Lightspells
A gallery of photographs
Click on an image below to discover the wonderful diversity and vibrancy of different cultures
Cuba
The heartbeat of Cuba is its people - everywhere you turn there is music and dancing. Time worn and dilapidated facades echo the rhythms of life and share the stories of an extraordinary history
Japan
Travelling by road and Shinkansen from Tokyo to Nagano and through the Japanese Alps, before heading south to Kanazawa, Hiroshima, Kyoto and villages in-between
Myanmar
Floating villages and colourful rural markets; Buddhist temples, monasteries and pagodas. Discovering the wonders of a beautiful country and peaceful people in a time of relative calm
“The world is a book, and those who do not travel read only a page”
— Saint Augustine
Bhutan
Ragged prayer flags fluttering in the wind and prayer wheels turning night and day - Bhutan is The Land of the Thunder Dragon, where the whole landscape is sacred
Costa Rica
Living on a remote beach on the Osa Peninsula, and working as a volunteer on a local Sea Turtle conservation project - protecting the hatchlings and returning young turtles to the sea
Montenegro
A hidden jewel - stunning scenery with beautiful rugged mountains rising up from still waters; medieval villages and coastal churches and a poet’s tomb that rests in the clouds
“Every moment of light and dark is a miracle”
— Walt Whitman