The theme for our travel pics this week is O for On-board Images. These fine specimens of manhood (with me in the middle) are taking part in a ‘crossing the line’ ceremony on the MSC Musica. Now, traditionally the ‘Line’ in Crossing the Line ceremonies is the Equator – but since this voyage (from the West…
The theme for our travel pics this week is O for On-board Images. These will be pictures we have taken on-board a variety of ships, in a variety of locations. Our first is one of the pools at the rear of the Carnival Spirit – in the so-called Serenity area. This is an adults-only pool and…
The theme for our travel pics this week is N for Night Scenes. And as the week ends, so too does the night. I have to admit, I’m really proud of this shot. I took it just as the sun ended a peaceful night as we sailed across the Atlantic on the MSC Musica.…
The theme for our travel pics this week is N for Night Scenes. Vietnam’s Halong Bay is, as we’ve mentioned before, a truly magical spot. And that magic doesn’t disappear as the sun goes down. We, as you can see, were anchored fairly close to a number of other boats in the bay – but…
The theme for our travel pics this week is N for Night Scenes. For Friday, it’s a Good Friday scene in Santo Domingo, the capital of the Dominican Republic. The sun had just gone down on Good Friday in Zona Colonial, the old centre of the oldest Catholic city in the ‘new world’. Shirley…
The theme for our travel pics this week is N for Night Scenes. They say that “what happens in Vegas stays in Vegas” … but I couldn’t let this stay there. We only spent three nights in Las Vegas – and that was probably enough (since neither Shirley nor I are gamblers) – but…
The theme for our travel pics this week is N for Night Scenes. For Wednesday, our pic is of the MSC Fantasia, taken from on board the MSC Musica in Mallorca, Spain. Mallorca (or Majorca, as the Brits call it) was magic – and it was easy to see why the Costa Del Sol…
The theme for our travel pics this week is N for Night Scenes. This is from Sapa, in Northern Vietnam, on a cool, foggy night. The cloud cover in Sapa for most of the two days we were there was incredibly thick – so thick, in fact, that we couldn’t see the nearby mountain or the…
The theme for our travel pics this week is N for Night Scenes. These will be pictures we have taken on travels near-and-far, at night. Our first is only a short trip from home – to the Queensland Cultural Centre, at South Brisbane. I was here for a series of workshops on freelance journalism,…
The theme for our travel pics this week is M for Madeira. To wrap us up, a lovely view from near the Cabo Girao lookout. It was typical of Madeira – hills, and terraces, and medium density housing – and as my wife pointed out … gum trees! Now, just think about that: if you were to drill…
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