On our way home from the Lake District we stopped at Liverpool and Salford Quays on the outskirts of Manchester. No first visit to Liverpool is complete without photographing the famous Liver Building. And of course, the Fab Four. I liked this statue below as it’s so lifelike. It’s of Captain ‘FJ’ Johnny Walker, who commanded the most successful anti-submarine […]
Well, Covid really messed up my international travel plans again earlier this year. I had to postpone a Costa Rica photography trip, a tiger safari in India (which was already postponed from last year) and my Namibia photo trip (now postponed three times!!). So, nowhere nearly as exotic as my usual posts, but here’s a selection of images from British […]
After several cancelled flights, we finally made it to the island of Zanzibar for a few days of complete contrast to the safari. I had intended to go to a forest where red colobus monkeys live as I hadn’t seen them before, but had a pleasant surprise to discover a troupe roaming in the hotel grounds. A couple of times […]
The last day of safari was spent in Tarangire national park before heading back to Kilimanjaro after lunch for an overnight stay before flying on to Zanzibar. Tarangire has many baobab trees, which are the giants in Africa and can live for up to 600 years. We spotted a small group of Waterbuck, which are very distinctive especially when viewed […]
An early morning and cool start saw us heading down into the Ngorongoro crater, a place that I’d heard of for many years. It’s an UNESCO World Heritage Site and the world’s largest inactive, unbroken and unfilled volcanic caldera. Absolutely nothing had prepared me for just how vast it is however. When it was a volcano it’s thought to have […]
Visiting Tanzania during a pandemic proved to be an excellent time to go. Normally the national parks would be full of vehicles, but there was hardly anyone there so we had sightings pretty much to ourselves. Here is a selection of photographs from two days spent there. A lone bull crosses in front of us, whilst the rest of the […]
Our second day of the safari was spent in Lake Manyara national park. Here are a few photos I captured that day. Below: Baboons, Vervet Monkey & Blue Monkey. Below: Baboons. This baby spent quite some time scampering around this tree, lying back and relaxing, then his mum checked whether he had washed behind his ears that morning. Below: A […]
I consider myself lucky that I managed to get away twice last year. Vietnam in February, just as the Covid-19 pandemic was starting its worldwide spread, and Tanzania in October, as that was one of the few countries that didn’t have restrictions. I’d booked with a fantastic company, Shemeji Safaris, and in view of the unknown situation, I didn’t have […]
Tanzania Part 1. Kilimanjaro region and Arusha National Park.Read More »
When planning our trip to Vietnam we had decided that towards the end of our holiday we’d like to see some countryside and coastline, and the famous Halong Bay was to be our final destination. Unfortunately whilst in Hue we learned that the Covid virus was at last going to have a negative effect on our holiday, and much to […]
Phong Nha had been recommended to me and it made a complete change from the cities we’d visited so far. Characterised by mountains, tropical forests and underground rivers, it’s known for its ancient limestone karsts and a couple of incredible caves and botanical gardens. Once again, our great host at the AirBnb in Hue organised a private car for us […]