Monthly Archives: July 2018
Many years ago, my husband and I went to Bali for our honeymoon. On our first day there, we were separated from our money. To say that we were “robbed” puts it much too harshly: we were attracted by friendly, smiling faces into a little blue van that purported to be going our way. I’d […]
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Posted in Architecture,Bali,Indonesia,LandscapesTags: architecture,Bali,environmental portrait,hindu,hinduism,Indonesia,Photo Blog,temple,travel,Travel Blog,Ursula Wall,worship
The dramatic landscapes of Nepal are stunning. Even so, it is the people that make Nepalese trekking such a joy! Everywhere I have been in the country, people have have been friendly and welcoming, and most amenable to having their pictures taken. A friend and I were hiking around the Eastern Rim of the Kathmandu […]
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Posted in environmental portrait,Landscapes,Nepal,TravelTags: environmental portrait,environmental portraits,Kathmandu Valley,landscape,Nepal,Photo Blog,Religious Practice,travel,Travel Blog,Ursula Wall,walk
I love markets! Any regular reader of these “pages” knows that when I travel, I visit local markets whenever I can. Markets give visitors a wonderful insight into the daily life of the people in a country, and – depending on their light and layout – present an idiosyncratic a photographic challenge. On a visit to Budapest in Hungary […]
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Posted in Europe,Every Day Life,Hungary,TravelTags: architecture,arts and crafts,environmental portraits,everyday life,food,market,Photo Blog,travel,Travel Blog,Ursula Wall
Time loops and folds in the waters and fjords of British Columbia’s Strait of Georgia. As you turn into the deep channel of Desolation Sound – given it’s morose name by the dyspeptic Captain George Vancouver when he first explored the area in bad weather in 1792 – it is almost as if time ceases to exist. […]
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Posted in Canada,Nature,Sailing,TravelTags: BC,boats,British Columbia,Canada,Desolation Sound,landscape,Melanie Cove,nature,Photo Blog,sailing,travel,Travel Blog,Ursula Wall,waterscape
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