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    • England
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        • Paris
      • Germany
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      • Italy
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      • Portugal
      • Spain
        • Seville
      • Switzerland
      • Ukraine
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        • 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
        • 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
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  • 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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    Large tree trunks on a beach and foggy offshore islets

    Around the world in ten photos: day one

    December 17, 2020
    Group of men sitting among fishing boats on a beach

    Gallery: a traditional fishing village in Bakau

    April 10, 2021
    Old boat and rail track on a shingle beach

    Gallery: at the edge of England

    November 11, 2020
  • Friendly Friday,  Iceland,  Landscape

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

    October 23, 2021 / 33 Comments
    Rain spattered window with blurred landscape

    What does a Golden Circle sound like to you? Something shiny for sure, and probably bright. And on a sunny day I am sure Iceland’s most popular tourist route is exactly that. But when I was there a few years ago with Virtual Tourist friends, it was anything but. If ever we needed to learn to dance in the rain, it was today!

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    Rocky coastline

    Stunning landscapes of Iceland: the day the sun shone

    October 29, 2021
    Four women in kimonos passing a shop

    Gallery: these feet were made for walking …

    May 1, 2021
    Large group of dancers in traditional Korean green dress

    Gallery: dancing on the streets of Pyongyang

    November 28, 2020
  • Iceland,  Photographing Public Art,  Street art,  Travel galleries

    Gallery: street art in Reykjavik

    July 23, 2021 / 34 Comments
    Colourful mural in blues and greens

    We visit Iceland for its magnificent landscapes: mountains, glaciers, waterfalls, craggy coastlines. But for street art? Probably not; and yet its capital, Reykjavik, is a cool town with plenty of beautiful and/or interesting murals to be found.

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    Rocky landscape with outcrop of stone pillars

    Around the world in ten photos: day nine

    December 26, 2020
    Top of a waterfall

    Just a few of the waterfalls of Iceland

    May 3, 2021
    Rocky coastline

    Stunning landscapes of Iceland: the day the sun shone

    October 29, 2021
  • Iceland,  Landscape,  Sunday Stills

    Just a few of the waterfalls of Iceland

    May 3, 2021 / 49 Comments
    Top of a waterfall

    As mind-boggling statistics go, reading that there are estimated to be 10,000 waterfalls in the relatively small country of Iceland is up there with the best! From tiny streams trickling down a hillside to cascades as wide as they are tall, Iceland has everything a waterfall lover can want.

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    Rain spattered window with blurred landscape

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

    October 23, 2021
    Green Aurora

    On not seeing, and seeing, the Northern Lights

    October 7, 2020
    Colourful mural in blues and greens

    Gallery: street art in Reykjavik

    July 23, 2021
  • 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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    Colourful mural in blues and greens

    Gallery: street art in Reykjavik

    July 23, 2021
    Rain spattered window with blurred landscape

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

    October 23, 2021
    Green Aurora

    On not seeing, and seeing, the Northern Lights

    October 7, 2020
  • Friendly Friday,  Photographic techniques

    Smoke and mirrors

    October 25, 2020 / 25 Comments
    Edited image of Ankor Wat, with reflection added

    Some say the camera never lies. But does it? Even before technology made it possible to alter reality, photographers were playing around with tricks and illusions. Today it is easier than ever to edit an image; to fool the viewer into seeing something that was never there, or not seeing something that was.

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    Two elephants in long grass in black and white

    Two ways: black and white or colour?

    November 6, 2020
    Rock formation with arch and pinnacle

    Video: big skies and red rock country

    May 29, 2021
    Snow scene with pine trees and mountain

    Gallery: a snowy walk in Paradise

    November 21, 2020
  • Iceland,  Landscape,  Norway

    On not seeing, and seeing, the Northern Lights

    October 7, 2020 / 26 Comments
    Green Aurora

    Is there a traveller or photographer anywhere who doesn’t dream of one day seeing the Aurora? It may be a scientific phenomenon, but the artistry of those beautiful glowing colours that seem to appear almost mysteriously in the sky can’t fail to induce awe in anyone who sees them.

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    Colourful mural in blues and greens

    Gallery: street art in Reykjavik

    July 23, 2021
    Rocky coastline

    Stunning landscapes of Iceland: the day the sun shone

    October 29, 2021
    Top of a waterfall

    Just a few of the waterfalls of Iceland

    May 3, 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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