Photography / Travel
Call me weird, call me a kook, but I have this thing for graveyards/cemeteries. I love browsing, the same way you would browse in a bookstore. I love working out ages, looking for clues to help me build a picture of the person’s life before they moved on. In addition to this I love the aesthetics of the place, the angles, the light, the carefully...
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Photography / Travel
La Boca is a working class district of Buenos Aires and is a place that you should visit at your own peril. So say the guide books, and so said the Argentines I spoke to before going. I was advised not to walk to there, but to get the bus. Wise boy: I did. I hopped on the 152 bus from the end of Avenida...
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Photography / Travel
To meander unplanned through a city is to enter on a voyage of fresh discovery. On that journey you discover anything that your senses and your mind are open to. My stroll through Montevideo today was one such experience. Walking for several hours from the port market in the old town along Sarandi pedestrian street, I arrived at the Ciudadela Gate, which marks the transition...
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Photography / Travel
When you arrive in Colonia del Sacramento in Uruguay, just a short one hour Seacat ride from bustling Buenos Aires, you soon find yourself lost in an oasis of charm that refreshes you and leaves you calmly satisfied. This feeling ratifies the words of the welcome brochure handed out on arrival at the hostel, which boldly and proudly proclaims: “Colonia del Sacramento with it blend...
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Travel
A lot of people asked me why I wanted to go to Warsaw. Well, why not, I say? Admittedly the price of the flights with Ryanair had a lot to do with it. It’s basically a case of going down the list of destinations these days and picking one out. Why not be spontaneous and draw a destination from a hat? Fifty pounds return is...
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Travel
What follows is my diary from my recent three week trip to the north of India. Being an “in short bursts” kind of typist, I’m going to publish it in two day blocks, a serialisation if you like. I hope that, in spite of you reading of an occasional hiccup, you will still want to visit this amazingly sensual and colourful nation. India never fails to impress. ...
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Reviews / Travel
Killing two birds with one stone. Skilful? Sadistic maybe. Well that is exactly what I did recently in Belfast. I got two for the price of one, though fortunately no fluffy creatures were harmed in the making of this adventure. Hey, did I ever tell you about the time when I popped a champagne cork and there was a loud squawk as it hit a...
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Stories / Travel
A lot of people have a lot of negative things to say about the former Prime Minister, the Right Honourable- some would say Dishonourable- Margaret Thatcher of Grantham. This is especially true where I live and this was borne out on the day she died when I swear that I saw and heard fireworks that rivalled Bonfire Night and New Year rolled into one. It...
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