Monday Memories: Local Children at Beng Mealea

Monday Memories: Local Children at Beng Mealea. Children play in the ruins of Beng Mealea. Siem Reap, Cambodia. Copyright © 2022 Terence Carter / Grantourismo. All Rights Reserved.

The sunrise scrum at Angkor Wat to get the best position for a photo of the iconic (in the true sense of the word) temple is worth battling. However, many of the rich rewards of visiting Siem Reap come with early morning explorations of lesser visited temples in Cambodia such as Beng Mealea. First built as a … Read more

To the Penedes to Taste 50 Great Cavas and Catalan Cuisine

To the Penedes to Taste 50 Great Cavas and Catalan Cuisine. Cava in Barcelona, Spain. Copyright © 2022 Terence Carter / Grantourismo. All Rights Reserved.

50 Great Cavas. That’s right. We’re Barcelona bound today and tomorrow we’re heading to the Penedes wine region to taste 50 Great Cavas and gorge ourselves on Catalan cuisine for five days. 50 Cavas in five days. Will we survive? In preparation for our Cava tasting marathon we asked the local experts for some Cava tasting … Read more

We Are Barcelona Bound!

Social Travel and the Deregulation of the Travel Industry. Barcelona tourist protest banner, Spain. Copyright © 2022 Terence Carter / Grantourismo. All Rights Reserved.

This time tomorrow I’ll be starting to think about packing and a few hours later we’ll be heading to the airport for our flight to Barcelona via Guangzhou and Paris. We’re Barcelona bound! It’s been a few years since we were in Europe – our longest period away from the continent since we moved to … Read more

Local Guide to Singapore from the Local Behind The Hunt Singapore Guide

Local Guide to Singapore from the Local Behind The Hunt Singapore Guide. Esquina, Singapore. Copyright © 2022 Terence Carter / Grantourismo. All Rights Reserved.

This local guide to Singapore is from a long-term Singapore expat Bernie Baskin, publisher and co-author with Singaporean native, Jalean Wong, of The Hunt Singapore Guidebook. Bernie’s Singapore tips cover everything from the best Singapore neighbourhoods to explore to a must-try Singapore breakfast spot for an authentic local Singapore breakfast. If we’re going to use a … Read more

Monday Memories – Reality Bytes When Digital Data Gets Scrambled

Monday Memories: Reality Bytes. When digital photography gets data scrambled. Copyright © 2022 Terence Carter / Grantourismo. All Rights Reserved.

No, this isn’t a Photoshop job, this is part of a RAW image taken while on assignment in outback Australia. While developing the new Grantourismo website, I had to go back and work on every photo in its original digital RAW file. I discovered these images. This is what happens when digital data gets scrambled. … Read more