Quito is a Unesco world heritage city and has a lovely historic centre dating back to 1534. It is a really hilly city and on Sundays I used to love to cycle up and down the hills to get good exercise as one of the main streets, Amazona, is closed and allows a 40 kilometer […]
Read MoreThe Intag valley is a very remote mountainous part of northern Ecuador. It is famous for it’s coffee growing area. People here hitchhike or travel in large lorries to get from one place to another. 60% of its population are poor and face malnutrition. They subsist on farming the land and raising cattle. There has […]
Read MoreThe Secret Garden is an eco-hostel in the Cotopaxi valley. The views from there and also travelling to the hostel are magnificent. Cotopaxi is an active volcano and has been very active recently but not while I was there. It looms above you with it’s ice cream cone top gleaming in the sunlight. to the […]
Read MoreThese photos were taken in Banstead, Surrey. The beautiful purple Lavender fields in full bloom are not only lovely but smell divine. Lavender is not only used in soaps and perfumes but is meant to calm the nerves and give you a better sleep. It also has anti-inflammatory, antifungal, antidepressant, antiseptic, antibacterial and antimicrobial properties. […]
Read MoreEileen Donan castle is one of my favourite castles. This 13th century castle stands on small island and is joined by a beautiful bridge to the mainland. It was a stronghold of the Mackenzie clan and the Macrae clan and was largely destroyed after the Jacobite rebellion by the English. We travelled to the Isle […]
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