Travel photos
You need someting a little different
I've been lucky - I have been able to travel extensively from an early age. Nowadays everyone has a camera in their phone, and iPhones take amazingly good photos, so the posting of travel photos has become commonplace and so, one could argue, devalued. So what you post needs to be a different viewpoint - seeing the extraordinary in the commonplace.
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Angry female lion: her cubs have just been trampled by wildebeest. Don't assume lions always have it their own way.
Kenya 2022 Canon EOS6D
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US Air Force XB-70 Valkyrie, USAF Museum. An extraordinary looking aircraft.
Dayton Ohio USA 1987 OM-2
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Badlands. Amazingly rugged.
S Dakota USA 1987 OM-2
Colorado road. Big sky country.
Colorado USA 1987 OM-2
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Honour Guard at The Arlington National Cemetery
Washington DC USA Dec 1987
New York Harbour with The World Trade Centre
New York, Jan 1988 OM-2
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Subway, Central Park
New York, Jan 1988 OM-2
Tour Eiffel. Hard work to climb.
Paris, France Jun 1989 OM-2
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Baguettes. You know when a country is an ex-French colony: the baguettes and the croissants are excellent
Hammamet, Tunisia Jun 1990 OM-2
The Boys having coffee. A French and French colonial tradition.
Hammamet, Tunisia Jun 1990 OM-2
Winter Sunset. The weather in Fife is always better than anywhere else in Scotland.
Elie, Scotland Jan 1991 OM-2SP
The Sandy Lane Hotel. Not somewhere we could afford to stay but we did go to a New Years Eve party there.
Barbados Dec 1991 OM-2SP
St Lawrence Bay, from a Bell JetRanger
Barbados Dec 1991 OM-2SP
Villa Nova. Used to belong to Sir Anthony Eden. We borrowed it from a friend. Now sadly an extended defunct hotel.
Barbados Dec 1991 OM-2SP
The chaos that is Parisian driving.
Paris, May 1992 OM-2SP
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Only the French can make public transport this stylish.
Paris, May 1992 OM-2SP
Basilique du Sacré-Coeur de Montmartre.
Paris, May 1992 OM-2SP
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Basilique du Sacré-Coeur de Montmartre
Paris, May 1992
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Retirement, Greek style
Rhodes, Greece Aug 1992 OM-2SP
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Honda 50. Two-up was never going to work...
Rhodes Aug 1992 OM-2SP
Agia Efimia olive trees and poppies
Kefalonia, Greece May 1993 OM-2SP
Myrtos Beach. We got our 4x4 stuck there: forgot to put the hub locks on
Kefalonia, Greece May 1993 OM-2SP
Mid-Western rural street scene. Howard was a good friend.
Brimfield IL, USA Sep 1994 OM-2SP
1950s America does still exist
Missouri Sep 1994 OM-2SP
If this doesn't trivialise marriage I don't know what does
Las Vegas Sep 1987 OM-2
The wreck of the Panagiotis, Navagio Beach
Zakynthos, May 1997 OM-2SP
Drying fish
Lanzarote Nov 1997 OM-2SP
La Graciosa island
Lanzarote Nov 1997 OM-2SP
It's a long way down
Italian Lakes, May 1998 OM-2SP
Cargo ships at sunset, Manila Harbour
Mar 1999, OM-2SP
Manila Harbour is one of the most polluted bodies of water in the world: corrupted by marine spillage and raw sewage from Manila and Makati. And yet they swim and wash in it.
Manila, The Philippines Mar 1999 OM-2SP
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Banaue rice terraces
The Philippines, Apr 1999 OM-2SP
Banaue valley
The Philippines, Apr 1999 OM-2SP
Banga'an, Banaue
The Philippines, Apr 1999 OM-2SP
Malinta ("of many leeches" in Tagalog) Tunnel, Corregidor
The Philippines, Apr 1999 OM-2SP
Spring in the mountains
Crete, Greece Apr 2000 OM-2SP
Doors
Crete, Greece Apr 2000 OM-2SP
Take me home, country roads...
Crete, Greece Apr 2000
St Gilles-Croix-de-Vie
France, Aug 2000 OM-2SP
Riding the tram to Fishermans Wharf
San Francisco, USA Feb 2001 OM-2SP
No other city looks like this
San Francisco USA, Feb 2001 OM-2SP
Any Greek island...
Rhodes, Greece Jun 2001 OM-2SP
Possibly the most beautiful bridge in the world
San Francisco CA, USA Jun 2001 OM-2SP
Riders on the beach
Side, Tuirkey Apr 2002 OM-2SP
Unrestored Roman amphitheatre, free to enter and utterly abandoned. They have since tidied it up and jet-washed all the stones, removed all the rubble at the front and you have to pay to get in..... Progress?
Side, Turkey Apr 2002 OM-2SP
The Weetabix castle
Alanya Castle, Alanya, Turkey Apr 2002 OM-2SP
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Blacksmith advert
Aubusson, France Aug 2002 OM-2SP
Flooded trees
Ickford, Bucks, UK Oct 2002 Kodak DX4900
Tennis coach and pupils
Marco Island FL USA Jan 2003 DSC-F717
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Arch and distant fields
Castenau-Montratier, France Jan 2003 DSC-F717
Silver birches
Montauban, France Jan 2003 DSC-F717
Sunshine on the town
Javea, Spain Apr 2003 DSC-F717
Hot French rural summer
Torubieres, Dordogne, France Aug 2003 DSC-F717
Roadscape
Vendoire, Dordogne, France Aug 2003 DSC-F717
Hat
Pornic beach, France Aug 2003 DSC-F717
Mouline de L'Abbaye
Brantome, France Aug 2003 DSC-F717
Minnie Mouse's roof
Disneyworld, Orlando FL, USA Apr 2004 DSC-F717
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The Blue Lagoon
OluDeniz, Turkey Aug 2004 DSC-F717
Jetty adverts
Fethiye, Turkey Aug 2004 DSC-F717
Amphorae at sunset
Fethiye, Turkey Aug 2004 DSC-F717
Overloaded licence-built Renault 12
Fethiye, Turkey Aug 2004 DSC-F717
The Lake District - installing ADSL to every Fire Station in Cumbria.
Ullswater, Cumbria Mar 2005 DSC-F717
Sultan Qaboos Grand Mosque
Muscat, Oman Apr 2005 DSC-F717
Dolphin watching
Muscat, Oman Apr 2005 DSC-F717
The road out of Muscat, now a dual-carriageway
Oman Apr 2005 DSC-F717
The view from the camel's back
Oman Apr 2005 DSC-F717
The most suitable form of transport
Victoria, Gozo, Aug 2005 DSC-F828
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Cirkewa lighthouse
Malta Aug 2005 DSC-F828
Church of St John The Baptist, Xewkija
Gozo, Aug 2005 DSC-F828
The Thames from The Eye
London, UK Jan 2006 DSC-F828
Big Ben
London, UK Jan 2006 DSC-F828
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Seaside huts
Knysna, S Africa Apr 2006 DSC-F828
Sunset
Knysna, S Africa Apr 2006 DSC-F828
Ostrich
Oudtshoorn, S Africa Apr 2006 DSC-F828
The road between Oudtshoorn and Prince Albert
Oudtshoorn, S Africa Apr 2006 DSC-F828
Khayelitsha, one of the largest townships in South Africa. Apparently I was lucky I didn't get shot whilst taking this photo. Scroll right for more.....
Cape Town, S Africa Apr 2006 DSC-F828
The road to Botswana, North West from Johannesburg
S Africa, Apr 2006 DSC-F828
Cricket
S Africa Apr 2006 DSC-F828
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Lion eating elephant
S Africa Apr 2006 DSC-F828
Doesn't look like much? This is the Straits of Hormuz, one of the most strategic waterways in the world, from the Omani side. That over there is Iran. The boat is either a patrol boat or 20 million cigarettes...
Oman, Dec 2006 DSC-F828
The temple of Karnak, sunset
Karnak, Egypt, May 2007 A-100
Tent roofs
Marsa Alam, Egypt Feb 2008 A-100
Desert
Marsa Alam, Egypt Feb 2008 A-100
Turtle
Marsa Alam, Egypt Feb 2008 OM SP550UZ
"You and I could be a mile above the earth tremors..."
La Palma, Spain Oct 2008 A-100
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Los Llanos main street
La Palma, Spain Oct 2008 A-100
"VMC on top"
La Palma, Spain Oct 2008 A-100
Fuerteventura, Spain May 2011 A-100
The Forth Bridge. The middle is really tiny in comparison with the massively over-engineered cantilever trusses
Edinburgh, Scotland Nov 2011 A-100
"So what did the Romans ever do for us?"
Ephesus, Turkey Aug 2011 A-100
The Brirish holiday experience
Gower Peninsula, Wales, Mar 2012 A-100
Countryside
The Netherlands, Jun 2012 A-100
West coast cliffs
Majorca, Spain Dec 2012 A-100
Winter mist
Carpentras, France Dec 2012 A-100
The French do hillside towns very well.
Valdrôme, France Dec 2012 A-100
Sunset
Chauvigny, France Dec 2012 A-100
Merde!
Cholet, France Aug 2013 A-100
Gondoliers
Venice, Italy Dec 2013 A-100
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The Grand Canal
Venice, Italy Dec 2013 A-100
Gondola
Venice, Italy Dec 2013 A-100
Burano, Italy Dec 2013 A-100
Misty morning
D246, Saint-Philbert-en-Mauges, France Dec 2013 A-100
Val Claret, France Feb 2014 A-100
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Newgale, Pembrokeshire, Wales May 2014 A-100
Haverfordwest, Pembrokeshire, Wales May 2014 A-100
Lifeboat station
St Davids, Pembrokeshire, Wales May 2014 A-100
Saint-Philbert-en-Mauges, France September 2014 A-100
Marrakesh, Morocco Jan 2015 EOS-6D
Mercedes W124 Taxis - legendary the world over
Marrakesh Jan 2015 EOS-6D
Plates
Marrakesh, Jan 2015 EOS-6D
Oxford Canal, Oxfordshire, England March 2015 EOS-6D
Porth Hellick from 300ft
St Marys, Isles of Scilly May 2015 EOS-6D
Seals
Isles of Scilly May 2015 EOS-6D
Hellfire?
La Sagrada Familia, Barcelona, Spain Aug 2015 EOS-6D
Hudson
NY State, USA Sep 2015 EOS-6D
Overwater villa
The Maldives, Nov 2015 EOS-6D
Eagle Ray
The Maldives Nov 2015 EOS-6D
Sunset
The Maldives Nov 2015 EOS-6D
Marrakesh, Morocco Jan 2016
Morocco Jan 2016 EOS-6D
Leiden
The Netherlands May 2016 EOS-6D
Gouda
The Netherlands May 2016 EOS-6D
The River Thames. My grandmother lived in one of these houses.
Abingdon, England May 2016 EOS-6D
Positano
Amalfi, Italy June 2016 EOS-6D
Amalfi, Italy June 2016 EOS-6D
Amalfi, Italy June 2016 EOS-6D
Cognac
The Charente, France July 2016 EOS-6D
Sunflowers
Saintes, France July 2016 EOS-6D
Burgau, Portugal August 2016 EOS-6D
Health & Safety, anyone? The Gurudwara Bangla Sahib Sikh Temple and volunteer Kitchen feeds 35,000 people a day, free.
Delhi, India Nov 2016 EOS-6D
Sunset over the foothills of he Himalayas
Almora, Uttarakhand India Nov 2016 EOS-6D
Towards Nepal
Uttarakhand, India Nov 2016 EOS-6D
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Trekking
Uttarakhand, India Nov 2016 EOS-6D
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The Taj Mahal
Agra, India Nov 2016 EOS-06D
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Baby Taj
Agra, India Nov 2016 EOS-6D
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Red Fort
Agra, India Nov 2016 EOS-6D
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Chand Baori step well. Not sure about drinking from this?
Abhaneri, Jaipur, India December 2016 EOS-6D
Truck and donkey proceeding the wrong way down a dual-carriageway, at dusk
The road we very nearly died on, Jaipur, India December 2016 EOS-6D
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"Welcome to dinner, Sir, Madam. All this is just for you two...."
Jaipur, India December 2016 EOS-6D
"I can see my hotel from here"
Jodhpur, India December 2016 EOS-6D
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"More champagne with your breakfast, sir?"
The Umaid Bhawan Palace Hotel, Jodhpur, India December 2016
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Jain temple
Jodhpur, India December 2016 EOS-6D
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Approaching the Lake Palace Hotel... by hotel boat
Udaipur, India December 2016 EOS-6D
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Udaipur Palace from The Lake Palace Hotel
Udaipur, India December 2016 EOS-6D
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Office Supplies 'r Us, right on the side of the N1 motorway running out of the capital city
Conakry, Guinea May 2017 EOS-6D
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The uncertainty of the Capitalist world
Rijeka, Croatia May 2017 EOS-6D
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Plitvice Falls
Croatia June 2017 EOS-6D
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Communist relic
Rijeka Croatia May 2017 EOS-6D
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Kerry, Ireland August 2017 EOS-6D
Kerry, Ireland August 2017 EOS-6D
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Castellon, Spain September 2017 EOS-6D
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Pont-canal de Briare
France November 2017
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Canal Literal a la Loire, France November 2017 EOS-6D
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Floating market
Bangkok, Thailand December 2017 EOS-6D
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Wat Rong Khun
Chiang Mai, Thailand December 2017 EOS-6D
Tea plantation
Chiang Mai, Thailand April 2018 EOS-6D
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Elephant sanctuary
Chiang Mai December 2017 EOS-6D
Elephant sanctuary
Chiang Mai, Thailand December 2017 EOS-6D
Market
Chiang Mai, Thailand December 2017 EOS-6D
Sunset
Ko Pha Ngan, Thailand December 2017 EOS-6D
Night time
Hong Kong, December 2017 EOS-6D
Hong Kong skyline
Hong Kong December 2017 EOS-6D
Apartment blocks
Happy Valley, Hong Kong, December 2017 EOS-6D
Rum casks
Habitation Clement, Martinique, France March 2018 EOS-6D
Hummingbird
Martinique, France March 2018 EOS-6D
Slave monument
Martinique, France March 2018 EOS-6D
Martinique, France March 2018 EOS-6D
Jeremy's villa key
Puglia, Italy, June 2018 iPhone
Evening light
Puglia, Italy June 2018 EOS-6D
Roof tiles
Puglia, Italy June 2018 EOS-6D
Tower Bridge
London August 2018 EOS-6D
The Caloosahachee River
Cape Coral FL USA November 2018
A Florida Christmas - in 24° heat
Sanibel Island, Fort Myers FL USA November 2018 EOS-6D
Wadi Rum, Jordan March 2019 EOS-6D
Wadi Rum, Jordan March 2019 EOS-6D
Wadi Rum, Jordan March 2019 EOS-6D
Petra, Jordan March 2019 iPhone 7
The Treasury
Petra, Jordan March 2019 EOS-6D
Lawrence of Arabia's base
Qasr-Al-Azraq, Jordan March 2019 EOS-6D
Serenity beside the Dead Sea
Jordan March 2019 iPhone 7
The Dead Sea, Jordan, March 2019 iPhone 7
Roman amphitheatre
Jerash, Jordan March 2019 iPhone 7
Segur le Chateau
France May 2019 EOS-6D
Boating
Cape Coral FL USA June 2019 EOS-6D
Virgin white sand
Spanish Wells, the Bahamas July 2019 EOS-6D
Where is everyone?
Spanish Wells, The Bahamas July 2019 EOS-6D
The one person on the beach
Spanish Wells, The Bahamas July 2019 EOS-6D
Everyone goes to Papa's Scoops... every night... because there's nowhere else
Spanish Wells, The Bahamas July 2019 EOS-6D
Swimming pigs
Spanish Wells, The Bahamas July 2019 EOS-6D
Feeding the turtles
Spanish Wells, The Bahamas July 2019 EOS-6D
Blue water over The Bahamas
The Bahamas July 2019 EOS-6D
Canoes
Little Exuma, The Bahamas July 2019 EOS-6D
Nobody here but us...
Little Exuma, The Bahamas July 2019 EOS-6D
Market
Agen, France August 2019 EOS-6D
Kiama, NSW Australia December 2019 EOS-6D
Badgerys Overlook
NSW Australia December 2019 EOS-6D
Kangaroo, Australia December 2019 EOS-6D
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Koala, Australia December 2019 EOS-6D
Fossilised creature incorporated in to the floor of the Australian parliament building
Canberra, Australia December 2019 EOS-6D
"Man Down"
Anzac Memorial, Canberra Australia December 2019 EOS-6D
Evening, Lake Hume
Huon, Victoria, Australia December 2019 EOS-6D
Somewhere in Australia, December 2019 EOS-6D
Kookaburra
Australia December 2019 EOS-6D
Boxing Kangaroos
Australia December 2019 EOS-6D
Melbourne
Victoria, Australia December 2019 EOS-6D
The Twelve Apostles
Victoria, Australia December 2019 EOS-6D
"Catch the last wave of the day"
The Great Coast Road, Australia December 2019 EOS-6D
Sydney Harbour
Sydney, Australia January 2020 EOS-6D
Sydney Opera House
Sydney, Australia January 2020 EOS-6D
Baiona, Spain February 2020 EOS-6D
Baiona, Spain February 2020 EOS-6D
Saundersfoot Beach
Pembrokeshire, Wales July 2020 EOS-6D
Competa, Spain September 2020 EOS-6D
The Alhambra
Granada, Spain September 2020 EOS-6D
Sherborne Castle Gardens
Sherborne, Dorset UK April 2021 EOS-6D
The Severn Bridge, Chepstow UK May 2021 EOS-6D
A Bucketful of Sunshine?
Wales May 2021 EOS-6D
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Rethymnon Harbour, Crete June 2021 EOS-6D
Mesh-protected traffic lights, a measure of how militarised Northern Ireland still is
Northern Ireland August 2021 EOS-6D
Night stop
Malin Head, Eire Aug 2021 DJI Mini 2
Towards the Gap of Manore
Eire August 2021 EOS-6D
Eire August 2021 DJI Mini 2
The Wild Atlantic Way
Eire August 2021 EOS-6D
The WIld Atlantic Way
Eire August 2021 EOS-6D
The Wild Atlantic Way
Eire August 2021 EOS-6D
The Wild Atlantic Way
Eire August 2021 EOS-6D
Slower
Eire September 2021 iPhone 7
St Colman's Cathedral, Cobh
Eire September 2021 EOS-6D
Notre-Dame-de-Lorette Necropolis
Souchez, France Nov 2021 iPhone 11 Pro
Storm light
Segonzac , France November 2021 EOS-6D
Sunset
Castelnau-Montratier, France November 2021 EOS-6D
Gibraltar December 2021 EOS-6D
Wind turbine
Vejer de la Frontera, Spain December 2021 DJI Mini 2
Seville, Spain January 2022 EOS-6D
Mushrooms of Seville
Seville January 2022 EOS-6D
Rhonda, Spain January 2022 DJI Mini 2
Football field
Cassa de la Selva, Spain January 2022 DJI Mini 2
Besau, Spain January 2022 DJI Mini 2
Carcassone, France January 2022 iPhone 11 Pro
Castelnau-Montratier, France January 2022 iPhone 7 Plus
Colombo, Sri Lanka Feb 2022 iPhone 11 Pro
Sigiriya Rock (touristy) from Pidurangala Rock (not touristy but bloody hard work to climb...)
Sri Lanka, February 2022 iPhone 11 Pro
Central Highlands, Sri Lanka February 2022 iPhone 11 Pro
Passengers risking life and limb....
Sri Lanka February 2022 EOS-6D
Tea plantation
Sri Lanka, February 2022 EOS-6D
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Damro Tea
Sri Lanka February 2022 iPhone 11 Pro
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Wedding Day
Galle, Sri Lanka March 2022 EOS-6D
Komodo Dragon
Sri Lanka, March 2022 EOS-6D
Hippo
Lake Baringo, Kenya October 2022 EOS-6D
Safari
Fig Tree Camp, Masai Mara Kenya October 2022 EOS-6D
Tiwi Beach, Kenya November 2022 iPhone 13 Pro Max
Alcalali, Spain November 2022 EOS-6D
Alarcon, Spain, February 2023 iPhone 13 Pro Max
Formentera, Spain May 2023 iPhone 13 Pro Max
Huesca, The Pyrenees July 2023 iPhone 13 Pro Max
Alcalali, Spain October 2023 iPhone 13 Pro Max
Uncle Ho still exhorting the People of Vietnam to continue the Communist Struggle.... in 2024
Vietnam, April 2024 EOS-6D
Early evening bridges
Phnom Penh, Cambodia April 2024 iPhone 13 Pro Max
"Dive, Dive, Dive". One wave and he's under, overloaded sand barge
Mekong River, Cambodia April 2024 iPad Air 2
Phnom Penh by night
Phnom Penh, Cambodia April 2024 iPhone 13 Pro Max
Novice Monks
Angkor Ban, Cambodia April 2024 EOS-6D
Bamboo road bridge
Kaoh Pan Island, Cambodia April 2024 EOS-6D
Sunrise
Angkor Wat, Siem Reap April 2024 EOS-6D
Angkor Wat, Siem Reap, Cambodia April 2024 iPhone 13 Pro Max
Bodegas Gutierre de la vega, Parcent, Spain May 2024 iPhone 13 Pro Max