Umbrellas in Cuba
A quick one to say that Cubans really have the prettiest umbrellas! Loved the designs I saw here.

A quick one to say that Cubans really have the prettiest umbrellas! Loved the designs I saw here.

The drive from Samarkand to Bukhara is a seemingly never-ending display of agriculture and what would appear to be Russian commission houses (all identical). Along both sides of the road, an irrigated, green region fans out to a width of a few kilometres, but look a little further and you can see the arid hills…
When it’s Arctic Char season in Greenland, you have to make the most of it! This invariably means that you end up with more fish than you can eat and fit in your freezer! One of the options to deal with this excess is drying some of the fish for later use. This practice has…
Final day on the e-Bike was a bit of an easier one as I was just exploring the Rano Kau volcano and Orongo, both of which are right near Hanga Roa. Started out early and was at 90% assistance getting up the volcano. Everybody who comes to Easter Island visits Orongo at the top of the…
An on-the-ground account of Día de los Difuntos in Otavalo, showing timing, crowds, logistics, food traditions, and real visitor experience.
From Suchitoto I headed further west and north to reach La Palma, right up near the Hondurian border. This small town is renowned for its artesanía and murals that are all done in a very specific style brought to the town by Fernando Llort (a very famous artist in El Salvador) in the 1970s. This artistic style is…
Greenland’s capital, Nuuk, has many festivals that are spaced throughout the year. One of the key events during Winter is Nuuk Multi Kulti – a 4 day celebration of cultural diversity in this small and remote city. During my 2 months in Nuuk, I’d met people from Greenland and Denmark (OK, no surprises there), Mexico,…