River Wide, River Long
The picturesque Hozu River, part of the Katsura River in Kyoto Prefecture in Japan, is a popular location for a relatively calm whitewater boat trip. Even if you don’t do the […]
Ringing the Changes
Approaching Sedona from the south, through Oak Creek Canyon, the eponymous Bell Rock is impossible to miss. A butte, composed of horizontally bedded sedimentary rock of the Permian Supai Formation, it stands 1468 m. tall. […]
Masterpiece in the Born
One of my favourite places to sit in Barcelona is in the little square in front of Santa Maria del Mar in the Born. It is a massive, imposing building […]
Happy Days
Happy Days! Here I am, outside school in the mid 1970s (that’s me second from right), with a group of friends. Like the uniform? You’re not seeing the worst of […]
Allies
Look at this companionable couple: “Allies”. F.D. Roosevelt and Churchill sit chatting on a bench in Bond Street, London in Lawrence Holofcener’s 1995 bronze sculpture, erected to mark 50 years […]
Capturing his Eye through my Eye
On a busy Sunday morning, surrounded by the bustle of the fish market on Quai des Belges in Marseille’s Vieux Port, I found this artist lost in his work. Posted […]
Home for Hyraxes
This Rock Hyrax, or Dassie, has a stunning home in the rocky crevices high up on Table Mountain. The hyrax is one of the four living species of the order Hyracoidea. The closest living relatives to […]
Love and Luck in Japan
At Japanese temples it is common to see racks of hand-inscribed votive plaques, or “ema” (絵馬). This is wishing Japanes style; the plaques could be asking for anything from a […]
Travel with Intent 