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        • Senegal
        • Tanzania
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        • Guatemala
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        • USA
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          • Washington State
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        • DPRK
        • India
          • Kerala
          • Rajasthan
        • Indochina
          • Cambodia
          • Laos
          • Vietnam
        • Japan
        • Oman
        • Syria
        • United Arab Emirates
        • Uzbekistan
  • Themes
    • Architecture
    • Art
      • Crafts
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  • Friendly Friday,  People,  Travel in general

    Friendly Friday: meet some amazing guides (part two)

    November 26, 2021 / 17 Comments
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    As I said last week, this is the last in this series of Friendly Friday: meet … challenges, as I’m planning a shake-up for the New Year. So I’m finishing the series by introducing you to some of the most amazing, wonderful, helpful and knowledgeable guides I’ve met on my travels.

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    Forest in the mist

    Barking up the right tree in Costa Rica

    March 4, 2022
    Large red poppy

    Gallery: is it wild if we plant it?

    July 2, 2021
    Aerial view of green swampland with river channels

    Video: flying to the Okavango Delta

    February 27, 2021
  • Animals,  Birds,  Rajasthan,  Sunday Stills

    Tiger, Tiger, burning bright …

    November 8, 2021 / 44 Comments
    Landscape with trees and escarpments

    Like just about everyone else who visits, we came to Ranthambore with the aim of seeing tigers. And Ranthambore is all about the tigers. Every conversation you have here is guaranteed to start with ‘Did you see any tigers?’ The answer is quite likely to be yes, although there are, as ever with wildlife, no guarantees ...

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    Lioness followed by two cubs

    Gallery: when three is better than two

    January 21, 2022
    Red and black igiana

    The ‘Christmas’ marine iguanas of Española Island

    December 6, 2020
    Large elephant walking towards camera

    Elephant encounter: flashback to our first safari

    June 26, 2021
  • Architecture,  Culture & tradition,  Friendly Friday,  History,  Rajasthan

    Friendly Friday: meet a young tightrope walker in Jaisalmer

    August 27, 2021 / 49 Comments
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    Perched on the top of Trikuta Hill, Jaisalmer’s honey coloured fort rises above the city like a giant sandcastle. This is the second oldest fort in Rajasthan, one of the largest in the world, a UNESCO World Heritage Site, and almost unique in India in being still inhabited.

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    Two white bell towers

    A stroll around Tavira

    April 29, 2022
    Black and white photo of adobe church

    Gallery: San Francisco de Asis, Ranchos de Taos

    January 8, 2021
    Looking up at a white stone church with several domes

    Le Sacré Coeur de Paris

    April 10, 2022
  • CBWC,  India,  People,  Travel galleries

    Gallery: people at work in Kerala and Rajasthan

    August 5, 2021 / 20 Comments
    Black and white photo of man with rickshaw

    If you enjoy candid photography there is no better country to visit, perhaps, than India. I have never been anywhere else where people are so comfortable to be photographed and that is its one downside, as they can be too eager to pose as soon as they see your camera. However, a posed photo can be as effective as a candid shot if you are photographing people within the setting of their workplace.

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    Looking directly down at a cluster of simple houses

    Gallery: ways of seeing

    April 2, 2022
    Black and white silhouetted figures in front of an ornate domed building

    Gallery: capturing photographers in black and white

    March 30, 2022
    White wooden doors with painting of girl in red dress

    Double dipping: a challenges overload!

    January 9, 2022
  • Colour,  Culture & tradition,  Rajasthan,  Sunday Stills,  Travel galleries

    Gallery: La Vie en Rose in Rajasthan

    June 14, 2021 / 30 Comments
    Group of ladies in pink saris

    The fashion editor Diana Vreeland once said, ‘Pink is the navy blue of India’ and in Rajasthan I certainly saw why she would say that. Everywhere we went the women were dressed in the most gorgeous shades of that colour. Among all the wonderful colours that I remember from our time there, it is pink – a shocking pink – that stands out.

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    Bright red berries

    Gallery: the colours of the season

    December 16, 2021
    Two elephants in long grass in black and white

    Two ways: black and white or colour?

    November 6, 2020
    Blue and turquoise mosaic

    Gallery: feeling the blues

    November 11, 2021
  • Culture & tradition,  Just One Person,  Rajasthan

    Meeting the locals in Narlai, Rajasthan

    March 17, 2021 / 22 Comments
    Lady in Indian dress with a goat

    The village of Narlai in Rajasthan would be completely off the tourist track were it not for the hotel that has been created in the former hunting lodge of Jodhpur’s royal family. It is a small village which faces some of the same challenges as rural communities everywhere. Its population is declining as younger people drift away, tempted by big city life and its wider opportunities.

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    Village street with men sitting on bench

    A village built on shells

    May 11, 2021
    Small squat tree in a dry stony landscape

    Dhofar, the Land of Frankincense

    May 11, 2022
    Banner with photo of a tightrope walker

    Friendly Friday: meet a young tightrope walker in Jaisalmer

    August 27, 2021
  • Architecture,  History,  Rajasthan,  Sunday Stills

    Chaumukha Mandir, the four-faced temple of Ranakpur

    March 1, 2021 / 24 Comments
    Ornate marble pillars holding up carved ceilings

    On a wooded hillside in the Aravalli range of hills in Rajasthan, north of Udaipur, is an exquisite Jain temple, intricately carved in white marble, Ranakpur. It has a cool serenity, its pale stone a welcome contrast to the vivid colours and assault on the senses that is India.

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    Red crumbling ruins

    ‘Look on my Works, ye Mighty, and despair!’

    August 12, 2021
    Church tower and old stone built gatehouse

    A city walk in Newcastle-upon-Tyne

    May 31, 2022
    Yellow Victorian house

    Gallery: the Painted Ladies of Cape May

    October 10, 2020
  • Culture & tradition,  History,  Rajasthan

    Tales of death in Jaisalmer and beyond

    February 19, 2021 / 18 Comments
    Lake with domed structure and birds

    Deep in the Thar Desert in the far west of Rajasthan is a golden city. A fairy tale fort sits on a ridge overlooking the town, still home to many families whose houses cluster within its sheltering walls. I loved Jaisalmer's remoteness, its border-town mentality, and the beauty of its golden architecture. And I enjoyed the personal stories of life (and death) as told by our Brahmin guide Gaurav.

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    Girl in traditional blue clothing

    Traditional textiles in San Antonio Palopo

    April 21, 2021
    View from above of large square with market stalls

    Day into night in the Jemaa el-Fnaa

    December 20, 2021
    Rocky coastline

    Stunning landscapes of Iceland: the day the sun shone

    October 29, 2021
  • Culture & tradition,  Just One Person,  Rajasthan

    A warm welcome in the Thar Desert

    February 11, 2021 / 27 Comments
    Lady in pink head covering in front of grass roof

    Nothing makes you feel more welcome in a country than to be invited into someone's home, however humble. And language is no barrier to connecting with a friendly hostess and her curious children.

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    Little girl in red skirt playing piano

    Spending time with the children of Chongjin

    March 25, 2021
    River through a city with several bridges

    Gallery: ‘Coming home Newcastle’, a football anthem

    August 9, 2021
    Lady in Indian dress with a goat

    Meeting the locals in Narlai, Rajasthan

    March 17, 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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