Ecuador still has a large amount of indigenous people who live very simply amidst much poverty. 30% of the people that CENIT works with have no running water, sanitation or transport services. Cenit is a school for poor and indigenous people in the South of Quito, Ecuador. It is run by nuns who initially […]
Read MoreTo get to Cotocachi you need to catch a bus from Carcelen, north of Quito. The bus took 2 hours. The bus to Cotocacahi from Otovalo takes 20/25 mins. Stayed in hotel/hostel Mindala -clean hot water TV courtyard and roof terrace. Cotocachi is a very clean town and has two churches, a small market. Tenth […]
Read MoreI loved watching the children’s faces when they saw the horses. These severely disabled children would come alive with the touch of a horse. My job was to hold the child onto the horse and walk round the paddock. Getting up very early and travelling from Quito to Tumbaco was tough but the rewards of […]
Read MoreOtovalo has a colourful Saturday market in Plaza de Los Ponchos selling blankets, rugs, tapestries, scarves and foodstuffs like grains. At 5 am you can see the animal market and later in the day the vegetable and artefacts market. The market ladies dress in long black skirts, white embroidered blouses and wear multiple gold (coloured) […]
Read MoreThere is no February Carnival in Ambato. It is a much more sedate affair. Huge queues of traffic to the festival of fruits and flowers meant that the two hour journey took four hours and that was after the bus almost toppled over by taking a corner too sharp after the driver took a […]
Read MoreIn August I went to Colorado to help my sister and her husband move house. We packed up one house and unpacked another. Then the real work started. They have bought a Ranch on the outskirts of Boulder with stunning views of two Mountain ranges. The hay needed cut, we had a forest fire which […]
Read MoreMexico the day of the dead or el dia en que la muerte muera In Oaxaca, Mexico I enjoyed the festival “El Dia de los Muertos” the day of the dead. If any one had told me I would be visiting graveyards I would have thought them mad. We went to Xoxocatland pronounced Ho Ho […]
Read MoreI love this city and its beautiful mix of Eastern and Western cultures. Smart business people brush past in their business suits marching alongside the gentlemen in their flowing robes and headdresses. Topkapi museum, the Blue Mosque and Aya Sofya minaretes and domes jut out as you cruise along the Bosphorus at sunset. The grand […]
Read MoreSuperb, beautiful, stunning! there are not enough superlatives to describe the Rila monastery. The paintings of this ancient monastery It was founded nearly 13 centuries ago by Ivan of Rila. During this long period of time,the monastery was burned down and rebuild several times. The arches and the colonnades, the covered wooden stairs, the mural […]
Read MoreIt is not every day that you get to meet a real Fred Flinstone. Fred runs a restaurant in a cave in the Rose Valley in Cappadocia. We were wandering through the Rose and Red Valley admiring the homes built into the Fairy Chimneys when we happened upon the rock cafe in the strangest of […]
Read MoreClimbing up to Montemarte my favourite area in Paris and sitting in the little cafes watching life go by as the street artists making their living from drawing portraits is a wonderful way to spend your day. Sacré Coeur de Montmartre, the Basilica of the Sacred Heart looms over the area in its majesty. “The […]
Read Morestrolling through five beautiful Italian coastal villages is not as easy as you think. Basing ourselves at Levanto we hiked along clifftops to visit a village a day. Vernazza has a gorgeous Piazza to watch the sun set overlooked by a church on one side and a ruined castle on the other. The lowering sun […]
Read MoreI love Venice! Every time I go I find something or somewhere new that I haven’t spotted before. It is revealing itself to me slowly. I love taking photographs as the sun is setting when the whole city starts to turn a golden yellow and the buildings become a burnt sienna. The Gondoliers glide silently […]
Read MoreTorres del Paine national park is home to Glaciers, beautiful scenery of lakes and mountain tops. It is named after its three granite towers that dominate the landscape and is one of the world’s most remote places. My friend Olivier and I did the W walk staying overnight at refugios so that i didn’t have […]
Read MoreThis trip took two years to happen. I had thought to travel by Navimag through the ice fields in 2008 but could not afford it. This time I went off season when the voyage was a great deal cheaper.
Read MorePuerto Escondido has world famous surfing waves. It is part of a wonderful coastline in Oaxaca. Also Puerto Angle a beautiful horseshoe bay is nearby.
Read MoreI did not take many photos of Resistencia, Formosa or Corrientes as I really did not do much there and they were really just ordinary towns. I would have loved to see the countryside as each has a lot to offer and all very different. Resistencia has lots of adventure sports, fishing and interesting […]
Read MoreIf you only have one day to spend here then a great way to see Santiago is by bike. I chose a city bike tour and followed a group of like minded enthusiasts round the Plazas, Parks and Statues of this great city. I found this wonderful area in historic Bellavista where alongside street […]
Read MoreThe city at the end of the world. The gateway to Antartica. The forefathers of Ushuaia battled the elements to create a beautiful city surrounded by Ice capped mountains. Cruise ships deliver the enterprising visitor of today while the ships of yore would have delivered whale blubber. Sea lions and cormorants still claim the […]
Read MoreBen and Simon climbing off Railey beach in South Thailand. Sadly a big hotel is being built on this once famous climber’s beach.
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