The Invisible College Trilogy: Publisher Contract Signed
This week I received the signed copy of my publisher contract. I was delighted that the accompanying message included the comment: 'Your trilogy is likely to be our most exciting project for 2014.' Volumes I and II are complete and have been delivered. I hope both will be published during 2014. A major life event! […]
Volume II - Dust and Shadows
Volume II of The Invisible College Trilogy is complete and has been delivered to the publisher. Further announcements within the next few days.
Temple Building Details, Seminyak, Bali
It is a special pleasure, when staying in Seminyak, to go out early and walk around the back streets to see everyday life, just minutes away from the designer shops, restaurants and bars on the main roads. All of the photographs displayed here are from the numerous temples, in daily use by local people, within […]
Summit Gardens, Port Vila, Vanuatu: 'The Largest Tropical Gardens in the South Pacific'
The Summit Gardens, just fifteen minutes outside Port Vila, Vanuatu, must be amongst the most colourful in the world. Not just for the variety of the tropical plants, but also the eclectic and disparate collection of artefacts on display. What creative mind thought of putting these objects together? (please click on images to enlarge) The […]
A Hidden Reaper in the Rice Fields of Ubud
I took this photograph of a man tending his rice field as a fairly wide shot, intending to resize it later to select the best proportions for framing the man and the shrine. When I came to the editing, I discovered an unwelcome visitor. To the right of the shrine, and above, the dead banana […]
The Rice Fields of Ubud, Bali
Rice fields are one of the most visually attractive aspects of Bali. Those around Ubud are the location of one of the most beautiful walks I have ever undertaken, with the additional advantage of being easily accessible from the centre of Ubud, either from a path leading from next to the Ibah Hotel on Jalan […]
Bali: Pura Ulun Danu Bratan
Located in northern Bali at a height of 1200m above sea level, the journey to Lake Danau Bratan from the south passes through rice fields and then up into the mountains, towards the richly fertile fields around Bedugul. The temple of Ulun Danu Bratan, dedicated to Dewi Danu, the water goddess, is one of the most important in […]
The Mansion, Ubud, Bali
The Mansion is a luxury hotel and spa, set in lush grounds in the artistic town of Ubud. Oddly, for a leisure resort, The Mansion also has a cosmetic dentist; one way or another you can be sure to leave with a bright smile. The purpose of this post is not to advertise the undoubted […]