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Perfect Peaks. A #FriFotos Photo Essay

November 28, 2012November 30, 2013 Asia, Nature, Photography, South America, Travelling, Vietnam andes, bolivia, chile, colombia, Frifotos, hong kong, la paz, machu picchu, mountain, mui ne, parque tayrona, peaks, peru, photo essay, photos, playa del duque, sapa, south america, teide, tenerife, the peak, vietnam, wales, wayna picchu

While looking through my photographs in order to participate in this week's #FriFotos, which has the theme of 'Peaks', I realised something. I have not spent nearly enough time in the mountains. I love mountains,

Discovering Bucharest

November 23, 2012February 16, 2013 Europe, Food and Drink, Nature, Travelling bucharest, casa poporului, ceausescu, europe, herastrau park, palace of the parliament, people's palace, piata revolutiei, romania

I didn’t expect to like Bucharest. It’s not that I’ve heard bad things about it; but it rarely, if ever, features on ‘Europe’s Best City’ lists. I was merely going to visit a friend, and

Europe’s Fairy-Tale Castles: Peles, Romania

November 17, 2012February 16, 2013 Europe, History, Nature, Photography, Travelling castle, europe, fairytale, peles, romania, sinaia

When you think about Romania, what do you think of? Ugly communist buildings? Shaven-headed children in run-down orphanages? Oppressed people ruled by a tyrannical megalomaniac? Or do you think of jagged mountain peaks, lush pine forests, pretty medieval

Why I Want to go Back to Japan

September 9, 2012April 10, 2016 Asia, Beaches, Food and Drink, Japan, Nature, Partying, Teaching, Tradition, Travelling, Working Overseas buddhism, festival, food, hiroshima, izu, japan, kyoto, landscape, okomiyaki, peninsula, shintoism, tokyo, travelling

I lived in Tokyo for a year between August 2002 and August 2003 and I can’t believe that it was ten years ago. I had barely used email before I left for Japan, and I

SPACE Star-Gazing Tours in the Atacama Desert

September 1, 2012October 20, 2012 Nature, Photography, South America, Travelling chile, desert, san pedro de atacama, San Pedro de Atacama Celestial Explorations, SPACE tour

“Moonlight drowns out all but the brightest stars” J.R.R. Tolkien, ‘The Lord of the Rings’ The Atacama Desert in the north of Chile is the world’s driest desert. Some parts of the desert have never

Traveller Debate: South America or South East Asia?

August 18, 2012September 13, 2014 Asia, Food and Drink, Literature, Nature, Partying, South America, Travelling beaches, cities, culture, debate, food, history, landscape, safety, south america, south east asia, travel

South America and South East Asia are both very popular tourist destinations, but unless you are on a RTW trip you are probably going to have to choose one region or the other. Having spent

Five Fabulous Natural Wonders (And three I’d Like To See)

June 16, 2012July 7, 2012 Japan, Nature, South America, Travelling, Vietnam amazon, argentina, beauty, bolivia, brazil, cataratas, fuji, glacier, ha long bay, iguazu, iguazu falls, japan, mountain, natural, natural wonders, nature, perito moreno, rainforest, travel, vietnam, waterfall, wonders

There are so many different lists about the Seven Wonders of the World that it is pretty difficult to remember which ones are actually on the official lists, but this post is not about the

A Power Mighty As Omnipotence – Holy Places

May 17, 2012June 16, 2012 Nature, Travelling enlightenment, frankenstein, Frifotos, glacier, mary shelley, mountain, nature, photo essay, river, romanticism, waterfall

This week's #FriFotos theme is 'Holy Places', and I initially thought about putting together some pictures of the various churches and shrines that I have visited during my travels. But then it occurred to me that my photo

Flowers: the Music of the Ground

May 4, 2012May 13, 2012 Nature, Travelling flowers, Frifotos, photo essay

What a great theme #FriFotos has chosen this week for who doesn't love FLOWERS? Flowers are the first welcome sign of spring following a hard winter and can brighten even the dullest of days. They

Earth Day – April 22nd 2012

April 19, 2012November 30, 2013 Nature, Travelling conservation, earth, earth day, Frifotos, nature, photo essay, planet, protection, travel, travelling

The #FriFotos theme this week is Earth Day to coincide with the event of the same name; a day coordinated by the Earth Day Network in order to raise awareness and appreciation of our beautiful

To The Majestic Himalayan Kingdom Ladakh And Back

April 12, 2012February 9, 2013 Nature, Travelling himalayas, india, ladakh, travel, trekking

Trekking in Ladakh is an experience which cannot be penned down in a few words, because you have got to be there to know what I am talking about. It is a journey which could

On TV at the Cusco Choco Museo

March 9, 2012April 13, 2012 Food and Drink, Nature, South America, Travelling cacao, chocolate, chocomuseum, cusco, factory, museum, peru, plantation, south america

According to this article in TIME, Peruvian plantations are "...working to identify Peru with chocolate, the way Colombia is identified with coffee", to the extent that many of the coca plantations, for so long associated

The Beautiful Beaches of Parque Tayrona, Colombia

January 16, 2012January 22, 2012 Beaches, Nature, South America, Travelling arrecifes, cabo de san juan, caribbean, colombia, la piscina, park tayrona, parrque tayrona

“I’m not going to Parque Tayrona because I’ve been to the San Blas islands and I’ve heard that the beaches are not as beautiful” said the tanned Australian girl to her friend as they stood

Santa Marta. The Beach: So Near, Yet So Far!

January 11, 2012January 22, 2012 Beaches, Food and Drink, Nature, South America, Travelling beaches, bus travel, coast, colombia, restaurants, santa marta, south america, travel

After nearly five months of chasing the end of winter around South America I was beginning to dream of spending some time lazing on the warm sand of a tropical beach, so it was with

What a Year! 2011 in Pictures

December 23, 2011January 22, 2012 Life in Sweden, Nature, South America, Swedish Climate, Swedish Tourism, Travelling aurora borealis, ferry from Stockholm to Helsinki, helsinki, machu picchu, northern lights, photo essay, photography, porjus, russia, south america, st.petersburg, sweden

It's the end of another year and with New Year's Eve just around the corner it's the time to reflect on the year that has gone before. 2011 was a good year. Living in Sweden

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