Adriatic coastline

Piran –> Slovenia

Looking out over the Adriatic from Piran. towards Trieste and Italy

Cuba's eastern shoreline

Santiago de Cuba –> Cuba

Cuba's eastern coastline - bordered by the Carribean Sea - from a turret at Santiago's Castillo del Morro. Inland are the Sierra Maestra mountains, where many battles took place during the wars of independence and the 1958 revolution.

Castillo del Morro: looking west

Santiago de Cuba –> Cuba

Looking west along Cuba's eastern coast. In the foreground, the fort itself. Behind is the Carribean Sea and the Sierra Maestra mountains.

Natural high

Santiago de Cuba –> Cuba

A picture at Gran Piedra, 26km east of Santiago. When the view is less hazy you can allegedly see Jamaica and Haiti from here. Definitely in view is the lands surrounding Santiago and in the distance the Carribean Sea.

Playa Maguana

Baracoa –> Cuba

Baracoa's best beach is a 15km drive away. It's a thin strip of sand but so secluded you almost believe you're Robinson Crusoe. The volatile Atlantic is tamed by the large swathe of shallow water in front of the beach.

Baracoa breaker

Baracoa –> Cuba

Waves from the Atlantic Ocean crash into the decaying and run-down sea-front at Baracoa.

Stacked up

Padstow –> England

Some interestingly shaped rock formations on the beach at Bedruthan Steps, near Padstow.

Bedruthan Steps

Padstow –> England

Round Island

Scilly Isles –> England

Round Island and its lighthouse from the north of Tresco.

Eastern Tresco

Scilly Isles –> England

Colourful heather on the eastern shores of Tresco with Round Island and its lighthouse, beyond.