As the 4 wheel drive vehicle pulled into the ramshackle village of Kanuma the 5 westerners aboard were probably both curious and mildly apprehensive. Only one of the group had visited the area before and even Kathrynfrom Gambia Experience hadn’t witnessed a kumpo before therefore none of us quite knew what to expect. The vehicle [...]
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Burj Khalifa, Dubai; View from the top of the World
It’s not everyday that the opportunity to be a part of a Guinness World Record presents itself. Travelling in the superfast lifts to the 124th floor of the World’s tallest building the Burj Khalifa in Dubai is available to anybody visiting the Emirate and breaks a number of records. The space age looking building is [...]
Cuba in Black and White; A Portrait
Anybody that visits this site regularly will be aware of two of my greatest passions; portraiture and colour. Therefore a whole post from Cuba a favourite destination in black and white may come as quite a shock. It is vital that we expand our horizons, attempting things outside our comfort zone. Therefore this post appearing [...]
Riding the Rocky Mountaineer – The Romance of the Rails
The Rocky Mountaineer in British Columbia, Canada is one of the World’s great train journeys. Although I am not especially a train buff I do enjoy travelling by rail and taking this special locomotive from Vancouver to Whistler and back was another milestone in my life as a traveller. This particular journey is considered a [...]
Havana, Cuba – If it’s good enough for Hemmingway
“Welcome to Havana” these same words greeted me in every public place in the Cuban capital. Although sometimes it often involved a request for a hand out, offer to pose for a photo or taxi ride, it also sometimes appeared sincere. I wonder what “Papa Hemmingway” would think of it now. This is the affectionate [...]
Essaouira – The Windy and fishy City of Morocco
It is not difficult to work out why Essaouira is called the ‘Windy City’ even when there is little more than a breeze, it gusts through the streets, market places and along the beach. Its touch caresses the sand and reaches every hidden space within the town. “merely sold off the pavement in the fishing [...]
The Hohenzollernbrücke, Cologne; The Bridge of Love Locks
“symbols of security, here the love locks are a symbol of romance” At first glance the Hohenzollernbrücke railway bridge spanning the Rhine (Rhein) in Cologne may not appear to be a monument to love. An industrial sculpture of concrete and steel with high speed trains travelling in both directions over one of the World’s great [...]
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