Ethel’s Travel Tales: Recent Episodes

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Being a professional travel photographer is not quite as easy as it seems

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A brief survey of visits to the eastern part of Germany, before and after the wall came down

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A brief introduction to a new 3D illustrated book covering all the London postcode districts, produced by Doublevision Publishing

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A description of a week’s shooting trip to three iconic cities in Italy

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A visit to some of the impressive ancient Roman remains in Algeria

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A brief holiday visit to the county of Norfolk, in East Anglia, England

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A short visit to Rio de Janeiro, The first stop on a month long trip photographing Brazil.

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An explanation why Iceland is one of my favourite places, via the first (of many) visits there

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The last leg: Queensland and Northern Territory

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A visit to Ilulissat in Greenland, with its ice fjord and beautifully sculpted icebergs.

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On an Easter Break from university, I describe some of my adventures in Israel

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Thirty years ago, I visited Texas and poor weather or not, I had a very good time there.

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Visiting the Ancient Greek Word via a (Swan Hellenic) cruise

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In the first of MY FAVOURITE PLACES, I describe my various visits to Essaouira, Morocco

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The round Australia photo shoot continues to, the states of South Australia, Victoria, Canberra and New South Wales

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A description of the events surrounding, and including Mardi Gras in New Orleans

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A visit to a tropical UNESCO Heritage Site in Africa

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Descriptions of two visits to what is alleged to be the most photographed event in America

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A visit to the PDR of Laos (‘Please Don’t Rush’)

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The second of the dunes accounts, this tale describes two visits to Morocco’s Merzouga sand hills

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Correction for Inadvertently referring to the capital of Brazil as being Rio de Janeiro when it is Brasilia

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A 3-day in duration, but infinitely more in experience. visit to the bottom of South America

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The first part of a round Australia photo shoot for Thomas Cook Publications

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The story of a day trip from Tokyo to see the famous Mt Fuji

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An audio survey of different sand dunes I’ve photographed across the world

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Following the early 19th century American explorers, Meriwether Lewis and William Clark

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Vienna - the friends for whom I travelled by train all across Europe to stay with on Christmas Eve...weren’t there!

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A week-long summer trip to Scotland, featuring the famous annual local event

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Spotting Alligators and Crocodiles, with a brief explanation of the differences, in their natural habitats

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Visits to the ancient Mexican sites of Teotihuacan, Chichen Itza, Tulum, Coba, Palenque and Uxmal

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A tour through the country of Hungary, when the Iron Curtain was still a border

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The fourth in a series of things that can go wrong - and how to deal with them

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A survey of some of the ancient Roman remains - and a couple more - in Tunisia, over several visits

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What’s it like to be by yourself on a safari with only a local guide, cook and three tent builders?

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On a year and a half long motorhome journey across the United States, I passed through North and South Dakota

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What happens when a photographer loses the film shot for an assignment?

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Indulge in a few luxury accommodations on this paradise island

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During the Arab Spring, a visit to a camp in Tunisia accommodating refugees from Libya, proved to be a profound experience.

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Watching erupting volcanoes create the newest land on the planet

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The second in a series of things that can go wrong - and how to deal with them

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A series of visits spanning 32 years

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A brief survey of my sightings of our aquatic relatives, dolphins and whales

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Two old friends talk about their time in a Nazi concentration camp

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The first in a series of things that can go wrong - and how to deal with them

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A chronicle of a three-day motorboat voyage up the Amazon River

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Learning to deal with the very different cuisine of Japan

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The return visits to China in 1995, 1999 and 2005

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An account of my first visit to China (Episode 2, the next podcast, will be of the return trips in 1995, 1999 and 2005)

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Trinidad and Tobago - An account of visiting the beautiful beaches of Tobago and attending the Carnival of Trinidad

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During my 35 years as a freelance travel photographer, the note I kept for myself turn out to be full of some very interesting stories