A life less urban…
We have followed the bluebells towards the midnight sun. The journey started, tentatively, in Sussex. Since then we have migrated north, quickly at first through familiar territory, then more slowly as we broke free of the urban tangle of Manchester, through the Dales, then finally leaving the M6 for the soaring peaks of the Lakes.…
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In 2018 we spent three months living in Koh Lanta, Thailand. For most of that time we worked at a local dive company (check out the Dive Buddies photo story for more) but it’s also where we rescued Little Bean.
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During our time in Koh Lanta, Thailand, we completed our Divemaster training. It’s a pretty tough course where you’re diving almost every day, helping with the dive business, assisting instructors and eventually guiding your own customers. I wish I’d taken more pictures of the people we met but the course was intensive, and most days,…
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We spent two months on the tiny island of Koh Rong Samloem, Cambodia, working at a resort called Lazy Beach. These are some of my favourite images from our time there.
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It was just another visit to the tiny waterfront grocery shop opposite our flat. Nothing much was moving in the heat of the afternoon and I had wandered in to pick up some cheap beer and puzzle again at the strange and exotic packages on offer. I heard the high pitched cries as I wandered…
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The sun climbs higher in the eastern sky. At this time of day, just after dawn, the air is silky and cool and my north facing terrace is the perfect place to watch the landscape brighten through pinks and golds. Later, the heat of the tropical sun will press down like an iron fist, flattening…
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I have crossed the sea into another world entirely. Modern life brought me here. Planes, trains and cars, online booking and airport terminals. All the tools of contemporary culture coalesced into a pathway, an invisible road that deposited me here and then quietly disappeared. Each day stretches languidly in the heat and I’m aware only…
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LIFE PART FIVE 