
by Abi on April 10, 2012 in Africa, Art, Inspire Me, Photos
I found this beautiful image in the well-trodden yet overlooked town of Maun in Botswana, southern Africa. The town sits at the edge of the Okavango Delta and pilots, tourists and enterprising locals buzz around the small airstrip, restless to leave Maun behind and to let nautre brandish the blues and greens of the Delta beneath them.

by Abi on March 23, 2012 in Cool Photos, Europe, Featured, Make Me Smile
Who needs cobbled streets and medieval mysteries when you can have psychedelic colours, wonky lines and hearts full of passion? This is the John Lennon wall in Prague and it’s the perfect antidote to the sobering Museum of Communism I’d just visited as part of the…

by Abi on June 21, 2011 in Art, Dance, The Americas
Street Performer in Mallory Square, Key West at Sunset
I’m travelling through the Floriday Keys this week and, as an experiment, I’ll bring you a photo each day to give you a flavour of…

by Abi on May 20, 2011 in Art, Asia, Inspire Me, Photos
Muscat, the capital of the Sultanate of Oman, easily wins the prize for the cleanest capital city. At least in my book. Its tarmac is flawless, its water pristine. Even the

by Abi on April 13, 2011 in Art, Latest Updates, Make Me Think, Photos, The Americas, The Best Cultural Travel
In Cuba, I spent most of my time on the streets. It’s a Caribbean country with a laid-back vibe, whatever its international stereotype and ongoing political conflicts.
As you may know, I love street art. It…

by Abi on March 4, 2011 in Africa, Art, Make Me Smile
Alright, I admit it. I did agree with the description of Namibia’s adventure playground, Swakopmund, as “unimaginably dreary.”
I still do. Yet as I was leaving town, I drove along this street of, well, street art that lifted my spirits…

by Abi on February 11, 2011 in Art, Make Me Smile, The Americas
Ballard, a northerly neighbourhood of watery Seattle, has a history of seafaring, sailing and shipbuilding. Salmon and Scandinavia are the words you’ll hear around here, in between the neat rows of wooden houses with oh-so-American front porches.
I didn’t find much graffiti, but I did find…

by Abi on June 30, 2010 in Art, Europe, Make Me Think, Photos, Spain
Valencia has plenty of street art. Whether you think about it in conventional terms, conjuring up the “graffiti” from Bristol’s edgiest neighbourhood, or in alternative terms…

by Abi on June 23, 2009 in Art, England, Inspire Me, The Best Cultural Travel
Formerly a no-go area, street artists with vision have covered doorways and walls with innovative colourful work…