Travels on Planet Earth - A blog
San Francisco; February 2010 This is a statue of Indian statesman Mahatma Gandhi behind the San Francisco Ferry Building. From this angle it looks like he is gazing out at the reflected sunset and full moon rising over the Bay Bridge. I took this with my new digital SLR and I’m particularly pleased with the [...]
Madrid, Spain; October 2008 I stumbled across his pair of oil paintings upstairs at the famous Prado Museum in Madrid, Spain. It was quite a contrast immediately after perusing the rooms full of Spanish royal portraits, mainly by Velazquez. There was quite a striking family resemblance between fathers, sons, grandsons and brothers and also sisters [...]
Orkney; June 2009 My friend and I were sightseeing around mainland Orkney when we stumbled across this circle of Standing Stones – or rather, Standing Pebbles! I don’t know who did this but it tickled my fancy as a joyful and creative response to the environment. I could imagine doing this with a child – [...]
Today brings another bumper collection of links to great travel content on the web. I hope you enjoy it – let me know in the comments. If I link to you below, please pay it forward and give link love to someone else. Debates, trends & reflections Island caretaker. I was less than complimentary in [...]
St Ives, Cornwall, UK; June 2008 Usually you go to an art gallery to see the landscapes and seascapes inside the building. In that respect, the Tate St Ives gallery does not disappoint. It has a large collection of modern and contemporary art and the price of admission also includes entry to the nearby Barbara [...]
Detroit, USA; October 2005 These days Detroit is often put forward as the poster child of urban decline, but it wasn’t always this way. Back in the days of Motor City, it was quite the place to be. Although it’s thought of as an industrial city, the wealth from the car industry helped support a [...]
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