This is the second of my TravelPinspiration themed posts, following the lead set down by Caz and Craig of yTravelblog, where I share five of my favourite sunset themed shots from around the world to inspire and pin on the Pinterest platform. You can find out more about this in my first post. Last week, the theme was waterfalls, which are one of my favourite things in the … [Read more...]
Archives for October 2012
In photos: from the Facebook page – Edition IV
Edition four! Who knew the time was going to fly by quite so effectively? The good news is that if you are new to this series, you have three other wonderfully photo rich posts to read, namely Edition 1, Edition 2 and Edition 3. If you aren’t new – well, here’s a round up of some of the most popular photos that I’ve shared on my facebook page over the last month or so. Handy … [Read more...]
#TravelPinspiration: Waterfalls
I know – a blog post with a hashtag. I am so web 3.0. In fact, I think I may re-defining cool when it comes to blog post titles. Yep. So, what’s this all about? Well, Caz and Craig, the lovely folks behind ytravelblog, have started a weekly series called Travel Pinspiration, cunningly mashing up the words “pinterest” and “inspiration”. See what they did there? Yes, … [Read more...]
Taking some time to relax with @Naturaki in Costa Brava
I may have mentioned in the odd post recently that Vera and I have been down in Spain, attending a travel blogger conference and then being whisked around the incredible Catalan region with the folks from Visit Costa Brava. The travel blogging conference itself was pretty epic, with two long days of workshops and networking events, as well as three evening parties. Fun, and … [Read more...]
Ballooning in Costa Brava
When I learnt, about a month before I was due to head down to Costa Brava, that I was going to be going on a ballooning trip, I was a teeny bit excited. Ok, so I may have wandered around for roughly the next month in a happy daze, mumbling the word “ballooning” at every opportunity. I was very, very excited. Although, given my history with non-standard means of flight, this … [Read more...]
The Ultimate New Zealand Road Trip Itinerary
I spent a very happy year living, working and road tripping around New Zealand, and in that time I got to see quite a fair bit of what this magnificent country has to offer. But what if you don’t have a year? What if you’ve got a more normal holiday period set aside for your trip, and you want to see as much of this phenomenally beautiful country as possible? Say… a … [Read more...]
The pictures they don’t want you to see
Today I’m delighted to introduce another guest post from Vera, talking all about the very fine art of travel photography. Enjoy! Mesdames, Messieurs! If you think Loz has been the only photographer I travelled with, you're wrong. Dead wrong. There have been others. And so I have witnessed first hand (and you might already know that): it takes many, many pictures until … [Read more...]