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Saviour on the Spilled Blood

The most impressive building in Saint Petersburg must be the Church of the Saviour on the Spilled Blood. A traditional style Russian church built on the spot where Tsar Alexander II was assassinated in 1881, the interior decorated with over 6000sqm of mosaics. The gold-draped onion-domed church is one of the main attractions of St. […]

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Istanbul • Turkey

Turkey‘s most populous city and cultural and financial centre. Istanbul is located on both sides of the Bosphorus, the narrow strait between the Black Sea and the Marmara Sea, Istanbul bridges Asia and Europe both literally and figuratively. Founded by Constantine the Great in 324 CE on the site of ancient Byzantium, Istanbul was the […]

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Year of the Dog 2006

Year of the Dog 2006, Hong Kong Visiting here during the Chinese New Year meant we were in store for some fireworks in the harbour. It was early years with a digital camera and tech had not yet evolved with ‘HD’ options, so using a combination of still and short video clips created this short […]

Vatican City State

Established in 1929, Vatican City State lies in the heart of Rome on a low hill on the west bank of the River Tiber, it is the world’s smallest independent state and headquarters of the Roman Catholic Church. The Pope exercises sovereignty and has absolute legislative, executive, and judicial powers. Walled with six gates, its […]

Tinos • Greece

Tinos is a place of pilgrimage and hope, whitewashed towns of marble and stone, and beaches that are never crowded. Famous amongst Greeks for the Panagia Evangelistria church, with its reputedly miraculous icon of Virgin Mary that it holds, a yearly pilgrimage that takes place on the date of the Dominion of the Virgin Mary […]

Fatima • Portugal

Famous for the religious appearances of 1917 and a place of hope and faith, Fatima remains one of the most intriguing places to visit, being recognised by the church as worthy of belief. I passed through Fatima on my journeys through Portugal, being a fan of all things strange and wonderful I couldn’t pass up […]