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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
Iceland || South Coast Road Trip
Iceland 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,...
Reykjavík, 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)...
Oslo, Norway
Oslo, Norway Capital & Most populous City In Norway, The Economic & Governmental Centre Of Probably Scandinavia's Most Expensive Country “… a wonderfully chilled out city with some striking architecture & great museums. Yes, it’s painfully pricey...
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....
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 to Stockholm, Sweden || The High Seas
Gosh the Scandinavians do know how to do things right. I’m 7 hours into a 29-&-a-half hour ferry trip between Helsinki, Finland, & Stockholm, Sweden. I’m not sure if I’m still in the Gulf of Finland or if I’ve entered the Baltic Sea. Not that...
Helsinki, Finland (2012)
Not to rip on the place but grab a coffee or vodka-swigging Finn off the streets of Helsinki, Finland (if you can find one), and if he or she is being honest they’d have to admit that there’s not a whole lot to see or do in their comatosed capital city. Make no...
Saint Petersburg, Russia (2012)
It doesn’t take long to realise that Saint Petersburg is a Russian anomaly – visually very different from any other Russian city. Whereas most of the rest of them are full of dull, unimaginative, boxy, typically-Soviet structures, Saint Petersburg, the...