Posts/Entries
All posts/entries, for now, from over two decades of global travel. And a few colourful tags, too.
Hawaii Volcanoes National Park, Hawaii, USA
Exploring some of the picturesque volcanic wonders of Hawaii Volcanoes National Park (HVNP) on the Big Island of Hawaii, home to two active volcanoes, including the world’s largest, & the world’s longest continuous volcanic eruption.
The Big Island of Hawaii || New Terra Firma
Exploring some of the youngest terra firma on earth thanks to the world’s longest continuous volcanic eruption.
Germaine’s Luau, Oahu, Hawaii
The modern-day Hawaiian luau, the for-tourists traditional Hawaiian feast with accompanying hula & steel drum-heavy entertainment.
A Doubly Long February 2013 Day
After living a double long February day, the reward at the end of it all was to be back on warm Waikiki Beach in Oahu, Hawaii.
Seoul, South Korea (2013)
It's 11 p.m. on February 25, 2013. I'm in Seoul, South Korea. I've been here, somewhere I know and love all too well, since mid-January but my latest departure from Korea is fast approaching - in some 15 hours I'll be on a flight to Hawaii. I'm exited to leave the...
Hong Kong International Airport
It's January 17, 2013, & I'm on the last of three flights from Ireland en route to South Korea, where I'll stay until the 26th of February before a return to Hawaii to & start of a period of extensive travel & photography / photography & travel through...
Rosses Point, Co. Sligo, Ireland
It has been good to be home for Christmas, my first Christmas in Ireland for 8 years. Putting my travels on hold over the festive period hasn't seen me getting up to much. What I did do was a lot of was lazing around; a lot of eating & drinking (it was Christmas...
London, England to Dublin, Ireland || Flying High
It's good to be home. Coming home to Ireland for the Christmas & the New Year period has been on the cards for a while so for a long time I've been looking forward to my first Christmas at home in 8 years. To get here I've travelled through 8 countries &...
London, England (2012)
I've always liked London. It’s one of my favourite world cities and has been for a long time. I've had family here for as long as I can remember, I worked & lived here for a period a long time ago when I had a real job, & it’s always somewhere I try to get...
Iceland || South Coast Road Trip
Towering Waterfalls. Glaciers. Icebergs. Desolate Volcanic Wastelands. Natural Highlights Of Wintry & Wondrous Iceland Braving the elements @ Myrdalur, southern Iceland. December 5, 2012 I'm sitting in the Nordur-Vik Youth Hostel in Vík í Mýrdal, southern Iceland,...
Reykjavík, Iceland
The Icelandic capital. Short On Sights, Heavy On Charm Hallgrímskirkja (Lutheran church), Reykjavík, Iceland. December 2, 2012 It's kind of neat being in Iceland, the island republic (it received its independence from Denmark in 1944) on the island of Iceland, a...
Oslo, Norway
"... a wonderfully chilled out city with some striking architecture & great museums. Yes, it's painfully pricey – some claim it to be nothing other than the most expensive city in the world - but don’t worry too much about that. It’s a nice enough place. Quite...
Oslo, Norway || Day 1
I've travelled to my fair share of so-called expensive world destinations but nowhere thus far that can hold a candle to Oslo, Norway. Oslo, Norway || The Most Expensive City in The World Everyone knows travel in the Nordic countries is an expensive proposition. I...
Stockholm, Sweden
I've just about dried out for this day and now that I have I can present what will be my enduring memory of my time here in Stockholm, the capital of Sweden, officially the Kingdom of Sweden. It hasn't stopped raining since I got here yesterday from Helsinki, Finland....