The A to Z Journey

Visiting every country in the world, one step at a time

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Latvia: Riga

Because of its geographical position, Latvia has always been interesting to a number of people. As a result, it's had many different rulers over the last 8 centuries. Partly due to this, Riga's architecture ranges from wooden buildings to Art Nouveau, and Modernism to Gothic - depending on which part of the city you're in. I expected the city to...

Tunisia [Part 4]: Matmata, Douz & the Desert

From the underground troglodyte dwellings in Matmata that were used as the film set for Star Wars, to the palm groves of Douz, to my first time camping in the Sahara Desert - this is the final instalment of my Tunisia series.

London’s Christmas Lights

Follow my excitement as I went around London at night in November/December 2018 taking photographs of different Christmas lights, experimenting with long exposure photography. Most of it involved me huddled under an umbrella dodging the rain, and shivering while the tripod-mounted camera did its stuff. In the process I saw London, a city that I...

Tunisia [Part 2]: Sousse & Kairouan

From discovering the soul of Sousse, commonly dismissed as just being a European package holiday destination of the past, to understanding what the local view point is on life post the 2011 revolution, to enjoying the slow life in Kairouan - Tunisia's Holy City and carpet making capital, here's Tunisia Part 2.

Cambridge’s Heroes

College Porters are some of the best people you'll find in the University of Cambridge. They play such a pivotal role in the lives of students. From being a friendly face, to overseeing fire drills, to providing security to the whole college, to helping fix things when it all goes wrong, to having change for a taxi when you've run out of cash ...

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