Taj Mahal: For the favourite wife – it must be love Taj Mahal, the sublime shrine to eternal love – meh, here’s the big misconception. I can tell you what really happens inside the Taj Mahal. Love, shmove, this is brutal. Approach the stunning Taj Mahal, and the route to this monument of love becomes, well, a bit less lovey. Built in 1648...
Considering crime when travel planning Considering crime abroad when planning where we should or should not visit, a generalised opinion emerged from friends and through media that, let’s say, Africa is dangerous, America is not. Then, shortly before leaving for our first stop in Johannesburg, South Africa, I saw a news report on the growing violence in the...
“Nooooooo they are not hats, dirty, very, very bad. Children – take the sanitary towels off of your heads now. No, you are not an elephant.” Environmentally conscious traveller – a lesson learned. So, travelling broadens the mind. Travel teaches you things. Travel throws up things you never thought of before but wish you had. And then...
Canada stands for…? Canada. What do you think of when you hear the word Canada? This question was asked to Canadians and tourists on a TV show on Canada Day. We had just arrived in Vancouver, and I hadn’t really been out and about yet so still only had my preconceived ideas. What do you think of? My answers were typical to the other tourists in the...
I don’t want to be a landscape photographer anymore. That’s it; I’ve had enough. I don’t want to do this anymore. For years now, I’ve put myself into a category of a landscape photographer, but I’m not. And I can’t understand why I have to be. Photography is not about a genre. It’s not about labels, and it’s...
In London planning our next adventure!
Pack your bags for the Islands of New Zealand If you are serious about your landscape photography then sometimes you have to go to where the best compositions can be found. Some people think Iceland is the best. Some think my homeland of Scotland is up there with the best. Others believe that China and Southeast Asia are Mecca’s for landscape photographers...
Santiago Blue blue Monday So we arrived in Santiago on a flight from Auckland, New Zealand. It was the only way. And it hurt. You may remember in an earlier blog I talked about the World Traveller Life: Monday morning, well get this! We left on Monday evening, flew for 11 hours and arrived – on Monday afternoon. Whaaaat! We did Monday twice. It messed with...
Viva Las Vegas Delta does it again! So, we finally arrived in Las Vegas via the longest route EVER. Okay, so. We are massively running over budget but determined not to go home so early. So it was time to get creative. Very creative. Flying around the world accumulates a lot of miles right, so we decided to see where they would get us for free. So to speak. ...
Tipis and Unicorns Tipi time. So, it’s six o clock in the morning. I’ve been awake most of the night. But that’s not a complaint. My bed for the night is a relatively uncomfortable wooden thing with a minimal plastic mattress. A sleeping bag and a fluffy unicorn coloured blanket we bought in Wal-Mart to cheer up the cold Canada camping nights. And did I mention...