Wedding Photographers Cardiff – ALS Photography
We started our wet and windy journey into Galicia on the Northern Cantabric coast in the municipality of Ribadeo. Here we visited the a beautiful stretch of coastline known as Playa De Las Catedrales, characteristic for it’s natural arches and caves. Continue reading
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We had a great few days touring the Picos De Europa Mountains in Asturias, Northern Spain. We drove up the mountain from the small town of Cangas De Onis with its Roman bridge built in 437 and rebuilt 300 years later. Continue reading
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Here are some images from the Basque region of Northern Spain. We stayed in a great campsite overlooking the beautiful bay and town of Zarautz, just west of San Sebastian. We hit lucky the first night we arrived as there was a festival in San Sebastian, a great atmosphere all around the city. Continue reading
Here are a few images from a recent trip to West Wales. As I was in the area I was able to have a look at a new wedding venue, Roch Castle located between Haverfordwest and St. Davids. A luxury heritage hotel with a contemporary feel, if you feel like a treat check out the link. I then moved on to Porthgain just outside St. Davids and shot some black and white images around the harbour and the headland. You can’t go to Porthgain without calling in at either the Shed or the Sloop Inn – take your pic!
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After taking bicycles from Hoi An to Cua Dai Beach (literally means big sea mouth), we decide it would be a great place to spend a night on the way back to Da Nang. Cua Dai Beach is a 2 mile stretch of palm fringed fine white sand and gently rolling breakers with the Cham Islands lying just offshore. Running parallel, about half a mile back from the beach is a gently winding estuary, a hangout for the local fishermen. It’s a great place for photography, with sunsets on the estuary and sunrise at the beach! It was still dark when I got down the beach pre sunrise and I was amazed to find so many people already there doing there morning exercise and Tai Chi! The locals were so friendly, many coming up for a chat, particularly interested whether I liked their country. I met an old man with a toothless grin who told me (by mime) that he shot down Americans during the war! It was great to watch the local fisherman negotiating the surf with their early morning catch on their Coracles, slightly different to their Carmarthen cousins, they are made using interwoven bamboo and waterproofed using resin and coconut oil!
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The best time to experience Vietnamese life was to get up early and have a stroll around the local markets. There is a real buzz in the hustle and bustle of the narrow streets and pavement vendors. These local markets are a daily occurrence and the fresh produce gets recycled regularly. When walking around you feel like you’re in a time warp, amongst century old traditions, such an amazing place to people watch. After a few days of exploring you get to recognise some of the characters, especially some of the ladies who ferry people on the river – a hard life, but it appears to be a happy one!
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My Son, situated about an hours drive inland fro Hoi An was the ancient capitol of the Champa Dynasty. It is a large complex of religious brick built ancient ruins dedicated to the Hindu God Shiva. Unfortunately most of the temples were obliterated by US carpet bombing during the Vietnam War, many of the bomb craters are still visible today. We made the mistake of booking a day tour where all the buses and their respective guides arrive at the same time. Our guide was hilarious, like a Vietnamese drill sergeant – we made the immediate decision to loose him and wonder round ourselves! Top tip if you’re going to visit My Son, organise a driver and come in the afternoon when all the buses are long gone!!
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About 30 to 40 minutes South of Da Nang is the beautiful town of Hoi An, a Unesco World Heritage Site. Once known as Faifa, Hoi An was the commercial capitol of the Cham kingdom which controlled the Spice trade with Indonesia between the 7th and 10th centuries. The Old Town is a maze of lanes and alleyways, full of Chinese shophouses mainly serving the tourist trade. There is a lovely atmosphere at night just as the sun goes down and the thousands of Chinese lanterns light up. Some people may hate the amount of tourists this beautiful town attracts, the upside of this is an abundance of great hotels and restaurants – oh and propper coffee!!!!!! In reality many busloads head back to nearby Da Nang and the beaches in the evening so it is still easy to get lost in it’s charm. We love it!! it’s our favourite town in Asia so far! We also find our favourite hotel in Vietnam, the Thanh Binh Riverside, we initially book in for 3 nights and end up spending 8!
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To get to Hue (pronounced ‘Hway’) we take an overnight sleeper train from Ninh Binh. We have the upper two berths in a 4 berth cabin. Unfortunately, there are two extra small children in ours – JOY!! To be fair the kids were great and we have a relatively good nights sleep – the toilets however are not so great?? About 13 hours later we arrive in Hue first thing in the morning and greeted by rain – not in the plan!! A Unesco World Heritage Site, the picturesque city of Hue lies on the Perfume river and was once the imperial capitol of the Nguyen Emperors. Because of Heu’s central location, very near the border between North & South Vietnam it suffered considerable damage in what the locals describe as the ‘American War’, particularly the Tet Offensive of 1968. Today, the city is very much a blend of old and new, with the crumbling Citadel Walls and modern sleek Hotels, such as the Midtown Hotel which we were lucky enough to find, this had to be our best value hotel in Vietnam, amazing service! We have a lazy day exploring the city and Citadel and even find proper coffee at the 5* Best Western Hotel!! We decide to have a night of luxury and head about an hour South to the Vedana Lagoon Wellness Resort and Spa on the picturesque Tam Giang Lagoon. We are well and truly spoilt in our Water Bungalow, the bed is absolutely huge and we have a private deck with sunbeds, which we take full advantage of as finally the weather improves! Each guest has there own bike, so we take them for a spin to explore the nearby fishing village and paddy fields. We make the most of our stay and have a late checkout. We follow in the footsteps of our forefathers (The Top Gear Boys) and travel further south over the beautiful Hai Van mountain pass into the city of Da Nang And on to Hoi An.
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