Mt. Bromo is a three-hour drive from Surabaya in Indonesia. The reward for taking the twisty windy road is an active volcano that is situated within the crater of another extinct volcano. More…
Piazza San Marco has seen a lot of tourists, from the package tours of today to Napoleon who was a great admirer of the "Drawing Room of Europe". More…
Heh, every site with photography has to have a photo of a Calla Lily somtime, right? More…
Antoni Gaudi was a destinctive architect and designer of the early 20th century and his La Pedrera house in Barcelona is one of his most famous. More…
Mont St. Michel is one of the icons that appears on postcards and posters. Even as a child looking at pictures I could work out that this place is different and special. Isolated at high tide it is impossibly built on the top of a rocky outcrop along the rugged Atlantic coast of France. More…
The Meiji Shrine is one of the most famous in Japan and is very popular for weddings. The proceedings are managed with the expected Japanese precision and formality. More…
The Big Dig brought many positive changes to Boston since it was my home. One addition to the landscape, near to where the abomination that was the elevated freeway along the harbourfront, is the New England Holocaust Memorial. More…
Here are the unfinished works of the Beings. Here are the stones which the Giant played and threw away
said the Vietnamese poet Ngô Xuân Diệu. More…
A visit to the Forbidden City is high on the list of any visitor - international or domestic. The crowds build up quickly so getting in early was the plan. While waiting for the gates to open I spotted this mother about to take a photo of her son. More…
Photographs tell the truth. But not necessarily the whole truth. As anyone who has spent time in Bangkok will know, it's not uncommon to find people begging. Often they adopt a prostrate position for long periods of time, presumably trying to invoke greater compassion in those passing by. It's distressing and confronting to most visitors. But it's not the whole story. More…