The theme for our travel pics this week is K for Kotor – and today we look at something a bit different – the ruins of a soap factory, abandoned in the heart of Kotor. When communism fell in the former Yugoslavia in the 80s, the country fell on hard times – and there are…
The theme for our travel pics this week is K for Kotor – and for Wednesday, its the waterfront at Perast, on Kotor Bay a few kilometres from Kotor itself. The city has sixteen Baroque palaces, two Orthodox churches, and seventeen Catholic ones including St Nicholas’ – seen here – which has the highest campanile, or…
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…
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…
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,…
The theme for our travel pics this week is J, for Jungles (and rainforests) – and for Saturday, we head to the Mamu Rainforest Walk, on the Palmerston Highway in Far North Queensland. Run by the local Mamu indigenous people, this is a skywalk – a raised walk through the rainforest canopy, and is part of the…
The theme for our travel pics this week is J, for Jungles (and rainforests) – and for Friday, it’s Tivua island, in Fiji. One of the Mamanuca islands off Viti Levu, Tivua is a pretty little coral cay that is used as a day-trip for tourists from Nadi. It’s small enough to walk around in 20 minutes,…
The theme for our travel pics this week is J, for Jungles (and rainforests) – and for Thursday, we return to Innisfail in Far North Queensland. No matter what time of the year, and no matter where you look, there’s always a lush, green canopy surrounding Innisfail. This image is of a Frangipani tree (also know in…
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…
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…
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