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From the First People of Comox Valley, Canada, to the landlocked central African nation of Chad; from acoustic guitar folk harmonies to cross-cultural genre-bending musical layers; from unaccompanied voices and percussions to complex and layered instrumental blends – the Vancouver Island Musicfest in July had no apparent boundaries. Even if I’d had an idea what […]
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Posted in Canada,Music,musiciansTags: British Columbia,Canada,environmental portrait,environmental portraits,music,Music Festival,Native American,people,performance,performers,portrait,portraits,Travel Blog,Ursula Wall,Vancouver Island,world music
They had me at “walk”. Then they told me I’d visit ancient Orthodox monasteries and be treated to Coffee & Greek Delight. What a joy! I was travelling around Greece with a small group: we had wound our way east from Olympia on the Peloponnese Peninsula (see: In the Footsteps of the Gods), and driven […]
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Posted in Architecture,Greece,TravelTags: architecture,Greece,mountains,Photo Blog,travel,Travel Blog,Ursula Wall,village,walk
The air pulsates with dry heat. The sky and earth vibrate with impossible colours. You are surrounded by rusted equipment, reclaimed tyres, and expensive solar panels; it is impossible to discern what is in use and what has been abandoned. Houses are fashioned from old campers and railway carriages, or lovingly created out of mud […]
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Posted in Australia,Landscapes,TravelTags: Australia,drive,landscape,mining,Outback,Photo Blog,road trip,sculpture,travel,Travel Blog,Ursula Wall
Wherever you go in India, you will find colour and crowds, heat and history. This is particularly true of South India where the humidity rolls in from the surrounding waters, and the distinctive Dravidian Hindu temples punctuate the cities. Take, for example, the city of Tiruchirappalli (commonly known as Trichy or Tiruchi) in the middle […]
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Posted in Architecture,India,Religious PracticeTags: architecture,environmental portrait,environmental portraits,hindu,hinduism,people,Photo Blog,religion,Religious Practice,sculpture,temple,travel,Travel Blog,Ursula Wall,worship
Sometimes, individuals make a big difference. In Canada’s British Columbia, the most-recently established Provincial Park helps protect trees that are among the province’s oldest. About 114 km (71 mi) east of the small industrial city of Prince George, there remains a section of North American inland temperate rainforest. Pockets of humid forest patches survive in […]
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Posted in Canada,Nature,TravelTags: British Columbia,Canada,landscape,nature,Photo Blog,Provincial Park,travel,Travel Blog,Ursula Wall,walk
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