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      • Portugal
      • Spain
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      • Switzerland
      • Ukraine
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      • 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
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    • History
      • Ruins
      • War
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      • Coast & seascapes
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      • Pick a Word
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      • Cee’s challenges
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    • General challenges
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  • Architecture,  History,  Monday walks,  Nepal

    A walk in Patan, the City of Beauty

    February 1, 2023 / 31 Comments
    View over group of brick temples with tiered tiled roofs

    Patan is said to be one of the oldest Buddhist cities in the world. It is also known as Lalitpur, which means the City of Beauty. The name recognises its tradition of arts and crafts which continue to define the city.

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    White painted cathedral

    A city shaped by earthquakes

    October 27, 2021
    Small boats on a river with grassy banks and old buildings

    A sunny day out in Cambridge, part one

    July 19, 2022
    Modern buildings and cathedral dome in dull weather

    Gallery: favourite city life photos of 2021

    January 2, 2022
  • Architecture,  Nepal,  One Word Sunday,  Travel galleries

    Gallery: the doors of Nepal

    January 23, 2023 / 66 Comments
    Blue and green wooden doors

    Whether ancient and beautiful, old and battered, or newer and colourful, there was something about the doors in Nepal that charmed me. And yes, some could have come straight out of a fairy tale perhaps.

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    Three large highly decorated buildings around a central square

    Gallery: building in threes

    May 13, 2022
    Part of a cathedral with blue skies

    Catedral de Santa María de la Sede: Seville’s cathedral

    January 15, 2022
    Small boats on a river with grassy banks and old buildings

    A sunny day out in Cambridge, part one

    July 19, 2022
  • Lens-Artists,  Themed galleries

    Gallery: so which did you choose?

    January 18, 2023 / 24 Comments
    Collage of seven different photos

    Photography, like all arts, is a subjective business. We all have our favourites. At times though it seems it’s almost as hard to judge other people’s work as it is our own. Nevertheless, we often do just that.

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    Old postcard of bombed town

    Postcards from a time of war

    August 2, 2021
    Jumble of flat roofed buildings with distant castle and glimpse of sea

    Gallery: looking back at buildings

    January 15, 2023
    Shadow of worn metal handrail on a wall

    Gallery: chasing shadows

    June 13, 2021
  • Lens-Artists,  Themed galleries

    Gallery: you choose (I can’t!)

    January 9, 2023 / 78 Comments
    Collage of seven photos

    How good are you at self-criticism when it comes to photography? Are you ruthless about discarding less successful shots? And can you easily decide which of several is your best?

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    Factory gates with propaganda signs and various buildings

    Some short stories from the Hermit Kingdom

    November 28, 2021
    River with small boats and rocky cliff

    A day on the Nam Ou

    July 3, 2021
    Large mural of orangutan with a baby

    Gallery: the colourful street art of Brighton

    October 17, 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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    View from above of large square with market stalls

    Day into night in the Jemaa el-Fnaa

    December 20, 2021
    Looking down at a station platform

    Taking a ride on the Pyongyang Metro

    July 10, 2021
    Colourful houses built over water

    Chiloé: a place of witches and gnomes

    August 4, 2022
  • CMMC,  Flowers,  Nature and wildlife,  Nepal,  Travel galleries

    Gallery: looking closely at Nepal

    January 6, 2023 / 51 Comments
    Dark red flower

    I would never claim to be the only person to have noticed the things I photograph. But I do believe I often photograph things that not EVERYONE has noticed, or thought to photograph. When I travel I of course photograph the famous sights, the landscapes, the architecture. But I also like to capture small details that, while perhaps not unique to the country, are part of my personal memories of it.

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    Blue and turquoise mosaic

    Gallery: feeling the blues

    November 11, 2021
  • Sunday Stills,  Travel in general,  Writers' Quotes Wednesday

    My travel year in review, 2022

    January 2, 2023 / 70 Comments
    Collage of travel photos

    All of us who love to travel, and are fortunate enough to be able to do so, will I hope be looking back on a year filled with both familiar and foreign places. For most of us, 2022 was the year in which we began to feel comfortable travelling again. When, despite a few new forms to fill in and masks to be worn, perhaps reluctantly, on planes, the world opened up again and we could scratch that travel itch, relieve that homesickness ‘for the places we have never known’.

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    Three lion cubs

    Gallery: emerging into life

    April 12, 2021
    Two elephants in long grass

    Gallery: the animals went in two by two …           

    June 7, 2022
    Pink flowers half-silhouetted against a pink sky

    Gallery: looking on the pink side

    October 18, 2021
  • Pick a Word,  Themed galleries

    Gallery: pick a word (December)

    December 30, 2022 / 27 Comments
    Black and white photo of a statue of two figures, one with a gun

    One of my favourite poems, by one of my favourite poets, is about words. Some may say that’s not so surprising, when I like to use so many of them! And now again I am facing the task posed by Paula in her monthly Pick a Word challenge. Five words, five photos inspired by those words.

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    Black and white photo of a lady smoking a cigar

    Gallery: pick a word (August)

    August 30, 2022
    Black and white shot of a hill with terraces and bushes

    Gallery: pick a word (November)

    November 26, 2022
    Black and white photo of tiny fungi growing out of lichen

    Gallery: pick a word (September)

    October 6, 2022
  • 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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    Mountain peak with small plane

    Gallery: sunrise over the Himalayas

    December 22, 2022
    Looking down at still blue lake in a crater

    Mount Paektu, the revolutionary mountain

    October 24, 2022
    Distant mountains with colourful fabric in foreground

    Exploring the temple town of Manakamana

    December 6, 2022
  • 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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    Rocky coastline

    Stunning landscapes of Iceland: the day the sun shone

    October 29, 2021
    Dramatic mountain landscape

    Gallery: Mountain, Desert, Jungle or Ocean?

    June 28, 2021

    A postcard from Nepal: Himalaya sunrise

    November 6, 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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