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    • England
      • London
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    • Europe
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        • Paris
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      • 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
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    • 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
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  • About me
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africa animals architecture art birds black_&_white bulgaria cambodia cffc chile churches cities colombia 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 nepal new_mexico north_korea paris people photography photo_effects PPAC ruins Street_Art Street_Photography Sunday_Stills usa village wildlife
  • Animals,  Birds,  Costa Rica,  Travel galleries

    Gallery: wildlife in the Caño Negra refuge

    March 17, 2022 / 36 Comments
    Black and white monkey in a tree with small orange fruits

    In the far north of Costa Rica, almost on the border with Nicaragua, is a magical place, or at least I found it so. The Caño Negro National Wildlife Refuge is home to an immense variety of wildlife, one of the most diverse areas in this famously naturally diverse country.

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    Hazy view of bamboo clump

    Periyar’s monkeys, elephants, bison and more

    October 4, 2021
    Close up of a giraffe's eye

    Gallery: making eyes at me

    June 27, 2022
    Three lion cubs

    Gallery: emerging into life

    April 12, 2021
  • Birds,  CFFC,  Costa Rica,  Rivers

    Misadventure on the Rio Nosara

    March 9, 2022 / 41 Comments
    River shaded by tall trees

    The electric boat moved almost noiselessly along the Rio Nosara. The birds on the banks seemed largely unaware of our presence. The sounds of the forest were all around us. But suddenly there was a thud somewhere beneath our feet and the boat slowed, then stopped.

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    Black and white photo of three gulls on a groyne

    Gallery: feathered friends in threes

    May 27, 2022
    Fierce-looking owl

    Gallery: owl portraits, striped and speckled

    June 12, 2021
    Black and white kingfisher eating a fish

    Gallery: some birds that eat fish

    March 18, 2021
  • Animals,  Coast & seascapes,  Lens-Artists,  Washington State

    Thar she blows – eventually!

    July 7, 2021 / 31 Comments
    Back of whale with mountainous coast behind

    As we left Friday Harbor’s jetty, Captain Ken prepared us for disappointment. The only resident orca pod which had been in the area recently, had last night been seen heading west, out to sea. However, we still hoped to see some of the transient orca who visit these waters.

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    Black and white monkey in a tree with small orange fruits

    Gallery: wildlife in the Caño Negra refuge

    March 17, 2022
    Face of a sloth among large leaves

    A postcard from Colombia: a three-toed sloth in a city park

    February 17, 2023
    Large elephant walking towards camera

    Elephant encounter: flashback to our first safari

    June 26, 2021
  • Landscape,  Laos,  Lens-Artists

    A day on the Nam Ou

    July 3, 2021 / 26 Comments
    River with small boats and rocky cliff

    I like nothing more than a boat trip. Whether we are by the sea, a lake or a river; if there is an opportunity to get out on the water I will take it. And the smaller the boat, the better. I have little interest in large cruise ships, the so-called ‘floating hotels’. I want to feel the movement, maybe reach out and dip my hand in the water, or feel the spray on my face as we cut through the waves.

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    View of beach with icebergs and mountains beyond

    Glacier Grey – or should that be turquoise?

    January 1, 2021
    Typical Swaledale landscape

    Gallery: the barns of Swaledale

    September 5, 2020
    Lobster pots, small boats and a distant castle on a hill

    Gallery: an ode to beautiful Northumberland (shhh!)

    November 28, 2022
  • Botswana,  Landscape,  Sunday Stills,  Travel galleries

    Gallery: mokoro rides in the Okavango Delta

    February 3, 2021 / 21 Comments
    Wetlands in low sun

    Please don’t ask me to pick my favourite landscape – it’s impossible. I love the drama of high mountain ranges, and the huge open skies of the desert; the haunting light that illuminates certain lands close to our poles, and grassy savannahs strewn with baobab trees; gentle green rolling hills, and roaring waterfalls.

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    Dead tree and long grass

    A walk on Sausage Island: it’s all about the elephants

    May 25, 2021
    Orange sunset with water reflections

    The sun sets and the sun rises over the Chobe River

    June 21, 2021
    Bed decorated with leaves and seeds

    Wherever I lay my hat … (continued)

    January 6, 2021
  • Chile,  Landscape,  Sunday Stills,  Travel galleries

    Glacier Grey – or should that be turquoise?

    January 1, 2021 / 20 Comments
    View of beach with icebergs and mountains beyond

    Battling across the dark grey stony beach, hardly able to stay upright in the wind, which was whipping grit into my eyes and cheeks, I wondered if it would all be worth it. But one look at the turquoise blue icebergs floating on the water to my left reassured me that it would be. And it was.

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    Two flamingos feeding

    Gallery: reflecting on birds

    March 27, 2021
    Mountain landscape

    To touch the sky: the Torres del Paine

    May 30, 2021
    Man passing wall painting of orange bird

    Gallery: searching for street art in Santiago, Chile

    August 7, 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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