Having checked into our next lodge we set out to photograph the sand dunes as the sun was setting, as this is the best time to capture the differences in light and shade. The shapes created by the wind are stunningly beautiful. The following morning we set early alarms and left in the dark to get to Deadvlei for sunrise. […]
Namibia – a country that’s approximately 3.4 times bigger than the UK, but the population density per square kilometre is the second lowest in the world, at just 3 compared to the UK population density of 277. (The least densely populated country in the word is Mongolia ) The most densely populated country in the world is Macau at whopping […]
Doing a house sit means that you get to see places that you wouldn’t discover if staying in a hotel, as that would inevitably mean being somewhere more well known. We had access to bicycles so took the opportunity to visit some local sights. The first was a beautiful mansion in Maisons-Laffitte, and it was built in the 17th century. […]
This August finds me dog sitting on the outskirts of Paris for 18 days. I’m trying out a new experience through an organisation called Trusted Housesitters. The concept is that the housesitter goes and lives in a home away from home, looking after a pet or pets while their owner is away. It’s a great way to visit somewhere new […]
If I had to sum up the Florida Keys in three nouns it would be Water, Boats, & Sunsets. Verbs would be Vibrant, Relaxed, & Inclusive. Here’s a selection of images from a drive down to the most Southern part of the United States. Let’s start with a multi-story boat park. Much more photogenic that our multi-story car parks! Iguanas […]
After visiting Yosemite we headed back to San Francisco in order to drive down the scenic Highway 1. Once again the weather was on our side and we had glorious sunshine for the duration of the trip. First stop was a small town. We drove past a very typical shaped barn somewhere in the Californian countryside and stopped purely to […]
I’ve ticked another place off my bucket list, and Yosemite was as stunningly beautiful as I’d imagined. We had read many times to expect queues of up to 3 hours to get in, but we went on 3 consecutive days and didn’t spend more than 10 minutes queuing each time. From rivers tumbling over boulders to vast meadows. Endless vistas […]
California is not somewhere I’d really associated with stunning scenery, but that just goes to show how little I knew about it. There were a few stops along the way to and from Lake Tahoe, just because we drove past something that was crying out to be photographed. I’m drawn to tumbledown (or on the verge of) shacks for photographic […]
I’d heard great things about the city of San Francisco and it had been ‘on my list’ for some years. A 3 day stay there was to be the start of a road trip and I did absolutely love the city despite a very bad experience on the first day. We had parked at the Palace of Fine Arts and […]
I didn’t think I’d be able to do any blog posts from my most recent trip as I thought I’d had my cabin baggage stolen, which contained my camera, back up disk ,laptop, and other equipment. A very stressful 3 weeks later I was informed that it was found at Gatwick airport! A 7 hour round trip ensued to retrieve […]