets

    Fog hangs low over the outlying islets, and huge tree trunks almost block our path to the beach, but it is worth the scramble for the wonderful photo opportunities that we find there.

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    Black beach with distant cliffs with a rock arch

    The black lava beach of Reynisfjara

    October 12, 2022
    Rocky coastline

    Stunning landscapes of Iceland: the day the sun shone

    October 29, 2021
    Roof line of yellow beach hut with yacht and seagull ornaments

    Gallery: exploring beaches, near and far

    July 7, 2022

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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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