Attractively ruined (and deserted) Portuguese fort on the beach in Ilha do Mel. Bit of wading required to get there.

Sunset on the cathedral, Porto Alegre, Brazil.

Having some good old-fashioned fun in Florianopolis, Brazil.

Brazilian baywatch - Armação Beach, Florianopolis.

My latest piece for Reader's Digest re-evaluates the British 1970s band, 10cc: readersdigest.co.uk/culture/music/…

Finally got the chance to write a travel article about where I come from - Test Valley, Hampshire.

Havana 2023 - Back in town.

Snippets of life - Habana Vieja.

My favourite Havana tree - Parque Metropolitano, Miramar

Cuba's most attractive football pitch - Plaza de la Catedral, Havana

The copious colours of Trinidad in Cuba.

Curiously, there are two parks to a bloke called Lenin/Lennon in Havana - Vladimir & John.

Behind the times? Saw this copy of the 2001 Lonely Planet guide to Cuba in a Havana bookshop.

Havana - subversive street art

Havana's best rock club.

Fusterlandia, Havana - Gaudi on steroids.

Havana's strapping Castillo de la Real Fuerza (Cuba's oldest fort) and its moat at night. Note: the Giraldilla (the Havana Club rum emblem) atop the tower.

Stairway to heaven - Havana interiors.

The much revered image of Our Lady of Regla, aka the orisha Yemayá in Santeria, in Havana.

The morning light in Trinidad, Cuba never disappoints.