I still have absolutely zero interest in photographing birds when I’m at home, but in Africa they are often brightly coloured, pretty, or very very big! And one of my favourites – the lilac breasted roller. Whilst in Kenya I saw more Eagles in two weeks than I have in the rest of my years put […]
Just before dusk one evening we were lucky enough to spot a cheetah mother and her two cubs who were exceptionally cute. In any gallery, click on the thumbnails to see each image at full size. Elephant babies are great fun to watch. They don’t know how to control the muscles in their trunks and they swing them around […]
One day we saw a newborn Grant’s gazelle. Its mother ran off as soon as we started approaching, and the newborn’s instincts kicked it and it dropped to the ground, camouflaging itself and looking like a stone from the distance. The mother seemed unperturbed and was grazing quite a distance away – probably to deflect attention from her newborn in the […]
All except two of my trips to the continent of Africa have been with African Impact. Going with an organisation like them is an excellent way of taking part in wildlife conservation and being able to photograph completely different animals, landscapes and people to when I’m back home. It’s also a fantastic way to meet other likeminded people from all over […]
Kenya – the land that first sparked my interest in Africa and lodged itself deep inside me for nearly 40 years until I had the opportunity to come here. Those of you who have read the ‘about me’ section on this blog will know that it was the film ‘Born Free’ that did it, and since then I’ve wanted to […]
The ferry journey from Koh Samui to Ko Tao took a bit of working out as to what was going on, where we had to go, etc, but we eventually piled on and our luggage was heaped up at the front of the catarmaran. About 10 minutes into the journey one of the crew rushed up to the front and […]
After a 90 minute flight from Chiang Mai we arrived at the first of our two islands – Koh Samui. We had chosen a place to stay based on the fact that is was on the west side of the island and we’d therefore see the sunsets. We were not disappointed 🙂 This was our first evening. Early next morning […]
The Chatrium Hotel in Bangkok was a good find. Because it was right on the river, access to the heart of the city where the main Wats are was a ferry journey away, rather than a crawl through crowded polluted streets. We enjoyed our stay here, the food was delicious, and the bed was one of the most comfortable hotel […]
For several years I’ve been following Elephant Nature Park on Facebook and have considered volunteering there for a couple of weeks. However, when we decided to come to Thailand I suggested that we include an overnight stay at ENP, which is about 1.5 hours north of Chiang Mai. This wonderful place is a sanctuary for elephants who have lived a […]
As we only had two days in Bangkok we had decided in advance what we wanted to do. With everything ticked off our list for Day 1, we wanted to visit Ayutthaya, the original capital of Siam, which is now in ruins. Between 1350 and 1767, Ayutthaya had 33 Kings and no Western power ever ruled Siam. During that time […]