Faces of Rishikesh
In March I went to Rishikesh in the north of India to do a 200 hour yoga teachers training course at Rishikesh Yog Peeth. I took my camera with me of course and took some time to practise some portraiture. My photography style is usually quite sneaky and un-intrusive so it was good for me to practise […]
Père Lachaise Cemetery, Paris
When we were in Paris, we decided to try to find the Père Lachaise Cemetery on foot, armed with a map and our bellies filled with fresh cider and galettes from Crêperie Suzette near Place des Vosges. It was about a 2 kilometre walk at a slight incline. The graveyard was as beautiful as it […]
Notre Dame de Paris, Île Saint-Louis
As you’d expect. the queue was really long getting to visit the inside of Notre Dame de Paris but didn’t take a long time. Standing outdoors waiting for our turn gave us plenty of time to enjoy the outside of the church. There was a man that was selling biscuits to children and helping them to hold their […]
A Guide to La Palma
Last month we headed out to the Canary Islands for a sunshine adventure! I’ve put together a guide of my favourite spots (with links to more detailed blog posts) to visit and a few tips to help you on your way. HOW TO GET THERE We took the plane from Cork, Ireland to south […]
Los Cristianos
If you arrive at Tenerife via ferry, you’ll be familiar with the touristy town of Los Cristianos. This town used to have such a small population that they couldn’t afford a castle or fort and so they were continuously raided by pirates, keeping the population down. A lot has changed in the last few hundred years as industries […]
San Sebastián de la Gomera
When I happened to go to San Sebastián, it was siesta time (between 2pm and 5pm) so it felt a lot like a quiet Sunday. I recommend visiting well before 2pm and checking the place out in the evening as well. It’s a lovely little town to explore and chill out. If you’ve been to […]
La Gomera
For a about a week, I worked remotely on the island of La Gomera at a little place in a barranco called La Mangita. I had a little apartment to myself with views over the valley, mountains, trees and the cliffs from my balcony. To maximise my daylight hours, I woke up at sunrise and […]
Caldera de Taburiente National Park, La Palma
If walking’s your thing, La Palma’s got mountain’s to climb, beaches to stroll, volcanic deserts to hike through and forests to explore. The caldera (caldera means “cauldron”in Spanish), or crater-like space, is apparently just a mountain arch in a crater shape. It’s not actually a crater. The space that the mountains create is about 10 kilometres […]
Playa Neuva, La Palma
Apparently the other name for this brand new beach is Echentive Beach. The beach was formed after the 1971 eruption of Mount Teneguía and that’s what makes it, along with many of the rocks there just about fifty years old. You can access the beach quite easily by trail or car, and the drive is really […]