TRAVEL PHOTOGRAPHY

 
 
 
 
"Travel is at its most rewarding
 
 
when it ceases to be about your reaching a destination
 
 
and becomes indistinguishable from living your life." 
 
 
 
 
Ghost Train to the Eastern Star
 
 
Paul Theroux
 
 
 
 
 
 
Like many of my generation, I've spent much of my free time travelling,
 
attracted to the experiences of life on the road. Yes, I do love travelling.
 
I belong to that tribe of global nomads who can only survive in a state of constant motion.
 
 
 
When I was younger, ahem, young, I used to stay at youth hostels, the sort of place you might
 
 choose for yourself. These days, I must confess, I feel more inclined to head for more refined
 
 accomodation. Ain't I entitled to it after months of gruelling work with my teen students?
 
 
 
What is the most interesting place in the world?
 
Well, that certainly depends on you, but I have my answer to that question.
 
  
 
See below and allow yourself to be bitten by the bug.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Mentioned in The Guardian 110824 
 
 
 
  
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Jerusalem, Israel 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Bangkok, Thailand 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Havana, Cuba 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Reykjavik, Iceland 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
  
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Rome, Italy 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
  
 
 
 
Petra, Jordan 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Hong Kong & Macau
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Fez & Atlas, Morocco 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Vilnius, Lithuania
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
  
 
 
 
Porto, Portugal 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
  
 
 
 
 
Cayo Largo del Sur, Trinidad &
 
Cienfuegos, Cuba
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

ISRAEL > JERUSALEM

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
  
 
 

THAILAND > BANGKOK

 
 
 
 
 
 
            
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

CUBA > HAVANA

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
  
 
 
 
  
 
 

ICELAND > REYKJAVIK

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
  
 
 
 
 
 
 

ITALY > ROME

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

JORDAN > PETRA

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

HONG KONG

 
 
 
 
 
 
   
  
  
 
 
  
 
 

MOROCCO > FEZ

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
  
 
 
 
 
 

LITHUANIA > VILNIUS

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

PORTUGAL > PORTO

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
  
 
 
  
 
 
 
 
 
 

CUBA > CAYO LARGO DEL SUR