Ok, so I know it’s not really called Mount Doom. Hardy hobbits did not trudge many miles bearing the one ring of power and throw it into the fires of this mountain, which dominates the landscape here for miles around. Yes, its real name is a Māori word: Ngauruhoe (pronounced Ngoh-roo-haw-e, see a full explanation […]
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Travelling whilst standing still
One of the great things about travelling for the longer term is the ability to stop for a while, settle a bit, and find out more about the place you are calling home for the next section of your life. Whatever travel means to folk, to me it is being somewhere different and experiencing somewhere […]
To Tongariro
It turns out our aforementioned decision to go arbitrarily North was approximately 100% the opposite direction to that which we needed to go to find work. Luckily however, New Zealand isn’t that big of a place, so when a job cropped up half way down the North Island it was a mere six hour road […]
Northward bound
Having spent some time setting up Bernie, we have now finally left Auckland. I suspect it was about time to do so. As a farewell gift, the city provided us with a drunk who attempted to clean our rear window with a loaf of bread. He staggered up to my window and explained that his […]
Composition in Photography: Everything You Need To Take Better Pictures!
Composition in photography is the art of putting together a photo that is visually pleasing to the people who look at it. In today’s photography tips article I’m going to be sharing with you a number of tips to help you compose better photos. Improving your photography composition is an easy way to take better […]
Auckland’s volcanoes
Auckland, I have learnt, is a city built on no less than fifty volcanoes, not all of which are dormant. This means two things. One, that I could get blown into tiny lava covered pieces of myself at any moment, and two, that there is some excellent hilly walking to be done. We set off, […]
Shanghai for a day
Our trip to New Zealand is a bit of a mammoth venture, going via both Shanghai and Sydney, with fairly lengthy stopovers in both. Since we were in Shanghai for 13 hours, it seemed to make sense to pop into town and take a look around. The trip from the airport into Shanghai was a […]
Berlin – the rest of the story
Berlin, you will not be surprised to hear, is about more than just amazing street art. So whilst the street art was certainly a highlight of my trip, it wasn’t the whole thing. Here therefore is the tale of the rest of my time in this fascinating city. Berlin is a great city for exploring. […]
An alternative tour of Berlin
There is a chap, I am told, who wanders around Berlin by bicycle painting the number six everywhere he can. He has been doing this for a very long time. When questioned, at length, and the layers of slight madness are peeled back, a reason for his number painting is given. It is, apparently, to […]
Photo theme – Rainbows
Photography. It’s all about capturing the light, and rainbows are a pretty raw form of that substance. I challenge anyone not to be amazed by their colour and beauty, the way they appear to follow you, or run away from you, always elusive, always stunning. Below are some of my favourite rainbow photos that I […]