Today's travel photo is of a view of the Mekong River from Chiang Saen in Thailand. Chiang Saen is a town situated in the very north-western corner of Thailand, close to the area known as the Golden Triangle, where the borders of Thailand, Laos and Myanmar meet. This photo looks across the Mekong to Laos [...]
It seems only fitting that the first photo that I publish from my recent trip to Paris should be of the Eiffel Tower. It is, after all, the city's most famous landmark. We first visited the Eiffel Tower during the day, and as I expected, I wasn't wowed by it. In my opinion, other sights [...]
Today's travel photo is of some people trading from their boats on the Mekong River at Cai Rang Floating Market in Can Tho, Vietnam. Although it is no longer the huge market that it once was, Cai Rang is still a hive of activity with traders coming from all over the Mekong Delta and upstream [...]
Today's travel photo is of the Ancient Roman Walls at the roman ruins in Silchester, England. This photo might look like an ordinary English farm paddock, but the stone wall on the right is nearly 2000 years old, built as defense of the Roman town of Calleva Atrebatum. The town itself dates back even further [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
