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  • Destinations
    • England
      • London
      • Newcastle-upon-Tyne
    • Europe
      • Albania
      • Austria
      • Bulgaria
      • Estonia
      • France
        • 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
          • 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
    • Architecture
    • Art
      • Crafts
      • Street art
    • Colour
    • Dark tourism
    • Eco-tourism
    • Food & drink
    • Gardens
    • History
      • Ruins
      • War
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      • 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
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      • Nature Photo Challenge
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      • Photographing Public Art
      • Pick a Word
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      • Cee’s challenges
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        • CFFC
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  • Happy Place Happy Space,  Paris

    Up, up and away in Paris

    September 9, 2023 / 70 Comments
    Balloon tethered to the ground in front of a modern glass building

    Of course if you want to see Paris from a high viewpoint you can do as many tourists do and go up the Eiffel Tower. Or you can stand on the steps in front of the Sacré Coeur on the hill of Montmartre. And once those obvious tourist boxes are ticked, there are still plenty of other options.

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    Arc of round stained glass windows

    Gallery: a window on Paris

    September 17, 2023
  • Coast & seascapes,  Lens-Artists,  Norway,  Sunday Stills,  Travel galleries,  Writers' Quotes Wednesday

    Gallery: in the land of the Midnight Sun

    June 8, 2023 / 53 Comments
    Snowy mountains and water seen from the sea

    If you’re looking for summer warmth this isn’t the place to come. On my recent trip to Trondheim (south of the Arctic Circle) and Tromsø (north of it) I experienced some sun, yes, but also rain, hail, sleet and snow!

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    Man surfing in rocky sea at sunset

    Gallery: taking the plunge

    January 10, 2023
    Sea with jetty and hut, distant mountains, gulls

    Gallery: seeing the Norwegian landscape in black and white

    June 15, 2023
    Rocky foreshore and distant cliffs

    Gallery: not just any day!

    November 1, 2021
  • Architecture,  Lens-Artists,  London,  Travel galleries

    Gallery: London from the top of the Shard

    May 28, 2023 / 57 Comments
    View of a city with winding river and skyscrapers

    When the Shard opened in London in 2012 it did so to quite a fanfare, and to a rather damp squib (in my view) of a laser show. But despite the laser show disappointing, the tower never has. Although not to everyone’s taste (the fractured ‘shards’ at the top that give it its name divide opinion), I have always found it striking.

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    Stone and wood built temple surround a square with children and pigeons

    In Kathmandu’s Durbar Square

    November 19, 2022
    Ceramic tiles with blue border and brown lion and castle

    A visit to the Real Alcázar of Seville

    December 29, 2021
    Series of ornate arches with trees beyond

    Gallery: looking out from the shadows

    May 7, 2022
  • Gardens,  Landscape,  Nature Photo Challenge,  Themed galleries,  Travel in general

    Gallery: finding peace while travelling

    May 27, 2023 / 36 Comments
    View over trees to river and sea

    I live in a busy London suburb and even though we have a nearby park which I love, it can’t really be described as peaceful. So when asked where I find peace and calm in nature, my answer has to be, that I find it most easily when I travel.

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    Group of deer with antlers

    Studley Royal, a very English country garden

    September 13, 2022
    Purple flower on a long stem

    Gallery: roses are red, violets are blue …

    April 19, 2021
    Golden temple reflected in a lake

    Exploring the temple gardens of Kyoto

    May 9, 2021
  • Colombia,  Food & drink,  Landscape,  Monday walks

    One of Colombia’s most famous crops

    March 28, 2023 / 52 Comments
    Straw hat with pink hibiscus flower

    Colombia is notorious for a particular crop, but as a visitor you’re not very likely to visit any farm growing that! However, they are very openly proud of their coffee and many farms welcome visitors. We visited a typical farm with a guide, Juan-Paolo, who was a former employee.

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    Single storey houses in bright colours

    A wander through Getsemani

    March 21, 2023
    Large cobbled square surrounded by low whitewashed buildings

    A stroll around Villa de Leyva

    February 27, 2023
    Balconies with Comuna 13 in large colourful letters

    Finding peace in Medellín

    March 6, 2023
  • Architecture,  History,  Monday walks,  Nepal,  Street photography

    In Bandipur, an ancient hilltop town

    December 20, 2022 / 43 Comments
    Terraced fields, shadowy buildings and mountains tinged with pink

    Strung out along a ridge in the Himalayan foothills lies the ancient town of Bandipur. It has only been fully accessible by road since 1998. The ridge is just 200 metres long and barely wide enough to accommodate the main street and the buildings that line it. Behind the houses the mountainside falls away steeply. The small market gardens farmed by the inhabitants are accessible only by steps cut into the hillside.

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    Large square with historic buildings and tourists

    In ancient Bhaktapur, a royal capital

    November 24, 2022
    Colourful buildings reflected in a river

    A summer evening stroll in Trondheim

    June 12, 2023
    Looking down at a spiral staircase

    Tallinn’s TV tower in black and white

    April 13, 2023
  • Culture & tradition,  Monday walks,  Mountains,  Nepal

    Exploring the temple town of Manakamana

    December 6, 2022 / 27 Comments
    Distant mountains with colourful fabric in foreground

    I can never resist the opportunity to ride in a cable car. So when our tour company suggested that we break the long drive from Chitwan to Bandipur with a ride up to the temple at Manakamana, I agreed immediately. It would be a chance to see a different side of Nepal, I thought. And it was, but not quite in the way I had imagined.

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    Little boy and two little girls in Japanese costume

    Celebrating childhood at the shrines of Japan

    April 25, 2021
    Lady in bright carnival costume

    Carnival parade in Praia, Cape Verde

    January 18, 2021
    Statues of four young men

    Roll up, roll up! A Magical Mystery Tour

    August 26, 2021
  • Mountains,  Nepal,  Postcards from the road

    A postcard from Nepal: Annapurna

    November 4, 2022 / 20 Comments

    The Annapurna Range of the Himalaya Mountains can be seen from Bandipur, an ancient hill town in Nepal

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    Looking down at still blue lake in a crater

    Mount Paektu, the revolutionary mountain

    October 24, 2022
    Rocky coastline

    Stunning landscapes of Iceland: the day the sun shone

    October 29, 2021
    View of mountains from wooded hillside

    Gallery: Himalaya vistas near Pokhara

    December 26, 2022
  • DPRK,  Lens-Artists,  Mountains

    Mount Paektu, the revolutionary mountain

    October 24, 2022 / 58 Comments
    Looking down at still blue lake in a crater

    Straddling the border between North Korea and China is a still-active volcano, Mount Paektu. Its last eruption was in 1903 and scientists consider that another one could be imminent, based on a trend of eruptions roughly 100 years apart. The crater lake, Lake Chon (‘Heaven Lake’) was formed in the 946 AD eruption.

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    Ornate moss-covered oriental roof

    Another slice of North Korean history in Kaesong

    October 21, 2021
    Little girl in red skirt playing piano

    Spending time with the children of Chongjin

    March 25, 2021
    Three concrete sculptures against the sun

    The Monument to Party Foundation

    July 22, 2023
  • Architecture,  Lens-Artists,  Paris

    The best views of Paris?

    September 12, 2022 / 46 Comments
    Panoramic cityscape

    It’s hard to ignore the Tour Montparnasse. This 210 metre high skyscraper dominates the skyline on the southern fringes of central Paris. Its monolithic appearance has often been criticised as incongruous or inappropriate for this proudly elegant city.

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    Red sandstone palace buildings and pool

    ‘He keepeth a great court’: Fatehpur Sikri

    March 26, 2021
    Looking down at a curved spiral staircase

    Gallery: staring up at the steps

    May 19, 2023
    Mountain road with car on verge

    Following the High Road to Taos

    February 14, 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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