Our small plane soared over South Africa’s rugged landscape as we flew toward the MalaMala Game Reserve. With the Kruger National Park sprawled out down below, I began to stare into the trees in earnest,…
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Whenever I think of Morocco, I think of Moroccan leather. For some reason, leather has always been my achilles heel of travelling. No matter how many countries I visit, I still can’t walk past a…
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Have you ever explored the souks of Marrakech? Morocco is the most atmospheric country I’ve ever visited. There are horse-drawn carts moving bumpily along palm-tree-lined highways; the red flags with green…
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“Crickets are good luck in Cuba,” the man tells me, as he expertly winds a palm leaf around itself, folding the plant so it begins to represent an insect. His fingers…
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Colombia Photography South AmericaBetween a Rock and a Colourful Place: the Magical Realism of Guatape, Colombia
You’ll be forgiven if you haven’t heard of Guatape, Colombia. This tiny town is a few hours away from Medellin in the midst of the rolling green Colombian countryside. It’s famous…
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The sky is huge above the salt flats of Bolivia. There’s something about the vast amount of blue up there that makes me feel different; like I’m at once an intrinsic…
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I have a bit of an affinity for cemeteries. As a child, on my family’s twice-yearly visits to my grandpa’s grave in Somerset, there were three other plots I used to…
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Before arriving in Sao Paulo, I’d never heard of Batman’s Alley. There’s a huge amount of fascinating street art pieces throughout South America, and every time I take a photo of…
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Challenges Ecuador Galapagos Islands Photography South AmericaSnorkelling with Sharks at San Cristóbal Island in the Galapagos
“Tiburones! Tiburones abajo!” My heart sank. Only an hour before, I’d learnt that this was the Spanish word for sharks. Plural. And now I was about to swim over a whole…
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England Iceland India Italy Morocco Nepal Photography Portugal Spain ThailandTravelling in 2012: A Photographic Roundup
It’s been an odd twelve months. I knew this year would involve a lot of travel, but I didn’t count on quite so much. This time last year, I was mainly…