Ethel’s Travel Tales

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

Ethel


    • Aug 3, 2021 LATEST EPISODE
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    CHANGING POLITICAL CLIMATE - East(ern) Germany

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 3, 2021 82:53


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

    THE LONDON POSTCODE BOOK IN 3D

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 7, 2021 10:48


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

    MY FAVOURITE PLACES - ITALY: Florence, Bologna and Ravenna

    Play Episode Listen Later May 24, 2021 26:17


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

    ANCIENT SITES - Algeria

    Play Episode Listen Later May 8, 2021 14:18


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

    SINGLE STORIES - Norfolk, England

    Play Episode Listen Later May 2, 2021 15:45


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

    SINGLE STORIES - Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 15, 2021 16:26


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

    MY FAVOURITE PLACES - Iceland

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 7, 2021 20:44


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

    SINGLE STORIES - Australia, Part 3 (the last episode of A Whirlwind Journey Around Australia)

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 31, 2021 23:36


    The last leg: Queensland and Northern Territory

    ICE - Greenland

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 24, 2021 16:15


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

    SINGLE STORIES - Israel 1975

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 17, 2021 15:20


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

    SINGLE STORIES - Texas

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 10, 2021 20:48


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

    ANCIENT SITES - Greece and Turkey

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 4, 2021 21:06


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

    MY FAVOURITE PLACES - Essaouira, Morocco

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 25, 2021 15:38


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

    SINGLE STORIES - A WhirlwindJourney around Australia Part 2

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 16, 2021 22:29


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

    Mardi Gras, New Orleans, Louisiana, USA, February 1989

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 9, 2021 12:19


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

    DREAM LOCATIONS - Lamu, Kenya

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 2, 2021 11:40


    A visit to a tropical UNESCO Heritage Site in Africa

    LOCAL CEREMONIES - The Albuquerque International Balloon Fiesta

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 26, 2021 19:02


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

    ANCIENT SITES - Laos

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 18, 2021 23:55


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

    SINGLE STORIES - Into the Dunes Part 2 - Morocco

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 12, 2021 12:53


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

    PATAGONIA - correction

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 6, 2021 0:22


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

    ADVENTURE JOURNEYS - PATAGONIA: A Bit of Argentina, a little more of Chile

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 4, 2021 19:06


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

    AUSTRALIA - A Whirlwind Tour: Part 1: Western Australia and Northern Territory (Uluru Alice Springs)

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 29, 2020 17:39


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

    SINGLE STORIES - In Pursuit of Mt Fuji, Japan

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 23, 2020 10:26


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

    SINGLE STORIES - Into the Dunes, Part One

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 14, 2020 23:35


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

    THE AMERICAN ROAD TRIP: Lewis & Clark

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 8, 2020 10:42


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

    TRAVEL MISHAPS 5 - or, an alternative Christmas Eve

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 2, 2020 9:52


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

    LOCAL CEREMONIES - Scotland, including the Highland Games

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 24, 2020 17:13


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

    ANIMALS - Alligators, Crocodiles and their their Environs

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 16, 2020 11:58


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

    ANCIENT SITES: Mexico

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 9, 2020 21:10


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

    Hungary in 1985 - before the Fall of the Soviet Union

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 2, 2020 20:54


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

    Travel Mishaps - 4

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 26, 2020 12:07


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

    ANCIENT SITE - TUNISIA: Roman - and other - places

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 20, 2020 21:14


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

    ADVENTURE JOURNEYS - A Safari in Tanzania, East Africa

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 12, 2020 16:36


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

    The American Road Trip: the Dakotas

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 5, 2020 13:42


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

    Travel Mishaps - 3

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 29, 2020 10:38


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

    DREAM LOCATIONS - Bali

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 22, 2020 11:28


    Indulge in a few luxury accommodations on this paradise island

    CHANGING POLITICAL CLIMATE - A Tunisian Refugee Camp just north of the Libyan border

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 14, 2020 12:49


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

    FIRE AND ICE - Volcanoes

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 6, 2020 17:29


    Watching erupting volcanoes create the newest land on the planet

    Travel Mishaps - 2

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 1, 2020 10:16


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

    ANCIENT SITES - Egypt

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 24, 2020 21:05


    A series of visits spanning 32 years

    ANIMALS - Dolphins and Whales

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 17, 2020 12:46


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

    The Reunion

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 10, 2020 11:15


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

    Travel Mishaps - 1

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 3, 2020 10:16


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

    ADVENTURE JOURNEYS: A short cruise up the Amazon

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 27, 2020 16:27


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

    FOOD AND DRINK - Japan

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 20, 2020 10:41


    Learning to deal with the very different cuisine of Japan

    CHANGING CHINA - Episode 2

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 16, 2020 24:43


    The return visits to China in 1995, 1999 and 2005

    CHANGING CHINA - Episode 1, 1988

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 13, 2020 19:20


    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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    Ethel's Travel Tales- Local Ceremonies - Trinidad Carnival

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 6, 2020 17:28


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

    Ethel's Travel Tales: The First Assignment

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 30, 2020 7:26


    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

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