Córdoba, in Andalusia, has an unusual cathedral. Unusual in that it was built within a mosque. Not on the former grounds of one, or as an adaptation of one, but actually totally and utterly in the middle of one.
I’m playing with experimenting with technology today at Inside the Travel Lab. So here’s a cool photo from the island of Miya Jima (Shrine Island) in Japan to keep you entertained while I meddle with connections to Inside the Travel Lab’s Facebook Page.
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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…
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…
Two suspension bridges connect England to Wales. It’s a stormy, exposed stretch and I’ve never quite brought myself to…
A little further out, however, Seville reveals its modern face, the lights and the energy of a city on the up.
Not content with moving myself across the globe, I recently moved my blog from blogger to wordpress.For those of you considering making the same move – read on.
Thing is, most of the time when you try to surf, you fall off, inhale saltwater and choke before being hit on the head by your very own surfboard.
With only 2000 pandas left on the planet, they can be tricky to track down. In Chengdu
“Whatever you do, don’t miss the bridges.”
That’s a phrase I’ve never heard before.
For years, this greyish dome claimed the record of Europe’s highest stargazing site, in the days before the Hubble Space Telescope made mountain peaks the grandads of astronomy.
This week I’ll be attending an Advanced Life Support course, to keep my qualifications up to date. We’ll get to resuscitate plastic dolls, wave those electric paddles around in the air
Even geniuses get frustrated by administrative problems…
There’s never an easy time to have an accident, but being abroad dials up the intensity.
These days, I take promises of viewing exotic wildlife with more than a pinch of saltwater. Particularly endangered species. To find pandas I had to travel for days. To glimpse a tiger, I shivered morning and night under a blanket of frost.
But to see turtles in Barbados? I only needed to…
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