travel diaries

travel diaries

stories from my travels, near and far
Mar
16
red-crowned crane legs in the snow. copyright leonie wise - all rights reserved

red-crowned cranes

If the raptors provided the majesty, and the whooper swans provided the comedy on this trip around Hokkaido, then I’
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Mar
10
shadows and horizons

shadows and horizons

Here the land bleeds into the horizon with only trees and  light to mark where one ends and the other
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Mar
08
Whooper Swans

Whooper Swans

If the raptors are the majestic birds of Hokkaido, I reckon the Whooper Swans would be the comic relief. They
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Mar
05
Hokkaido Raptors

Hokkaido Raptors

The first night we are due to get up early and get on a boat to go photograph the eagles
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Mar
02

postcard from Jigokudani

It’s the beginning of a 12-day Winter Wonderland photography trip with Martin Bailey, special guest/attendee David duChemin and
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Feb
17
postcards from tokyo

postcards from tokyo

I didn’t sleep well on the flight. This does nothing to dull the excitement I feel when I get
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Feb
21
postcards from awaroa

postcards from awaroa

split apple rock, abel tasman national park +++ awaroa lodge – no cellphone service, no internet, no worries… a place where the
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Feb
19
postcards from new zealand

postcards from new zealand

hello friends, this is our last day in new zealand on what has been a magnificent adventure. we have spent
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Jan
22
postcards from wanganui

postcards from wanganui

it’s probably obvious to most of you by now that i’m not particularly good with words. i type
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Jan
07
off the grid

off the grid

{postcards from nydia bay, pelorous sounds} hello friends, a new year, the turn of a page, every new day that
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