Nairobi, Pretty in Pink
This hotel has great rooms and beautiful gardens and pool. However, it is quite a way out of town and travelling in and around Nairobi is slow. Linked to Pink […]
Trompe l’Oeil in Bedarieux
I particularly like the muted colours of this painting and the care that has been taken to produce it; it is convincingly realistic. The girl IS real, but the dog […]
A Thistle Epistle
Dear Eeyore I know how fond you are of thistles, so I thought of you when I came across these beauties in a garden in Wiltshire recently. My taste in […]
Art Deco London
Following on from my Egyptian Revival post a couple of weeks ago, I thought I’d expand on the art deco theme. These windows belong to Shropshire House, an office building […]
Getting around in Southern Africa
Getting around in Southern Africa can be slow and uncomfortable: roads are often little more than tracks, and on more major roads the traffic can be bad. My first trip […]
Look Up, Look Down – a new challenge
One of the things about blogging that has surprised and delighted me, is just how many fantastic blogs there are out there. Whether you want to laugh, be inspired or […]
Twin Reflections
These two Hamerkops (Scopus umbretta) stand reflected in the waters of the Okavango Delta in Botswana. These dull-brown birds have a number of other common names, mostly relating to the […]
Beautiful Ruins by Jess Walter
“The dying actress … wavered a moment in the boat’s stern, then extended a slender hand to grip the mahogany railing … All around her, shards of sunlight broke on […]
Travel with Intent 