panorama of northern Mongolian mountains

Wandering Danny - travelogues

Oxford Blog
documenting my stay in the UK (2010-2020)
2023: Southwark, Marazion, Beddgelert, Sydney, Singapore
2022: Chichester, Corris, York, Castleton, Ingleton
2021: Owmby, Castleton, Llanelli, Ty Cerrig, Bisley, Sedbergh
2019: Melbourne + Sydney, Tokyo, Norfolk, Poland
2018: Sydney, Delphi + Athens, Norway, Hadrian's Wall, Toulouse
2017: Bali, Naxos + Santorini, Saint Malo + Bayeux, Amsterdam
2016: Sydney, Kyoto, Corfu
2015: Paris
2014: Paris, Prague + Jelenia Gora
2012: Naples, Venice, Munich + Berlin
2011: Paris, Ireland, Normandy, Seoul, Thailand
East Africa: Kenya + Tanzania
Masai Mara, Nakuru, Serengeti, Ngorongoro (2011)
Switzerland
Mont Blanc, Geneva, Interlaken, Lucerne, Basel (2010)
Western Turkey
Istanbul, Bergama, Selcuk, Konya, Goreme, Ankara (2010)
Vietnam and Cambodia
the Mekong Delta, Phnom Penh, Angkor (2009)
Hong Kong, Brittany
food, architecture, megaliths (2007)
Kaikoura to Kahurangi
New Zealand's Marlborough + Nelson (2006)
Mongolia and Beijing
from the steppes to the metropolis (2005)
North Island New Zealand
Coromandel, Tongariro, Waikato (2005)
South Iceland + Scotland/England
walks, birds, buildings (2003)
Otago, Southland, Fiordland
New Zealand travelogue (2003)
New Zealand South Island
Westland + Southern Alps (2002)
North Pakistan & Western China
Chitral, Gilgit + Kashgar (1999)
India (Maharashtra & Rajasthan)
with an Oxfam study tour (1998)
England, Catalonia, and France
London, Barcelona, Toulouse, Paris (1997)
Java + Bali and California + Arizona
volcanos and deep valleys (1994)
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travel links

Western Desert dot painting has displaced other forms of Aboriginal art ABC
Norway has implemented a weight purchase tax on all vehicles - about 90p per kg over 500kg Bluesky
Japan sends warship through Taiwan Strait Taiwan News
French in Ontario: a perspective on minority language rights Grind
cycling transforms the lives of Indian schoolgirls BBC
"a coral graveyard": the Great Barrier Reef's worst bleaching event Guardian
Korea's 4B movement: feminism against the patriarchy Cut
the flaws in China's Myanmar strategy Irrawaddy
death and funerary practices in urban China Guardian
the history and future of Paris' Boulevarde Peripherique Fabric of Paris

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I hope you enjoy reading about my travels! — Danny

panorama of central Hong Kong