Memories of spring
Ailsa’s weekly travel theme for this week is Blossom. At the moment I’m at the wrong side of the globe to find the blossoming flowers. Here, the air is getting chilly, the days are short, and the flowers have turned into dry, yellow and brown remnants of summer. So here’s…
Weekly Photo Challenge: Spring!
Bright colors, wearing T-shirts, sitting outside even it’s still a bit chilly to catch the first sunshine, new flowers coming up… springtime! A few years ago I spent this time of year in Finland. It was gorgeous to see the snow melt and the flowers come up. We would go…
Bugs up close
For this weeks travel theme, Close-up, I chose a photo I took in the jungles of Borneo. The jungles are full of extraordinary plants and bugs that I’ve never seen before. I love the shot I took of this bug on a big jungle leaf.
Travel theme: Glow
This week’s travel theme is glow. When I was in Sydney about two years ago, I visited the Vivid festival. It’s a beautiful artsy festival and the whole city seems to be glowing. Throughout the CBD there are light projections on the buildings. Here are some of my photo’s.
Weekly Photo Challenge: Monument
Two in one in Taipei There is a big gate at the Chiang Kai-Shek memorial on the side of the national theatre. This is a photo of a monument seen through a monument. The tall Taipei 101 building, as seen from the gates.
Pedal power: Ruissalo
In the Netherlands I own three bicycles. I use them to go to work, to go to the shops or to visit friends. It’s my main mode of transportation. While travelling I don’t often get the chance to go on a bike ride and when I do, it can get…
Weekly Photo Challenge: Streetlife
Streetlife in Venice is a bit different from the every day life I’m used to. During the day there is so much going on that you just don’t know where to look. Or how to get through the hordes of tourist for that matter. Here are two snapshots of life…
88 days diaries: Totally unrelated random bits of farm life
Radio: “We’re talking about psychopaths in the workplace.”Farm hand: “O, they’re talking about the boss.” When the crows are coming in, the cherries are ripe. Someone came in to ask for second hand cherries instead of second grade. The first time a customer asked for ‘a couple of kilos’, I…
Wildlife of Kangaroo Island
There are many reasons to visit Kangaroo Island, one of them being the big variety of wildlife you can see on a relatively small piece of land. Kangaroo Island is a perfect place for a long weekend away from Adelaide. Whether you take a tour or drive around in your…
Turku’s treasures
Turku is a city in the South-West of Finland, located by the sea and close to the Turku archipelago. In the city center you find a beautiful river which is a perfect place to chill out on a sunny day. You can walk along the riverbank, all the way to Turku castle.…