Faces in the crowd at the Keti Koti Festival in Amsterdam, 2013. With the abolition of slavery in 1863, the Surinamese people were finally emancipated from slavery in the Netherlands Antilles (formerly Dutch West Indies) and in Suriname. Today the people from these communities provide a key aspect of the Read more…
All is not what it seems in Knaresborough….. I spotted this wonderfully vibrant door when I was heading to the market in the town square. I did laugh when I got close enough to photograph it: Some things in Knaresborough are real…. …….like this view from Read more…
Walking the Walk in the MonoZone. Please click on any image for full-size slideshow: (This is my entry for this week’s WordPress Photo Challenge: Pedestrians) To see more of everyday life in the MonoZone, why not visit my alternative photoblog. It’s very much a work in progress and I’d Read more…
StreetLife in Barcelona. For the second in my StreetLife series we’re going to the Gothic Quarter in Barcelona. (all pictures taken on iPhone 6sPlus and edited on iPhone or iPad using Snapseed) If you missed StreetLife Part 1, you can find it here: LISBON from Read more…
Mysterious figures spotted on Lisbon window ledge! These are a total mystery to me. I spotted them all lined up on an ordinary window ledge one hot afternoon in downtown Lisbon. If it hadn’t been such a hot afternoon and we hadn’t walked all the way down from the castle, Read more…