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In Essaouira, the colour is…
Feb 26, 2010
In Morocco, the colours dazzle.
Marketplaces, in particular, fire up my photoreceptors faster than I can manage to take photos.
Archive for February, 2010
Volver – Return to Spain
Feb 23, 2010
Pedro Almodóvar, one of Spain’s greatest directors, travels back to his homeland of La Mancha with this film. Volver contrasts the city life of Madrid against…
Life Imitates Art in Copacabana
Feb 19, 2010
It’s not a flashy photo but I love this shot from Rio, Brazil. I was walking between those iconic beaches, Ipanema and Copacabana, when I saw…
How Whales Saved Fishermen
Feb 18, 2010
Pedro Martina’s sun-worn face lights up as he grabs my shoulder and points into the distance.
“Three of them are under the water now,” he says. It’s certainly not the first time Pedro has hunted whales…
Inside the Travel Lab’s New Year Resolutions
Feb 15, 2010
The astute among you will have noticed that it is not January 1st, so what am I doing making New Year’s Resolutions? It’s the Chinese New Year, of course.*
Suddenly Gone
Feb 12, 2010
Death isn’t something that most of us like to think about, particularly when we’re young. Sadly, that doesn’t make any difference. I’m not here to frighten you because there are things that you can do…
One Thousand Ways to Say Hello
Feb 10, 2010
Geneva is a city with an international reputation and Place du Molard clearly wants people to feel at home. Snuggled among the charcoal cobbles, glowing squares say hello in languages from around the world. At least I assume that’s what they mean. I couldn’t translate them all…
Inside the Travel Lab on Twitter
Feb 07, 2010
Buenos Dias, Bonjour, G’Day and, er, Hello.
A brand new twitter account for this Inside the Travel Lab blog was born last week, called..
Ghosts Underground
Feb 02, 2010
The Museum of the International Red Cross and Crescent, Geneva They stand together. Arms shackled, faces covered, feet bare, their posture somehow shrieking both defiance and despair. They huddle in the corner and a wide space surrounds them. Reflective glass panels form the walls in this courtyard, while white sail sheets stretch over their heads, [...]
