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The Streets of Berlin

The Streets of Berlin

A few days ago I introduced a new series called "The Streets of", in which I said would be a type of photo essay kind of thing. Well, for the first entry in the series, we have a guest post from a good buddy of mine - Gerry Beine aka Ben. He's from my home town of...

Getting Stuff Done For The Big Move

Getting Stuff Done For The Big Move

A few weeks ago, I informed you of our mega plan to move to Thailand in July. Well that's only 6 short weeks away. I'm getting stuff done bit by bit in order to be nice and relaxed come July. Up until now, I've just been quietly getting on with things without too much...

Travel portfolio – Lessons Learned From Travel

Travel portfolio – Lessons Learned From Travel

When It All Started In the past 10 short years my travel portfolio has shown that I've only visited 22 countries. I say "only" because out of over 195 in total, that equals only about 11% I've visited. Now, I know it's a lot more than most people get to visit in a...

Next Stop: Moving To Thailand

Next Stop: Moving To Thailand

Wowzers! I can't believe it's been like nearly 6 whole months since I've posted here. First of all, I do apologize for the lack of content in that time. If the truth is known, I've been very busy with a few online projects(more on that in another post) during that...

Death valley sand dunes  (PHOTO)

Death valley sand dunes (PHOTO)

This weeks travel photo is of the Stovepipe Wells sand dunes which are situated in the heart of Death Valley national park. Anyone that know's me well enough, knows that extreme areas of isolation are one of the things I find fascinating in life. This photo was taken...

Italian Memories – Back Down Memory Lane

Italian Memories – Back Down Memory Lane

Last month(August), my two younger sisters, Lucia and Claudia along with Florence and myself headed off to my dads home place in Italy for 10 days. This was my third trip back there since 2010. My father hails from an area of Lazio called Frosinone - more specifically...

Church in Atina (PHOTO)

Church in Atina (PHOTO)

This weeks travel photo comes fresh from my recent 10 day trip to my dads home place in Casalattico, Italy. While wandering around this small quaint hillside village many times during the few days this church seemed to catch the eye from almost every part of the...

Thai longboat (PHOTO)

Thai longboat (PHOTO)

The longboat is one of Thailand's most photographed images. I took this photo during a day trip to Koh Phi Phi island which is made famous by the film "the beach" starring Leanardo DiCaprio. While we didn't actually get to visit the beach we still were able to see the...

Kenyan Kids (PHOTO)

Kenyan Kids (PHOTO)

This is one of my personal favourite photos from my three month volunteer trip to East Africa back in 2009. It was taken during our first day after we landed in Nairobi, Kenya. We had a couchsurf organised for a couple of nights there with a local lady, who lived...

Serengeti Trees (PHOTO)

Serengeti Trees (PHOTO)

My first travel photo here is one I took while out in the middle of the Serengeti, Tanzania back in 2009. For me, whenever I think of Africa I always visualise these canopy tree's as being the symbol of the continent! Anyone who has been to Africa knows just how...