One of our activities was to be a trek to observe chimpanzees in the wild. They apparently travel far and fast but we were promised a 99% chance of seeing them. Needless to say, on our 2 hour walk we didn’t 🙁 I recorded our walk and was amused to see that we’d walked a 5k route that looked a […]
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Time off from volunteering saw us going to another National Park, but this time with a variety of animals and no gorillas. On the drive there we stopped by the roadside to photograph Uganda’s national bird – the grey crowned crane. Whilst waiting to get into the park, ‘security’ was keeping a keen eye on everyone. We entered the park […]
Whilst volunteering in Uganda we visited a pygmy tribe to learn about their history and way of life. I initially wondered how they felt about privileged white people descending on them, but the volunteer organisation makes a much needed monetary donation to them which they spend on things such as food, building materials, teachers salaries etc. I would have felt […]
Seeing gorillas in the wild has been on my wish list for a while, and last month I ticked it off. This trek was in Mgahinga National Park and I was quite prepared to possibly trek for up to 6 hours to find them. Fortunately that wasn’t the case and we only had to walk to where they were for […]
I recently spent two weeks in Uganda where I was involved in a volunteering project, but which also included a couple of gorilla treks and a chimpanzee trek. Images from those will follow in other posts, but first of all here are some images from the volunteering part. Our first task was to plant some trees with the Mgahinga Community […]
It’s ridiculous that I have lived nearly my whole life less than an hour away from an “Area Of Outstanding Beauty”, yet had never gone to visit the pretty towns and villages there. Last week I finally planned a route and spent a couple of days exploring Broadway and Broadway Tower, Chipping Campden, Hidcote National Trust, Moreton-in-Marsh, Bourton-on-the-water, Bibury and […]
In a bid to escape the awful English weather I picked up a great deal for a week away in Crete, flying from my local airport 15 minutes away from home. We had 7 days of blue skies, sunshine and only a sprinkling of rain for just a few minutes. We hired a car and explored as much as we […]
For many years I have envied the lucky people who are able to escape the gloomy British winter and spend some time in the Caribbean. This winter I was one of them, and spent two weeks staying on three of the Virgin Islands. We stayed in AirBnbs and hired a car on each island so were able to get around […]
Last month I had a quick 3 days in Washington DC. (Often just known as ‘DC) First of all, in my ignorance I didn’t realise that the DC stands for District of Columbia, which is nowhere near the state of Washington. I also didn’t know what to expect and only explored the central part of it, but really liked it. […]
After visiting Death Valley in California earlier this year, I was keen to see if I could run a photography trip to the spectacular sights, canyons and vistas in the southwest of America. I knew that I’d need more on the itinerary, so I have just returned from a road trip to check out what else there is to see. […]