On the Polish side of the border is Cieszyn, a picturesque town that is well worth visiting if you are ever in this part of Europe.
Travel Shot Blog Posts
Travel Shot: Tea pickers near Darjeeling in India
Have you stopped to think about the process involved in getting that tea from leaves on a bush into your mug or cup? Meet the tea pickers of Darjeeling…
Travel Shot | The Sunday Market in Kashgar
The Sunday Market in Kashgar is still very much a full on Uyghur affair. Trading in sheep seemed to be the most common activity at this busy animal market.
Cosplay Girls in the Taiwanese city of Tainan
At weekends, Tainan’s Koxinga Shrine becomes a meeting place for photographers and ornately dressed cosplay girls who come to pose for the cameras.
The Indian moustache … still very much in fashion
The Indian moustache is still very much in fashion. In India! It seems sometimes that every post-puberty male in India has a moustache of some kind.
Travel Shot: A Romantic Moment on Wroclaw’s Stary Rynek in Poland
Today’s travel shot is a surreptitiously-snapped shot of a romantic moment on Wroclaw’s Stary Rynek – the Market Square in the Old Town.
Somewhere different… Mathura, India
It’s surprising more travellers don’t visit Mathura, a laidback, off-the-beaten-path town, which is so close to one of India’s most-visited cities!
Travel Shot: Black Dragon Pool in Lijiang, China
Black Dragon Pool is one of Lijiang’s (and Yunnan’s) most dramatic sites. It gets busy, so to avoid the crowds, late afternoon is the best time to visit.
St. Paul’s Pro-Cathedral in Valletta, Malta
Getting to view Valletta’s St. Paul’s Pro-Cathedral from within the city itself is a tricky thing. It disappears from sight among the maze of backstreets.
Budapest: Street Art that hurts if you’re an England football fan!
The huge mural and interesting piece of street art in Budapest depicts what became known as the Match of the Century, a Hungary v England football match.
Double Take: From Cambodia to Shoreditch, London
Everyone has a double: the similarity between this Khmer girl from Kompong Cham in Cambodia and this street art in Shoreditch, East London is uncanny.
Travel Shot | Expectant Faces at the Maha Kumbh Mela
Travel photography from India: a portrait of a woman and child taken at the Maha Kumbh Mela festival in Allahabad in 2013, the largest gathering on earth.