Blog news
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Latin American adventures
My old pages from South and Central America are now finally back online, having been dusted off and spruced up for your viewing pleasure. It’s been a slow process as I don’t have as much time for blogging these days, but as always it’s been highly engaging to delve into the depths of my photo…
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Beyond the Iron Curtain
I’ve recently been focusing on Eastern Europe and the former Soviet states, having rewritten or written pages anew on Ukraine, Turkmenistan, Estonia, Latvia, Russia, Poland and the Czech Republic. Slovakia also fits the bill, but was previously published as part of a joint trip to Vienna in 2013. I visited some of these places twenty…
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Subcontinental sojourns
Refreshed pages are now up covering my travels across the Indian subcontinent, including Nepal, Sri Lanka and of course India itself. These trips all took place across a four-year period, not by any design, but living in Dubai made the area much more readily accessible, and I was happy to take advantage. I’ve not been to the…
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Off to the Euros
Following conversion of all my old Africa pages including Tunisia, I’ve put some proper effort into my European pages – given that they’re the closest to home, it’s only fair. Andorra and Monaco date back to my time living in Valencia in 2003; visits to France, Paris and the French Alps are now well represented…
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…and the home of the brave
My complete set of pages on the United States of America is now online, not just the sixteen pages from the old site but several new additions, including Seattle, Minneapolis, New York, Washington D.C. plus Hawaii‘s Big Island and Maui. This puts me at still only around 21% of the old site converted, but I’m…
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Global expansionist agenda
Things are starting to get moving, as I now have 46 pages online – mostly straight conversions from the old site, but a handful with some updates and tweaks, new photos and intra-links etc. I think I’ll be making more changes along the way, rather than converting everything then going back to the starts to…
Latest pages
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Vung Tau
Major port city and oil industry jumping-off point for southern Vietnam
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Mui Ne
Coastal resort featuring sweeping beaches and stark desert dunes
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Hoi An
Historic and quaint town in central Vietnam, famous for its centuries-old Japanese bridge
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Mekong Delta
The many mouths of Southeast Asia’s mightiest river
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Hue
Ancient capital and centrally-located historical city
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Ho Chi Minh City
Bustling metropolis and cultural centre
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Hanoi
Political powerhouse of Vietnam and stronghold of the north
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Cu Chi
Infamous tunnel network under Vietnam, plus the centre of one of the world’s newest religions
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