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A evening in Lusail - Doha, Qatar.
9
photos
We walked, we looked at stuff, we took photos, we ate burgers :-)
Spring/Summer '24 - Doha, Qatar.
6
photos
The heat is building...
Banana Island - Qatar.
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photos
Our organisation took us to a island resort just off the coast of the Qatari capital for a day of team-building. Much enjoyed by all! :-D (Disclaimer: all photos in the album (bar the one of me,...
Al Zubarah - Qatar.
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photos
One sunny Friday (it's always sunny in Qatar) Louie and I went 85km north-west from Doha to visit Qatar's one and only UNESCO Heritage Site . I'm glad we did.
Mathaf: Arab Museum of Modern Art - Doha, Qatar
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photos
The Mathaf: Arab Museum of Modern Art in Doha, Qatar, gives an Arab perspective on modern and contemporary. The museum's collection has over 9,000 objects and also presents temporary exhibitions....
Christmas '23 - Dublin & Galway, Ireland.
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photos,
2
videos
A brief stayover in Dublin to see family and a bit of history then on to Galwayy for more family, music, food and rugby. Till next time!
Christmas 23 - Bratislava, Slovakia.
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photos
Snow and the Old Town Square Christmas market in the Slovak capital.
Souq Waqif - Doha, Qatar.
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photos
Part heritage-park, part restaurant complex, but still a working souq and a great place for a wander and a karak tea.
Expo 23 Doha - Qatar.
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photos,
1
video
The International Horticultural Expo 2023 hosted by the State of Qatar in Al Bidda Park. Been a few times; culture, food and gardens, lots of gardens. Last visit, I saw a drone show!
Khawr al Udayd (Inland Sea) - Qatar.
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photos
While Steph visited Qatar in October/Novemeber 2023, we did a day's 'desert safari' with camel-riding, sandboarding and a visit to Qatar's 'Inland Sea'.
Autumn/Winter '23 - Qatar.
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photos,
1
video
We'll start, I think, with some rugby!
Two buildings - Baku, Azerbaijan.
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photos
The Bibi-Heybat Mosque and Heydar Aliyev Center in Baku, Azerbaijan. Visited in August 2023.
Playing with fire! - Azeribaijan
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photos,
1
video
Azeribaijan is known as the land of fire. Some pics here of Yanar Dagh, the 'burning mountain' and The Ateshgah, or 'fire temple'. Both easily reachable from the capital Baku.
Qobustan - Azeribaijan.
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photos
Petroglyphs and mud volcanos. I'll let the images and detailed captions speak for themselves.
Baku - Azerbaijan.
23
photos
Some photos from a late August trip to the Azeri capital.
Camping - Varpolje, Slovenia.
17
photos
Four lovely days off-grid in the central Slovene highlands in June 2023.
Celje - Slovenia.
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photos
Slovenia's fouth biggest city and a pretty city in the centre of the country. We visited on a sunny Tuesday morning. We visited St. Daniel's Gothic Church and walked the streets.
50s diner - Gleisdorf, Austria.
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photos
Travelling home by car from central Slovenia to Bratislava, Steph found us this diner for lunch. An authentic 50s diner in southern Austria, just 20km from Graz. Who'd have thunk?
Museum of Islamic Art - Doha, Qatar.
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photos
Stunning building in a beautiful location on Doha's corniche. Interesting exhibits on several floors and a quite simply breathtaking atrium with a cafe with views accross the bay. Free to residents....
Lviv - Ukraine.
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photos
First of what I hope will be many visits to volunteer in Ukraine. Pics of the city, the NGO where I worked (briefly) and some of the people, volunteers and locals. Slava Ukrayini!
Galway summer '23 - Ireland.
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photos
Ten day trip home to see the family in May 2023. Pictures from various parts of the county.
Rovinj - Croatia.
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photos
A day trip from Pula and, if I may say so, the perfect historical seaside town. Visited in May 2023.
Graz - Austria.
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photos
A few hours in Graz on our way back from Italy and Croatia. Enough time for lunch and a walk. It really is a most agreeable city.
Piran - Slovenia.
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photos
Another Istrian town we vsiited, mainly to have lunch on this occasion. Another BEAUTIFUL town on the water! A BUGGER of a place to park tho . . . you have been warned!
Trieste - Italy.
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photos
3rd and final stop (unsurprisingly) on our 'Road to Trieste' trip. Lovely historicial city, and the food . . . oh, the food!
Poreč - Croatia.
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photos
Just a few photos from this lovely town unfortunately enroute from Pula to Trieste.. A quick stop to buy wine and olive oil and have a coffee. Did get to briefly wander the streets and peek into the...
Pula - Croatia.
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photos
2nd stop on our 'Road to Trieste' trip in May 2023.
Ljubljana - Slovenia.
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photos
1st stop on our 'Road to Trieste' car trip in May 2023.
Spring in Bratislava '23 - Slovakia.
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photos
Some flowers in the garden in Kramere, northern Bratislava to start.
Kayaking - Al Mafjar, Qatar.
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photos
Way up in the north of Qatar, there are Mangrove forests! Who knew? We went exploring them by kayak with 365 Adventures. They can be found at 365adventures.me/destination/
Spring/summer '23 - Doha, Qatar.
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photos,
1
video
Ramadan in Doha in March/April 2023. There's also some photos from the Pearl and Al Wakra to the south of the city. And, the Qatar National Library, inside and out. And some food, and some more food.
Al Masmak Fortress - Ryiadh, Saudi Arabia.
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photos
Iconic site that saw events surrounding the birth of the modern Saudi state and the rise of the House of Saud. Visited in March 2023.
Jebel Fihrayn - Saudi Arabia.
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photos
The place the Saudis call, 'the edge of the world'. It lies some 80km northeast of the capital Ryiadh. I went with Ryiadh Hiking - they provide transport AND dinner! :-D
Riyadh - Saudi Arabia.
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photos
A few days in one of tourism's last frontiers, as Lonely Planet puts it, is a fascinting place to visit.
Snapshots: first weeks - Doha, Qatar.
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photos,
1
video
Arrived in the Gulf for my latest contract to rain! Initial photos of the corniche and the metro in Doha and, surprisingly perhaps, birds outside my new studio flat.
Home for (just before) the holidays - Co.Galway,...
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photos
Lovely to be back in Galway the week before Christmas. Pub dinner with the family, traditional Irish music, a couple of pubs, the wild Atlantic sea, and a few more pics here and there around the...
Bratislava Christmas Markets - Nov/Dec '22
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photos
I love the Christmas markets, I do. In Bratislava there are to be found in Hlavné Námestie (Main Square), Hviezdoslav Square and Františkánske Square.
The long road home - Yorkshire to Central Europe.
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photos
A few pictures and musings on getting home (eventually) from Denby Dale in Yorkshire, England to Bratislava, Slovakia. The captions and comments tell the (sorry) tale.
Denby Dale - Yorkshire, England.
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photos
In a Yorkshire village to attend the wedding of a ex-colleague, mentor and friend from our time in Jordan. Some photos of the pretty buildings, a pub and a scone.
Autumn/Winter '22 - Bratislava, Slovakia.
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photos
First autumn walk and the cuddlies, a family visit and first snows.
Green, green grass of... - Co. Galway, Ireland.
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photos
Didn't take many pics while I was in Galway this year. Did manage a few at Ross Lake though and one at the university where I did my Masters in the early 00s.
Cloughjordan - Co. Tipperary, Ireland.
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photos
Visited the pretty village of Cloughjordan for a family wedding (no pictures of the wedding, the couple will post those in their own time) but several of the village itself.
Cloughjordan Ecovillage - Co. Tipperary, Ireland.
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photos
Went to Co. Tipperary for a family wedding in September 2022. The village also has Ireland's only ecovillage. More info on what that means on the community's own website at www.thevillage.ie/
A walk from Vaduz to Triesenberg - Liechtenstein.
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photos
My favourite walk (5.7km and 440m) in some time. From the capital of the principality up in the mountains above the city. With a castle, trees, cows, farmhouses and birds of prey overhead.
Landesmuseum - Vaduz, Liechtenstein.
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photos
Liechtenstein's national museum has a bit of everything, some national history, some folkloric history and some political history. Unfortunately, I seem to have forgotten I had a camera after I left...
Vaduz - Liechtenstein.
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photos
Spent three days and nights in the country at the end of August 2022. It is small and expensive but also quirky and pretty. The pictures tell there own stroy, I think.
A train ride across Austria.
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photos
At the end of August 2022, I visited Liechtenstein by train from Slovakia. Apart from the delight of visiting a new country, I got to experience the glorious scenery of the Tyrol region in western...
Linz - Austria.
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photos
After Salzburg, we came to Linz. Baroque old town, gothic revival cathedral, Querida and Steph and a cake all featured.
Salzburg - Austria.
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photos
Pretty and very crowded in mid-August. We Climbed up to the fortress on the hill and looked at the many square and other historical bits and pieces.
Camping - near Salzburg, Austria.
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photos
We went camping for the first time in many years this August in central Austria. The camp site, just outside Salzburg is called Camping Schloss Aigen and it's a delight.
I grew up 80s - Leicester, England.
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photos
LOVED the 80s exhibition in the Leicester Museum and Art Gallery :-D From the museum's own website: "This summer, visitors to Leicester Museum & Art Gallery are invited to take a trip back...
Leicester - England.
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photos
During the hottest weekend in British history thus far (July 2022), Steph and I spent a few days in Leicester in the English midlands. She graduated and we saw stuff in museums. We also ate great...
Orhid - North Macedonia.
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photos
Location, location, location for North Macedonia's premier beauty spot on the shores of Lake Orhid.
Skopje - North Macedonia.
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photos
Quirky, friendly with a lot of statues and great food probably describes the North Macedonian capital best, I think.
Prizren - Kosovo.
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photos
Second stop on the summer tour of Kosovo and North Macedonia. After Pristina it was the lovely town of Prizren.
Bear Sanctuary Pristina - Kosovo.
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photos
"20 rescued bears live in their new home at Bear Sanctuary Prishtina. Currently, approximately 10 hectares have been developed and provide a near-natural habitat and lifelong home to brown bears...
Pristina - Kosovo.
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photos
First stop on a summer 2022 visit to Kosovo and North Macedonia.
Čičmany - Slovakia.
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photos
The village of Čičmany is in northwestern Slovakia, a two and a half hour drive from the capital Bratislava. It's pretty and it's peaceful even on a sunny Sunday afternoon in late May.
Spring/summer '22 - Bratislava, Slovakia.
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photos
Some flowers to kick off the spring, a walk to Koliba, a weird painting and the last class before summer break.
Český Krumlov - Czechia.
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photos
Delightful, if crowded, on this Easter weekend. We LOVED Český Krumlov. Dating from the 13th century, this UNESCO heritage site is a medieval gem. Steph, Querida and I visited for two days and...
Budějovický Budvar brewery - České...
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photos
I visited the only state-owned brewery in Czechia for a tour. Lager beer-making is an INCREDIBLY complicated process. I listened but I still only half-understand. Great beer tho!
České Budějovice - Czechia.
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photos
First stop on a four-day visit to Southern Moravia in Czechia. It was Easter and odd things were afoot in the main square of the city. The rituals are explained, as best I understand them, in the...
A day in North-Eastern Austria.
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photos
Trying out our friend's new car, three adults and a dog visited a endorheic lake, had lunch in Neusiedl am See and did some shopping in Parndorf Shopping Outlet.
For Ukraine.
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photos
In Bratislava there is a collection point at Račianska 70 in the north in the city. Blankets, sleeping bags and personal hygiene needed particularly. From the tram stop at Mladá Garda, look for...
Road trip to Coalinga - CA, USA.
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photos
Driving in late Decemeber to the town of Coalinga in the Central Valley. Photos of highways and freeways, dogs and cats, and motels.
Family Christmas 2021 - HB, CA
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photos
We had Christmas this year, for the first time in several years, back with the family in Southern California. A big tha k-you to all featured in the photos for looking after and entertaining us.
Huntington Beach - CA, USA.
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photos
Huntington Beach (pop. 200,000) is a Californian city to the southwest of Los Angeles in Orange County. Known for its surf beaches, and the pretty Huntington Beach Pier and laid-back vibe. This shots...
Covid Winter 21/22 - Bratislava, Slovakia.
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photos
It started with a lockdown . . . and then it snowed! We ordered food several times and visited a church.
Bielanoc (White Night) - Bratislava, Slovakia.
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photos
White Night (Bielanoc) is a celebration of contemporary art happening on the streets of the Slovak capital. There are numerous sites, I visited a few on the last Saturday night of the festival.
Autumn '21 - Slovakia.
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photos
Starting with some September blue skies, contuining with some October leaves . . .
Summer '21 - Ireland.
12
photos
Covid has kept me away from Ireland for the last 18 months. Back for a week in August 2021. A eclectic collection of photos, I would be the first to admit ;-)
Shkodra - Albania.
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photos
Albania's second city, I believe, in the north of the country and gateway to the Accursed Mountains. Also a fine city to visit in its own right. Good food, a pretty old town and friendly dogs. I...
Fierza to Koman ferry - Albania.
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photos
A lazy three hours on the car ferry floating down 'Lake' Koman. Actually a reserovir created in 1979, it has a appearance of a Norwegian fjord. I took the trip a day after the Theth to Valbona hike.
The Accursed Mountains - Albania.
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photos
From the moment I read the name of this mountain range in a guidebook a few years ago, I knew I just HAD to visit. 'Accursed' it maybe in name, in reality (at least in the summer) it's delightful;...
Tirane - Albania.
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photos
Pics from my August 2021 visit to Albania's vibrant capital. The 'House of Leaves' museum and Bunk'Art 2 feature heavily and a very nice Albanian dinner!
Pezinok - Slovakia.
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photos
A weekend in wine country in a little town near the Slovak capital. Amazing to learn that this country has been known as a wine-growing centre since the 13th century.
St. John's Fortress - Montenegro.
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photos
A hot and sweaty walk up above the UNESCO old walled city of Kotor. Well worth the effort for the views and I discovered an interesting and pretty new insect!
Kotor - Montenegro.
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photos
The beautiful UNESCO heritiage city of Kotor on the Adriatic coast of Montenegro. Mostly dating from the Venetian period of the city's heyday as a sea-faring power in the 17th and 18th centuries. We...
Perast - Montenegro.
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photos
Beautiful UNESCO town of 17th/18th Baroque-era buildings right on the Bay of Kotor. I visited in the summer of 2021 while staying just down the coast in Dobrobta.
On the Bay of Kotor - Montenegro.
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photos
For the first time in my life I was on a speedboat and it's a great way to see the Bay of Kotor. Remember your sunhat and sunscreen! Pics of a tunnel, caves, churchs and more!
Dobrota & the Adriatic Coast - Montenegro.
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photos
Photos mostly from Dobrota, just up the coast from Kotor, on the Bay of Kotor, while we spend a lovely week in July 2021. Also two pics from Podgorica and a few from Budva and some fish . . .
Auschwitz-Birkenau - Poland.
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photos
Auschwitz-Birkenau was the largest of the German Nazi concentration camps and extermination centers. Over 1.1 million men, women and children lost their lives here.
Nowa Huta - Near Krakow, Poland.
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photos
"Nowa Huta, one of only two planned socialist realist settlements or districts ever built and one of the most renowned examples of deliberate social engineering in the entire world. Built as a...
Tornado hits Czech border town - Hodonin, Czechia.
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photos
From the BBC, "A tornado has swept through several villages in the Czech Republic, killing five people and leaving more than 150 others injured". Seen from the train two days after the...
Krakow - Poland.
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photos
A wonderful city, just scratched the surface during a few days' visit in July 2021. Admittedly, a very eclectic couple of photos.
Koliba - Bratislava, Slovakia.
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photos
Took the dog up into the foothills of the Little Carpathians on a sunny Sunday in June 2021. Last time I was here was in the depths of a Slovak winter 17 years ago.
Summer '21 - Bratislava, Slovakia.
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photos
This year summer started with a building and some vegetables . . .
Dúbravka - Bratislava, Slovakia.
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photos
On a sunny Sunday afternoon in May, the dog and I took the tram to the end of line 4 to have a look at Dúbravka. The 'panelák construction' apartments blocks built entirely of pre-fabricated slabs...
Bunker B-S 4 Lány - Petržalka, Slovakia.
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photos
We walked to see reconstruced and restored WWII Bunker B-S 4 Lány in Petržalka, a few kilometres south of Bratislava on Good Friday 2021. Lockdown keeps us within the boundaries of the city...
Spring '21 - Bratislava, Slovakia.
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photos
We start with St. Paddy's day in lockdown, later flowers appear, then we moved flat. The End (of the album).
Onwards & upwards, Winter '20/21 - Bratislava,...
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photos
We're in the depths of winter now. There's been a fair bit of snow and a lot of Covid around at the moment. Still, need to keep our heads up, eh?
A winter walk in Petržalka - Bratislava,...
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photos
December 2020. A enforced Christmas staycation due to Covid. But a good time for walking with dog and camera around our adopted city. Petržalka was one of the largest Communist housing project...
One cold night in December - Bratislava, Slovakia.
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photos
Classes done for the year, but no travelling or returning home for this Christmas season due to Covid. No Christmas markets either that normally make central European cities so special this time of...
Autumn colours - Bratislava, Slovakia.
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photos
Cake and coffee on Grösslingová street followed by a walk along the Danube through the leaves and colours of Autumn in the Slovak capital.
Autumn/winter '20 - Bratislava, Slovakia.
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photos
Summer's over and Covid's back. What will this season bring, we wonder?
Ždiar - Slovakia.
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photos
Created in the 16th century by farmers, coal miners and wood cutters, the village is a straggling one close to the Slovak/Polish border. The Goral people (Central European highlanders), with their...
Chodník Korunami Stromov - Slovakia.
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photos
Chodník Korunami Stromov is a treetop walk and tower a few kilometres from the village of Ždiar in northern Slovakia.
Prešov - Slovakia.
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photos
Second stop on a Covid Summer trip around eastern Slovkia. Prešov has a beautiful 18th beautifully restored main street, the Hlavná.
Michalovce & the Slovak Sea.
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photos
First stop on a Covid Summer trip around eastern Slovakia. The Slovak 'Sea' is actually a large man-made lake, of course.
Vlkolínec - Slovakia.
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photos
Vlkolínec is a UNESCO heritage village in the Nizke Tatry (Low Tatras) mountains in central Slovakia. Captions & descriptions on the individual photos have info & links on diffferent aspects...
Liptovské Múzeum - Ružomberok, Slovakia.
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photos
Imposing from the outside, quite delightful (in parts) on the inside. Not a lot of info in English and quite deserted depsite being a bank holiday weekend admittedly. Still, excellent ethnography...
Archeoskanzen Havránok (Archaeological museum...
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photos
An important archaeological site on a hill overlooking a lake in northern Slovakia. Above Liptovská Mara water reservoir about halfway between Ružomberok and Liptovský Mikuláš in the Liptov...
Ružomberok - Slovakia.
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photos
I don't have much to say photographically about Ružomberok itself. Other albums feature beautiful Vlkolínec (a UNESCO folk heritage village nearby) and the Havránok Archaeological museum in...
Siófok - Hungary.
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photos
Third stop on my worldwide tour of Hungary in August 2020. Siófok sits on Lake Balaton and is a big tourist destination for many Hungarians.
Pécs - Hungary.
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photos
Second stop on my worldwide tour of Hungary in August 2020. Yes, in the middle of the Covid pandemic . . . not much heed being paid to that in central Europe by the end of summer.
Back to Budapest - Hungary.
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photos
Options for summer travel were pretty limited in summer 2020. I managed a week in Hungary though. Here's a few pics from lovely Budapest.
Slovenské národné múzeum (Slovak National...
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photos
Finally visited the Slovak National History Museum today. The wooly mammoth was my favourite :-) "There are 4 permanent exhibitions, all on the 2nd and 3rd floor, and at least 2-3 temporary...
Re-enactment at Špilberk Castle - Brno, Czechia.
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photos
A day in the Czech Republic's 2nd city; battle renactments, bubbles and the Brno dragon...
Vychylovka Open Air Museum - Nová Bystrica,...
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photos
Vychylovka Open Air Museum (Múzeum kysuckej dediny in Slovak) is near the small town of Nová Bystrica. The outdoor museum originated 11. October 1974 (he was the foundation stone), one of the...
Strečno Castle - Slovakia.
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photos
From our trip to the Malá Fatra in central Slovakia in July 2020.
Terchová & Jánošík - Malá Fatra, Slovakia.
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photos
The village of Terchová in central Slovakia is the birthplace of Juraj Jánošík, the Slovak 'Robin Hood'. And Jánošík's visage is everywhere! I think Jánošík deserves a Netflix series (a...
Hiking in the Vrátna dolina - Malá Fatra,...
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photos
We took our dog on holiday with us for the first time this month. Some pictures here of us and here hiking in the Vrátna Dolina (Vratna Valley) in the Malá Fatra mountains in central Slovakia.
Up to Lomnické Sedlo (2,190m) - Vysoké Tatry,...
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photos
A few days spent riding cable cars and hiking post (1st wave?) Covid in the High Tatras (Vysoké Tatry) in central Slovakia at the beginning of July 2020. Great place to visit summer or winter! :-D
Hiking from Skalnaté Pleso to Starý Smokovec-...
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photos
Love the High Tatras! Well-marked trails, beautiful vistas, food and drink at the network of chatas....the perfect place to walk, perhaps :-)
Tatranská Lomnica - Slovakia.
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photos
Tatranská Lomnica is at the bottom of the Vysoké Tatry (High Tatras) in Central Slovakia. It's one of the country's premier skiing destations in the winter and hiking in the summer. This year...
Spišská Sobota - Slovakia.
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photos
"The first written mention of Spišská Sobota is from 1256 as a border village, but it likely existed before this date. In 1271, Spišská Sobota was granted city privileges. In 1567 the city...
Košice - Slovakia.
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photos
Slovakia's second city in the far east of the country. We last visited some 16 years ago before the advent of digital photography. Here we are again for the weekend in glorious sunshine.
Mikluš Prison - Košice, Slovakia.
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photos
"Mikluš Prison in Košice is a set of two connected Gothic burgher houses from the first half of the 15th century, which were adapted for the needs of the town prison and torture chamber at the...
Spring/summer '20 - Bratislava, Slovakia.
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photos
Restricions are easing and the masks are (mostly) off! Hard to know what will year will bring, photographically and every other way. Photos start with cake in a cafe....
The new normal - Bratislava, Slovakia.
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photos
Five weeks in now...social distancing, working from home, only essential trips to buy food and medicine allowed, wearing masks...been quite the year and it's only April.
Spring has sprung! - Bratislava, Slovakia.
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photos
People have many things on their minds currently, the fact than it's spring and trees are in bloom and flowers are everywhere can only be a good thing though.
Easter under lockdown - Bratislava, Slovakia.
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photos
Easter 2020 is not what anyone expected. Still, worse places to be than in the Slovak cpaital, that's for sure. Happy Easter from here to wherever you are ! :-)
Slovaks in masks - Bratislava, Slovakia.
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photos
One of the new Slovak government's first Covid measures was the mandatory wearing of masks outside. Here's a selection of photosof people doing just that in our neighborhood.
Bratislava's empty streets.
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Everything closed under the state of emergency to contain and delay the spread of the Covid-19 virus. Only supermarkets and pharmacies and the odd restaurant open for takeaway but only during...
In the neighborhood - Bratislava, Slovakia.
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photos
Some pictures from the part of the Slovak capital (and the times) we live in.
Another day-trip to Vienna, Austria.
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photos
We're very luckly to live in Central Europe. A few hours on the train will get you to any number of beautiful cities and towns. The nearest of which to us in Bratislava is Vienna. I visited for the...
Trnava - Slovakia.
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photos
Known as 'Slovak Rome', only 45km east of the Slovak capital Bratslava. Travelled there on a sunny winter Saturday in January.
Snowy morning - Bratislava, Slovakia.
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photos
It's didn't last long but for a little while this morning we had snow and we rushed out before work to our local park with our dog to enjoy it.
Kaisergruft - Vienna, Austria.
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photos
The Kaisergruft or Imperial or Capuchin Crypt in Vienna is where the Habsburgs are buried, some 150 0f them in total. I visited on a cold Saturday afternoon in January 2019.
Christmas Day 2019 - Galway, Ireland.
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photos
First Christmas dinner at home in Ireland for 15 years. In my sister's house in Laragon near Moycullen, Co. Galway. A lovely family day! :-)
Belgrade #2 - Serbia.
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photos
From the 3rd stop (of 3) on Stephanie and Darren's 'Balkan Capitals Extravaganza, part 1 - winter'. Photos of the Museum of Yugoslavia, our neighborhood and other bits and Serbian bobs.
Belgrade #1 - Serbia.
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photos
From the 3rd stop (of 3) on Stephanie and Darren's 'Balkan Capitals Extravaganza, part 1 - winter'. Photos of cityscapes, streetscapes neighborhoods and one happy dog.
Republika Srpska - Bosnia and Herzegovina.
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photos
We didn't choose to visit Republika Srpska particularly but we chose a private tour/transfer to get from Sarajevo to Belgrage. I'm glad we did, the journey was super-comfortable and our driver/guide...
Sarajevo - Bosnia and Herzegovina.
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photos
From the 2st stop (of 3) on Stephanie and Darren's 'Balkan Capitals Extravaganza, part 1 - winter'. Photos of food mostly, also some streetscapes and pretty streets and buildings. Other aspects of...
"War belongs in a museum..", Sarajevo, Bosnia and...
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photos
A 'Sarajevo rose', images from the Srebrenica gallery and the Crimes against Humanity museum, and the Tunnel of Hope outside the city. Places we visited in Sarajevo in December 2019 in a attempt to...
Archduke Ferdinand assassinated! Sarajevo -...
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photos
On the 28th of June 1914, Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria and the wife Sophie, Duchness of Hohenberg were assassinated by Bosnian Serb Gavrilo Princip in Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina. These...
Zagreb #2 - Croatia.
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From the 1st stop (of 3) on Stephanie and Darren's 'Balkan Capitals Extravaganza, part 1 - winter'. Photos of Christmas markets, the upper and lower town, and other interesting and pretty things.
Zagreb #1 - Croatia.
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First stop on Stephanie and Darren's Balkan Capital Extravaganza - part 1, winter.
From the Stephansplatz to the Hofburg - Vienna,...
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A few more photos from the weekend in Vienna of food, mostly :-D
Christkindlmarkt @ Rathausplatz - Vienna, Austria.
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We love Christmas markets, we do. And Vienna has them in abunance. These photos taken in early December 2019 are of the city's largest in front of the Rathaus, Vienna's city hall.
Oh Vienna! - A day in the Austrian Capital.
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And what a city this is. If there is anywhere on earth with more imposing and grand buildings and streets, I've never been there. However, it's also got some delightful neighborhoods and quirky ...
Slovenský Grob - Slovakia.
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Slovenský Grob, a small village thirty minutes from Bratislava in the foothills of the Small Carpathians mountains. Crucially, as Wikipedia puts it, the village is 'geographically disposed to the...
Budapest - Hungary.
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Two days training in the Hungarian capital with some of my British Council colleagues. Imposing and grand are the two best adjectives to describe central Budapest, I feel.
Alpacas in Ireland - Oughterard, Ireland.
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The Curraghduff Farm near Oughterard Ard, Co. Galway has a herd of sixteen alpacas (like little llamas) and we went to meet them on a wet day in August this year.
Old Town - Tallinn, Estonia.
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A few days in the frankly stunningly beautiful Old City of Tallinn. It's compact, it's pretty expensive and almost completly choked with tourists (at least in August) but it manages to (just) retain...
Fun & games - Tallinn Airport, Estonia.
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A tiny album of three to celebrate Tallinn's small but perfectly formed airport. Easy to get too, no inflated prices, ping-pong, chess and super comfty bench-beds that could actually be slept in . ....
Finland to Estonia Ferry.
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A journey we've long wanted to take. On the 22nd of August 2019 we took the 3 hour ferry from Helsinki to Tallinn. And very pleasant it was too :-)
Museum day - Helsinki, Finland.
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Visited two museums in Helsinki this trip; Kiasma Art Museum and The National Museum of Finland. We learned history, saw stunning photographs that hint at a terrible future without large animals and...
Helsinki - Finland.
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A few days in Helsinki, Finland in August 2019. Wonderful city! Its streets and sites, its food and drink, its organisation and public transport and its efficient and friendly people. Loved Helsinki.
Oakland Cemetery - Atlanta, Georgia.
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Cemeteries are a treasure trove of history, none more so that I've ever visitied than Oakland Cementery. The photos here are from the Confederate Section of the graveyard where 6,900 soldiers lie.
Martin Luther King Historical Site - Atlanta,...
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Comprising MLK's restored childhood home, the Ebenzer Bapist Church where he and his father preached, his final resting place and a memorial museum.
Atlanta Aquarium - Atlanta, Georgia.
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We visited the rather splendid Atlanta Aquarium on my first weekend there. Highlight for me was being able to get so close to the penguins due to their very clever viewing-bubble-thingies. Mind...
Atlanta - Georgia.
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Pictures of the Buckhead neighborhood and the happy couple.
Hrad Devín (Devin Castle) - Slovakia.
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Visited Devín Castle, a short bus ride from Bratislava, last Sunday. The castle is largely runied, it's true. But the setting is wonderful and the little town and surrounding area charming.
Devín - Slovakia.
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photos
Devín has its famous castle (see the next album) but is, in any case, a lovely part of the Slovak countryside centred around the little village of Devín. Photos show the Iron Curtain Memorial,...
Botanická záhrada (Botancial Garden) -...
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photos
Almost seven hectares with 4,000 plant species 15 minutes tram ride from the centre of the Slovak capital. I spent a very pleasant few hours there last Sunday, the 28th of July 2019.
Pride 2019 - Bratislava, Slovakia.
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Reputed to have been 10,000 people in the march on the 20th of July in the Slovak capital.
Stará radnica (Old Town Hall) - Bratislava,...
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Saturday morning visit to the rather-super Old Town Hall buildng in central Bratislava. It now houses the oldest museum in the city and allows people to vist the tower and see the views over the Old...
Dlhé Diely - Bratislava, Slovakia.
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Took my dog Querida to see the neighborhood I used to live in the Slovak capital 15 years ago. Nobody would call the place beautiful but I liked it very much. It's got lots of green space, on the...
Bratislavský Hrad (Bratislava Castle) - Slovakia.
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photos
Got up to see the castle in the centre of Bratislava last weekend. Detractors say it looks like an inverted bed, but it has hundreds of years of history, great views and all manner of surprises. At...
Snapshots; first weeks - Bratislava, Slovakia.
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Photos from the first few walks around some of the iconic sights of the Slovakian capital; the castle, Old Town Square, and the tram system.
Slavin War Memorial - Bratislava, Slovakia.
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photos
Biggest military cemetery in Central Europe and resting place of almost 7 000 Soviet soldiers who died liberating the city in April 1945.
Bubbles in Bratislava.
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Amazing what you can see on a Saturday afternoon's wander through Bratislava's pretty Old Town. These were taken in Hlavné námestie (main square), Bratislava, Slovakia.
Petržalka - Bratislava, Slovakia.
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Photos from Bratislava's (in fact, central Europe's) largest socialist housing project and is currently home to some 100,000, one quarter of the city's population. I'm staying in an Airbnb here,...
San Antonio - Cali, Colombia.
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We enjoyed our long-awaited visit to Cali, and especially the historic neighborhood of San Antonio. Photos of the streets, the views, the hostel we stayed in, and the best breakfast EVER! :-)
Out and about in Cali, Colombia.
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Delightful weekend in Cali towards the end of our time in Colombia. Spent a Sunday with our colleague and friend Donald, who lives in Cali and some of his friends. Views, statues, goats, cats and...
Armenia - Colombia.
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photos
Seems a very pleasant town, friendly and laid-back. Some pictures of bits and bobs from our first day and last moments of our trip to the Efe Cafetero (Coffee Axis).
Pijao - Colombia.
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Third, and final (after Armenia and Filandia) stop on our "Farewell to the Coffee Region" trip. Sleepy and delightful, from hence forth the word 'Pijao' will be synonymous with 'Paradise'....
La India - Colombia.
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Cycled the seven kilometres to the tiny village of La India. It's probably the smallest settlement we've visited in Colombia. Seven km downhill to get there and seven uphill to get back to Filandia....
Barbas Bremen Reserva Natural - Colombia.
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photos
Visited the National Reserve, a few kilometres outside of Filandia, to see the howler monkeys and some of the countryside. This large reserve surrounds the town of Filandia and covers some 10,000...
Filandia - Colombia.
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photos
Prettiest town in Colombia? In the heart of the coffee region.
Bogota's final album :-(
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photos
Photos of the La Candelaria, Bogota's historic centre, Habibi & Querida and cupcakes!
Baños - Ecuador.
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photos
Last stop on our central highlands trip around Ecuador. Photos of clouds, baths and coffee.
Quito - Ecuador.
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photos
Photos mostly from Quito's UNESCO heritage old Colonial centre.
Chucchilan & Quilotoa - Ecuador.
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photos
Up into the monutains we went after Mindo, to the tiny village of Chuccilian. And we hiked the next day 15km back from the crater lake. Photos of the delightful Cloud Forest Hostel in the village...
Mindo - Ecuador.
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photos
Two hours north-west of the capital Quito up into the cloud forest. It's a quiet little village at least during the weeks and it has A LOT of hummingbirds.
TransMiCable - Bogotá, Colombia.
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photos
Bogotá has a brand-new cable car in the extreme south of the city. Modelled on a similiar construction in Medellín, both cable lines link some of the poorest neighborhoods in the city to the rest...
Yosemite National Park - Christmas 2018.
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photos
And last stop for the trip was Yosemite. Staying at the Yosemite Bug Mountain Resort in Mid-pines. Photos of the Bug, the park, the nature.
Huntington Beach - Christmas 2018.
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photos
Christmas with the Wilburs in southern Calfornia.
Coalinga - Christmas 2018.
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1
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Next stop of Christmas in Calfornia 2018, the central valley and Coalinga.
Rancho Santa Margarita - Christmas 2018.
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1
video
Second stop was in Rancho Santa Margarita to spend a couple with Michael, Lauren and Kayden, see some super Christmas lights and wander around the neighborhood.
Santa Cruz - Christmas 2018
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photos
First stop on the Christmas trip was Santa Cruz. Nisene Marks State Park, Thai food, our Airbnb and a newt!
Comuna 13 - Medellín, Colombia.
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1
video
During the 80s and 90s, this was said to be the most dangerous neighborhood of the most dangerous city in the world . . . . look at it now! Vibrant, safe, and vsited by 10,000 tourists a month. Shows...
Pablo Escobar's legacy - Medellín, Colombia.
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photos
Controversial these tours that take you around Medellín and show you places accociated with the infamous drug baron Pablo Escobar, I went on one with Paisa Tours in October 2018. I'm not proud,...
Guatapé & the zócalos - Antioquia, Colombia.
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photos
Guatapé is a little lakeside town of 7,000 two hours from Medellín and zócalos are the colourful painted panels painted on the sides of every house and business here. I don't say this lightly...
Inis Oirr (Inisheer) - Ireland.
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photos
One of my favourite places in the world, the otherworldly stonescapes of the Aran Islands off the coast of the West of Ireland. Pictures of the Plassey Shipwreck, stone walls, a burger and the...
Ennis & Doolin - Ireland.
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photos
Trip to Ennis, County Clare for a mini-family renuion then on to Doolin.
Galway - Ireland.
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photos
In County Galway to see the family during August 2018. Photos of the city, food, music and Aughnanure Castle in Oughterard.
South County Dublin - Ireland.
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photos
Final stop of our whirlwind Ireland trip in the summer of 2018. Pictures of Barefield House and the Hellfire Club in the Dublin mountains.
Brighton - England.
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photos
First stop on our summer trip to England and Ireland. Hottest time of the hottest year ever in England, imagine that! So, naturally the sun is shining strongly in most of the photos.
Bogotá V, year II
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Time for a new Bogotá album, into our 2nd year and going strong. This one starts in July 2018 with the 'view from the bedroom window', some beer bottles and some views and ends with Shakira and...
Colombia vs England.
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photos
Tensions ran high on the field today and in the offices of the British Council in Bogota, Colombia's capital.
Tayrona National Park - Colombia.
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photos
"Tayrona National Park was created in 1964 and it is located on the Caribbean Coast in the north of Colombia, only 34 km from the city of Santa Marta. it has not only an immense natural...
Eco Hostel Yuluka - El Zaino, Colombia.
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photos
Super and highly recommended hostel in El Zaino just outside of Tayrona National Park. Beautiful gardens with birds and squirrels. If you like relaxing 'in the nature' this is the place :-) A few...
Procesiones de Semana Santa - San Juan, Guatemala.
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photos
My favourite night of the Guatemala trip was Good Friday in the little lakeside town of San Juan la laguna. The 'alfrombras', carpets of coloured powder, flowers and among other things that then...
Homestay in San Juan - Guatemala.
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photos
Guesthouses, hostels and hotels all have their moments but staying with a family is my favourite, without question. This is Angel Perez and his family in San Juan la Laguna on Lake Atitlan in...
Volcán Pacaya - Guatemala.
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photos
My first volcano! Hiked up Pacaya Volcano (and roasted marchmallows) near Guatemala City on a trip to Guatemala during Semana Santa 2018 :-)
San Pedro - Guatemala
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photos
I went to Guatemala for Semana Santa (Easter) in 2018. I was in a town called San Pedro on Lake Atitlan for Good Friday and the celebrations were rather special :-) They make these beautiful...
Santiago Atitlan - Guatemala.
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photos
Largest town on the lake and prettier and more traditional than I expected. Photos are of the beautiful 16th century church on the main sqaure and the boats . . . love the boats! :-)
Santa Cruz - Guatemala.
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photos
The little village of Santa Cruz on Lake Atitlan is peaceful and beautiful but be warned it's quite a steep walk from the shore to the centre of the village.
Panajachel - Guatemala.
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photos
Apparentenly nicknamed 'Gringotenango' by Guatemalans (Place of the foreigners), there are certainly a lot of tourists and ex-pats. Been a mecca for foreignerssince the 60s. Its a buslting,...
Antiqua - Guatemala.
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photos
First and last stop on a solo nine day trip to Guatemala during Semana Santa 2018. Antigua is a beautifulm if over-touristed, Spanish colonial town in Central Guatemala.
Las Delicas - Bogotá, Colombia.
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photos
There's a very pretty walk up above Chapinero Alto. www.elrincondelasdelicias.com.co do guided walks. There are waterfalls and streams and forest flora to admire. Dominic, Dan and myself went at the...
Barichara - Colombia.
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photos
Colombia's prettiest town? Certainly, the prettiest and most relaxing we've been in thus far. 11km from San Gil in the Santander Department north-east of the Colombian capital.
Capilla de Jesús Resucitado - Barichara,...
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photos
This cemetery in Barichara, often referred to as 'Colombia's prettiest town', also has the second prettiest cemetery I've ever visited. What's the prettiest cemetery? Well, it's in Romania and you...
Bucaramanga - Colombia.
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photos
Second leg of our Christmas 2017 'Discover Colombia' trip. Photos from Bucaramanga's (great name, huh?) historic centre, Casa de Bolivar and the Chicamocha Canyon.
Recinto del Pensamiento - Colombia.
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photos
11km southest of Manizales in the coffee-growing region of central Colombia, there is the Nature Reserve of Recinto del Pensamiento. Its got guided walks through their herb and orchid gardens but I...
Manizales - Colombia.
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photos
Third stop in our Zona Cafetera trip. Manizales is geographically interesting and a city that struck both Stephanie and I as an extremely livable city in the few days we spent there.
Valle de Cocora - Colombia.
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The Cocora Valley 11 km from Salento in the Zona Cafetera (Coffee Region) of central Colombia. Beautiful place to hike, home to the tallest palm tree in the world, condors and lots of hummingbirds ....
Finca Don Eduardo - Salento, Colombia.
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Timothy from the Plantation House bought a coffee farm when he bought the guesthouse and has turned his hand (with much help from his staff) to coffee growing and roasting. And they run tours!
Salento - Colombia.
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Second stop in the Zona Cafetera (Coffee region) trip was Salento. A well-preserved colonial-era town and one of the most-visited in Colombia.
Otún Quimbaya - Colombia.
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Santuario de Fauna y Flora Otún Quimbaya to give it its full name. Birds, insects, plants . . . . they also give you a rather nice lunch. Accessible by Chiva from Pereira in the Zona Cafetera...
Pereira - Colombia.
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photos
First stop on our pre-Christmas Zona Cafetera (Coffee Region) trip of 2017. We spent 11 days in Pereira, Salento and Manazales. Did some hiking, sightseeing and animal-spotting. This album has...
Barrio Los Puentes - South Bogotá.
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photos
My Indonesian friend Corrie and I took a long public transport oddessy to the very southern edge of the city to see the newly mural-ed village of Barrio Los Puentes. Takes a while to get there but...
Cartagena - Colombia.
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photos
Puente (long) weekend in Colombia's Caribbean jewel in November. It's a wonderfully vibrant and colourful place. Photos are from the historic centre, San Diego and Getsemaní parts of the city.
Kells Bay - Ireland.
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photos
Had a lovely few days glamping during my last trip home to Ireland with my Clare and Dublin cousins in Kells Bay, Co. Kerry :-)
Summer '17 - Galway, Ireland.
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photos
A visit home in July/August 2017. Photos of Mum's house (before and after painting), Auntie Berry's garden and a breaded fish :-)
Manchu Picchu - Peru.
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photos
So, it's crowded and very expensive to get to . . . . . but utterly worth it :-)
Ollantaytambo - Peru.
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In the Sacred Valley, 80km from Manchu Picchu, a little village of 2000 people. We spent three nights there on each side of our Manchu Picchu visit, but its a beautiful location in its own right as...
Cusco - Peru.
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photos
Cusco sits at 3200m, high up in the Andes. It's also the gateway to the Sacred Valley and Manchu Picchu. Photos of the city and the Independence Day military parade and celebrations.
Lima - Peru.
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photos
Photos from some days spent in Peru's capital in July 2017. Pictures of Miraflores' Kennedy Park and its cats, the city's historic centre, a market, some food and drink, teachers' protest and some...
La Macarena - Bogotá, Colombia.
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photos
From one of Bogotá's chief foodie neighborhoods . . . .
Bogotá IV, year II.
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Year two already. Doesn't time fly! Some photos of our neighborhood and adjoining ones, a cat and a dog . . . . lots more to follow.
Casa Museo Gaitán - Bogotá, Colombia.
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photos
"The Casa Museo Jorge Eliécer Gaitán (Jorge Eliécer Gaitán Museum) is a museum in Bogota, Colombia, dedicated to the life of assassinated politician Jorge Eliécer Gaitán. Jorge...
Las Moyas - Bogotá, Colombia.
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photos
From our neighborhood we walked up to 3,200m to the páramo (high-altitude tundra ecosystem) of Las Moyas far above the city. A tough walk, but the views . . . . oh, the views! :-)
A day in La Candelaria - Bogotá, Colombia.
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photos
It's easy to forget just how fascinating it can be to be a tourist in one's own city. Today I learned about emeralds at the emerald museum, took some photos from the 23rd floor, saw a very lively...
Isla Bastimentos - Panama.
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photos
We did a long, and very super, hike on our second day on Isla Bastimentos, just across the straits from Bocas Town. We walked 12km and saw colourful poisonous frogs and cuddly sloths among other...
Old Bank - Panama.
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photos
Also known as Bastimentos Town, we stayed there for a few days in April 2017 and we loved it. Afro-Caribbean in culture, it is the largest, indeed only, settlement on Isla Bastimentos. The guesthouse...
Volcán Barú National Park - Panama.
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This day hike a few hours drive uphill from the mountain town of Bouquete is called 'The Quetzal Trial', where people hope to catch a glimpse of the 'Resplendent Quetzal' in all its glory. Many fail...
Panama City - Panama.
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photos
Photos mostly from the Old Quarter, but also our hostel and a canal;-)
Soberanía National Park - Panama.
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photos
Did our first two days hiking in this park, super accessible from Panama City. Teeming with critters, it was. Soberanía National Park (Parque Nacional Soberanía) is a national park in Panama near...
Museo Nacional - Bogotá, Colombia.
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photos
El Museo Nacional de Colombia is the National Museum of Colombia housing collections on its history, art, culture. It's downtown Bogotá, the biggest and oldest museum in Colombia. And as is...
El Páramo - Colombia.
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photos
The Páramos are a type of high-altitude tundra ecosystem found in Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, and Venezuela. Last weekend I went with a Bogotá-based hiking group to visit this unique landscape.
Zipaquirá - Colombia.
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photos
A friend and I went to this charming little colonial town a hour north of Bogotá to visit its famous underground Salt Cathedral. Its square is rather pretty too!
Ireland in January, 2017.
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photos
Home for two weeks to see the folks, see the city and eat brown bread and cheese. Photos of Galway City, a bit of countryside and a rainbow!
Christmas in California, 2016.
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photos
From Huntington Beach to Coalinga to Berkelely :-)
Fundación Maikuchiga, Amazonas - Colombia.
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photos
Near the small settlement of Mocagua is the Fundación Maikuchiga Monkey Rehabilitation Centre where they treat, release back into the wild and study the different monkey species found in the Amazon....
Night hike in Reserva Tuchchi, Amazonas -...
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A torch-lit hike may be a great time to see animals and insects - not such a great time for photographs. The creatures of the jungle don't tend to stay still for long either. Still, I had a go. :-)
Reserva Tucuchira, Amazonas - Colombia.
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A day and a night spent at Reserva Tucuchira near the small indigenous settlement of Santa Sofia on the banks of the Amazon in the Amazonas region on the Colombian-Peruvian border.
1 day, 3 countries, 4 meals - Colombia, Brazil &...
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photos
After breakfast in Leticia, Colombia and elevenses in Tabatinga, Brazil . . . we had a rather superb lunch on Santa Rosa Island in Peru and piranha for dinner back in Colombia that evening.
Lake Tarapoto, Amazonas - Colombia.
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A few hours spent on the mighty river itself.
Puerto Nariño, Amazonas - Colombia.
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photos
Love the Amazonas! Photos taken in and around the lovely little town of Puerto Nariño.
Plaza Botero, Medellín - Colombia.
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photos
Square contains 23 bronze statues donated by local artist Fernando Botero. It's also a great place for people-watching.
Two sides of Medellín - Colombia.
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Photos form the collection at the Museo de Antioquia in Colombia's second city Medellín juxtaposed with the city's public transport cable cars over one of the poorest parts of the city.
Bogotá III - Colombia.
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photos
Chapinero Alto and more . . . . eventually :-)
Museo del Oro, Bogotá - Colombia.
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photos
"Bogotá's most famous museum and one of the most fascinating in all of South America, the Gold Museum contains more than 55,000 pieces of gold and other materials from all the major...
Museo Histórico de la Policía, Bogotá -...
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Colombia's National Police Museum in the heart of Bogotá's historic La Candelaria district, Colombia. More interesting (for many reasons) than many might expect.
Oaxaca - Mexico.
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photos
Spent a week in this delightful city in the southwest of Mexico. Studied in the Oaxaca Cultural Institute and loved the people, the food and the setting :-) Also some photos of Monte Ablan and...
Mexico City & Puebla - Mexico.
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A few photos I took travelling to and from Oaxaca for a week's intensive study in July 2016. Mexico was a revelation! I will be back hopefully many times :-) Photos are from the flight in, a...
Parque Chicaque - Colombia.
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photos
Chicaque National Park, only 30 km from Bogotá is an area of cloud forest with superb walking and hiking. An intrepid group of teachers went there for a weekend in July 2016. Photos of the park's...
Tejo - explosions, beer & airborne metal objects.
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photos
Tejo, a traditional Colombian game involving the throwing of a metal puck-like object at small explosive charges set in clay . . . and beer-drinking, lots of beer-drinking. We went to play with some...
Trinidad - Cuba.
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photos
Trinidad is a old colonial town in the south of Cuba six hours by bus from Havana and famous for its architecture and music. It's a UNESCO heritage site and there are A LOT of tourists there. It...
La Habana - Cuba.
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photos
Pictures from Old Havana from our recent trip.
Bogotá II - Colombia.
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photos
So, we've moved into our new flat and we went to a Mexican festival in northern Bogotá. Some photos of museums and whatnot, also our flat's taking shape too.
Indigenous Riverdance - Usaquén, Colombia.
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photos
Chanced upon a Mexican festival in northern Bogotá today, highlight was traditional dancing from different parts of Mexico. Usaquén, Colombia.
Street Art - Bogotá, Colombia..
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photos
It's a big album, this one. Well over my usual 'poncy arbitrary limit' of 20 pics, as Steph puts it :-D. Shots all taken during Bogotá's Graffiti tour.
Monserrate & Quinta de Bolivar - Bogotá,...
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photos
3,200 metres above Bogotá, Colombia is the mountain of Cerro Monserrate. Accessed by cable train or cable car, I went there during Semana Santa (Easter Week) 2016. At the bottom is the Quinta de...
Bikes, wines and dinos - Villa de Leyva, Colombia.
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photos
A day 's cycling around Villa de Leyva took us to the winery Marqués de Villa de Leyva to drink wine and eat cheese and the Centro de Investigaciones Paleontológicas to see dinosaurs. A super day...
Villa de Leyva - Colombia.
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photos
First trip out of Bogota to the pretty ex-colonial town of Villa de Leyva - three and a half hours by private car, two and a half by private bus - the bus drivers drive VERY fast in this part f the...
First two months in Bogotá - Colombia.
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Steph, Habibi and I moved to Colombia on the 6th of March 2016. Photos of the city's main square, some lovely buildings, the Botero museum and . . . . fruit!
Mosques and Moggies - Istanbul 2016.
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photos
Went to Istanbul in February 2016, some photos of the Blue Mosque and the Aya Sofia, the Bosphorus, Turkish food and cats. Beautiful city and so many cats!
Winter - Ireland 2016.
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photos
Back home for a week. Photos of family, Brigitte's Garden in Moycullen, Galway City and Clifton and around.
Azuga - Romania.
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photos
In a mountain village two hours by train from Bucharest, it was snowing :-) Traveled there with our Romanian colleague Andreea, whose family have a flat there, and her partner Joseph. It was rather...
Plovdiv - Bulgaria.
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photos
After Sofia we went to Plovdiv, UNESCO town two hours by bus from Sofia. It's a lovely place. As LP Bulgaria puts it: "Plovdiv’s appeal derives from its lovely old town, largely restored to...
Sofia - Bulgaria.
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photos
The capital of Bulgaria was our venue for Christmas 2015. It was cold, but Sofia's delighful in its own gentle way. Pictures of food, city sights in the winter sunshine, a naked statue and some cats...
Fuheis - Jordan.
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A walk around Fuheis, a predominantly Christian town near Amman, Jordan. Some photos of the nature, Steph, Steven and Najat and some some Christmas decorations, for sale even in October.
Down on the (South) beach - Aqaba, Jordan.
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photos
This October, we found ourselves again on Aqaba's South Beach on Jordan's Red Sea Coast. Its a fine place. Photos of Bedouin Garden Village, a cheap-and-cheer place to stay 11km from Aqaba and the...
Huntington Beach - California.
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photos
After all the wedding excitement, two days by the beach in Huntington. Watched kite surfing for the first time and ate at Fiesta Grill for the umpteenth time :-D
Wedding in Carlsbad - California.
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Sabrina (Steph's sister) and Ryan got married in Carlsbad on the 20th of September 2015. Photos of the ceremony itself, the venue at Levy Estates and Carlsbad and its beach.
Ladera Ranch, Coalinga & San Juan Capistrano.
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photos
In California for a wedding, photos are from our three stops before Steph's sister's ceremony in south California.
Livin' in Amman IIII.
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photos
Started with a duststorm.
Monica's Jubilee Celebration - Ireland.
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photos
My aunt Monica has been a member of the Sisters of Mercy Order now for 50 years, working in England and Wales as a teacher, headmistress and chaplain in prison and currently at Heathrow Airport. To...
Galway & Clare - Ireland.
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photos
A week back in the 'auld sod between the Delta in Prague and a new contract in Amman. Heard my godson Dylan play in a session, saw my cousin Cathal's new gemshop and saw the Father Ted House in...
Prague Summer - part 2.
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photos
When all the hard work on the Delta was done was done there was to see a little more of Prague, eat some fine food and Tara and Tom came to visit. Last shots of 'the last supper' in Prague, a plane...
"Deltoids go to the Zoo"
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photos
Half-way through our Delta course in Prague in the Czech Republic, it was time for a day off. So, five of us went to the zoo. There were animals galore and sausage and beer at the end :-D
Prague Summer - part 1.
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photos
Spending two months in Prague doing part of a teaching qualification called the Delta. First photos are from Prague's beautiful old town and trams. I love trams!. Next, the Malá Strana, Prague's...
Return to Rumana! - Jordan.
26
photos
Barely a month after my last visit, I was unexpectedly back in Rumana in the Dana Nature Reserve in Jordan. Decided to take just a few more photos and it snowballed from there :-D This time visited...
Rumana - Jordan.
19
photos
A beautiful location, great company, lots of interesting fauna and flora and a little adventure at the Rumana campsite near Dana village in central Jordan. "Situated on a small plateau,...
At home for Dylan's Confirmation.
14
photos
Spent 5 days at home for my Godson Dylan's Confirmation. A fun event with all the Joyces' and friends of the family. And had a chance to walk and see more spring flowers as well
Walkin' amid the flowers.
23
photos
This time every year in the Ajloun forest region of Jordan, wild flowers burst into bloom for a few short weeks. This time, several British Council teachers journeyed north to walk amid the...
A walk in the snow.
16
photos
Snow in Jabel Amman, where we live in Jordan's capital. Pictures from out and about in our neighborhood on a sunny Friday morning in February 2015
Lowest (point) weekend on Earth.
12
photos
The Dead Sea shore is 430 metres below Sea level, the lowest point on Earth and we spent the weekend there recently in the rather lovely Movenpick Dead Sea Resort & Spa. And while there we...
The National Mall - Washington D.C.
16
photos
The Mall with its buildings, monuments and statues to various presidents, wars and events. A place rich with history and not a little controversy.
Space & Air Museum - Washington D.C.
9
photos
Apollos, Geminis, moon landers, Vikings, Voyagers, Soyuzs and Sputniks. A LOT of cool space stuff at the National Air & Space Smithsonian Museum in Washington D.C.
Baltimore - Maryland.
20
photos
6th stop on our Whirlwind Tour of the USA 2015. Baltimore on the east coast. Museums, cityscape and sights of the 'Charm City'.
Santa Cruz - California.
15
photos
5th stop on the 2014/15 World-wide Tour of California. Nature, trees, houses and a dude sleeping with his dog on the street.
Yosemite - California.
22
photos
Fourth stop on Steph and Darren's World-Wide Tour of California 2014/15. If there's a prettier place to walk and hike in the world well . . . that's where I wanna go next ;-D Stayed in Yosemite Bug...
Berkeley - California.
18
photos
Third stop on our 2014 Christmas & New Year World-wide tour of California. Traveling, parks, friends, birds. the Golden Gate Bridge and vegan sausages.
Coalinga - California.
19
photos
Second stop on our 2014 World-wide Tour of California. Coalinga is in the central Valley. Photos are of getting there, being there and food eaten while there.
Huntington Beach - California.
19
photos
First stop on Steph and I's world-wide tour of California, Christmas 2014. Photos of present-giving and Christmas dinner and other cool stuff :-D Thanks as always to the Wilbur family for their...
Halloween 2014
6
photos
Behold! Steph's very nicely carved pumpkin, herself as a Dia de los Muertos chica and me as a Zombie. Enjoyed getting ourselves dressed up :-D
Maramureș - Romania.
16
photos
Maramureș is a geographical, historical and ethno-cultural region in northern, situated in the northeastern Carpathians. It is the place that time forgot, horse and carts, people in traditional...
Merry Cemetery - Maramureş, Romania.
12
photos
This cemetery is in the village of Săpânța, Maramureş county, Romania. Famous for its painted headstones describing, in an original and poetic manner, the persons that are buried there as well as...
Signet Prison Museum - Maramureș, Romania.
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photos
"The Sighet prison, located in the town of Sighetu Marmaţiei, Maramureş county, Romania, was used by the communist regime to hold political prisoners. It is now the site of the Sighet Memorial...
Sinaia & Brașov - Transylvania, Romania
14
photos
Medieval squares, castles, cobbled streets and old city walls. The little of Transylvania we saw was a feast for the eyes and the little of the Romanian and Hungarian food we ate, a feast for the...
Village Museum - Bucharest, Romania.
11
photos
In Herastrau Park in the centre of Bucharest, there is a beautiful open-air museum with reconstructed houses from all over the country.
Buchrest - Romania.
18
photos
Romania's capital is a fascinating city. Not the prettiest of urban spaces its true but a vibrant and historic one. Some shots here of the Communist legacy, people and sights around the city.
Umm Rasas revisited.
25
photos
Visited the UNESCO site of Umm Rasas again in Sept 2014 with Anne and Steph. The centerpiece of the largely undeveloped site, 35km from Madaba in central Jordan, are the mosaics dating from the 8th...
Aqaba's South Beach - Jordan.
10
photos
After a brief stay in the desert it was on to Aqaba on Jordan's Red Sea coast. We stayed (as many times before) at South Beach just a few kilometers from the Saudi border. Shots are of the beach,...
Yalla to the desert!
19
photos
A return to the Wadi Rum desert in southern Jordan and to Khaled's Camp there for dinner and an overnight there. This visit featuring a two and a half hour camel ride back to Rum village the...
Petra revisited (again).
21
photos
Its much written about as one of the 'new 7 wonders of the world' but the truth is its a fabulous place Petra. One to be visited time and time again, with something new to see and experience each...
Iftar celebration - Ramadan 2014.
16
photos
From our British Council staff Iftar (breaking of the daily fast during the holy month of Ramadan) celebration in Amman Jordan this year. Held in a local restaurant we had an excellent buffet, table...
A week in Paris.
28
photos
Had the good fortune to be sent to Paris for a week's training. Took some pictures along the Seine and in the neighborhood I'm staying in the 2nd district, the pretty neighborhoods I walked...
Pella - Jordan.
17
photos
Pella has thousands of years of history, columns, ruined churches and other buildings, a healthy insect population including Assassin bugs and butterflies. It also has an excellent restaurant and...
Umm Qais - Northern Jordan.
19
photos
Umm Qais is 110km north of Amman, close to the Syrian and Israeli borders. An old Roman city and Ottoman-era village. Herod the Great ruled here till his death in 4BC, Gadara is also where Jesus...
Tsitsernakaberd - Yerevan, Armenia.
14
photos
This year marks the 100th anniversary of the Armenian genocide, between 1 and 1.5 million people are said to have perished making it the first and one of the most bloody of the 20th century's...
Stalin's toilet and other sights around Gori.
21
photos
Murderous megalomaniac or just paranoid with a bit of a temper? We visited Gori, birthplace of Josef Jughashvili (better known of course as Stalin) with a small group from the Envoy Hostel in...
Kazbegi - Northern Georgia.
26
photos
Beautiful scenery, the BEST guesthouse ever, fabulous food and men carrying large rocks. Like northern Georgia, this album has it all!
Davit Gareja - Georgia.
17
photos
In remotest Georgia right on the border with Azerbaijan. there are several monasteries carved out of the sandstone cliffs more than a 1000 years ago. I went there with a day-trip run by the Envoy...
Old Town, Tbilisi - Georgia.
17
photos
Tbilisi is a city of contrasts; On the one hand with renovated neighborhoods like the Meidan area, big shiny prestige projects like the Peace Bridge and the Presidential Palace and whatnot. MUCH...
Tbilisi - Georgia.
15
photos
Visited Tbilisi as part of my two week trip to the Caucasus in March/April 2014. It really is a superb region to visit.; the scenery, the people, the food and in this album - the capital city of...
Haghpat & Sanahin - northern Armenia.
17
photos
Photos of the UNESCO sites of the two lovely monasteries of Sanahin and Haghpat in fabulous locations in northern Armenia. Also some pics of my guesthouse and the area around Alaverdi, a small...
Garni & Geghard - Armenia.
17
photos
Took a day-trip in the snow with a small group of people from the Envoy Hostel. Despite (or more likely, because of) the snow, the two mountain settings were breathtakingly beautiful. The first...
Haghtanak Park - Armenia.
13
photos
Haghtanak (Victory) Park in the Armenian capital, Yerevan.
Yerevan - Armenia.
25
photos
First batch of photos from a March-April trip to the Causasus'. Shots from the city, the art, the statues, the weather, some people I met and the food.
A walk in Ajloun - Jordan.
12
photos
A group of us took a walk to the Ajloun Forest Nature Reserve end of March 2014 to see the wild flowers.
A walk in the (Jordanian) nature.
16
photos
We saw lots of goats, poppies, some birds, a couple of lizards and a wild tortoise! With Steph, Kate and Ann in the Dana Nature Reserve in March 2014.
Third time to Dana.
17
photos
Shots from my third visit to the Dana Nature Reserve in southern Jordan in March 2014 with Steph, Kate and Ann. Pictures of the village, the Dana guesthouse itself, the Dana Tower hotel and the...
Nostalgia.
1
photo
Berlin - Cold War Remnants.
19
photos
If anyone who's been been to Berlin tells you all traces of the wall are gone, they obviously didn't look very hard. Yes, most was torn down almost immediately but there are at least three...
Berlin - New Year 2014!
16
photos
Photos from our Christmas/New Year trip to Berlin. Pictures of the celebrations in Tiergarten Park, the Reichstag, the Brandenberg Gate, Holocaust Memorial and the BEST Christmas market in Berlin.
Bratislava - Slovakia.
30
photos
I lived in Bratislava in 2004-2005 and its where I met Steph while we were both working for International House there. This was our first trip back since then. Album has some shots of the lovely...
Livin' in Amman III.
52
photos
My second contract in Jordan began with snow and Christmas and ended with Christmas again. Also Habibi, students, colleagues and food.
Vigeland Sculpture Park - Oslo, Norway.
10
photos
This rather stunning park and museum is chock-full of naked Norwegians, larger than life and made of stone and bronze.All the work of Gustav Vigeland 1869-1943. Its Oslo's most popular tourist...
Oslo - Norway.
34
photos
Winter trip in November 2013. Shots of streetscapes, houses, people, exhibits in the many museums there, food etc. Oslo's a delightful city, pretty as a picture as are the people there =-) Due to...
Kells - Ireland.
15
photos
Kells in Co. Meath has a wealth of historic sites along the Boyne Valley. The two best known perhaps are Newgrange and the site of the Battle of the Boyne. I visited recently with my friend Treasa....
Limerick - Ireland.
17
photos
Shots from a quick trip to Limerick end of October, 2013. Stayed with my friend Treasa Campbell, back to visit my old university Mary I college (Treasa lectures there) visited the Frank McCourt...
"On the night Journey".
15
photos
The Macnas parade, Halloween 2013 in Galway had the theme of "On the night Journey". "Ragged- trousered philanthropists, waifs and misfits ran amok in Galway last evening, as Macnas...
Westport - Ireland.
19
photos
Overnight trip to Westport, Co. Mayo in the west of Ireland with my dad, Joe in October 2013. Pictures of the town itself, some fine fish and seafood, a little bit of nature and Crough Patrick....
The Beach at Barna - Ireland.
14
photos
Family trip to the beach at Barna, Co.Galway in the West of Ireland. Photos of Tara, Eva and Ryan, Mary in the distance and quite a few seagulls.
Autumn & Winter in Ireland, 2013/14
27
photos
Extended visit to Ireland from October to December in 2013. Photos have several 'aspects' of the west of Ireland's autumn weather also a bit of scenery; rain and more rain but also blue skies and...
Ajloun Forest Reserve - Jordan.
26
photos
"Established in 1987, Ajloun Forest Reserve covers an area of 13 km2 located in the Ajloun highlands north of Amman. It consists of Mediterranean-like hill country, ranging from 600 - 1100 m...
Underwater!
28
photos
In Aqaba on the Red Sea in Jordan, Steph and I hired a little waterproof camera and tried our hand(s) at underwater photography for the first time. June 2013 - Aqaba, Jordan.
Rwanda.
15
photos
Third and final country in Steph and I's East African Odyssey in May 2013. We travelled in overland from Uganda and stayed in a homestay in Kigali. Photos are from the Kimisagara district of Kigali,...
Uganda.
25
photos
Second country visited on Steph and I's 'East African Odyssey' in May 2013. Travelled to Kampala from Nairobi by bus, north to see the rhinos at Ziwa and then south to Lake Bunyonyi near Kabale.
Masai Mara - Kenya.
30
photos
Safari to the Masai Mara reserve in Southern Kenya in May 2013. Three unforgettable days. Photos are of the animals and the people we met. Images taken by both Steph and I.
Nairobi National Park - Kenya.
19
photos
Nairobi National Park is only 10 kms from downtown Nairobi. Nevertaheless, there are A LOT of animals there. Due largely to pure chance we were able to take the once weekly, two and a half hours...
Petra - Al Habis, Marguerite's cave house &...
11
photos
Petra is more than just ancient history, its just as much about the fabalous landscape and how the local Bedouin interact with it. And, of course these days, how all the visiters interact with all of...
Petra - High Pace of Sacrifice and Wadi Farasa.
12
photos
Petra is more than just ancient history, its just as much about the fabalous landscape and how the local Bedouin interact with it. And, of course these days, how all the visiters interact with all of...
Petra - from the Siq to the Monastery.
15
photos,
2
videos
Petra is more than just ancient history, its just as much about the fabalous landscape and how the local Bedouin interact with it. And, of course these days, how all the visiters interact with all of...
Wadi Mujib - Jordan.
7
photos
Taken during a trip with visiting friends Dan and Kathleen to the Wadi Mujib Nature Reserve close to the Dead Sea in Jordan. Photos taken by Steph and I of the Mujib Chalets and on the Siq Trial....
Arabic cooking masterclass - Amman, Jordan.
18
photos
Steph and I took an Arabic cooking class with two friends from our Arabic language class, Tonaina and Irina. A little family-run cooking school called 'Beit Sitti' (Grandma's House) in Jebel Webida...
Umm Rasas - Jordan.
19
photos
A UNESCO site 35 km from Madaba. Some the mosaics at this site have been dated to 785 AD. The ruins surrounding the church of Saint Stephen are Kastron Mefaa (in biblical times known as Mephaath). A...
Azraq Nature Reserve - Jordan.
18
photos
The nature reserve or what's left of the Azraq wetlands is a sobering place to visit. A little group of us visited there in January 2013. We stayed in the delightful, comfortable AND interesting...
Desert 'Castles' - Jordan.
13
photos
End of January 2013 saw us in north-eastern Jordan. Photos feature two of the 'desert castles', Qusayr Amra and Qasr Al Azraq. As it happens, they're not actually castles at all. Qusayr Amra is a...
Snow in Jordan!
7
photos
Middle East: land of sunshine and sheesha? Well, there's been a LOT of snow in Jordan the last few days! 9th, 10th and 11th of December 2013, Amman was transformed into a winterwonderland. Classes at...
Larnaka - Cyprus.
15
photos
Larnaka is a friendly little town on the Republic of Cyprus' southern coast. Steph and I were there for several days at the beginning and end of our Cyprus trip in December/January 2012/13. First...
Kryenia/Girne & Bellapais - Northern Cyprus.
23
photos
Kryenia or Girne in Turkish is a picturesque town in the Turkish Cypriot part of the island, situated around a harbour overlooked by a castle. Most photos are from Kryenia itself with the harbour,...
Nicosia - Cyprus.
16
photos
The world's last divided capital, so they say. First partitioned along the 'green line' in 1963 to protect/separate the Greek and Turkish Cypriots communities, the separation was formalised...
Birds of Amman.
9
photos
At dusk flocks of birds swoop and dive over the jebels (hills) of Amman before settling down to roost. Its a delightful sight. I was out at dusk the other night trying to capture a sense of it.
Shobak Castle - Jordan.
13
photos
Shobak castle is a beautiful 12th century castle eventually taken by Saladin after an 18 month siege. It was partly rebuild and modified by the Mukluks in the 14th century. We visited from Dana...
Wadi Dana - Jordan.
33
photos
Wadi Dana in the Dana Nature Reserve is one of Jordan's most beautiful natural landscapes. A group of us stayed there in the village and walked the Wadi Dana trial in November 2012. Photos of the...
Two days and two nights in the desert.
28
photos
The Wadi Rum Desert is southern Jordan is breathtakingly beautiful. The film 'Lawrence of Arabia' was filmed there in the 70s and indeed Wadi Rum is where many of the eponymous hero's exploits took...
Red Sea Coast - Jordan.
22
photos
Jordan has only 27km of coastlines, but that 27km manages some lovely beaches with glorious reefs and some of the best snorkeling we've done. We spent the Eid Al-Adha holiday there in October 2012...
Livin' in Amman II
50
photos
I've been here almost six months now, time to start a second album. It really is a delightful city to live in . . . . not without its problems, obviously. Water, traffic and general overcrowding...
At the Circus! Ireland, 2012.
17
photos
Tara, the kids and myself went to the Gerbola Circus in Moycullen today. Clowns, trapeze arists, Barney and acrobats of various sorts thrilled the modest crowd.
'Summer' in Ireland, 2012.
18
photos
Back to Ireland in August 2012 . . . . pictures are from Rinneen near Moycullen in Co.Galway and a couple from the Claddagh in Galway City. Final sequence is from the 'Tall Ships Festival 2012' in...
At the Citadel - Amman, Jordan.
8
photos
The citadel is on Amman's highest hill, right in the centre of the city. There has been continuous settlement here for thousands of years. Every Ramadan, they hold a nightly festival of foods,...
Aswan & Luxor - Egypt.
19
photos
Travelled by overnight train to Aswan and then Luxor to see temples. tombs, more temples & more tombs. There's lot of temples and tombs about in Southern Egypt!
Ballooning - Luxor, Egypt.
18
photos,
1
video
Its been a lifetime ambition of mine to go up in a hot air balloon. Several times the possibility has arisen, but its been cost-prohibitive. In Luxor in southern Egypt, the lack of tourists due to...
Pyramids - Saqqara & Giza.
17
photos
A day at the pyramids, first the older and lesser pyramids at Saqqara and then the famous site at Giza . . . . . yes, they really are quite superb. There's also a couple of shots of Memphis and me...
Cairo.
12
photos
First trip to Cairo, not a city for the faint of heart. Love the city, I must say . . . . one of the great vibrant cities of the world, I think - with its noise and chaos, easily up there with Hanoi...
Lebanon.
37
photos
A week in Lebanon in June 2012. Pictures are from Beirut and Byblos. A fascinating country, the little I saw of it. Hoping for several more visits in the near future, inshallah. Sadly, events in...
Cairo, after the verdict.
8
photos
With my usual talent for unwittingly arriving just before, during or after major upheaval of some kind, I arrived in Cairo on the eve of the Mubarak court verdict. He got life but many people wanted...
Dana Nature Reserve - Jordan.
39
photos
A small group of us visiting the beautiful Dana Nature Reserve for a little walking, camping and communing with nature in May 2012. Pictures from Dana village and the reserve, the wildlife and a...
Umm Qais - Northern Jordan.
20
photos
Seven of us took a mini-bus to the Ruins of Umm Qais 110km north of Amman, close to the Syrian and Israeli borders. Old Roman city and Ottoman-era village. Herod the Great ruled here till his death...
Dahab & Sinai - Egypt.
32
photos
Went to the Sinai Peninsula, Egypt in April 2012 for the first time with my Jordanian colleagues Najat and Rola from the BC in Amman. Pictures are from the journey there and back, Dahab and Mount...
Wild flowers - Northern Jordan.
11
photos
This were taken two hours drive north of the Jordanian capital, Amman . . . close to the Syrian border in the Ajloun Nature Reserve. Wild flowers burst forth for just a few weeks in the brief...
Livin' in Amman I.
39
photos,
1
video
Arrived in Jordan on the 1st of April (auspicious date?) to start a new teaching contract here.
To the desert!
10
photos
Steph and I drove to Bahrain's desert area to have a look at the recently vacated camps there. It's a relatively small area but then Bahrain is a very small island. As Steph described the...
'Winter' in Ireland, 2012.
40
photos
Ireland, 2012. Trip home to see the folks. Trip started with several days of winter sunshine Some photos from the plane then out walking near the family house. Galway city next, one cold day in...
Bahrain Airshow 2012
27
photos
Went to the Bahrain Airshow on 19th January. Held amid some controversy, as are most events currently in Bahrain, there were many impressive flying machines! Also a few pics of faces (some partially...
Christmas in California.
18
photos
December 2011. In Huntington Beach it may be Christmas and all that brings but there's also blue skies and surfing =-) Some photos of the annual Wilbur Christmas party followed by Christmas Day. A...
Qatar 2011.
45
photos
Photos from a five day trip to Qatar in December 2011. May I present the corniche and some of Doha's modern buildings. Next is the Museum of Islamic Art and more of the Corniche. Followed by Souq...
Bahrain, Kingdom of. #3
50
photos
Night-time pictures in and around Juffair, an ex-pat suburb of the capital of Bahrain, Manama. Then some pictures in and around the village of Bilad Al Kadem. Next our Bahrain 'desert wilderness...
Ladakh - India
45
photos
Up, up and away. Spent a week in the Himalayan region of Ladakh in northern India in August 2011. The town of Leh sits at 3520 metres. Photos are from the town, surrounding mountains, a Buddhist...
McLeod Ganj - India.
22
photos
McLeod Ganj, near Dharmasala in Northern India is a gem of a place. A backpackers/travellers' hangout certainly but such a peaceful laidback-place. Also the home of the Tibetean government-in-exile...
Amritsar - India.
13
photos
Taken during August 2011 Ramadan India Trip. Amritsar photos feature the Golden temple, Jallianwala Bagh and the closing ceremony on the Indian-Pakistani border .
Jerash & the north - Jordan.
23
photos
A very brief return to Jordan between spring and summer terms. Photos are from Amman and the north of the country; Umm Qais, Ajloun Castle and the Roman Ruins at Jerash.
Bahrain, Kingdom of. #2
41
photos
Its a long hot (gulf) summer. First shots are out and about with our Bahraini friends Mahmood and Nahid; the Portuguese fort, the National Museum and the tree of life. Next some nice houses in...
Wadi Rum - Jordan.
18
photos
Jordan's southern desert area is as empty and beautiful as landscapes get, I think. Photos are from Rum village and the Wadi Rum protected desert reserve.
Petra - Jordan.
27
photos
After Amman and the Dead Sea area it was south to Petra. Our entrance to the city was delayed due to the arrival of the Jordanian King in the town that morning. Quite a trill to see a real life king...
Amman & around - Jordan.
15
photos
After a week in UAE, we went to Jordan and we loved it. The people, the food, the sites but particularly the people. These shots are of Amman, Madaba, the Baptism of Jesus Christ and the Dead Sea....
Dubai, UAE.
32
photos
After leaving Bahrain, we spent a week in Dubai, UAE. A strange city but it grows on you, we found. Photos from old and new Dubai, the creek, bird, Burj Khalifa and more.
Bharatpur - India.
43
photos
Steph and I went to India finally in December 2010, a country we'd both wanted to visit for many years. We had a shorter time than we wanted so we visited Delhi, several cities and towns around...
Jaipur - India.
26
photos
Steph and I went to India finally in December 2010, a country we'd both wanted to visit for many years. We had a shorter time than we wanted so we visited Delhi, several cities and towns around...
Agra - India.
21
photos
Steph and I went to India finally in December 2010, a country we'd both wanted to visit for many years. We had a shorter time than we wanted so we visited Delhi, several cities and towns around...
Delhi - India.
28
photos
Steph and I went to India finally in December 2010, a country we'd both wanted to visit for many years. We had a shorter time than we wanted so we visited Delhi, several cities and towns around...
Oman, Sultanate of.
25
photos,
1
video
Five days in the middle of November 2010 during the Eid break. Most photos are of the Muttrah area of Muscat. Also shots from Nizwa, a town with a beautifully restored fort two and a half hours by...
Bahrain Relay Marathon 2010
14
photos
The 29th of October saw the 30th anniversary running =-) of the Bahrain Relay Marathon. It happens out in the desert near Hamad Town in the centre of Bahrain Island. The idea is that teams of 16 run...
Bahrain, Kingdom of.
56
photos
Steph and I have just moved to Manama city, Bahrain. First week, first pictures . . . . our new flat and the views from. Next some photos of the Juffair area of the city and some shots of Arad fort...
Scenes from a Californian Summer.
26
photos
Steph and I were in California in the summer of 2010. We stayed with family and friends all over the state. Pictures are from Berkeley, Santa Cruz, Huntington Beach and Coalinga. Comments sought...
Inis Mor - Ireland.
33
photos
My good friend Peedge and I visited Inis Mor, the largest of the Aran Islands, in August 2010. As Lonely Planet puts it: "Inismór (Arainn in Irish, meaning ‘Big Island’) is the largest...
Ireland, Summer 2010.
36
photos
Back in Ireland for the first time in three years. First photos were taken in the garden and near our house in Moycullen, Co. Galway. Some pictures also from Steph and I's very brief visit to Doolin.
A Basque/Irish Wedding, Spain.
19
photos
Patricia and Cormac aka Scobie got married in Bilbao on the 5th of June 2010. Pat's a old friend, we met many years ago when I was an exchange student in the Basque Country. It was a great day and...
Danang #1 - Vietnam.
60
photos
After 10 weeks travel between working stints we settled into Danang for our second year in Vietnam. The first three are from the 18 hour road trip from Hanoi to Danang, there are also pics of the...
Hue & DMZ - Vietnam.
20
photos
As part of the final trip north to see Steph before leaving for Europe, I visited the citadel at Hue and several sites around the former DMZ. The DMZ photos are of the Vinh Moc tunnels, War...
Hanoi #1, Summer/Autumn '08
98
photos
Steph and I moved to Hanoi in August, 2008. Hanoi is a densely populated city of over three million people. It is a delighful but chaotic place, let me tell you. Any comment on the photos...
England, 2010.
43
photos
First shots are from a 24hr stopover twixt Kuala Lumpur and Bilbao. Then summer school in Ardingly, Sussex. Pictures include the college itself, the students and the nearby village pub =-)
Bilbao and Santander - Spain.
25
photos
I lived In Bilbao for two years but this was the first time back in ten years . . . much has changed but most is delightfully like the day I left. Pictures are of the famous Guggenheim museum and...
Hanoi #2, '09
54
photos
So, here we are in Hanoi for the winter. It wasn't particularly cold here but it wasn't warm either for a few weeks. And foggy, very foggy. For the next two months I'll have much opportunity to...
Danang #2
64
photos
Second album, covering the second three months in Danang in the spring and summer of 2010. From bikes to Tet and Ba Na Hills to Vietnamese students, fireworks, the Hai Van Pass and the Cham Museum...
The John Lidbetter All-Weather International...
58
photos
Held at Phatties Bar (Vietnamese HQ of The World Stoneskimming Federation) Sunday 23rd of May 2010 An Bang Beach - Hoi An, Vietnam. Dance like no one's watching. Romance like you've never been...
Saigon/Ho Chi Minh - Vietnam.
35
photos
In February 2010, following our days in Bangkok having a Big Blue Cast fitted to Steph's leg to fix her broken kneecap, we spent several days in vibrant Saigon. Shots are of the backpacker area...
Medical tourism in Bangkok.
17
photos
Following Steph's re-injury of her knee, we flew to Bangkok to have it checked, we feared surgery . . . luckily a cast was all that was needed. A big thank you to Bangkok's International Airport and...
Hoi An - Central Vietnam
40
photos
Hoi An is a beautiful little UNESCO heritage town 30 km from Danang on the Central Vietnamese Coast. So close, in fact, we can visit there on our bikes at leisure. It's very much a 'tourist town'...
Hoi An revisitied.
29
photos
We went back to Hoi An for our 1st wedding anniversary - did some different things this time, namely visiting My Son and doing a Vietnamese cookery course.
Cambodia.
64
photos
Third country on 'The Fried Rice Chronicles' trip during the summer/autumn of 2009. We travelled overland to Cambodia from Trat in Thailand going to Sihanoukville, Kampot, Phnom Penh and finally...
Myanmar/Burma.
88
photos
Second leg of our summer travelling aka 'The Fried Rice Chroniciles - Myanmar/Burma'. We spent three weeks in there in August/September this year visiting Yangon, Meiktila, Mandalay, Hsipaw, Nyaung...
Bac Ha & Sapa - Northern Vietnam '09
53
photos
First pictures from the 'Fried Rice Chronicles - summer trip through Northern Vietnam, Myanmar, Cambodia and Thailand before heading back to Hanoi and settling in Danang where we are now. This was...
Halong & Cat Ba - Vietnam
26
photos,
1
video
We went to contender-for-seventh-natural-wonder of-the-world Halong Bay and it must be said it is pretty wonderful. A day and a night cruising the bay on a beautiful junk followed by a day and a...
Southern Laos.
64
photos
Sixteen day trip through southern Laos in April, the hottest month of the year in the south. Pictures are from towns of Savannaket and Pakse and surrounding areas, the Bolaven Plateau and the Si...
Bali - Indonesia
55
photos,
1
video
End of June 09, we went to the most touristed piece of the earth imaginable! But what natural beauty and what weather!! The beach is Legian Beach just south of the island capital, Denpasar. The...
Kuala Lumpur - Malaysia
20
photos
After Bali came Kuala Lumpur, we spent just a couple of days here en-route back to Hanoi. A interesting city (which many deride, for some reason) my overall impression was that of an 'Asian London',...
Apollo Danang's Christmas School Trip.
25
photos
Taken on Apollo Danang's Christmas school trip for teachers, admin staff and teaching assistants to Hue province and Hue city. We went to Bach Ma National Park to see a monastery, Minh Mang's tomb...
Bangkok revisited.
26
photos
Taken during a short trip to Bangkok to meet up with Tammy and Todd, friends from SF, in Bangkok after their travels through Laos.
Mai Chau - Vietnam
41
photos,
1
video
Mai Chau is a region 140 km west of Hanoi, although it seems a world away. Most of the pictures were taken in and around the little village of Bac Lac where we spent four days end of April/beginning...
Ninh Binh - Vietnam
33
photos
Ninh Binh is a town 100km from Hanoi and a delightful, friendly and quiet little place. It's also strangely beautiful with karsts, rice paddies, and odd noisy frogs. The karsts in the first set of...
Sapa, Northern Vietnam
28
photos
Steph and I went to Sapa in November '08. It's 400 km north of Hanoi close to the Chinese border. Yes, it was foggy, yes, it was cold but we loved it. It's very different up there from lowland...
1 day in Seoul, South Korea
26
photos
Steph and I spent one day in Seoul getting in at 6am and leaving that evening at 8pm. A whirlwind visit certainly but an interesting experience!
Luang Prabang - Laos
48
photos
We visited Laos for the second time at the beginning of March 2009, at the end of the dry season. Luang Prabang is Laos' second city, if you can call a quiet little town of 26,000 people a city, ...
California, winter '09.
62
photos
January/February '08 and I finally got to meet Steph's friends and family and visit California for the first time in 26 years. I was last there when I was 12. We started out in Huntington Beach...
Cambodia '08
41
photos
Travelled to Battambang and Siem Reap during October '08. Overland from Bangkok, by boat from Battambang to Siem Reap and by bicycle around the Angkor temples. Cambodia and its people are beautiful...
Danang/Hoi An - Central Vietnam
24
photos
Christmas in central Vietnam. Not a lot of Christmas about in actual fact, apart from a large Christmas tree in Danang constructed from Heinken bottles. Steph, her friend Michelle and I spent...
Hanoi Floods!!!
17
photos
It started raining heavily on the 31st of October. For the next three days the rains were almost biblical. Our school was closed for three days. There were 20 deaths in Hanoi over that period from...
Laos - Summer '08
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photos
Taken in July '08 en-route to Vietnam. We crossed the border by canoe at Huay Xai and took a two day boat trip down the Mekong river to Luang Prabang overnighting at Pac Bang. The village...
Thailand - Summer '08
80
photos
These were taken during July '08 in Bangkok, Trat, Ko Chang, Authaya, Chiang Mai and Chiang Rai as Steph and I travelled overland from Bangkok to Vientienne. Comments as always welcome ;-)
A year in Kazakhstan '07 - '08
174
photos
These photos were taken at various points over the past year, hope they give a flavour of the country. If you wanna see more from Kazakhstan, there are hundreds of photos on my other site:...
Kochkor & Sarala Sas Jailoo - Kyrgyzstan.
39
photos
Kochor is a little town in the centre of the Kyrgyzstan, from there we visited the Sarala Sas Jailoo. Jailoos are summer pastures where many Kyrgz bring their animals for the summer months. These...
Bishkek & the north - Kyrgyzstan.
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photos
Taken during two separate trips to Kyrgyzstan in May '08. We stayed in Bishkek and took daytrips into the mountains and to Burana.
Touching the Glacier - June '08
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photos
OK well, to be honest we didn't quite touch the glacier but we got within a few hundred metres of it. It took a combination of bus, shared taxi, ski lift and several hours walking to get us...
Vodka in the Rain - Almaty, May '08
26
photos
Album title says it all really, it was raining . . . we drank vodka . . . lots of it.
Thailand '08
105
photos
Taken in March '08 in Bangkok, Trat and on and around the island of Ko Chang, Thailand.
China '07
153
photos
Photos from Steph & I's trip to China, August-September on the way back to Kazakhstan for the second year.
These I really like!
10
photos
Just thought I'd rescue a few images from the obscure depths of Steph's laptop that have nothing in common at all except that I really like them as photographs. I took these in various places,...
At the Dodgers game!
13
photos
Steph's dad took us and (part of) the family to the Dodgers vs Giants game in Dodgertown, LA. My first ever baseball game, I took some photos =-)
Dubai revisited.
19
photos
A brief visit back to Dubai in the UAE in June 2012. Photos from, and of, the Burj Khalifa (world's tallest building), Abu Dhabi, Ski Dubai and Dubai's metro, mostly.
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