These colorful old doors, paint peeling from them beautifully, lean against the stone walls in a charming cobbled backstreet in the Old Town of Chania, Crete. They aren’t there by accident. As you can see they’re positioned artfully. They belong to the little taverna across the lane, closed for the winter when we visited, sadly. … Read more about Old doors: a taverna that understands its market (or shares its passion)
Like many travellers I have an obsession with photographing doors. It started in Mexico many years ago and has stayed with me throughout my travels. The more colorful, faded, and older they are the better. If there’s paint peeling off them, wonderful. If there are wooden shutters somewhere on the facade that match, perfect. Like … Read more about Old doors: wondering what’s behind them
Sometimes scenery we come across when we travel can be so breathtakingly beautiful that they stop us dead in our tracks and make it hard to move on. It may not even be that the particular scene is something that is always stunning, like a natural landscape, but rather at that minute the play of … Read more about Sublime travel scenes
There’s been so much written about and so many photos taken of the ‘longneck’ tribes from Burma (Myanmar) who reside in northern Thailand that it’s almost redundant to talk about them in terms of a Thai travel experience. Do you visit them or not? My partner Terence and I have been discussing the issue. This … Read more about Touristic experiences #1: Thailand’s ‘longnecks’
So just what inspires you to travel? I must admit I was surprised by the results of my recent poll where I asked what motivated your travels. Almost half of you (46%) said ‘your own trips and travel memories’ inspired you to travel, while 23% said ‘the very idea of travel’ motivated you to move; … Read more about Travelling: inspirations #3