https://www.tiakia.com/gallery daily 0.75 2020-12-17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59a37a37f5e231745bc33339/1608068505692-AR2A6D8GN8ACIFPSNULB/image-asset.jpeg Gallery - A colourful Thai hotel ceiling At the entrance to an otherwise all-white hotel, is this stunning splash of colour and art, visible only to those who look up. Colour is often where you least expect it. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59a37a37f5e231745bc33339/1608068505692-AR2A6D8GN8ACIFPSNULB/image-asset.jpeg Gallery - A colourful Thai hotel ceiling At the entrance to an otherwise all-white hotel, is this stunning splash of colour and art, visible only to those who look up. Colour is often where you least expect it. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59a37a37f5e231745bc33339/1516130561383-F1VE48DHW67E0D9W77IF/Guadalajara+unfinished+church.JPG Gallery - The unfinished Santuario De Los Martires De Cristo, Cerro del Tesoro, Guadalajara Someone told me this was Guadalajara's version of the Sydney Opera House. This is definitely the view that gives it the most similarity, although I'm still not convinced. It's located atop a hill with a view over the city, and whilst it would make a great concert hall it's actually an unfinished church. If/when finished it should be pretty spectacular - so far it has one panel of stained glass windows, within a huge section that will be very impressive once full of the colourful panes. Guadalajara. January 2018. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59a37a37f5e231745bc33339/1512700423293-97LVLEGOBBRCK9I9RK87/Guatemala+sunset.jpg Gallery - Sunset with the Guatemalan volcanoes Zunil, Guatemala. 2017 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59a37a37f5e231745bc33339/1508174329912-18W9WHB4SYK0RT9XLGXR/Santiago+de+Cuba+Santeri%CC%81a+P5241607.JPG Gallery - Traditional Santería items Some traditional items used in the Santería religion in Cuba. Santiago de Cuba. May 2017. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59a37a37f5e231745bc33339/1508175323446-23DHB3CANQMTG49CRIQ3/Vin%CC%83ales+P4141028.JPG Gallery - Cuban car trips to Cayo Jutías One of the typical cars (taxi colectivos) that does the tourist drive out to Cayo Jutías, from Viñales. Each of the cars has three rows, to seat 8 passengers plus the driver (yes, one passenger sits in the middle up the front, next to the driver and almost on top of the gearstick). The drive should take 1 hour, however it typically takes 2 hours due to the road being so bad - in fact its so bad that much of the time is actually spent driving off the road along side it (obviously not this part). Though they’re great to look at, the cars are so old and many of them are struggling. During our trip we passed 3 other colectivos that had broken down on the way, and we stopped to pick up 2 extra passengers from one of them as it was unable to restart. Although we often felt that ours would break down, it managed to survive both trips, there and back, quite likely thanks to an early stop during which the driver had his head in the bonnet for quite a while, only to emerge with oil or petrol dripping from his mouth. The Cuban ingenuity, perseverance, and belief in themselves and their ability to fix things is fantastic, and most of the time it pulls through successfully (often surprisingly). Cayo Jutías, Cuba. April 2017. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59a37a37f5e231745bc33339/1508175868132-UIWE1ZPGE30X2PH44M8V/Vin%CC%83ales+P4141025.JPG Gallery - Cuban car at Cayo Jutías One of the typical cars (taxi colectivos) that does the tourist drive out to Cayo Jutías, from Viñales. (Read more about this at the next image). Cayo Jutías, Cuba. April 2017. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59a37a37f5e231745bc33339/1508170788239-FFFBI4GUGHANETCWBHQD/Vin%CC%83ales+cigars+P4130950.JPG Gallery - Rolling Cuban Cigars Rolling Cuban cigars, known locally as "puros". These ones are artesanal cigars that have almost no nicotine in them due to the removal of the vein that contains 98% of the nicotine. Che Guevara enjoyed the cigars from this local producer. Macondo Tobacco Farm, Viñales, Cuba. April 2017. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59a37a37f5e231745bc33339/1506142664661-EZQOKK93EFLTEXSUJRRG/Santiago+de+Cuba+El+Morro+P4030664.JPG Gallery - Cuban Sunsets Sunset at El Morro, Santiago de Cuba. April 2017. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59a37a37f5e231745bc33339/1506142506940-BVKJN0QSFQ81BXJWVM6O/Santiago+de+Cuba+El+Morro+P4030642.JPG Gallery - Cuban sunsets Sunset at El Morro in Santiago de Cuba. April 2017. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59a37a37f5e231745bc33339/1504702251579-GWGHRGZTM8YIM8PACRIK/Trinidad+streets+P3280364.JPG Gallery - The streets of Trinidad Horse and cart in a typical, colourful Trinidad street. March 2017. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59a37a37f5e231745bc33339/1504702050425-47II347ZR01N6WQ6W6KN/Trinidad+music+P3290397.JPG Gallery - Trinidad Music Local son band playing in a square in Trinidad, Cuba. March 2017. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59a37a37f5e231745bc33339/1504701881700-2QOYSZXURVL4WKCFBR6X/Trinidad+Melo+P3280366.JPG Gallery - Melo Melo, the cute little dog in our Casa Particular in Trinidad, Cuba, March 2017. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59a37a37f5e231745bc33339/1504701603312-BWZOIOVIBGJTV5QLHWF8/Trinidad+horse+P3290430.JPG Gallery - Man on horse in Trinidad A man rides down the cobblestone street on a horse, in Trinidad Cuba. March 2017. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59a37a37f5e231745bc33339/1504701537445-HV8AC88OHX9KLCFVUN8T/Trinidad+car+P3290433.JPG Gallery - Red car in Trinidad Typical old car in Trinidad, Cuba. March 2017. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59a37a37f5e231745bc33339/1504701144346-RC9TAIMWTYV0BXKJF1KB/Trinidad+cars+and+streets+P3290426.JPG Gallery - Trinidad streets Beautiful Trinidad: old cars on colourful, cobblestone streets. March 2017. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59a37a37f5e231745bc33339/1504700160000-JKCMBKV9ACDLFRO3BWI3/Havana+streets+P6041670.JPG Gallery - Havana Streets On the streets of Habana Vieja (Old Havana), Cuba. June 2017. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59a37a37f5e231745bc33339/1504699186575-AB5ZT34AWC9FIFAZPAWC/Havana+streets+P6041686.JPG Gallery - Havana transport Typical street scene in Habana Vieja (Old Havana), Cuba. June 2017. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59a37a37f5e231745bc33339/1504504729733-FD1N84MLGYA3XAMOH8MT/P4161122.JPG Gallery - Sunset fishing in Havana Sunset fisherman at the Malecon in Havana, Cuba. April 2017. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59a37a37f5e231745bc33339/1504658664576-2MK9DFZ6YDNIRXXKMJ6O/Havana+dawn+P3250339.JPG Gallery - Dawn in Havana Dawn from the window of our casa particular, in Habana Vieja (Old Havana), Cuba. March 2017. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59a37a37f5e231745bc33339/1504657328036-VEL5B9AVL8T9UMCN6TSC/Havana+Market+P3210228.JPG Gallery - Havana Markets Vibrant local markets in Habana Vieja (Old Havana), Cuba. March 2017. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59a37a37f5e231745bc33339/1504505717467-TJBT6S7000ZFK3OIZ3DY/P3180186.JPG Gallery - Hollywood sign Looking over to the Hollywood sign from the Griffith Observatory. Los Angeles, USA. March 2017. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59a37a37f5e231745bc33339/1504505464638-AH5YKJXZWV7BYY3Q8UYC/P3160070.JPG Gallery - Grand Central Market, Downtown LA Grand Central Market, Downtown Los Angeles, California, USA. March 2017 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59a37a37f5e231745bc33339/1503900143760-OJ5NVEZW0FWTDYY32TP4/Amazon+sunset+1.jpg Gallery https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59a37a37f5e231745bc33339/1504659057494-D8DB8D137WEWA073YAR1/Byron+P6102233.JPG Gallery - Pelicans at sunrise Pelicans on the beach at sunrise. Byron Bay, New South Wales, Australia. June 2016. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59a37a37f5e231745bc33339/1508169532039-BUGWWT97A5I3FFJ2CV8G/Byron+P6102402.JPG Gallery - Post-sunset at Byron Bay Intense post-sunset scene: the sun went down uneventfully, and then these colours filled the sky looking like a volcano eruption from near Mt Warning. Belongil, Byron Bay, New South Wales, Australia. June 2016. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59a37a37f5e231745bc33339/1505356829678-8NZI23ZU0XG9SL8F2UJA/Byron+P6092160.JPG Gallery - Byron Bay Surfers Surfers walking from Main Beach to Clarkes Beach & the Pass. Byron Bay, New South Wales, Australia. June 2016. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59a37a37f5e231745bc33339/1504383029767-R3LZJPMGKSVA80DJAA68/Tallow+Beach+jellyfish+PB194020-001.JPG Gallery - Washed up jellyfish Washed up jellyfish on Tallow Beach, Bouddi National Park, New South Wales, Australia. November 2016. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59a37a37f5e231745bc33339/1504383426808-OWD9DG2GP9F5QA6N7C0B/Box+Head+PB194082.JPG Gallery - Box Head flowers Box Head, Bouddi National Park, New South Wales, Australia. November 2016. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59a37a37f5e231745bc33339/1505355368161-UKNR0Q8SBS1O9PZ4IXTU/Phillip+Is%2C+sunset+P2104784.JPG Gallery - Phillip Island sunset Sunset while waiting for the penguins at Phillip Island, Victoria, Australia. February 2017. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59a37a37f5e231745bc33339/1505354971948-8HQ9LNXUJFQPC5GZOLWU/Phillip+Island+sunrise+P2114811.JPG Gallery - Phillip Island sunrise Sunrise at Phillip Island, Victoria, Australia. February 2017. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59a37a37f5e231745bc33339/1505355114841-38IFQ34K8MH59RAGCF47/Phillip+Is%2C+sunrise+P2114827.JPG Gallery - Phillip Island sunrise Sunrise at Phillip Island, Victoria, Australia. February 2017. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59a37a37f5e231745bc33339/1505354727324-TPJ6TZ0DGKD5H0XXB3EZ/Phillip+Island+wallaby+P2114887.JPG Gallery - Black swamp wallaby, Phillip Island Black swamp wallaby, Phillip Island, Victoria, Australia. February 2017. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59a37a37f5e231745bc33339/1504383289606-YX8KN7J4ELXTFQZ1S0BU/Blue+Mts+Leura+flowers+P2034670.JPG Gallery - Leura flowers Leura, Blue Mountains National Park, New South Wales, Australia. February 2017. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59a37a37f5e231745bc33339/1504383850211-0D4GZZ2C1X8QSU74Q2TG/Blue+Mts+Leura+gate+P2034656.JPG Gallery - Misty Leura Leura, Blue Mountains National Park, New South Wales, Australia. February 2017 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59a37a37f5e231745bc33339/1504383991468-S2Q88G65M3AHWTJGXBOD/Blue+Mts+Leura+spiderweb+P2034695.JPG Gallery - Spiderwebs in Leura Leura, Blue Mountains National Park, New South Wales, Australia. February 2017. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59a37a37f5e231745bc33339/1517374442975-1W6OY5TPMUXM860J6RDE/Myanmar+fire+twirler+1+P4161597.JPG Gallery - Fire twirler Ngwe Saung, Myanmar. April 2016. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59a37a37f5e231745bc33339/1505354460201-NU7GQV9LLGH6DNU50U1M/Wollongong+IMG_1905.JPG Gallery - Wollongong lighthouse Wollongong lighthouse at sunset. Wollongong, New South Wales, Australia. July 2015. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59a37a37f5e231745bc33339/1504381726895-OISW5V025SM7821CFRGK/Amazon+sunset+IMG_7020.JPG Gallery - Amazon sunsets Laguna Grande, Cuyabeno Reserve, Amazon Rainforest, Ecuador. May 2014. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59a37a37f5e231745bc33339/1504382018910-ZPHLNRQ63JB6F4U5RZFN/Amazon+waters+IMG_6461.JPG Gallery - Serenity in the Amazon Laguna Grande, Cuyabeno Reserve, Amazon Rainforest, Ecuador. May 2014. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59a37a37f5e231745bc33339/1503900422385-O6ZHTHZLWPSGUUT79VNW/Sheepishly+curious+-+Kiri-Ana+Libbesson.JPG Gallery - Sheepishly curious This image was captured at the end of a three-day trek in the Colca Canyon, near Arequipa, Peru, when the curious sheep in the foreground suddenly approached me, putting his face right in my lens as I was taking a photo of the other sheep. April 2014. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59a37a37f5e231745bc33339/1504384729996-N23QS78GYNPNT4KWVG48/San+Blas+sales+DSCN3198.JPG Gallery - Kuna woman, San Blas Cultural art from the Kuna women, illustrating their dreams. Isla Senidup, San Blas, Panama. November 2013. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59a37a37f5e231745bc33339/1504384374602-XHPU3BX6AUV8F7X1B2SH/San+Blas+dancers+DSCN3365.JPG Gallery - San Blas Dancers Traditional Kuna dancing on Isla Senidup, San Blas, Panama. November 2013. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59a37a37f5e231745bc33339/1504382717104-QYHZ3PLB8WM6KNCD3Y66/Mendoza+driving+DSCN1906.JPG Gallery - Mendoza driving This shot was taken from the car on route to San Rafael, near Mendoza, in Argentina. October 2013. https://www.tiakia.com/blog daily 0.75 2018-01-26 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59a37a37f5e231745bc33339/1505073006772-W2DQAKZBP8H8N3PLWH58/Mendoza+driving+DSCN1906.JPG Tia Kia blog - experiences and thoughts influenced by travels https://www.tiakia.com/blog/2017/12/16/life-in-mexico-part-2 monthly 0.5 2020-12-13 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59a37a37f5e231745bc33339/1516139938876-WGA3MQA3JUIA7RT2L3W8/Talavera+pottery+in+Puebla Tia Kia blog - experiences and thoughts influenced by travels - Mexico: 33 MORE new realities of my life Talavera pottery in Puebla, Mexico. https://www.tiakia.com/blog/2017/10/01/community-spirit-in-mexico-after-natural-disasters monthly 0.5 2017-10-18 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59a37a37f5e231745bc33339/1506918843330-LLTKOYS1L9M2UJUF5RPH/Collection+centre%2C+Coatzacoalcos Tia Kia blog - experiences and thoughts influenced by travels - When disaster strikes, community spirit is needed more than ever: Mexico shows us how it's done Collection centre for earthquake victims at a music event in Coatzacoalcos, Veracruz https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59a37a37f5e231745bc33339/1506916495335-8IDSQKGZDLFHUBD3YHPV/Acayucan+earthquake+concert Tia Kia blog - experiences and thoughts influenced by travels - When disaster strikes, community spirit is needed more than ever: Mexico shows us how it's done Free concert in Acayucan's central part to collect donated goods for earthquake sufferers. https://www.tiakia.com/blog/2017/9/8/life-in-mexico monthly 0.5 2018-01-16 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59a37a37f5e231745bc33339/1505015832334-C6TD0E4H8PQPHC4HSAIM/Michelada Tia Kia blog - experiences and thoughts influenced by travels - Adapting to life in Mexico: 33 new realities of my life Me drinking a one litre Michelada - a popular Mexican drink consisting of beer, lime, salt, Maggi sauce, Worcestershire sauce, Clamato (i.e. tomato and clam juice), and Tajin powder (chilli and salt powder). https://www.tiakia.com/blog/2017/8/24/moving-to-acayucan monthly 0.5 2023-06-18 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59a37a37f5e231745bc33339/1504839350925-C04PO70EQ9Y3APSM04BI/Bienvenidos+a+Acayucan Tia Kia blog - experiences and thoughts influenced by travels - Moving to a local Mexican town (Acayucan) https://www.tiakia.com/blog/2017/8/1/volunteering-abroad-legal-help-for-refugees-in-mexico monthly 0.5 2017-10-09 https://www.tiakia.com/blog/2017/7/27/cuba-in-video monthly 0.5 2017-10-23 https://www.tiakia.com/blog/travel-insurance monthly 0.5 2017-09-10 https://www.tiakia.com/blog/2017/3/27/being-sick-while-travelling monthly 0.5 2017-09-10 https://www.tiakia.com/blog/2017/2/20/ecuador-favourite-south-american-country monthly 0.5 2018-02-01 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59a37a37f5e231745bc33339/1508724918536-TYKXJTL5GVR99WUBNYF4/Otavalo+market Tia Kia blog - experiences and thoughts influenced by travels - Ecuador: could it be my favourite South American country? 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The wonderfully playful Galapagos sea lions quickly became my new favourite animal (ok there's a favourite I'll choose) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59a37a37f5e231745bc33339/1508718612346-1SLMM69VPE8BEA2BD3J0/Amazon+boat+tours Tia Kia blog - experiences and thoughts influenced by travels - Ecuador: could it be my favourite South American country? Looking for a Harpy Eagle nest in the Cuyabeno Reserve of the Amazon Rainforest https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59a37a37f5e231745bc33339/1508726116437-PY2FC2MV9NB2OTF64EPL/Quito Tia Kia blog - experiences and thoughts influenced by travels - Ecuador: could it be my favourite South American country? Guápulo neighbourhood in Quito https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59a37a37f5e231745bc33339/1508717654186-YZ0JM1Z4AYGXNS6NW121/Quilotoa+lagoon.JPG Tia Kia blog - experiences and thoughts influenced by travels - Ecuador: could it be my favourite South American country? - 6. Quilotoa Quilotoa lake. This is on a cloudy day, so just imagine the beauty on a clear day with the sun shining on the emerald lake. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59a37a37f5e231745bc33339/1508724684531-J0NZX37HAOZ53OIAK0HK/Mindo+butterfly Tia Kia blog - experiences and thoughts influenced by travels - Ecuador: could it be my favourite South American country? Butterfly in Mindo https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59a37a37f5e231745bc33339/1508717449239-JPR4IBNP959BDQZH8LQ5/Ba%C3%B1os+swing Tia Kia blog - experiences and thoughts influenced by travels - Ecuador: could it be my favourite South American country? 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Colour is often where you least expect it. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59a37a37f5e231745bc33339/1516130561383-F1VE48DHW67E0D9W77IF/Guadalajara+unfinished+church.JPG Photography - The unfinished Santuario De Los Martires De Cristo, Cerro del Tesoro, Guadalajara Someone told me this was Guadalajara's version of the Sydney Opera House. This is definitely the view that gives it the most similarity, although I'm still not convinced. It's located atop a hill with a view over the city, and whilst it would make a great concert hall it's actually an unfinished church. If/when finished it should be pretty spectacular - so far it has one panel of stained glass windows, within a huge section that will be very impressive once full of the colourful panes. Guadalajara. 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The drive should take 1 hour, however it typically takes 2 hours due to the road being so bad - in fact its so bad that much of the time is actually spent driving off the road along side it (obviously not this part). Though they’re great to look at, the cars are so old and many of them are struggling. During our trip we passed 3 other colectivos that had broken down on the way, and we stopped to pick up 2 extra passengers from one of them as it was unable to restart. Although we often felt that ours would break down, it managed to survive both trips, there and back, quite likely thanks to an early stop during which the driver had his head in the bonnet for quite a while, only to emerge with oil or petrol dripping from his mouth. The Cuban ingenuity, perseverance, and belief in themselves and their ability to fix things is fantastic, and most of the time it pulls through successfully (often surprisingly). Cayo Jutías, Cuba. 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March 2017. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59a37a37f5e231745bc33339/1504701881700-2QOYSZXURVL4WKCFBR6X/Trinidad+Melo+P3280366.JPG Photography - Melo Melo, the cute little dog in our Casa Particular in Trinidad, Cuba, March 2017. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59a37a37f5e231745bc33339/1504701603312-BWZOIOVIBGJTV5QLHWF8/Trinidad+horse+P3290430.JPG Photography - Man on horse in Trinidad A man rides down the cobblestone street on a horse, in Trinidad Cuba. March 2017. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59a37a37f5e231745bc33339/1504701537445-HV8AC88OHX9KLCFVUN8T/Trinidad+car+P3290433.JPG Photography - Red car in Trinidad Typical old car in Trinidad, Cuba. March 2017. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59a37a37f5e231745bc33339/1504701144346-RC9TAIMWTYV0BXKJF1KB/Trinidad+cars+and+streets+P3290426.JPG Photography - Trinidad streets Beautiful Trinidad: old cars on colourful, cobblestone streets. 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March 2017. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59a37a37f5e231745bc33339/1504657328036-VEL5B9AVL8T9UMCN6TSC/Havana+Market+P3210228.JPG Photography - Havana Markets Vibrant local markets in Habana Vieja (Old Havana), Cuba. March 2017. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59a37a37f5e231745bc33339/1504505717467-TJBT6S7000ZFK3OIZ3DY/P3180186.JPG Photography - Hollywood sign Looking over to the Hollywood sign from the Griffith Observatory. Los Angeles, USA. March 2017. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59a37a37f5e231745bc33339/1504505464638-AH5YKJXZWV7BYY3Q8UYC/P3160070.JPG Photography - Grand Central Market, Downtown LA Grand Central Market, Downtown Los Angeles, California, USA. March 2017 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59a37a37f5e231745bc33339/1504659057494-D8DB8D137WEWA073YAR1/Byron+P6102233.JPG Photography - Pelicans at sunrise Pelicans on the beach at sunrise. Byron Bay, New South Wales, Australia. June 2016. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59a37a37f5e231745bc33339/1508169532039-BUGWWT97A5I3FFJ2CV8G/Byron+P6102402.JPG Photography - Post-sunset at Byron Bay Intense post-sunset scene: the sun went down uneventfully, and then these colours filled the sky looking like a volcano eruption from near Mt Warning. Belongil, Byron Bay, New South Wales, Australia. June 2016. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59a37a37f5e231745bc33339/1505356829678-8NZI23ZU0XG9SL8F2UJA/Byron+P6092160.JPG Photography - Byron Bay Surfers Surfers walking from Main Beach to Clarkes Beach & the Pass. Byron Bay, New South Wales, Australia. June 2016. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59a37a37f5e231745bc33339/1504383029767-R3LZJPMGKSVA80DJAA68/Tallow+Beach+jellyfish+PB194020-001.JPG Photography - Washed up jellyfish Washed up jellyfish on Tallow Beach, Bouddi National Park, New South Wales, Australia. November 2016. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59a37a37f5e231745bc33339/1504383426808-OWD9DG2GP9F5QA6N7C0B/Box+Head+PB194082.JPG Photography - Box Head flowers Box Head, Bouddi National Park, New South Wales, Australia. November 2016. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59a37a37f5e231745bc33339/1505355368161-UKNR0Q8SBS1O9PZ4IXTU/Phillip+Is%2C+sunset+P2104784.JPG Photography - Phillip Island sunset Sunset while waiting for the penguins at Phillip Island, Victoria, Australia. February 2017. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59a37a37f5e231745bc33339/1505354971948-8HQ9LNXUJFQPC5GZOLWU/Phillip+Island+sunrise+P2114811.JPG Photography - Phillip Island sunrise Sunrise at Phillip Island, Victoria, Australia. February 2017. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59a37a37f5e231745bc33339/1505355114841-38IFQ34K8MH59RAGCF47/Phillip+Is%2C+sunrise+P2114827.JPG Photography - Phillip Island sunrise Sunrise at Phillip Island, Victoria, Australia. February 2017. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59a37a37f5e231745bc33339/1505354727324-TPJ6TZ0DGKD5H0XXB3EZ/Phillip+Island+wallaby+P2114887.JPG Photography - Black swamp wallaby, Phillip Island Black swamp wallaby, Phillip Island, Victoria, Australia. February 2017. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59a37a37f5e231745bc33339/1504383289606-YX8KN7J4ELXTFQZ1S0BU/Blue+Mts+Leura+flowers+P2034670.JPG Photography - Leura flowers Leura, Blue Mountains National Park, New South Wales, Australia. February 2017. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59a37a37f5e231745bc33339/1504383850211-0D4GZZ2C1X8QSU74Q2TG/Blue+Mts+Leura+gate+P2034656.JPG Photography - Misty Leura Leura, Blue Mountains National Park, New South Wales, Australia. February 2017 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59a37a37f5e231745bc33339/1504383991468-S2Q88G65M3AHWTJGXBOD/Blue+Mts+Leura+spiderweb+P2034695.JPG Photography - Spiderwebs in Leura Leura, Blue Mountains National Park, New South Wales, Australia. February 2017. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59a37a37f5e231745bc33339/1517374442975-1W6OY5TPMUXM860J6RDE/Myanmar+fire+twirler+1+P4161597.JPG Photography - Fire twirler Ngwe Saung, Myanmar. April 2016. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59a37a37f5e231745bc33339/1505354460201-NU7GQV9LLGH6DNU50U1M/Wollongong+IMG_1905.JPG Photography - Wollongong lighthouse Wollongong lighthouse at sunset. Wollongong, New South Wales, Australia. July 2015. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59a37a37f5e231745bc33339/1504381726895-OISW5V025SM7821CFRGK/Amazon+sunset+IMG_7020.JPG Photography - Amazon sunsets Laguna Grande, Cuyabeno Reserve, Amazon Rainforest, Ecuador. May 2014. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59a37a37f5e231745bc33339/1504382018910-ZPHLNRQ63JB6F4U5RZFN/Amazon+waters+IMG_6461.JPG Photography - Serenity in the Amazon Laguna Grande, Cuyabeno Reserve, Amazon Rainforest, Ecuador. May 2014. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59a37a37f5e231745bc33339/1503900422385-O6ZHTHZLWPSGUUT79VNW/Sheepishly+curious+-+Kiri-Ana+Libbesson.JPG Photography - Sheepishly curious This image was captured at the end of a three-day trek in the Colca Canyon, near Arequipa, Peru, when the curious sheep in the foreground suddenly approached me, putting his face right in my lens as I was taking a photo of the other sheep. April 2014. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59a37a37f5e231745bc33339/1504384729996-N23QS78GYNPNT4KWVG48/San+Blas+sales+DSCN3198.JPG Photography - Kuna woman, San Blas Cultural art from the Kuna women, illustrating their dreams. Isla Senidup, San Blas, Panama. November 2013. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59a37a37f5e231745bc33339/1504384374602-XHPU3BX6AUV8F7X1B2SH/San+Blas+dancers+DSCN3365.JPG Photography - San Blas Dancers Traditional Kuna dancing on Isla Senidup, San Blas, Panama. November 2013. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59a37a37f5e231745bc33339/1504382717104-QYHZ3PLB8WM6KNCD3Y66/Mendoza+driving+DSCN1906.JPG Photography - Mendoza driving This shot was taken from the car on route to San Rafael, near Mendoza, in Argentina. October 2013. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59a37a37f5e231745bc33339/1505066890183-DM0PYP96IHW54HA3GA8D/Mendoza+driving+DSCN1906.JPG Photography https://www.tiakia.com/slideshow daily 0.75 2020-11-28 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59a37a37f5e231745bc33339/1608068505692-AR2A6D8GN8ACIFPSNULB/image-asset.jpeg slideshow - A colourful Thai hotel ceiling At the entrance to an otherwise all-white hotel, is this stunning splash of colour and art, visible only to those who look up. Colour is often where you least expect it. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59a37a37f5e231745bc33339/1516130561383-F1VE48DHW67E0D9W77IF/Guadalajara+unfinished+church.JPG slideshow - The unfinished Santuario De Los Martires De Cristo, Cerro del Tesoro, Guadalajara Someone told me this was Guadalajara's version of the Sydney Opera House. This is definitely the view that gives it the most similarity, although I'm still not convinced. It's located atop a hill with a view over the city, and whilst it would make a great concert hall it's actually an unfinished church. If/when finished it should be pretty spectacular - so far it has one panel of stained glass windows, within a huge section that will be very impressive once full of the colourful panes. Guadalajara. January 2018. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59a37a37f5e231745bc33339/1512700423293-97LVLEGOBBRCK9I9RK87/Guatemala+sunset.jpg slideshow - Sunset with the Guatemalan volcanoes Zunil, Guatemala. 2017 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59a37a37f5e231745bc33339/1508174329912-18W9WHB4SYK0RT9XLGXR/Santiago+de+Cuba+Santeri%CC%81a+P5241607.JPG slideshow - Traditional Santería items Some traditional items used in the Santería religion in Cuba. Santiago de Cuba. May 2017. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59a37a37f5e231745bc33339/1508175323446-23DHB3CANQMTG49CRIQ3/Vin%CC%83ales+P4141028.JPG slideshow - Cuban car trips to Cayo Jutías One of the typical cars (taxi colectivos) that does the tourist drive out to Cayo Jutías, from Viñales. Each of the cars has three rows, to seat 8 passengers plus the driver (yes, one passenger sits in the middle up the front, next to the driver and almost on top of the gearstick). The drive should take 1 hour, however it typically takes 2 hours due to the road being so bad - in fact its so bad that much of the time is actually spent driving off the road along side it (obviously not this part). Though they’re great to look at, the cars are so old and many of them are struggling. During our trip we passed 3 other colectivos that had broken down on the way, and we stopped to pick up 2 extra passengers from one of them as it was unable to restart. Although we often felt that ours would break down, it managed to survive both trips, there and back, quite likely thanks to an early stop during which the driver had his head in the bonnet for quite a while, only to emerge with oil or petrol dripping from his mouth. The Cuban ingenuity, perseverance, and belief in themselves and their ability to fix things is fantastic, and most of the time it pulls through successfully (often surprisingly). Cayo Jutías, Cuba. April 2017. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59a37a37f5e231745bc33339/1508175868132-UIWE1ZPGE30X2PH44M8V/Vin%CC%83ales+P4141025.JPG slideshow - Cuban car at Cayo Jutías One of the typical cars (taxi colectivos) that does the tourist drive out to Cayo Jutías, from Viñales. (Read more about this at the next image). Cayo Jutías, Cuba. April 2017. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59a37a37f5e231745bc33339/1508170788239-FFFBI4GUGHANETCWBHQD/Vin%CC%83ales+cigars+P4130950.JPG slideshow - Rolling Cuban Cigars Rolling Cuban cigars, known locally as "puros". These ones are artesanal cigars that have almost no nicotine in them due to the removal of the vein that contains 98% of the nicotine. Che Guevara enjoyed the cigars from this local producer. Macondo Tobacco Farm, Viñales, Cuba. April 2017. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59a37a37f5e231745bc33339/1506142664661-EZQOKK93EFLTEXSUJRRG/Santiago+de+Cuba+El+Morro+P4030664.JPG slideshow - Cuban Sunsets Sunset at El Morro, Santiago de Cuba. April 2017. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59a37a37f5e231745bc33339/1506142506940-BVKJN0QSFQ81BXJWVM6O/Santiago+de+Cuba+El+Morro+P4030642.JPG slideshow - Cuban sunsets Sunset at El Morro in Santiago de Cuba. April 2017. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59a37a37f5e231745bc33339/1504702251579-GWGHRGZTM8YIM8PACRIK/Trinidad+streets+P3280364.JPG slideshow - The streets of Trinidad Horse and cart in a typical, colourful Trinidad street. March 2017. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59a37a37f5e231745bc33339/1504702050425-47II347ZR01N6WQ6W6KN/Trinidad+music+P3290397.JPG slideshow - Trinidad Music Local son band playing in a square in Trinidad, Cuba. March 2017. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59a37a37f5e231745bc33339/1504701881700-2QOYSZXURVL4WKCFBR6X/Trinidad+Melo+P3280366.JPG slideshow - Melo Melo, the cute little dog in our Casa Particular in Trinidad, Cuba, March 2017. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59a37a37f5e231745bc33339/1504701603312-BWZOIOVIBGJTV5QLHWF8/Trinidad+horse+P3290430.JPG slideshow - Man on horse in Trinidad A man rides down the cobblestone street on a horse, in Trinidad Cuba. March 2017. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59a37a37f5e231745bc33339/1504701537445-HV8AC88OHX9KLCFVUN8T/Trinidad+car+P3290433.JPG slideshow - Red car in Trinidad Typical old car in Trinidad, Cuba. March 2017. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59a37a37f5e231745bc33339/1504701144346-RC9TAIMWTYV0BXKJF1KB/Trinidad+cars+and+streets+P3290426.JPG slideshow - Trinidad streets Beautiful Trinidad: old cars on colourful, cobblestone streets. March 2017. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59a37a37f5e231745bc33339/1504700160000-JKCMBKV9ACDLFRO3BWI3/Havana+streets+P6041670.JPG slideshow - Havana Streets On the streets of Habana Vieja (Old Havana), Cuba. June 2017. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59a37a37f5e231745bc33339/1504699186575-AB5ZT34AWC9FIFAZPAWC/Havana+streets+P6041686.JPG slideshow - Havana transport Typical street scene in Habana Vieja (Old Havana), Cuba. June 2017. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59a37a37f5e231745bc33339/1504504729733-FD1N84MLGYA3XAMOH8MT/P4161122.JPG slideshow - Sunset fishing in Havana Sunset fisherman at the Malecon in Havana, Cuba. April 2017. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59a37a37f5e231745bc33339/1504658664576-2MK9DFZ6YDNIRXXKMJ6O/Havana+dawn+P3250339.JPG slideshow - Dawn in Havana Dawn from the window of our casa particular, in Habana Vieja (Old Havana), Cuba. March 2017. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59a37a37f5e231745bc33339/1504657328036-VEL5B9AVL8T9UMCN6TSC/Havana+Market+P3210228.JPG slideshow - Havana Markets Vibrant local markets in Habana Vieja (Old Havana), Cuba. March 2017. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59a37a37f5e231745bc33339/1504505717467-TJBT6S7000ZFK3OIZ3DY/P3180186.JPG slideshow - Hollywood sign Looking over to the Hollywood sign from the Griffith Observatory. Los Angeles, USA. March 2017. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59a37a37f5e231745bc33339/1504505464638-AH5YKJXZWV7BYY3Q8UYC/P3160070.JPG slideshow - Grand Central Market, Downtown LA Grand Central Market, Downtown Los Angeles, California, USA. March 2017 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59a37a37f5e231745bc33339/1504659057494-D8DB8D137WEWA073YAR1/Byron+P6102233.JPG slideshow - Pelicans at sunrise Pelicans on the beach at sunrise. Byron Bay, New South Wales, Australia. June 2016. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59a37a37f5e231745bc33339/1508169532039-BUGWWT97A5I3FFJ2CV8G/Byron+P6102402.JPG slideshow - Post-sunset at Byron Bay Intense post-sunset scene: the sun went down uneventfully, and then these colours filled the sky looking like a volcano eruption from near Mt Warning. Belongil, Byron Bay, New South Wales, Australia. June 2016. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59a37a37f5e231745bc33339/1505356829678-8NZI23ZU0XG9SL8F2UJA/Byron+P6092160.JPG slideshow - Byron Bay Surfers Surfers walking from Main Beach to Clarkes Beach & the Pass. Byron Bay, New South Wales, Australia. June 2016. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59a37a37f5e231745bc33339/1504383029767-R3LZJPMGKSVA80DJAA68/Tallow+Beach+jellyfish+PB194020-001.JPG slideshow - Washed up jellyfish Washed up jellyfish on Tallow Beach, Bouddi National Park, New South Wales, Australia. November 2016. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59a37a37f5e231745bc33339/1504383426808-OWD9DG2GP9F5QA6N7C0B/Box+Head+PB194082.JPG slideshow - Box Head flowers Box Head, Bouddi National Park, New South Wales, Australia. November 2016. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59a37a37f5e231745bc33339/1505355368161-UKNR0Q8SBS1O9PZ4IXTU/Phillip+Is%2C+sunset+P2104784.JPG slideshow - Phillip Island sunset Sunset while waiting for the penguins at Phillip Island, Victoria, Australia. February 2017. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59a37a37f5e231745bc33339/1505354971948-8HQ9LNXUJFQPC5GZOLWU/Phillip+Island+sunrise+P2114811.JPG slideshow - Phillip Island sunrise Sunrise at Phillip Island, Victoria, Australia. February 2017. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59a37a37f5e231745bc33339/1505355114841-38IFQ34K8MH59RAGCF47/Phillip+Is%2C+sunrise+P2114827.JPG slideshow - Phillip Island sunrise Sunrise at Phillip Island, Victoria, Australia. February 2017. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59a37a37f5e231745bc33339/1505354727324-TPJ6TZ0DGKD5H0XXB3EZ/Phillip+Island+wallaby+P2114887.JPG slideshow - Black swamp wallaby, Phillip Island Black swamp wallaby, Phillip Island, Victoria, Australia. February 2017. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59a37a37f5e231745bc33339/1504383289606-YX8KN7J4ELXTFQZ1S0BU/Blue+Mts+Leura+flowers+P2034670.JPG slideshow - Leura flowers Leura, Blue Mountains National Park, New South Wales, Australia. February 2017. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59a37a37f5e231745bc33339/1504383850211-0D4GZZ2C1X8QSU74Q2TG/Blue+Mts+Leura+gate+P2034656.JPG slideshow - Misty Leura Leura, Blue Mountains National Park, New South Wales, Australia. February 2017 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59a37a37f5e231745bc33339/1504383991468-S2Q88G65M3AHWTJGXBOD/Blue+Mts+Leura+spiderweb+P2034695.JPG slideshow - Spiderwebs in Leura Leura, Blue Mountains National Park, New South Wales, Australia. February 2017. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59a37a37f5e231745bc33339/1517374442975-1W6OY5TPMUXM860J6RDE/Myanmar+fire+twirler+1+P4161597.JPG slideshow - Fire twirler Ngwe Saung, Myanmar. April 2016. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59a37a37f5e231745bc33339/1505354460201-NU7GQV9LLGH6DNU50U1M/Wollongong+IMG_1905.JPG slideshow - Wollongong lighthouse Wollongong lighthouse at sunset. Wollongong, New South Wales, Australia. July 2015. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59a37a37f5e231745bc33339/1504381726895-OISW5V025SM7821CFRGK/Amazon+sunset+IMG_7020.JPG slideshow - Amazon sunsets Laguna Grande, Cuyabeno Reserve, Amazon Rainforest, Ecuador. May 2014. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59a37a37f5e231745bc33339/1504382018910-ZPHLNRQ63JB6F4U5RZFN/Amazon+waters+IMG_6461.JPG slideshow - Serenity in the Amazon Laguna Grande, Cuyabeno Reserve, Amazon Rainforest, Ecuador. May 2014. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59a37a37f5e231745bc33339/1503900422385-O6ZHTHZLWPSGUUT79VNW/Sheepishly+curious+-+Kiri-Ana+Libbesson.JPG slideshow - Sheepishly curious This image was captured at the end of a three-day trek in the Colca Canyon, near Arequipa, Peru, when the curious sheep in the foreground suddenly approached me, putting his face right in my lens as I was taking a photo of the other sheep. April 2014. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59a37a37f5e231745bc33339/1504384729996-N23QS78GYNPNT4KWVG48/San+Blas+sales+DSCN3198.JPG slideshow - Kuna woman, San Blas Cultural art from the Kuna women, illustrating their dreams. Isla Senidup, San Blas, Panama. November 2013. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59a37a37f5e231745bc33339/1504384374602-XHPU3BX6AUV8F7X1B2SH/San+Blas+dancers+DSCN3365.JPG slideshow - San Blas Dancers Traditional Kuna dancing on Isla Senidup, San Blas, Panama. November 2013. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59a37a37f5e231745bc33339/1504382717104-QYHZ3PLB8WM6KNCD3Y66/Mendoza+driving+DSCN1906.JPG slideshow - Mendoza driving This shot was taken from the car on route to San Rafael, near Mendoza, in Argentina. October 2013. https://www.tiakia.com/photography daily 0.75 2020-12-10