Palermo - Beautiful people, beautiful buildings, beautiful city.
Palermo - a city I love with a passion, beautiful memories, stunning people, amazing street art. Hours and hours of walking the streets meant for happy afternoons, walking from one street to the next.
Marettimo, Sicily, Italy
This tiny isolated island off Sicily was the place I imagined I would marry my wife. It was somewhere I had visited a few years before I met my wife, and somewhere I thought would be just perfect. On our wedding day in Bristol, UK, my wife gave me an envelope that contained flight tickets to Marettimo. We visited six months after getting married and had our wedding blessed by the father there. It was a beautiful trip.
My most beautiful wife on the streets of Palermo. A city so vibrant and passionate, but with an underlying nervousness from the force of the Mafia.
Palermo, Sicily, Italy
One of the most amazing cities I have been to… vibrant, colourful, passionate and and beautiful. On our first day on this visit we can across the car of a passionate Palermo supporter…
The Chair Project - Summer 2010 (Pt 2)
In the summer of 2010 I drove around for a month with two old chairs in the back of my Mercedes, also known as The Love Boat. Every day I would get the chairs out, ask a friend/s to sit on them while I took a picture using my Hipstamatic x
The Chair Project - Summer 2010 (Pt 3)
In the summer of 2010 I drove around for a month with two old chairs in the back of my Mercedes, also known as The Love Boat. Every day I would get the chairs out, ask a friend/s to sit on them while I took a picture using my Hipstamatic. x
The Chair Project - Summer 2010 (Pt 1)
In the summer of 2010 I drove around for a month with two old chairs in the back of my Mercedes, also known as The Love Boat. Every day I would get the chairs out, ask a friend/s to sit on them while I took a picture using my Hipstamatic x
The beautiful people of Havana, Cuba by Darren Hales
Throughout Cuba, the people were the highlight of the trip. Endlessly helpful, happy and could never do enough for you.
Trinidad, Cuba by Darren Hales
Travelling around Cuba, we found the most beautiful town of Trinidad. Stunning buildings, beautiful people.
Fresa y Chocolate (1994) Havana, Cuba by Darren Hales
The magic of this restaurant is firstly the entrance. No sign, just a walk through into a courtyard of flats. Then staircase after staircase of crumbling marble steps, past peoples washing and beheaded statues, then finally you arrive at the restaurant. Stunning food, service is perfect, and the atmosphere is just too good to be real - it feels like you are on a movie set, which is just what this restaurant turned out to be, in fresa y chocolate (1994)
Vintage cars in Havana, Cuba by Darren Hales
After five minutes of landing, the novelty of seeing classic 50’s American cars everywhere wears off. A day or two later and having been in one, you start to appreciate the work that goes into keeping these cars alive, not as a tourist attraction, but as a necessity.
Walking the streets of Havana, Cuba by Darren Hales
Walking the streets of Havana, around every corner was a different story. Fascinating, beautiful city.
Outdoor boxing ring in Havana, Cuba by Darren Hales
On our honeymoon, my wife and I went for an early evening run. We had heard about an outdoor boxing ring behind a small door off a back street in Havana. After meeting a young boy on the streets, he showed us to the ring where we were invited in. As dusk fell it was a fantastic time to see the children going through their paces. The kids wore no protection while sparring and really went for it.
The coach who had spent time training boxers in England spent time talking to us in broken English, telling us how the boys (and one girl) train seven days a week, how they use the famous Cuban boxers of the past as role models and how it teaches the children discipline from an early age.
The following day we were back there having been invited to train with the boys. We loved it and they seemed to enjoy a couple of tourists joining them, and a bit odd too! They also loved it when the camera came out!
Street art in Havana, Cuba by Darren Hales
In November 2011, me and my wife spent our Honeymoon in Cuba. These are a few pictures of the graffiti and street art in Havana. The art in general all over the country was fantastic and Cuban’s seem to be so expressive, particularly of their love of Fidel and Che.
