Choosing one photograph to represent a a destination especially one that provided dozens of great photo opportunities is a challenge. Regular readers are already aware of my affinity for Cuba; a fascinating culture, a character on every street corner, new, interesting scenes encountered with each step, bustling cities in a beautiful and diverse country. The [...]
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Great Tips for Doing Nothing
“The sightseeing tourist will visit all the attractions but the explorer will discover their own” At the risk of appearing the laziest traveller on the planet I’m going to confess my fondness for doing nothing. In reality it’s doing nothing in particular, in other words exploring a destination without a particular plan. This suits my [...]
Photography Tales; Telling stories in Cuba
The reasons for photography whilst travelling is surely obvious, it helps bring back memories for us and to share these with family and friends. Apparently it may even involve a degree of boasting and if social media is involved; smoasting. Fortunately despite this current trend this is not the prime motivator for most. The problem [...]
Postcards from modern Cuban ‘cowboys’
This group of Cuban horsemen were stumbled upon as our tour bus was travelling on the road to Cienfuegos on the Caribbean island. The first image was taken from the front seat of the bus but to my delight we stopped moments later and it was very exciting to be able to take several images [...]
Postcard from a Cuban horseman
This is one of a series of images taken from through the windscreen of the Intrepid Travel tour bus on a Cuban roadtrip. There always seems to be something interesting happening at the roadside. Regardless of whether in a city or on an open road in the middle of nowhere, unusual vehicles, people waiting for [...]
Trinidad, Cuba – A storming great town
Trinidad is many people’s favourite destination in Cuba, it is easy to understand why. There are many more western looking faces here but despite it being popular it still has an authentic vibe. The streets are lined with coloured houses, blues, yellows and terracottas with equally colourful classic vehicles negotiating the many potholes. Horse drawn [...]
Portraits of Culture – Peoples of Destination
Travelling is about enjoying experiences, either visiting a well known or little visited destination, savouring the journey, relaxing, finding adventure, visiting family, attending a festival or event these are just a few of the multitude of reasons for travelling. An often quoted reason by travellers is to experience a different culture, to immerse themselves in [...]
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