Wildlife, wild places, photography - plus Wild Scenes Hong Kong store
Wildlife, wild places, photography - plus Wild Scenes Hong Kong store
Kawah Ijen volcano, east Java is an astonishing place, which I visited a few years ago. I’ve just re-edited several of my shots. Walked up to rim in the dark, pre-dawn; and I was surprised a miner offered to guide me down – went real close to crater…
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Walking into the old part of Ngau Chi Wan Village, I’m soon on a path between two-storey buildings, which include a relatively grand old house, built in 1927 of grey bricks and mortar, with granite blocks around the doorway. Standing here, it seems I could be in one…
Photos from a trip to the north of England during winter 2023 Whitby, North Yorkshire – Dracula was here, just don’t ask about his grave In Bram Stoker’s Dracula, a ship with the vampire aboard is wrecked at Whitby, and Dracula bounds ashore in the shape of a…
Just measured as the crow flies, the main Ming Dynasty Great Wall stretches some 2000 kilometres from west to east. For much of its length, the Great Wall dips and climbs through mountain ranges, until at last dropping to a narrow coastal plain, crossing the town of Shanhaiguan…
On a map, the Leizhou Peninsula looks like a spur of land thrusting south from the China coast towards Hainan Island. Since much of the peninsula has been designated within a geopark because of a host of volcanoes, and Hainan has mountains soaring to over 1800 metres, you…
There’s an “only in China” style to Lufeng Dinosaur Valley, with its combination of kitschy dinosaur models, dioramas, fun fair, zip line, and museum. In the museum, we find displays including tens or hundreds of mounted dinosaur skeletons, most or all of which were discovered here. Lufeng, in…
Though we might be barely three hundred metres from shore, there’s a real sense of adventure as my son and I, with guide Dat Ki, paddle slowly in a wooden canoe across the calm brown waters of a lake within Cat Tien National Park, south Vietnam. There are…
Wow – look at that for a view! Across a bay lie green hills and a headland topped by a craggy summit, with a fishing town on the shoreline. There’s a blue sky with wispy clouds, and not a hint of pollution. Atlantic waves roll in to the…
Though physically similar to Po Toi, and little more than 10km south of Cheung Chau, Wailingding has a thriving village with a unique character, and a visit makes for an entertaining, out of Hong Kong experience Even if you’re familiar with seeing Lantau from places ranging from Cheung…
Though China’s bullet train network is yet to reach Hong Kong [connected since I wrote this], lines start just across the border, in Shenzhen, and shorten travel times to places that are otherwise just a tad distant for a weekend trip. These include parts of the Nanling mountain…
Taman Negara – rainforest national park in Malaysia Breakfast with hornbills Early morning at Taman Negara Resort. I stand with a group of birdwatchers gathered by a cluster of chalets, and peer into a tree. Unperturbed by the resort staff and other early risers strolling below, various birds…
Hong Kong has much to offer, including beaches, trails, villages, islands, and the city itself
Shangri-La, you ask? Can it be that mythical place? That's what I'm here to discover.
