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Search RadharcimagesId chosen a hotel for the night entirely from tripadvisor, the travelodge in Florida City. I didnt know Florida had a city, and its tiny but its a nice wee quiet town, like a lot...
View ArticleHad enough of this dull damp cold rainy rock in the middle of the Atlantic…
Search RadharcimagesIt was one of those offers I couldn’t refuse. ‘What are you doing in November/December?’ ‘Nothing in the diary yet, but its usually a slowish month, why?’ ‘The big band are going...
View ArticleVancouver city blues
The getting up not too early idea didn’t work out quite as well as I had hoped as Id forgotten about jetlag and going to bed early tied in with going to bed late at home. Up at just after 5am Vancouver...
View ArticleLeaving Las Vegas…
Search Radharcimages Leaving Las Vegas sign In my last post I covered a lot of the things I did whilst I was in Vegas itself but there’s much more than just gambling, drinking, eating, shows and...
View ArticleIn search of the Northern Lights
Search Radharcimages Flying over snow covered Norwegian fjord The day before I left for Canada, an email popped into my inbox from the local travel industry. As everything was packed, backed up, shut...
View ArticleDo bears really sh*t in the woods?
Search Radharcimages It all started with a friend of mine asking if I fancied a quick trip somewhere sunny during March. She had leave to use and both of us were going stir crazy watching the rain...
View ArticleIts the end of the world as we know it…
Search Radharcimages Ushuaia fin del mundo end of the world sign Argentina And I feel fine. Well Ive finally arrived at Fin Del Mundo, the end of the world, except its not really the end of the world,...
View ArticleAntarctica
Search Radharcimages I still havent got round to writing my blog on my Antarctica trip. To be honest with you all, I dont know where to start. Ive never been on a trip that where a place has touched...
View ArticleThere she blows….
Search Radharcimages Its taken me a long time to get round to writing these blog posts. Its not for the want of trying, its one of those rare times I have genuinely been lost for words. When I first...
View Articlekeep your distance and be mindful of your surroundings…
Search Radharcimages It takes a lot for me to scrape my sorry ass out of bed at this time in the morning. Usually its reserved for something really important, really expensive or really special. Today...
View ArticleBest laid plans……and serendipity
Search Radharcimages Do you ever have one of those dreams where you wake up and go about your ‘normal’ business yet there isnt another sinner about and you think you are the last person on earth. Well...
View ArticleThe art of the selfie…
Search Radharcimages Before I go on to describe some of the wonderous happenings that landing on the Antarctic soil entails, Ive been asked to address the elephant in the room that is the selfie...
View ArticleSomewhere over the rainbow…
Search Radharcimages I love my job, I do, no, I really do. Yes, this is my job, I travel the world taking pictures of things to show people who may never see them for themselves or which may prompt...
View ArticleViva Espana
Search Radharcimages Once upon a time I said I would rather stick pins in my eyes than go to any of the Costas. In fact I said it on a number of occasions and I meant it. Which is why I found myself...
View ArticleThe hills are alive… with rain and more rain.
Search Radharcimages Somehow I managed to scrape myself up out of bed, get a shower, get a coffee, wander to the metro and get down into the centre of Barcelona without opening my eyes or muttering a...
View ArticleFriends until the end – Viva – Barcelona!
Search Radharcimages It was a difficult night in the hostel. Not for the amount of cocktails consumed, not for the amount of rain falling but more for the fact that somehow the corridor door between...
View ArticleCosta Del Crime
Search Radharcimages Yet another stupid o’clock morning which involved dragging luggage around Barcelona for a bit. Not a sport I would recommend, particularly I dont recommend the trying to be clever...
View ArticleStrikes, mosquitos, blizzards and everything else not in my contract..
Search Radharcimages I love Canada, I really do. I considered moving there after my first extended trip there and decided not to bother after my second extended trip (during winter). Two things I...
View ArticleSex, drugs and rock and roll…
Search Radharcimages Sorry to disappoint with the misleading title. Sitting on the edge of my bed at 4am having been up most of the night and not for the right reasons, I was having difficulty raising...
View ArticleThe end of the road… for now.
Search Radharcimages I drove like a lunatic back to Vatnajokull and made it to the hike office with 10 mins to spare before the first trip of the day. I just left the jeep with the door open and...
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