What am I supposed to do with this? Kick it…?!
I make lists. I make lots of lists. Even when people tell me not to, I still make lists.
One of them is a list of the places I want to go to take the photographs I want to take. Ever since I travelled to Kenya in January 2013, I’ve been adding (and crossing off) various destinations, and now I thought I’d share it with the world.
In fact, I’ll make this my online photographic bucket list…!
UK
Bosworth - re-enactment of Battle of Bosworth Field
Chester - city walls
Cornwall - coastline
Durham - Durham Cathedral
Farne - puffins and seals
Hampshire - Highclere Castle
Lake District - Derwent Water, Ullswater
Lindisfarne Island
London - Notting Hill Carnival, Big Ben, Chinatown, Tower Bridge, Houses of Parliament, Albert Dock
Northern Ireland - Giant's Causeway, Antrim
Northumberland - Bamburgh Castle
Oxford - Open Doors Weekend (2nd weekend in September)
Prettiest streets - Mermaid Street, Rye, East Sussex; Gold Hill, Shaftesbury, Dorset; Broad Street, Ludlow, Shropshire; Ravensdowne, Berwick-Upon-Tweed, Northumberland; Church Hill, Kersey, Suffolk; High Street, Stockbridge, Hampshire; Lower Castle Road, St Mawes, Cornwall; The Circus, Bath; Steep Hill, Lincoln; The Hill, Burford, Oxfordshire
Scotland - Culzean Castle, Edinburgh Castle, Osprey Centre, fly-fishing, stag-hunting, fireball ceremony at Stonehaven on New Year's Eve, Loch Garten?
Wiltshire - Stonehenge
Wales - Skomer Island for puffins and bluebells in spring (May best month), Snowdonia
Warwick - Warwick Castle
Yorkshire - Swaledale (Hotel Burgoyne in Reeth) set in splendid scenery. Bempton cliffs for puffins. abbeys (Rievaulx, Byland), fountains, Buttertubs Pass, Hardraw Force, Bolton Castle where Mary Queen of Scots was held prisoner.
Europe
Belgium - Bruges
Croatia - Dubrovnik, Plitvice Lakes, Krka Monastery
France - Mont-Saint-Michel, Carcassonne, Provence, Paris with Pierre for 14 July fireworks by Eiffel Tower, Chalons-sur-Saoune balloon festival
Finland - bears baited with salmon
Germany - Neuschwanstein
Greece - Smuggler's Cove/Navagio Beach on Zakynthos, Santorini
Iceland - Ice Cave, Vatnajökull National Park, Strokkur geyser and black sand beach, killer whales (February/March)
Italy - Colosseum, Vatican City & St Peter’s in Rome; Pompeii; Florence; Capri, Gulf of Naples, Siena Palio (around 2 July and 16 August)
Malta - The Popeye Village
Montenegro - Durmitor National Park
Netherlands - tulip fields
Norway - Pulpit Rock
Russia - St Petersburg Amber Room
Slovenia - Bled
Spain - Tarifa for whale watching, Pamplona for running of the bulls, Alcazar de Segovia, Parachuting, bullfight in Madrid/Ronda (Feria Goyesca), Tomatina festival in Bunol, Valencia (August), Las Fallas fire festival in Valencia (March)
Sweden - Kungsleden
Turkey - Goreme National Park, hot-air ballooning over cliff villages in Capadoccia, Istanbul
Africa
Cape Verde Islands
Egypt - pyramids, Abu Simbel
Ethiopia - Dallol
Kenya - flamingos at Lake Bogoria or Lake Nakuru, black rhino at Lewa Wildlife Conservancy
Madagascar - chameleons, baby lemurs (September), mating fossas (autumn), baobab trees
Morocco - Marrakech, Fes (photography trip with Steve Davey)
Namibia - Africat cheetahs sanctuary, marooned shipwrecks in Namib desert, self-drive with a tent-roofed AWD round Etosha water holes to see lion kill and black rhino, Desert Rhino Camp to see black rhino
South Africa - surfing dolphins on the Wild Coast, cage diving with great white sharks near Cape Town, Amatola mountains, Kruger NP, Zimanga Game Reserve (designed for photographers), Hluhluwe-iMfolozi Park and Pilanesberg Game Reserve (for black rhino)
Zambia - Kaingo Camp for hides (bee-eaters in October), Voyager houseboat cruises to see carmine bee-eaters, Luangwa Valley to see hippos (South Luangwa NP)
Zimbabwe - Hwange NP, Mana Pools for walking safaris
Asia
Bhutan - Taktsang (Tiger's Nest) Monastery
Borneo - Sepilok
Burma - sunrise at Bagan temples in central Burma (with balloons)
Cambodia - Angkor temples including Ta Prohm
China - Yangshuo peaks, Guangxi countryside, Longji rice terraces, Zhangye Danxia Geopark in Gansu, Great Wall of China (+ Ming/Eastern Qing tombs, Chuandixia village, Chendge summer palace)
Georgia
India - snow leopard, throwing of coloured powder during Holi festival in spring, Asiatic lions at Gir NP in Gujarat
Japan - temples and gardens and cherry blossoms of Kyoto in season, Golden Pavilion (Kinkaku-ji), Festival of Lanterns in August, snow monkeys at Jigokudani Yaenkoen or Shibu Onsen
Jordan - Petra
Kazakhstan - Ustyurt Plateau (like Monument Valley)
Laos - Bolaven Plateau
Malaysia - Kuala Lumpur, Batu Caves
Maldives - dolphins, snorkelling on coral reefs (sharks, turtles, clown fish, manta rays)
Nepal - Kathmandu, Himalayas
Sri Lanka - leopards in Yala (January), temples and Escala Perahera Festival in Kandy (August), stilt fishermen, Sigirya Hill fort
Thailand - Krabi island and Kopipi, Ratchaprapha lake
Vietnam - Ha Long Bay, Son Doong cave (with Oxalis)
Yemen - Socotra Island
Oceania
Australia - Ayers Rock, Great Barrier Reef, NYE fireworks over Sydney Harbour Bridge
Bora Bora, French Polynesia
Easter Island - moai
New Zealand - Queenstown, Milford or Doubtful Sound for mountain scenery
Papua New Guinea - Huli Wigmen etc
North America
Arizona - Monument Valley, Antelope Canyon, Lake Powell, lightning strikes in summer, red rocks of Sedona, Colorado River, The Wave in Paria Canyon-Vermilion Cliffs Wilderness
Boston - view from Mass Ave bridge at night, whale watching
California - Joshua Tree National Park, whale watching from San Diego
Canada - spirit bears at Great Bear Rainforest in BC, Horseshoe Falls, Ontario; Banff National Park for grizzly bears, elk, wolves, bighorn sheep, mountain goats and cougars; Lake Louise (preferably at dawn to avoid the crowds); Churchill, Manitoba on Lake Hudson in Canada for polar bear viewing from tundra buggies (mid-November); Baffin Island or other bear trips with Andy Skillen; British Columbia for ghost bears
Chicago
Colorado - Mesa Verde
Cuba - old cars
Death Valley, California - Racetrack Playa 'sailing stones', Eureka Sand Dunes, Titus Canyon, Mesquite Flat Sand Dunes, Badwater Basin salt plates in a jeep from Farabee's in Furnace Creek (see bookmark)
Everglades - Wakodahatchee Wetlands & Shark Valley for birds, Fakahatchee Strand Preserve for gators, dwarf cypresses and birds
Hawaii - Na Poli Coast, Kauai
Mexico - Mayan pyramid at Chichen Itza
Montana - Triple D game farm ($150-500 for 1.5hrs with tiger, bear, snow leopard, wolf, cougar etc)
Nevada - Hopi Point for Grand Canyon sunset
New England - leaves in the fall
New Orleans - Mardi Gras
New York - Statue of Liberty, Bronx Zoo, The Hamptons (stay at Ashley Heather's summer home)
Oregon - Crater Lake
Rodeo
Utah - Zion, Bryce Canyon, Monument Valley, Lake Powell, Mesa Arch in Canyonlands National Park, Arches National Park
Washington DC
South & Central America
Argentina - killer whales catching sea lions on the beach, Aconcagua
Belize - Victoria House, Ambergris Caye for snorkelling
Bolivia - Bolivian Highlands and Lake Titicaca, Cordillera Real Mountains for portraits of people, La Paz markets, train from Salta to La Paz at night, Salar de Uyuni
Brazil - buggy rides on beach near Jericoacoara, Rio carnival, football at Maracana
Chile - Pumas in winter (with Natural World Safaris, Naturetrek or Andy Skillen)
Colombia - birds
Costa Rica - baby turtles in Tortuguero National Park (September to October), mating dance of red-capped mannequin bird
Ecuador - multicoloured marine iguanas on Española
Guyana - Kaieteur Falls, Iwokrama Rainforest, North Rupununi for jaguar, giant anteater, harpy eagles
Peru - Ciudad Morales, Machu Picchu
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