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Herbert Glacier near Juneau, Alaska
The capital of Alaska, Juneau, is a beautiful small city set on a salt water channel and surrounded by magnificent alpine peaks. It’s is a nature lovers paradise, with great shops, restaurants, and the...
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Cruise ships near Ketchikan Alaska
Far from being a one horse town, Ketchikan is a six cruise ship town. These mammoth floating hotels dock at the port right at the heart of the town. Ship visitors stroll down the gang ways straight...
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Mariachi’s in El Parian, Tlaquepaque,
In the village of Tlaquepaque, south of Guadalajara, Mexico, is El Parian, a large plaza flanked by arcades and surrounded by restaurants and bars. In it’s centre is a stage surrounded by chairs and...
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Sawyer Glacier in Alaska
Prior to visiting Alaska I had seen plenty of glaciers but always in mountain regions. I had never seen a Glacier that flowed out to water. About 72 km’s from Juneau is Tracy Arm fjord. 48 km long and...
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Lock display in Mexico City Cathedral
At the altar of Saint Nonnatus in Mexico city’s Metropolitan Cathedral is a display of hundreds (so it seems anyway) of padlocks all intertwined and locked together. My instinctive reaction when I saw...
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Wine tasting in the Napa Valley
I’ve written before briefly about my love of wine. See Willamette Valley. So more in that theme. I’ve been to some of the most famous wine regions in the world and none more so than the Napa Valley in...
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Che Guevara in Cuba
In Cuba the late Che Guevara is everywhere. On buildings, T shirts, posters and books to name just a few. His popularity seems from an outsiders point of view to be bigger than Fidel Castro’s. Maybe...
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Restaurant widow in Matilda Bay Perth
I guess we all complain about where we live at one time or another. As some of you know i live in Perth Western Australia and like everyone else you become blasé about your surroundings. Matilda Bay is...
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Reflections of Piazza San Marco in Venice
The main piazza (square) of Venice is undoubtedly Piazza San Marco. It’s a large square ringed on two sides by tourist restaurants with classical music playing and dominated by St Mark’s Basilica. On...
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A wet Piazza San Marco in Venice
Following on from my post earlier this week, I’d thought I’d drop in another piccie of a rather wet Piazza San Marco. Apart from the many tourists you can also see located alongside the square, the...
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Yank tanks in Havana
You know before I went to Havana, I had heard that the place was full of American vintage cars but until I saw it with my own eyes I didn’t realise how many! Almost every car was a ‘yank tank”. What I...
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American classic cars in Havana
In Monday’s post I posted a picture of Red Buick in Havana as an example of the good condition most of these cars were in. The question is why are there so many vintage cars in Havana? Well to answer...
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Mexican Cowboys In Guadalajura
One thing I noticed In Mexico was the number of “Mexican Cowboys”. Older guys wearing the Stetson. In fact Stetson is actually a brand of Cowboy Hat and the founder of the company, John Batterson...
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Mexican Cowboys In Guadalajara photo
Continuing on with my Mexican Cowboy images. Another name for Mexican Cowboys is vaquero (pronounced baˈkeɾo) which means herder of cattle. These horse-mounted livestock herders come from a tradition...
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London’s food and cafe’s
Cured meats Cheese Bread Sticks Fruit Cheese Cheese Cafe Fish Coffee Pork Pies Monmouth Coffee Shop Paella Cheese Olive Oil Bottles Nick Katin Global EyeFiled under: photography
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African shoestrings – Lesotho Day seven
Malealea Lodge is at the top of a hill right next to Malealea Village. The lodge itself is a collection of chalets, huts, a dorm and a bar/store dotted among Pine trees and areas of brown lawn. Set to...
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African shoestrings – Lesotho Day Eight
We decided to celebrate our feeling of freedom at the Lodge bar. Well it was a sort of bar but more like a counter in a small cupboard. We managed to find a couple seats outside with some of the other...
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African shoestrings – Lesotho Day Nine
The main reason why we had come to Malealea was to go Pony trekking. Somehow though, Mick had not only talked us into taking an ensuite cabin rather than a lot cheaper Basotho hut but had also...
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African shoestrings – Lesotho Day Ten
That night the local Basotho children’s choir performed for us. It was quite stirring stuff. They sung songs of peace and hopefulness with a great deal of emphasis on finding a solution for the poverty...
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African shoestrings – Lesotho Day Eleven
The Pony trek itself was something else. Now as corny as it sounds, I always get the dude horse. I once rode a horse that flatly refused to go anywhere, another time, a horse that would only go in one...
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