Travel Pics Theme: K for Kotor

The theme for our ‪‎travel pics this week is K for Kotor  – and for Tuesday, it’s the interior of ‘Our Lady of the Rocks’ church, in Kotor Bay, near Perast. The story goes that sailors spotted the icon of the Virgin and Child washed up on a rock in Kotor Bay and decided to pay…

Travel Pics Theme: K for Kotor

The theme for our ‪‎travel pics this week is K for Kotor  – and we start at the Venetian fortifications, beside the old city. Kotor, in modern-day Montenegro, has been fortified since the sixth century – on the top right of this picture you can see some walls climbing up to the castle of St John…

Travel Pics Theme: J for Jungles (and rainforests)

The theme for our ‪‎travel pics this week has been J, for Jungles (and rainforests)  – and for Sunday, we are at Lifou, in the Loyalty Islands of New Caledonia.   The island is a raised coral atoll, or makatea – and is a truly glorious spot. It’s covered with rainforest, except where it has been cleared for agriculture,…

Travel Pics Theme: J for Jungles (and rainforests)

The theme for our ‪‎travel pics this week is J, for Jungles (and rainforests)  – and for Wednesday, it’s Martinique, in the sunny Caribbean sea.   An island in the Lesser Antilles, this is a French Overseas Department – meaning that is is a little slice of France, and locals are French citizens with the same rights…

Travel Pics Theme: J for Jungles (and rainforests)

The theme for our ‪‎travel pics this week is J, for Jungles (and rainforests). For Tuesday, let’s head to Fiji, and The Garden of the Sleeping Giant. This is a botanical garden first established by Hollywood actor Raymond Burr – mostly to grow his beloved orchids. (Who knew ‘Perry Mason’ was an orchid-lover?) There are more…

Travel Pics Theme: J for Jungles (and rainforests)

The theme for our ‪‎travel pics this week is J, for Jungles (and rainforests)  – and to start us off, Bamboo Creek at Innisfail, in Far North Queensland. Innisfail’s a small town about an hour south of the much-better-known Cairns, and is at the heart of what they call “The Great Green Way”. It is certainly worth spending a few…

Travel Pics Theme: I for Italy

The theme for our ‪‎travel pics this week (and a bit) is I, for Italy. This image is, of course, of the ruins of the Amphitheatrum Flavium – better known to us as The Colosseum. But here’s the thing – The Colossus that the Colosseum was named for no longer exists. It was a giant statue…