redheadedtravels

I need to start with a confession – I lived in London for 10 years and I never visited Columbia Rd Markets. So on this short stopover, I finally find out what I’ve been missing. And I am impressed.   I find the Columbia Road markets, perhaps not so surprisingly, on a blocked off part [...]

Stopping in the middle of the hills between and Trinidad, Cuba to buy a roadside lunch from a local house, we end up at a local party to celebrate National Honour Teachers Day – teachers, parents, children, food, wine, music, dancing – it was a pretty cool afternoon with some warm and welcoming people.   [...]

During the same lazy days in Luang Prabang one Christmas, I also came to learn that not all young monks were always studying hard, some were just enjoying themselves and being teenagers.     looking back at photos of the faces of people I come across in my travels take me right back to that [...]

Spending lazy days in Luang Prabang one Christmas, I come across this young monk studying hard.     Photos of the faces of people I come across in my travels take me right back to that time and place.

The beautifully bright jewel colours worn by the people of Jaisalmer, India, brighten up any day, through any amount of desert dust.    Photos of the faces of people I come across in my travels take me right back to that time and place.

I know, I know, it’s a very lame pun. But a daily view of Bondi Beach is a marvellous thing to live with. And no matter how hectic life gets, there is rarely a day when I don’t spend at least a few seconds just soaking in the view – and somehow it is different [...]