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  • Destinations
    • England
      • London
      • Newcastle-upon-Tyne
    • Europe
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        • Paris
      • Germany
      • Iceland
      • Italy
      • 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
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        • Flowers
        • Trees, forests and woodland
    • People
      • Culture & tradition
      • Street photography
    • Travel in general
  • Photo galleries
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  • Challenges
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      • Just One Person
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      • Mid-week Monochrome
      • Monochrome Madness
      • Nature Photo Challenge
      • One Word Sunday
      • Photographing Public Art
      • Pick a Word
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      • Sunday Stills
      • The Changing Seasons
      • Words of Wisdom
      • Cee’s challenges
        • CBWC
        • CFFC
        • CMMC
    • General challenges
      • Monday walks
      • Writers’ Quotes Wednesday
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      • Bird Weekly
      • Friendly Friday
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  • Culture & tradition,  Monday walks,  Senegal

    Living on borrowed time in Djiffer

    January 11, 2023 / 30 Comments
    Men with fishing nets on colourfully painted wooden rowing boats

    At the southern tip of a spit of land on the coast of Senegal, which separates the sea from the waters of the Saloum, lies the small village of Djiffer. Its narrow strip of houses is thus squeezed between the waters of the Atlantic to the west and the lagoons of the Sine Saloum delta to the east. The Atlantic Ocean to the west is continually nibbling at its sandy shores in an effort to meet up with the waters of the Saloum. People living here are doing so on…

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    View from above of large square with market stalls

    Day into night in the Jemaa el-Fnaa

    December 20, 2021
    Man in orange robes by worn plaster wall

    Gallery: the monks of Luang Prabang (a life in orange)

    October 11, 2021
    Row of moai

    Rapa Nui: the mystery of the moai

    October 18, 2020
  • 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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    Group of men sitting among fishing boats on a beach

    Gallery: a traditional fishing village in Bakau

    April 10, 2021
    Painting of young slave

    Roots: dark history or tourist trap?

    October 29, 2020
    Looking down at decking by a rocky coastline

    Wherever I lay my hat …

    January 5, 2021
  • Africa,  England,  Landscape,  Squares,  Themed galleries

    Gallery: lone trees in the landscape

    July 22, 2021 / 34 Comments
    Tree with dramatic sky

    'Trees are poems that the earth writes upon the sky.' (Kahil Gebran) And if every tree is a poem, a tree that stands alone is perhaps a performance poem - a poem that is shouted to the heavens?

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    Busy African market

    Gallery: a morning at Serekunda Market

    January 27, 2021
    Yellow and green birds on a branch, black and white background

    Gallery: playing with a selective colour technique

    June 1, 2021
    Two bright green birds in a dead tree

    Bird weekly #52: birds with long tail feathers

    June 18, 2021
  • Friendly Friday,  People,  Senegal

    Friendly Friday: meet Cheikh, a guide in Senegal

    July 16, 2021 / 34 Comments
    Banner heading with photo of African man

    Welcome to a new departure for the Friendly Friday Challenge. Every six weeks when it's my turn to host, I will be introducing you to a person or people I have met on my travels. People whom I have been inspired by, fascinated by or perhaps intrigued by. And I will be inviting you to do the same. As much as the sights we see, it is the people we meet who make travel so rewarding and so memorable. Whether close to home or on the other side of the…

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    Two elephants in long grass in black and white

    Two ways: black and white or colour?

    November 6, 2020
    Large elephant walking towards camera

    Elephant encounter: flashback to our first safari

    June 26, 2021
    Rear of white car

    California dreaming: our first US road trip

    May 23, 2021
  • Africa,  Bird Weekly,  Photographic techniques,  Themed galleries

    Gallery: playing with a selective colour technique

    June 1, 2021 / 27 Comments
    Yellow and green birds on a branch, black and white background

    Lisa has set an unusual challenge, the selective colour editing of photos. It’s one that really attracted me to have a go. I love fiddling with my photos, as regular readers will know (I call it editing but really it’s quite often just fiddling!) So the idea of removing much of the colour in an image to leave just a splash appealed to me.

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    Busy African market

    Gallery: a morning at Serekunda Market

    January 27, 2021
    Two bright green birds in a dead tree

    Bird weekly #52: birds with long tail feathers

    June 18, 2021
    Tree with dramatic sky

    Gallery: lone trees in the landscape

    July 22, 2021
  • Coast & seascapes,  Eco-tourism,  Senegal

    The tragic tale of a Senegalese mouse

    May 28, 2021 / 24 Comments
    Pink sunrise over water

    When we travel to Africa we do so in the hope that we will see wildlife, and we have never yet been disappointed. We also accept that on occasion one of the smaller local creatures might find its way into our accommodation, a natural hazard in many parts of the world.

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    Rocky beach and palm trees

    On the Pacific coast in Drake Bay

    February 28, 2022
    Man surfing in rocky sea at sunset

    Gallery: taking the plunge

    January 10, 2023
    Woman on grassy cliff looking out at passing ships

    Gallery: I must go down to the seas again

    June 10, 2022
  • Culture & tradition,  Monday walks,  Senegal

    A village built on shells

    May 11, 2021 / 26 Comments
    Village street with men sitting on bench

    Fadiouth is an island village, and a rather unique one. It is also known as Shell Island, and the reason for this is pretty obvious; it is built on layers and layers of shells. These have accumulated over the centuries as the locals subsisted on cockle fishing in the shallows of the mangrove lagoons and simply discarded the shells, or used them as building materials.

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    Little girl in red skirt playing piano

    Spending time with the children of Chongjin

    March 25, 2021
    Faded photo of a large statue and old apartments behind

    Where Lenin once pointed the way to …?

    February 5, 2021
    Large group of dancers in traditional Korean green dress

    Gallery: dancing on the streets of Pyongyang

    November 28, 2020
  • People,  Senegal

    To market, to market … a morning at Nguéniène Market

    April 22, 2021 / 20 Comments
    Group of women in African dress selling brooms

    Nguéniène would be a fairly unremarkable Senegalese village were it not for the huge scale of its weekly market, which draws people from many miles around. As we drove towards the village with our local guide Cheikh, we could see many others on the roads, mostly in traditional horse carts, all converging on this one spot. The women were colourfully dressed as always here, as were many of the men; and the carts were piled high with produce to sell.

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    Banner heading with photo of African man

    Friendly Friday: meet Cheikh, a guide in Senegal

    July 16, 2021
    Small concrete bridge over water with several boats

    Gallery: getting from A to B

    September 9, 2022
    Page from old photo album

    Travelling in the 1930s: a flea market find

    February 13, 2021
  • Bird Weekly,  Birds,  Senegal,  Themed galleries,  Washington State

    Gallery: some birds that eat fish

    March 18, 2021 / 24 Comments
    Black and white kingfisher eating a fish

    I sat motionless on the deck of our beautiful bungalow at Souimanga Lodge in Senegal. The Pied Kingfisher on the nearby fence gripped his just-caught fish in his long bill. I hoped to see him flip it and swallow it; my camera was poised to capture the moment. But suddenly the fish flapped its tail and twisted out of his grasp. Fish gone, the bird flew off, and I like him was left ruing the one that got away.

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    Fierce-looking owl

    Gallery: owl portraits, striped and speckled

    June 12, 2021
    Two birds with turquoise feet

    Blue feet, red feet, any coloured feet …

    May 18, 2021
    Landscape with flamingos, water, salt flats and mountains

    Gallery: the flamingos of the Salar de Atacama

    April 24, 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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