Ethel’s Travel Tales
49 episodes - English - Latest episode: over 2 years ago -Being a professional travel photographer is not quite as easy as it seems
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CHANGING POLITICAL CLIMATE - East(ern) Germany
August 03, 2021 11:50 - 1 hour - 76.7 MBA brief survey of visits to the eastern part of Germany, before and after the wall came down
THE LONDON POSTCODE BOOK IN 3D
June 07, 2021 10:32 - 10 minutes - 10 MBA brief introduction to a new 3D illustrated book covering all the London postcode districts, produced by Doublevision Publishing
MY FAVOURITE PLACES - ITALY: Florence, Bologna and Ravenna
May 24, 2021 22:46 - 26 minutes - 24.3 MBA description of a week’s shooting trip to three iconic cities in Italy
ANCIENT SITES - Algeria
May 08, 2021 10:28 - 14 minutes - 13.2 MBA visit to some of the impressive ancient Roman remains in Algeria
SINGLE STORIES - Norfolk, England
May 02, 2021 12:54 - 15 minutes - 14.6 MBA brief holiday visit to the county of Norfolk, in East Anglia, England
SINGLE STORIES - Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
April 15, 2021 16:42 - 16 minutes - 15.2 MBA short visit to Rio de Janeiro, The first stop on a month long trip photographing Brazil.
MY FAVOURITE PLACES - Iceland
April 07, 2021 12:15 - 20 minutes - 19.2 MBAn explanation why Iceland is one of my favourite places, via the first (of many) visits there
SINGLE STORIES - Australia, Part 3 (the last episode of A Whirlwind Journey Around Australia)
March 31, 2021 16:17 - 23 minutes - 21.8 MBThe last leg: Queensland and Northern Territory
ICE - Greenland
March 24, 2021 11:35 - 16 minutes - 15.1 MBA visit to Ilulissat in Greenland, with its ice fjord and beautifully sculpted icebergs.
SINGLE STORIES - Israel 1975
March 17, 2021 12:02 - 15 minutes - 14.2 MBOn an Easter Break from university, I describe some of my adventures in Israel
SINGLE STORIES - Texas
March 10, 2021 14:42 - 20 minutes - 19.3 MBThirty years ago, I visited Texas and poor weather or not, I had a very good time there.
ANCIENT SITES - Greece and Turkey
March 04, 2021 13:41 - 21 minutes - 19.5 MBVisiting the Ancient Greek Word via a (Swan Hellenic) cruise
MY FAVOURITE PLACES - Essaouira, Morocco
February 25, 2021 12:03 - 15 minutes - 14.5 MBIn the first of MY FAVOURITE PLACES, I describe my various visits to Essaouira, Morocco
SINGLE STORIES - A WhirlwindJourney around Australia Part 2
February 16, 2021 14:10 - 22 minutes - 20.8 MBThe round Australia photo shoot continues to, the states of South Australia, Victoria, Canberra and New South Wales
Mardi Gras, New Orleans, Louisiana, USA, February 1989
February 09, 2021 16:28 - 12 minutes - 11.4 MBA description of the events surrounding, and including Mardi Gras in New Orleans
DREAM LOCATIONS - Lamu, Kenya
February 02, 2021 17:28 - 11 minutes - 10.8 MBA visit to a tropical UNESCO Heritage Site in Africa
LOCAL CEREMONIES - The Albuquerque International Balloon Fiesta
January 26, 2021 15:42 - 19 minutes - 17.6 MBDescriptions of two visits to what is alleged to be the most photographed event in America
ANCIENT SITES - Laos
January 18, 2021 13:27 - 23 minutes - 22.1 MBA visit to the PDR of Laos (‘Please Don’t Rush’)
SINGLE STORIES - Into the Dunes Part 2 - Morocco
January 12, 2021 12:42 - 12 minutes - 11.9 MBThe second of the dunes accounts, this tale describes two visits to Morocco’s Merzouga sand hills
PATAGONIA - correction
January 06, 2021 09:01 - 22 seconds - 231 KBCorrection for Inadvertently referring to the capital of Brazil as being Rio de Janeiro when it is Brasilia
ADVENTURE JOURNEYS - PATAGONIA: A Bit of Argentina, a little more of Chile
January 04, 2021 18:06 - 19 minutes - 17.7 MBA 3-day in duration, but infinitely more in experience. visit to the bottom of South America
AUSTRALIA - A Whirlwind Tour: Part 1: Western Australia and Northern Territory (Uluru Alice Springs)
December 29, 2020 14:00 - 17 minutes - 16.3 MBThe first part of a round Australia photo shoot for Thomas Cook Publications
SINGLE STORIES - In Pursuit of Mt Fuji, Japan
December 23, 2020 17:09 - 10 minutes - 9.67 MBThe story of a day trip from Tokyo to see the famous Mt Fuji
SINGLE STORIES - Into the Dunes, Part One
December 14, 2020 13:21 - 23 minutes - 21.8 MBAn audio survey of different sand dunes I’ve photographed across the world
THE AMERICAN ROAD TRIP: Lewis & Clark
December 08, 2020 12:23 - 10 minutes - 9.9 MBFollowing the early 19th century American explorers, Meriwether Lewis and William Clark
TRAVEL MISHAPS 5 - or, an alternative Christmas Eve
December 02, 2020 11:13 - 9 minutes - 9.14 MBVienna - the friends for whom I travelled by train all across Europe to stay with on Christmas Eve...weren’t there!
LOCAL CEREMONIES - Scotland, including the Highland Games
November 24, 2020 13:01 - 17 minutes - 15.9 MBA week-long summer trip to Scotland, featuring the famous annual local event
ANIMALS - Alligators, Crocodiles and their their Environs
November 16, 2020 13:06 - 11 minutes - 11.1 MBSpotting Alligators and Crocodiles, with a brief explanation of the differences, in their natural habitats
ANCIENT SITES: Mexico
November 09, 2020 12:15 - 21 minutes - 19.6 MBVisits to the ancient Mexican sites of Teotihuacan, Chichen Itza, Tulum, Coba, Palenque and Uxmal
Hungary in 1985 - before the Fall of the Soviet Union
November 02, 2020 19:16 - 20 minutes - 19.3 MBA tour through the country of Hungary, when the Iron Curtain was still a border
Travel Mishaps - 4
October 26, 2020 15:04 - 12 minutes - 11.2 MBThe fourth in a series of things that can go wrong - and how to deal with them
ANCIENT SITE - TUNISIA: Roman - and other - places
October 20, 2020 18:55 - 21 minutes - 19.7 MBA survey of some of the ancient Roman remains - and a couple more - in Tunisia, over several visits
ADVENTURE JOURNEYS - A Safari in Tanzania, East Africa
October 12, 2020 14:29 - 16 minutes - 15.4 MBWhat’s it like to be by yourself on a safari with only a local guide, cook and three tent builders?
The American Road Trip: the Dakotas
October 05, 2020 14:48 - 13 minutes - 12.7 MBOn a year and a half long motorhome journey across the United States, I passed through North and South Dakota
Travel Mishaps - 3
September 29, 2020 09:25 - 10 minutes - 9.85 MBWhat happens when a photographer loses the film shot for an assignment?
DREAM LOCATIONS - Bali
September 22, 2020 08:05 - 11 minutes - 10.6 MBIndulge in a few luxury accommodations on this paradise island
CHANGING POLITICAL CLIMATE - A Tunisian Refugee Camp just north of the Libyan border
September 14, 2020 20:41 - 12 minutes - 11.9 MBDuring the Arab Spring, a visit to a camp in Tunisia accommodating refugees from Libya, proved to be a profound experience.
FIRE AND ICE - Volcanoes
September 06, 2020 15:58 - 17 minutes - 16.2 MBWatching erupting volcanoes create the newest land on the planet
Travel Mishaps - 2
September 01, 2020 14:12 - 10 minutes - 9.5 MBThe second in a series of things that can go wrong - and how to deal with them
ANCIENT SITES - Egypt
August 24, 2020 16:07 - 21 minutes - 19.5 MBA series of visits spanning 32 years
ANIMALS - Dolphins and Whales
August 17, 2020 13:44 - 12 minutes - 11.8 MBA brief survey of my sightings of our aquatic relatives, dolphins and whales
The Reunion
August 10, 2020 09:49 - 11 minutes - 10.4 MBTwo old friends talk about their time in a Nazi concentration camp
Travel Mishaps - 1
August 03, 2020 08:29 - 10 minutes - 9.5 MBThe first in a series of things that can go wrong - and how to deal with them
ADVENTURE JOURNEYS: A short cruise up the Amazon
July 27, 2020 11:58 - 16 minutes - 15.2 MBA chronicle of a three-day motorboat voyage up the Amazon River
FOOD AND DRINK - Japan
July 20, 2020 13:00 - 10 minutes - 9.89 MBLearning to deal with the very different cuisine of Japan
CHANGING CHINA - Episode 2
July 16, 2020 13:01 - 24 minutes - 22.9 MBThe return visits to China in 1995, 1999 and 2005
CHANGING CHINA - Episode 1, 1988
July 13, 2020 19:56 - 19 minutes - 17.9 MBAn account of my first visit to China (Episode 2, the next podcast, will be of the return trips in 1995, 1999 and 2005)
Ethel’s Travel Tales- Local Ceremonies - Trinidad Carnival
July 06, 2020 18:05 - 17 minutes - 16.2 MBTrinidad and Tobago - An account of visiting the beautiful beaches of Tobago and attending the Carnival of Trinidad
Ethel’s Travel Tales: The First Assignment
June 30, 2020 13:32 - 7 minutes - 6.89 MBDuring my 35 years as a freelance travel photographer, the note I kept for myself turn out to be full of some very interesting stories