Wet, wet, wet

I arrived in Lucknow about 2 am yesterday and caught a 'tuk tuk' straight to the railway station. But of course I was told 'first class tickets are not sold between the hours of 9 pm and 6 am', no reason, just the way it is. I had a quick look at the train waiting on the platform and decided I couldn't take a six hour night time journey in 'cattle class' so I found a cheap hotel near the station and pressed on to Varanassi the next morning in the comparative comfort of a 3 tier sleeper.

I thought the monsoon was supposed to be over? I spent today wandering around the gats and back streets backstreets of Varanasi in the pouring rain. Let's hope tomorrow is a bit brighter.

Wordless Wednesday

Southwold pier

It was a freezing and windy October dawn when I stood on Southwold beach to take this photo of the famous pier. It is a composite of three exposures passed through HDR (High Definition Range) software.

Timeless India

Wherever you look in India you'll see a way of life that hasn't changed for a hundred years.

Skellig Michael

The Skellig Islands lie about 10 miles off the coast of Kerry in western Ireland. Once you get off the boat you are faced with a near vertical 250m climb to the top of island where there is a cluster of stone bee-hive huts that were used by hermit monks for centuries.

This is the view from Skellig Michael towards the second island, Little Skellig.

Ferrera, Italy

I came across this wonderful art nouveau window in the back streets of Ferrera in northern Italy.