Today's travel photo is of a trishaw on Jalan Muntri in Chinatown, where we stayed in George Town on Penang, Malaysia. Chinatown is a lovely area to explore, but it is particularly beautiful at night when everything lights up. In this case, even the trishaw was lit up. I loved Penang and would love to [...]
I open my eyes, suddenly awake in the pitch black darkness of the night. I roll over and check my phone. It's 3am and I've only been asleep for four hours. I roll back over and bury my head into my pillow. I toss and turn for the next hour, but it's no use. I'm [...]
Today's travel photo is of a view of the Tower Bridge from a boat on the Thames in London, England. During my recent trip to London, we took a cruise along the Thames to the Tower of London, which took us under the Tower Bridge, one of the iconic landmarks of the city. A cruise [...]
The city of Southampton on England's south coast is one of the UK's most important ports and has been for centuries. Since medieval times, ships have been arriving and departing from the natural deep water harbour of Southampton Water, making Southampton a city full of history. During our recent trip to England, we hopped on [...]
Today's travel photo is a view of Main Beach in Byron Bay, Australia. Byron Bay is one of Australia's top beach and surf spots, plus a true backpacker haven. I took this photo while beginning the walk to the Lighthouse at Cape Byron - the most easterly point of the Australian mainland. This is a [...]
Today's travel photo is of an ancient face carved out of stone at the temple ruins of Bayon in Angkor Thom, Cambodia. Bayon is one of the most impressive sites in all of Angkor, and is certainly the jewel of Angkor Thom - a huge ancient city in Angkor. It is characterized by these huge [...]
Sitting opposite the Presidential Palace on the corner of Avenue Lang Xang and Setthathirat Road is Vientiane's oldest standing temple - Wat Si Saket. Although the nearby Haw Phra Keo is known as the oldest temple in the city by dating back to the 16th century, it has been destroyed several times. The entrance to [...]
Today's travel photo is of a sketch artist drawing a portrait at the Sunday Market in Chiang Mai, Thailand. A customer had handed him a photo on their iPad for him to sketch from. The portrait has only just begun in this photo, but looking at his other pieces on display the finished product would [...]
Today's travel photo is of rays of morning sunlight shining down on a grassy plain in the Manyara region of the Rift Valley in Tanzania. I took this photo while on my way to visit a local Masai Village. These grasslands are used by the Masai to graze their cattle, but they are also frequented [...]
Imagine yourself on an island, standing in warm crystal clear water, your feet sinking into the almost perfect white sand, the warm sun beating down on you from cloudless skies, and almost no one else around. That is what you can find on Rottnest Island for three seasons of the year. Ricey Beach on [...]
