I seem to really love bridges
Just flicking through my photo folders I suddenly realised how many pictures I take of bridges. They’re everywhere and I love them. Tweet
Seven Star Crags national park, Zhaoqing, China
Central Southern China is often cruelly overlooked in the rush the Hong Kong, check out this natural wonder for something a bit easier to reach than Guilin. Tweet
Weird Travel Pic #1 – Chinese Penis Destroyer
Travelers take a lot of weird photographs. Here’s the first of a new series where I delve into my own archives and pull out the strangest snaps I possess. Tweet
The importance of travel expectations, and mediating them
How often have you arrived somewhere famous and been hugely disappointed? Tweet
Following in the footsteps of Ludlow & Sherriff – Backpacking Bhutan, Kashmir and Tibet
I work for the Natural History Museum in London. I spent three months this summer creating catalogue records for several thousands of photographs taken by the Botanists/Soldiers/Explorers/Teachers/Photographers/Ornithologists that were Frank Ludlow and George Sherriff. What I saw then has been bothering me for months so now I’m seriously considering re-tracing their steps in my own [...]
I made burger out of my knee – How do people ever learn English?
“I shouldn’t have played soccer yesterday, I made burger out of my knee.” Tweet
Hong Kong & Macau
Ok, I’ve been very poor at updating all this over the past few weeks. For several reasons like lack of time and any internet connection. But at least I’m doing it now! Tweet
Zhaoqing and Dinghu Shan
After a pretty easy journey we arrived bright and early in Zhaoqing. We got our picture taken by a girl we’d been chatting to on the train and strolled out the main entrance straight into a massive chorus of ‘HELLO!’ from about 40 cabbies all vying for our fare. We approached cautiously when they were [...]
Gulang Yu (AHA!)
Whenever I say “Gulang Yu” that bloody ABBA song makes me go “Aha!” in my mind… Tweet