Images of Hong Kong. January 2017. “Hong Kong (literally: ‘Fragrant Harbour’ or ‘Incense Harbour’), officially the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the People’s Republic of China, is an autonomous territory on the Pearl River Delta of East Asia. Macau lies across the delta to the west, and the Chinese province of Guangdong borders the […]
Images of Toronto in Canada. December 2016. “Toronto is the most populous city in Canada and the provincial capital of Ontario. With a population of 2.7 million it is the fourth most populous city in North America after Mexico City, New York City and Los Angeles. Toronto is the centre of the Greater Toronto Area […]
Images of Norwich. November 2016. “Norwich is a city on the River Wensum in East Anglia and lies about 100 miles (160 km) north-east of London. It is the regional administrative centre for East Anglia and county town of Norfolk. During the 11th century, Norwich was the largest city in England after London, and one […]
Images of the British Library, and Victoria and Albert Museum in London. November 2016. “The British Library is the national library of the United Kingdom and the largest library in the world by number of items catalogued. A Grade I listed building, the library is a major research library, holding around 170 million items from […]
Images of Malmö. April 2016. “Malmö is the third largest city in Sweden and the sixth largest in the Nordic countries. “The earliest written mention of Malmö as a city dates from 1275. It is thought to have been founded a couple of decades earlier, as a fortified quay or ferry berth of the Archbishop […]
Images of Copenhagen. April 2016. “Copenhagen is the capital and most populated city of Denmark. It has a municipal population of 591,481 and a larger urban population of 1,280,371 (as of January 2016). The Copenhagen metropolitan area has just over two million inhabitants. The city is situated on the eastern coast of the island of […]
Images of Singapore. October 2015. “Singapore is a city-state located at the southern tip of the Malay Peninsula, about 137 kilometres north of the Equator. It consists of the diamond-shaped Singapore Island and some 60 small islets. The main island is separated from Peninsular Malaysia to the north by Johor Strait. “It is the largest […]
Images of Dubai. July 2015. (This was a business trip, but on the last day managed to see Burj Khalifa and look around the mall.) “The United Arab Emirates, sometimes simply called the Emirates or the UAE, is a country located in the southeast end of the Arabian Peninsula on the Persian Gulf, bordering Oman […]
Images of Chepstow Castle. April 2015. “Chepstow Castle (Welsh: Cas-gwent), located in Chepstow, Monmouthshire in Wales, on top of cliffs overlooking the River Wye, is the oldest surviving post-Roman stone fortification in Britain. Its construction was begun under the instruction of the Norman Lord William fitzOsbern, soon made Earl of Hereford, from 1067, and it […]
Images of Gloucester. April 2015. “Gloucester is a city, district and county town of Gloucestershire in the South West region of England. It lies close to the Welsh border, and on the River Severn, approximately 51 kilometres (32 miles) north-east of Bristol, and 72 kilometres (45 miles) south-southwest of Birmingham. “It was founded in AD […]