TRAVEL THE WORLD - BIKANER, INDIA

This street scene, photographed in 2007, could be almost anywhere in India. Note the cow in the middle of the street at the very centre of things.

TRAVEL THE WORLD - THE NILE, EGYPT

This photo captures perfectly the charm of many of the Muslim people we've seen and perhaps of youth anywhere in the world. Possibly they are students who are greeting a teacher or a friend. The scene is typical of the towns on the Nile that we saw from our train in 2004.

TRAVEL THE WORLD - QUIMPER, BRITTANY, FRANCE

Quimper is a lovely city located at the confluence of three rivers. The city centre is enhanced by the presence of one of these and by attractive modern buildings and landscaping. But the old city, Vieux Quimper, is what we enjoyed most when we visited in 2008. As you can see in the photo, the original street pattern with homes and shops hugging the cathedral still exists today. It was easy to imagine how people lived there in medieval times.