The Faroe Islands, part of Denmark and situated halfway between Norway and Iceland, are becoming very popular with photographers, mainly for their remoteness, towering cliffs, fjords and waterfalls. In October 2017 I visited for 3 days and now I’m hooked and definitely want to go back!
Some shots taken over a long weekend getaway to Denmark.
Before I moved to Ireland permanently I spent a few days visiting Galway. A harbour city on Ireland’s west coast, it sits where the River Corrib meets the Atlantic Ocean. The city’s hub is 18th-century Eyre Square, a popular meeting spot surrounded by shops and traditional pubs, often with the sound of live Irish folk music drifting out from their doors.
In 2014 Wanderlust travel magazine named Mongolia its number one emerging destination. I was quite happy as a few months earlier I’d booked a trip to go stay with a local family of Eagle Hunters (they hunt with Eagles, not for them) and to attend a remote local Eagle Festival. It turned out to be an experience I won’t forget for a long time.
Over the centuries, Georgia was the object of rivalry between Persia, Turkey and Russia, before being eventually annexed by Russia in the 19th century. Following the collapse of communism in the USSR in 1991, Georgians voted overwhelmingly for the restoration of independence but it has at times been a rough road to get there.
Situated along the route of the Great Silk Road, Armenia has fallen within the orbit of a number of cultural influences and empires. One of the earliest Christian civilisations, its first churches were founded in the fourth century. In later centuries, it frequently changed between Byzantine, Persian, Mongol or Turkish control, as well as periods of independence.