February and March are great months to get away from the English weather! This year we’ve had one of the wettest winters on record in the UK, but by complete contrast, the province of Guanacaste in Costa Rica hadn’t seen one drop of rain since November. C.R has two seasons – hot & dry which to a certain extent encompasses […]
For as long as I can remember, I’ve wanted to see the Northern Lights. I travelled to Iceland a few years ago but with no luck, and whenever they’ve been visible here in the UK I’ve always been away. At the beginning of this month my partner and I flew to Finland for 5 nights, and, WOW – they were […]
After spending a week in Barbados we made a short hop over to St. Lucia, another country neither of us had visited before. There was no seat allocation on the little airplane and the flight took just over 30 minutes. I celebrated my birthday whilst there and the staff surprised me with a decorated table and complimentary dessert. It would […]
Whilst driving from the west coast of Barbados to the east, we stopped to visit Hunte’s Gardens, which is described as “The most enchanting place on earth”. I always take such grand claims with a pinch of salt, but they are certainly beautiful and tranquil with a variety of benches and chairs dotted around where you can sit, relax, and […]
Earlier this month I spent a week in Barbados, followed by a week in St. Lucia. It was great to get away at this time of year, when the UK is often drab and damp with fewer daylight hours. We had hired a car in order to explore the island and one of the first things we did was to […]
After our safari ended we flew back to Delhi and spent a night there. The next morning we drove to Agra and checked in to our hotel. Later that afternoon we went to visit the red fort. It was the main residence of the rulers of the Mughal dynasty until 1638, when the capital changed from Agra to Delhi. It […]
After a very early morning internal flight we then drove to the first of the three national parks we would be visiting. To show whereabouts in India we were, I mapped out the route which was (Fly from) Delhi – Nagpur airport, then drive to Pench – Kanha – Bandhavgarh – Jabalpur airport – (Fly to) Delhi. Later that afternoon […]
Last month I ran another photography trip to India. Primarily to see tigers, but also the Taj Mahal. Most of my group arrived in Delhi a couple of days before our tour was due to start, but as I was approaching Heathrow airport I saw my first tiger 🙂 Having a free day before our tour started, four of us […]
Everywhere we visited in Portugal had some cobbled streets with patterns or shapes in them and it was a feature that I particularly liked. The old town of Aveiro was no exception. Aveiro is also known as the Venice of Portugal and is crossed by a network of channels through which local boats meander. These colourful boats were originally used […]
We had just two full days in Porto and unfortunately it rained solidly for one of them. We decided to take a drive along the river that day as we’d read it was a scenic route, and then explore Porto on foot the other day. On the river day, I didn’t even get out of the car! I just shot […]