Route 66 is without doubt one of the world’s most legendary roads, and a road trip along it is something I’ve always dreamed of doing. In mid-2015, Jess and I had the chance to tour the US and we decided that driving the entire 2,400 mile length of Route 66, from Santa Monica in California, up to Chicago, Illinois, was going to be the definitive road trip for us. With a … [Read more...]
Archives for December 2015
Visiting the Moulin Rouge In Paris – Everything You Need to Know!
There are some activities in Paris that are just so quintessentially Parisian that you can’t imagine doing them anywhere else. And one of those essential activities in our mind is to attend a cabaret show, and arguably the most famous cabaret show in Paris, if not the world, is the show at the Moulin Rouge. This was where the Can Can dance was born during that magnificent … [Read more...]
The Best Backup Solutions for Travel
When we travel, we often rely very heavily on technology to help us preserve the memories of the trip we are taking. From photos to diary entries, trip notes to budget tracking, technology pops its head up all over the place to help us out. But what happens when things go wrong? What if our laptop or camera is stolen, or the hard drive fails, or we get some kind of virus … [Read more...]
Reviewing the Vanguard VEO Tripod
Update September 2020: Since I wrote this post at the launch of the VEO range in 2015, Vanguard have launched a number of new products in the VEO range. These include the VEO 2 and VEO 3 Go range of travel tripods, as well as the sturdier and heaver VEO 3+ range of tripods. As of writing, you can still buy the original VEO, but if you are interested in the newer models you … [Read more...]
10 Days of Travel in Morocco–A Photo Essay
We spent ten days in November travelling around the wonderful country of Morocco with Travel Talk Tours on their Exotic Morocco tour. You can see a full review of our Travel Talk tour of Morocco here. In the meantime, this post is full of some of the best photos from the trip to give you an idea of what we experienced travelling in Morocco. I wasn’t really sure what to … [Read more...]
The Best Photography Locations in London
As part of my on-going quest to find awesome photography locations around the world to share with you, I recently headed to London, a city I know and love, to see if I could put together a guide to the best photography locations in London. The bar has already been set high, with my guides to photographing Yosemite, capturing the Grand Canyon at sunrise and sunset and my 12 … [Read more...]