The Seven Dwarfs and Pollen in the Air
For many years, my wife has said that when I went to Anfield, she wanted to be with me (for background, see here). She has long maintained that the tiny fragments of my soul...
An undefined hiatus
After leaving Havana and with the security of an experienced local driver, Saul and I tackled a fairly ambitious route around Cuba. Although we visited not just small towns, but also many of Cuba’s...
When we arrived, Cuba was not quite herself. After many occasions on which rumours of his death had been prematurely celebrated in the US, Fidel Castro had finally made his exit 2 days before our...
“If this is going to be like spending three weeks in Home Affairs, I don’t think it’s going to be that much fun.” My wife was grumpy. We’d been in Cuba for only 3...
Our final days in Costa Rica included a few more frogs and birds, a guided visit to a coffee estate, some tree-top adrenaline and a short interlude of 5-star R&R to fortify us for our next destination. Here...
While travelling in Costa Rica, I became aware of the work of Bence Máté, a Hungarian wildlife photographer. One of the lodges where we stayed had his bird photography book “The Invisible Wildlife Photographer”, which features...
Saul might do a future post on our Costa Rican adventure, but in the meantime, here are a few photos to give you an idea of what we’ve been up to. If you’re a...
Just before we left Vancouver Island for the US, I received a slightly strange email. In the email, the woman who ran the place that we were due to stay at near Olympic National...
After slipping out of Canada between two storms and recovering our wits in Seattle, we headed south along the western coast of the USA. Washington State, Oregon and northern California treated us to a...
We often get asked what it’s really like to travel the way we’re currently doing, for 5 months at a stretch. As I’m writing this, I am sitting at the kitchen table in our...
Before we started plotting this trip, I was unaware of the existence of Vancouver Island. So in case you’re in the same boat: it’s a Pacific island off the west coast of Canada (accessible...