Brace yourself – it’s a peeling pastel candy coloured photo dump next as we head to St Helens for a stroll along the beach. Lined up along the bracing sea line is a veritable delight of old beach huts in mouthwatering colours. So avert your eyes now if you are not prepared to be engulfedContinue reading “Pastel decay”
Tag Archives: colourful
Last look
Brace yourself for the last photo dump of the magical Portmeirion! A riot of colour and architectural whimsy. This magical little place is well worth spending a few hours in. In fact you can easily while away a whole day if you try hard enough! As well as the village itself there are extensive gardensContinue reading “Last look”
Colour continues
Yeap, this is indeed the third post about Portmeirion! I’m afraid if whimsical, colourful architecture offends you then look away now! Like a little hobbit town, or child’s plaything, this compact little village sprawls across several levels, never quite displaying all its wares at once. You have to climb stairs, peer around corners, crane yourContinue reading “Colour continues”
Rainbow bright
We’re still in Portmeirion for this post and the next . . and probably the next too as it is just a magical little place. The weather is out of this world – roasting hot and scorching sun. Wales is not really sure what is happening! Using an eco-friendly approach Clough William-Ellis designed his architecturalContinue reading “Rainbow bright”
Finishing off Fiscardo
The pretty fishing town of Fiscardo.
More Hanoi MORE!
There’s an architectural oddity in Hanoi that doesn’t seem to fit in with the local style – St. Joseph’s Cathedral (Vietnamese: Nhà thờ Lớn Hà Nội, Nhà thờ Chính tòa Thánh Giuse) It’s a late 19th-century Gothic Revival that serves as the cathedral of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Hanoi to nearly 4 million CatholicsContinue reading “More Hanoi MORE!”
Various vegetables
Moving swiftly away from the grisly meat end of the market, I’m back on more palatable ground in the colourful vegetable section of Bac Ha market. Mountains of jewel bright carrots, onions, courgettes and bitter gourds tumble to the ground wherever you look. Tiny, scorching chillies, quail eggs and all the fresh herbs you couldContinue reading “Various vegetables”
Bustling Bac Ha
Bac Ha is one of the most colorful ethnic markets of all Northwest Vietnam. It is a fusion of the many different hill tribes that inhabit the Bac Ha mountain district and here you can easily distinguish them by their different colourful traditional clothing. I was in seventh heaven surrounded by the colourful typical traditionalContinue reading “Bustling Bac Ha”
Fantastic fabrics
Established in 1889, Dong Xuan Market is Hanoi’s largest indoor market and is crammed to the rafters with a bewildering array of goods from fresh produce, plastic hair accessories and makeup to electronics and household appliances. Let’s explore just a small section of it below – the fabric floor! Being the daughter of an immenselyContinue reading “Fantastic fabrics”
Back to Nam!
Finally after more than a decade I am finally back in the country that started it all – Vietnam! Way back in 2008 I went on my first ever Asian adventure to Cambodia and South Vietnam and I have always wanted to come back and explore the north of the country. And finally here IContinue reading “Back to Nam!”