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        • Paris
      • Germany
      • Iceland
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      • Latvia
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      • 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
          • Chicago
          • 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
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    • Art
      • Crafts
      • Street art
    • Colour
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    • Food & drink
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    • History
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      • War
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      • Deserts
      • Mountains
      • Rivers
    • Nature and wildlife
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  • Monday walks,  Paris,  Street photography

    Welcome back to Paris

    September 12, 2023 / 64 Comments
    Man reading a book on a stone wall by a river and bridge

    When you first arrive in a new city, you can’t wait to get out and explore. There are new sights to be seen, new experiences to be had. But if it’s somewhere you’ve visited many times before there isn’t that urgency. New sights can wait for tomorrow. Today, on arrival, your desire is rather to reconnect, to regain that sense of feeling at home. And for me, in Paris, that means a walk by the Seine.

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    Typical Italian stone village surrounded by trees

    On a walk through Serra San Quirico

    July 21, 2021
    Terraced fields, shadowy buildings and mountains tinged with pink

    In Bandipur, an ancient hilltop town

    December 20, 2022
    Man sitting among motorbikes in front of a garage

    A walk in Fort Kochi, Kerala

    January 12, 2022
  • Animals,  CFFC,  Nepal,  Rivers,  Travel galleries

    Gallery: on the Narayani River

    November 16, 2022 / 39 Comments
    River and wooded shore with reflections

    In the early morning mist we drifted slowly with the current, our boat man using his single oar simply to steer us. Here on the Narayani River, which skirts the northern boundary of Chitwan National Park in Nepal, the setting was beautiful, the atmosphere tranquil.

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    Close up of a giraffe's eye

    Gallery: making eyes at me

    June 27, 2022
    Hazy view of bamboo clump

    Periyar’s monkeys, elephants, bison and more

    October 4, 2021
    Two elephants in long grass

    Gallery: the animals went in two by two …           

    June 7, 2022
  • Rivers,  Themed galleries,  Writers' Quotes Wednesday

    Gallery: the rippling of rivers

    August 6, 2022 / 31 Comments
    Sunset over a river with a small boat

    There is something magical about the sound of flowing water. Whether tumbling over rocks or moving more sedately, whether young and vigorous or older and more serene, a river has the power either to exhilarate and to calm.

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    Small round temple-style structure among trees

    King John was not a good man: Runnymede

    March 21, 2021
    River and wooded shore with reflections

    Gallery: on the Narayani River

    November 16, 2022
    Several bridges over a river

    Newcastle: a city and its river

    February 18, 2021
  • Animals,  Birds,  Costa Rica,  Travel galleries

    Gallery: wildlife in the Caño Negra refuge

    March 17, 2022 / 37 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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    Red squirrel on a tree truck with piece of carrot

    Gallery: a world of British wildlife

    September 14, 2023
    Rhino in long grass

    We’re going on a rhino hunt!

    December 8, 2022
    Large yellow reptile looking at camera

    Spotting wildlife in the Galápagos Islands

    January 23, 2022
  • 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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    Tabby cat peering from between wooden board and a drain

    Gallery: peeking at animals, peeking at me

    March 30, 2023
    Landscape with flamingos, water, salt flats and mountains

    Gallery: the flamingos of the Salar de Atacama

    April 24, 2021
    Black and white monkey in a tree with small orange fruits

    Gallery: wildlife in the Caño Negra refuge

    March 17, 2022
  • Gambia,  People,  Sunday Stills

    Barely afloat: the Banjul ferry

    September 1, 2021 / 35 Comments
    Scruffy rusting ferry with trucks and people on board

    The river Gambia runs through the heart of the country of the same name, splitting it into two narrow strips, north and south of the river. To the west is the Atlantic Ocean; on all other sides the country is surrounded by Senegal.

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    Large heron on top of a mangrove tree

    Gallery: the birds of the Gambia

    February 22, 2021
    Looking down at decking by a rocky coastline

    Wherever I lay my hat …

    January 5, 2021
    Low cliffs and palm trees silhouetted against the sun

    Gallery: when the light is right

    August 23, 2021
  • Antarctica,  Galapagos Islands,  Germany,  Sunday Stills

    The thoughts of a very occasional cruiser

    August 31, 2021 / 25 Comments
    Bow of ship sailing towards snowy coastline

    I am very much inclined to agree with Ratty that there is half so much worth doing as simply messing about in boats. And whenever I spot an opportunity while travelling to take to the water, I am eager to set sail. A whale-watching trip; a cruise around a harbour; an afternoon on a city’s river. Count me in for any of those!

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  • 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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    Inlet in the sea with snow and wooden hut

    A brief look at the Lofoten Islands

    August 4, 2023
    Typical Swaledale landscape

    Gallery: the barns of Swaledale

    September 5, 2020
    Rock formation with arch and pinnacle

    Video: big skies and red rock country

    May 29, 2021
  • Botswana,  Nature and wildlife,  Rivers,  Sunday Stills

    The sun sets and the sun rises over the Chobe River

    June 21, 2021 / 28 Comments
    Orange sunset with water reflections

    The wide waters of the Chobe River form the northern boundary of the national park of the same name. They divide Botswana from its neighbour Namibia to the north. But of course the wildlife that teems on its shores, in its waters and in the skies above knows no national borders. And nor does the sun, which sets and rises on all.

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    Dramatic cloudscape reflected in water

    Gallery: under African skies

    May 21, 2023
    Two lions on a sandy river bank

    Gallery: taking a wider view in Botswana

    September 12, 2021
    Bed decorated with leaves and seeds

    Wherever I lay my hat … (continued)

    January 6, 2021
  • England,  Monday walks,  Newcastle-upon-Tyne,  Rivers,  Street art

    Following the River Tyne to Ouseburn

    April 20, 2021 / 28 Comments
    Black and white photo of a river with bridges and city buildings

    In recent years the development that first started around the central part of Newcastle’s Quayside has spread eastwards. And the area around where the smaller Ouseburn flows into the Tyne, in particular, has benefitted from regeneration. It makes a great destination for a stroll along the river, and there’s plenty to see when you get there. It’s only about a 15 minute walk from the Tyne Bridge to the mouth of the Ouseburn, although you’re bound to stop along the way.

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    Ruined houses and white telephone box

    Tyneham: a village frozen in time

    September 28, 2020
    Close-up of pink blossom

    Gallery: beautiful blooms and bees in close-up

    March 9, 2021

    Gallery: on the trail of Knaresborough’s Town Windows

    August 20, 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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