Articles in the blogsherpa Category
Australia, China, Headline, Photography, blogsherpa, south australia, southeast, southern-silk-road, southwest xinjiang kashgaria »
Steven Raidis at Raidis Estate in Coonawarra, South Australia invited me to hold an exhibition in his Cellar Door as a part of the Penola Coonawarra Arts Festival on May 6-9. I made the decision to focus on the isolated Xinjiang province of north western China.
Raidis Estate is well known regionally for exceptional wine served with traditional greek food, and MedEast will combine photography with Fassoulada soup and Mezze platters from the Mediterranean.
Bosnia and Hercegovina, Europe, Featured, Sarajevo, blogsherpa »
A trip to Sarajevo is not complete without watching the sun set over the city from the Martyrs Cemetery.
Adelaide, Australia, Featured, blogsherpa, south australia, southeast »
I listed a Top 5 Destinations from my travels around the world, but one spot I neglected to include was a pretty important one; home.
South East South Australia was home for 17 years and before moving to London I got the opportunity to spend a couple of weeks back there in the sun.
Adelaide, Australia, Featured, blogsherpa »
The Nude Olympics. And not in Athens, but at the beautiful Masiln Beach, just a 30 minute drive south of Adelaide. I have seen many things travelling, but sometimes the quirkiest things are in your own backyard. For some, sadly, the event hasn’t been held for the last three years due to a lack of volunteers to stage it – time for intrepid travellers to help out! ***Please note there is some nudity, but it’s pretty tasteful.***
Europe, Featured, Headline, Istanbul, Photography, Turkey, blogsherpa »
I’ve carefully phrased the above subject as I don’t want to pretend that I’m a) not a tourist, and b) not annoying. I am keen though to know what really gets your blood boiling when you’re on the road travelling.
(Image of tourist blatantly ignoring ‘No Photography’ signs at Topkapi Palace in Istanbul, Turkey, 18 October 2009. Jamie McDonald Photography)
Bosnia and Hercegovina, China, Dali, England, Kashgar, London, Photography, Sarajevo, United Kingdom, Urumqi, Xinjiang, Yunnan, blogsherpa, southern-silk-road, southwest xinjiang kashgaria, taklamakan, the-road-to-kashgar, travel »
2009 has gone and with it goes my greatest year of travel; so many people have asked for highlights, so here is my top 5 in no particular order!
I had the enviable task of spending six months of 2009 on the road – taking in 14 countries – and I’m going to try and narrow it down to the top five spots that I visited. Plenty of people that I’ve spoken with think that such lists are daft, that there is little point in designating an obscure spot that is …
