not your usual greek landscape
milos is not your usual greek island – it's so much more – sulphur mines, fiery red rocks and moonscapes
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lake tyrrell, ethereal and incredibly beautiful
– a vast expanse of salt, sky and stars – We had spent the morning in Echuca and were now on our way. The road from Echuca to Sea Lake traverses vast expanses of flat, yellow…
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a sweltering long weekend in madrid
We had picked the hottest weekend of the year to visit Madrid, or so it seemed. But the nights were languorous and the tapas bars met every expectation..
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alborebello, disneyland in puglia
By all accounts it's overrun by tourists (which it was) but nonetheless it's worthwhile seeing because it's a UNESCO site.(also true). Pretty and quaint but challenging in terms of its "authenticity".
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food and art treasures waiting to be discovered in Gaziantep
Gaziantep is just 100km north of the Syrian border. It's the foodie capital of Turkey and one of the mosaic capitals of the world.
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wandering around bergen
Day 6 of our trip to Norway. A slow day wandering around Bergen today. I was only vaguely aware of this town until recently when my sister recommended a UK TV series to me called Shetland.…
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lake inari
We woke to the clearest and brightest day of our stay. What a shame! We thought we would spend our last few hours on the lake. Some beautiful shots – it was a very special light we…
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a long weekend in istanbul
Istanbul has to be the most engaging city in the world. Utterly ramshackle, slowly decaying and incredibly gorgeous and ugly in equal parts. It's both welcoming and indifferent. A city of huge…
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the early bird catches the fish..
Enjoying a day of ice fishing and snowshoeing in Finnish Lapland
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oslo in 6 hours….
This was Day 12 and our last day in Norway. So we had to make the best of it in terms of seeing Oslo before we had to leave for our flight at 4.30. The weather had started to clear up the…
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the walled fortress town of dubrovnik
Arriving in the old city of Dubrovnik at night is magical. Ours was the last flight in and we decided to opt for the shuttle bus into the old town. We bought our tickets at a small vending…
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gold and old towns around daylesford
– old towns, old cemeteries, old mines and ghosts – We had decided to explore a little of Victoria’s gold mining heritage a part of our two week road trip through country…
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a leisurely ride on the tumbarumba rail trail
– a peaceful ride through lush countryside – Upfront let me declare that Niran and I are not exactly exercise freaks! Nonetheless, we opted to spend the entire last day of our…
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hiking – or not! – around dalen
Day 2 of our visit to Norway. We’ve been a bit worried about just how “active” our limited hiking skills would allow us to be on this holiday, and today was going to be our first test. We…
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rain and more rain…
Day 3 of our visit to Norway. Well we thought we had seen the worse of the rain on our first day, but today it just came bucketing down and put paid to all our plans. It was a day spent almost…
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