In the late afternoon we reach the Ombos temple, or the Crocodile Temple, on the Nile’s east bank – that of “life”. This is a really beautiful temple with the frieze of the Pharaoh being anointed by Gods with the life giving waters of the Nile. Around…
You are back on your vessel, so settle yourself down on the upper deck and just watch Egypt’s panorama unfold before your eyes! Endlessly on both banks daily life shows itself to you and seems much as it has been over the past hundreds…
Everyone remembers the giraffes, lions and elephants they see, but on our last safari in southern Africa the kudos also left quite an impression. I was especially fond of my photo of the bull kudo highlighted above. A large…
I am adding another couple of ancient pics from 1980. The first, one of the many typical “Kasbahs” (fortified dwellings) in Morocco. These can still be widely seen today and are…
We visited Egypt in early 2013, before the political strife hit the fan, and were very thankful we did. Whilst making our way to the Giza Plateau one morning our bus had to manoeuvre its way through several back streets and stop…
While everyone enjoys the beautiful large animals of Africa, there’s a plethora of bird life that’s easy to overlook when studying the splendid lions and kudu and giraffe.
Explorer Levinson Wood begins his try of walking the Nile this Sunday.Read about it. http://www.telegraph.co.uk/tra…-along-the-Nile.html
A number of countries in areas including Southeast Asia and southern Africa are considering simplified regional visas, making travel easier for …
This photo was taken just at the crack of dawn in Serengeti National Park. We were already on safari, looking for wildlife, when we came upon this soda (alkaline) lake. A group of flamingos was slowing wading through the water looking for…
We had spent the past week slowly working our way up the slopes of Kilimanjaro via the Shira route. Today was the day we would summit the mountain, before beginning our descent.
In the late afternoon we reach the Ombos temple, or the Crocodile Temple, on the Nile’s east bank – that of “life”. This is a really beautiful temple with the frieze of the Pharaoh being anointed by Gods with the life giving waters of the Nile. Around…
You are back on your vessel, so settle yourself down on the upper deck and just watch Egypt’s panorama unfold before your eyes! Endlessly on both banks daily life shows itself to you and seems much as it has been over the past hundreds…
Everyone remembers the giraffes, lions and elephants they see, but on our last safari in southern Africa the kudos also left quite an impression. I was especially fond of my photo of the bull kudo highlighted above. A large…
I am adding another couple of ancient pics from 1980. The first, one of the many typical “Kasbahs” (fortified dwellings) in Morocco. These can still be widely seen today and are…
We visited Egypt in early 2013, before the political strife hit the fan, and were very thankful we did. Whilst making our way to the Giza Plateau one morning our bus had to manoeuvre its way through several back streets and stop…
While everyone enjoys the beautiful large animals of Africa, there’s a plethora of bird life that’s easy to overlook when studying the splendid lions and kudu and giraffe.
Explorer Levinson Wood begins his try of walking the Nile this Sunday.Read about it. http://www.telegraph.co.uk/tra…-along-the-Nile.html
A number of countries in areas including Southeast Asia and southern Africa are considering simplified regional visas, making travel easier for …
This photo was taken just at the crack of dawn in Serengeti National Park. We were already on safari, looking for wildlife, when we came upon this soda (alkaline) lake. A group of flamingos was slowing wading through the water looking for…
We had spent the past week slowly working our way up the slopes of Kilimanjaro via the Shira route. Today was the day we would summit the mountain, before beginning our descent.