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Romania Photo Story

Kevin — Sun, 25 Sep 2011 12:42:53 +0000

Just over a week in Romania, from mid-August (bit slow uploading this time). Most of the time around Bucharest and Transylvania.

The music is “Your Song” by Ellie Goulding (originally Elton John, of course).

You can also find these photos elsewhere online

China Photo Story

Kevin — Sun, 15 May 2011 10:44:02 +0000

Two and a half weeks of travelling around China from Shanghai, Beijing, Xi’an and back to Shanghai, here’s the usual photo story:

The music is “Honey, let me sing you a song” by Matt Hires.

You can also find these photos elsewhere online

Malaysia and Singapore Photo Story

Kevin — Sun, 28 Nov 2010 13:10:31 +0000

I have over a thousand photos from Malaysia / Singapore spanning some 16GB, which has added considerably to my growing collection of unsorted photos sitting on my hard drive. I still have a huge set from Denmark and Sweden to get through, as well as a weekend away in Norfolk inclusive of a wedding. But putting the best onto a video always takes priority over filling the Blakepics disks, so here we go – you lucky people.

The music is “Bright Lights” by Tom McRae.

Let me know if you’re having any trouble viewing the video. This is the first time using an HTML5 compatible video format, which for the most of you should spark feelings of “I don’t care”, but hopefully the video should be a little higher quality than usual as well as supporting future standards, etc. If you’re not yet using a compliant browser, shame on you – but you should just get the flash version like usual.

Denmark & Sweden Photo Story

Kevin — Sat, 11 Sep 2010 14:38:22 +0000

For the past week, I’ve been travelling around the Copenhagen area of Denmark, and south Sweden. The usual stash of photos have made their way back, and onto this photo story.

The music is “Notions of Love” by Clare Means, a performer from Los Angeles who was playing and singing to a large gathering on the streets of Copenhagen on my last night. If you like this, I’d suggest ordering her CD.

Germany Photo Story

Kevin — Sat, 10 Oct 2009 13:45:24 +0000

Having taken the shiny new Nikon D90 with me on my trip to Berlin and Hamburg, I’ve come back with just over 1,000 photos. A large amount, even for me. So in a departure from the norm, I’ve chosen to only upload a selection of them to the public view of Blakepics.

As usual, you can also find a full quality version of this video on Blakepics. The music for this one is from the soundtrack of Die Riesen Kommen entitled "Decollage", the show from Royal De Luxe put on in Berlin to prompt this trip.

Norway Photo Story

Kevin — Mon, 29 Jun 2009 10:46:51 +0000

I’m now back home from a week away in Norway, and whilst there are still draft blog posts sitting on the server, I’ve gone ahead and procrastinated over their completion by sorting out photos instead. All these pictures come from Norway mostly along the Oslo-Bergen route, including a stop off in Flåm.

The rest of the photos, including the ones in the video above are on Blakepics, where you can also find a full quality version of this video. The music for this one is an acoustic version of “My Heroine” by Silverstein.

Vietnam Photo Story

Kevin — Sun, 07 Dec 2008 20:17:43 +0000

The end of my Vietnam trip has come and gone, so here’s the inevitable photo story from my time away. The pictures come from all over Vietnam from Hanoi down to Ho Chi Minh (or Saigon, if you prefer). Facebook users will probably need to click through to the original article link to see the video.

The rest of the photos, including the ones in the video above are on Blakepics, where you can also find a full quality version of this video. The music for this one in case you’re interested, is “Easier to Lie” by Aqualung, inspired by a recent episode of Lead Balloon.

West Balkans Photo Story

Kevin — Sun, 08 Jun 2008 07:07:13 +0000

As you probably worked out from the last post, I’ve been on holiday again. So, as is tradition – here’s the usual photo story. The pictures come from various West Balkanite countries; Bosnia, Montenegro, Albania and Macedonia. Facebook users will probably need to click through to the original article link to see the video.

The rest of the photos, including the ones in the video above will be on Blakepics shortly (as soon as I’ve got my server running again). Likewise, a full quality version of the video will be here. The music, “Let me be myself” by 3 Doors Down.

Incidentally, more blog posts from the trip are also on the way. Some are drafts, some are notes, some probably don’t exist yet – but they’ll be spreading across the site like mould on bread very shortly.

The Netherlands Photo Story

Kevin — Sun, 09 Dec 2007 20:01:57 +0000

For the past week, I’ve been in The Netherlands. It was the first holiday for a very long time where I haven’t actively blogged along the way. So that might all come as a retrospective at some point.

In the meantime, I’ll sum it up extremely briefly as:

Coffee shops that actually sell coffee in Amsterdam, are referred to as Café‘s
Weed, ‘Shrooms, Prostitutes
The most racist of the festive holidays I’ve experienced so far
Singstar in Dutch- it’s the taking part that counts
Van Gogh, Andy Warhol and most importantly, Heringa/ Van Kalsbeek

These may form the subjects of some posts, at some point… For now, enjoy the usual photo story below. Or check out the full quality version. For Facebook users reading this – yes, you need to click through for the vid

The rest of the photos, including the ones in the video above are on Blakepics. Credit for some of these photos also goes to Chorna. The music, “Before it’s too late” by The Goo Goo Dolls.

Turkey Photos

Kevin — Sat, 29 Sep 2007 20:16:33 +0000

All the pictures from Turkey are now on Blakepics, with a selection in the video below.

Alternatively, check here for the full quality version of the Turkey video. The music is “Beautiful Disaster” by John McLaughlin.