by Kirsty | February 17, 2015 | Croatia, Travel Shot
Zadar was the first stop on our travels along Croatia’s Adriatic coast and it was a town we both really liked. It has Roman ruins and medieval churches, quaint cobbled alleyways and traditional cafés. It also has a lived-in feeling that we came to appreciate even more...
by Kirsty | February 3, 2015 | Czech Republic
We came to know it as ‘the Prague baby tower’ but the Žižkov Television Tower is definitely one of Prague’s more unusual tourist attractions. It’s located in one of the city’s residential areas; many visitors don’t know it even exists. We were staying with friends in...
by Kirsty | January 17, 2015 | Cuba
What to expect when staying in a Casa Particular in Cuba The Cuban equivalent of homestays are casa particulares: private family homes in which the owner rents out one or more of their rooms to paying guests. For independent travellers to Cuba, staying in casa...
by Kirsty | December 31, 2014 | Annual Review, Belize, Bosnia & Herzegovina, Costa Rica, Croatia, Cuba, Czech Republic, El Salvador, Estonia, Finland, Guatemala, Honduras, Hungary, Indonesia, Latvia, Lithuania, Long term travel, Mexico, Nicaragua, Norway, Panama, Photo Essay, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Thailand
It’s not in my nature to use words like awesome or epic but looking back at our 2014, less-enthusiastic words just don’t do our travelling year justice. Hammerfest, Norway June 2014 Twenty-six countries across three continents, it’s certainly going down as the...
by Kirsty | December 18, 2014 | Photo Essay, Thailand
A chance to photograph local life and improve photography skills in Chiang Mai During one of our many extended stays in Chiang Mai, I participated in ‘A Day of Photography’, a one-day workshop offered by Alan McArthur. Alan is an award-winning professional...
by Kirsty | December 1, 2014 | Indonesia
Bali’s Jatiluwih rice terraces and ten interesting things about rice! I do love rice terraces. Mark would put it down as another one of my “obsessions”, like street art, but I just happen to think rice terraces are very photogenic. It also means I get a bit carried...
