North America Travel 2009

Welcome! In July–December 2009, I travelled extensively in the United States and Canada, with a brief weekend in the Bahamas. Collected together in this section of the site you can find lots of information about my trip, including Photos I’ve taken, Articles and Notebook entries I’ve published about the trip, and also my Itinerary and a map of my route. I am still (July 2010) in the process of publishing photos from my trip, so please look through what is already here, and check back often! All questions and comments are gladly received: either leave comments on individual entries or photos, or else get in touch by email.

Most recent articles & notebook entries

Overheard on the train, again

Sunday 29 November 2009 • Notebook entry

It’s a frequent problem. Say you have just run into someone who was at one point quite a close friend but whom you haven’t seen for a long time: how does the conversation go? How can you return to your former chumminess after all this time? How do you pick any of the…

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Defining the social focus of the anglosphere

Sunday 29 November 2009 • Notebook entry

I am in the process of writing an article on language in Canada (I might not really have written anything before I get back to England, so don’t hold your breath, lovers of the maple leaf and linguaphiles1). In the course of my Wikipedia research, I came across the…

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Panoramic View of the Palace and Gardens of Versailles

Thursday 19 November 2009 • Notebook entry

I think this is pretty cool. Below you should be able to see a photo I took of a panoramic painting in the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York. This is John Vanderlyn’s (1775–1852) ‘Panoramic View of the Palace and Gardens of Versailles’ (1818–19). It is a…

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Most recent photos

  1. Richard Flynn
    This statue of Columbus stands on the steps of the Bahamian Parliament building.

    This statue of Columbus stands on the steps of the Bahamian Parliament building.

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    A red pillar-box in Nassau at dusk.

    A red pillar-box in Nassau at dusk.

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    A residential street in Nassau after sunset.

    A residential street in Nassau after sunset.

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    Another residential street in Nassau at dusk.

    Another residential street in Nassau at dusk.

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    A statue outside the Bahamian National Art Gallery in Nassau after sunset.

    A statue outside the Bahamian National Art Gallery in Nassau after sunset.

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    St Francis Xavier Cathedral in Nassau. Six photos stitched together.

    St Francis Xavier Cathedral in Nassau. Six photos stitched together.

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    A house in Nassau after sunset.

    A house in Nassau after sunset.

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    A house in Nassau after sunset.

    A house in Nassau after sunset.

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    A residential street in Nassau after sunset. This is still in the ‘seemly’ part of town. Without moving much further south you come into much more ‘seedy’ places.

    A residential street in Nassau after sunset. This is still in the ‘seemly’ part of town. Without moving much further south you come into much more ‘seedy’ places.

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    Sunset on the beach of the Hilton British Colonial hotel in Nassau. I think this is one of the most striking HDR images I’ve produced.

    Sunset on the beach of the Hilton British Colonial hotel in Nassau. I think this is one of the most striking HDR images I’ve produced.

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    Panoramic view from the north side of New Providence island at sunset.

    Panoramic view from the north side of New Providence island at sunset.

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    View from the north side of New Providence island at sunset.

    View from the north side of New Providence island at sunset.

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    A statue of Queen Victoria in Nassau.

    A statue of Queen Victoria in Nassau.

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    Ansbacher House, which houses a private bank.

    Ansbacher House, which houses a private bank.

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