Posts by Elisabeth Sowerbutts
Historic Images – Everest from Kala Pattar 1990
I’ve been scanning some of my old photos, I have literally boxes of them, and at least having them as bits of paper means that I still have the technology to view them! Anyway here’s one that has always been close to my heart. It was taken in April 1990, that’s Everest in the background…
Read MoreWellington Street Art – Stainless Steel Braille Sculpture
Wellington has quite a lot of sculpture around the streets. I’ll feature some of the more unusual ones over the coming weeks. This one is called “Invisible City“. It looks like it should say something in Braille – but it doesn’t – that’s art I guess! Actually its a useful place to meet people as…
Read MoreBell Gorge, Western Australia
Driving outback Australia, with broken air-con, there is nothing more appealing than clean, cool, crocodile-free, water hole. Bell Gorge is one such on the Gibb River Road, in northern Western Australia. We had driven all day and got to the camping spot late. We put the tent up in record time, and hopped back in…
Read MoreANZAC Day in New Zealand
If you travel New Zealand, you will soon notice that we have some of the longest shopping hours of the civilized world. Most supermarkets are open 7 days, in larger centers usually from about 6am to 2am. Now it wasn’t always so, and you don’t have to be ancient to remember when everything shut down…
Read MoreMoon over Halong Bay, Vietnam
I’d always wanted to go to Halong Bay, Vietnam, so finally a few days after Christmas 2004 I got there. We did an overnight trip which mean I could get this classic shot without too much inconvenience, just before the big dinner buffet started from memory. I imagine Hailong has got even more crowded over…
Read More21 Ways To Stay Safe in a Taxi
How often did I get the advice to take a taxi to be safe. It started as a teen, because we didn’t have a car I often took the last bus home, and walked the last 20 minutes. When I went overseas again I had the well-meaning, but un-aware, advise me to make sure I…
Read MoreHow To Get to Koh Lipe
Content last updated – November 2016 – please contact me if you have an update! I first saw Koh Lipe from the window of the ferry from Langkawi, Malaysia. I haven’t often entered a country by sea. In fact when I thought about the last time was when I got on the wrong boat out…
Read MoreGanges River, Varanasi, India
I know that dawn is the best time for a photographer, particularly in hot and hazy countries like India. But I don’t do dawn very well. I don’t quite remember what got me out of bed early to take a tour down the Ganges to see the burning gats. But I got some nice pictures…
Read MoreHow To Get From Vancouver To Victoria – And Why You Might Want To
When my friend asked what she should do on a Vancouver stopover – I immediately answered, “Go to Victoria”. “Where’s Victoria?” she asked “On Vancouver Island” – which elicited a confused look. You know the big island off shore British Columbia, where the state capital Victoria is. “Vancouver isn’t the capital??” Yeah I remember being surprised…
Read MoreStaying In Contact on the Road – 1950’s, 1980’s, Today
I am so glad I learned to travel before the cell phone or Internet. The one thing that can kill travel dead for me is the feeling of being too connected to home. Its a long time since I’ve had to manage my mother’s reaction to my travelling – but we certainly had robust discussions…
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