Travel with Intent

K is for… Kazaridaru

Kazaridaru means “decorated barrels” and refers to the sake barrels donated to Japanese temples. They serve a practical use, in that the sake is used at festivals and ceremonies but they […]

-London

The Meeting Place

The details of the base of Paul Day’s “The Meeting Place” statue in St Pancras station was taken with my iPhone 4, cropped slightly using Picasa: In case you were […]

-Kenya

An African Love Story by Daphne Sheldrick

If you are interested in conservation or animals, if you love Africa, or if you just enjoy a good love story, then read this book. “Africa has never been more […]

Challenges

Ksar Hadeda, an ancient berber village in Southern Tunisia is looking great in black and white. I’m participating in the online adventure travel and photography magazine LetsBeWild.com’s Wild Weekly Photo Challenge […]

Challenges

Hats Off to the Queen Mother

Walking down the Mall recently, I came across two bronze reliefs by Paul Day (the man responsible for the statue of two lovers at St Pancras Station). They are part of […]

-Arizona

J is for… Javelinas

Arizona has a cute but smelly inhabitant: the Javelina, or Collared Peccary. Though it looks a bit like a pig, it is not from the same family. It belongs instead to the Tayassuidae […]

-Manchester

Australasia – down under in Manchester

The term “potluck” originally referred to what was on offer to unexpected guests: if you arrived unannounced you took your luck with whatever was in the pot! That is the theme for this week’s Sunday Stills […]

-Norway

Captivating Bergen

Bergen is an enthralling city on the west coast of Norway, Norway’s second largest city in fact. On a clear, sunny day you’d be hard pressed to think of anywhere […]

-India

Tigers in the neighbourhood

Tigers have come to St Pancras! The tigers is the largest cat species, reaching up to 3.3 metres (11 ft) in length and weighing up to 306 kg (670 lb). This magnificent animal is endangered: […]

-Japan