redheadedtravels

When I booked the Hoxton Hotel for my short stopover in London, I didn’t realise it was such a hipster joint. But even better than that, it’s great value, fun, and in a great location near to Old Street tube. Apparently I turned up during London Fashion Week (not something I have marked in my [...]

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.