Hi there! I’m Ailsa Prideaux-Mooney. I’ve lived in many places, and travelled to many more. I had a lot of fun getting there and being there, wherever there happened to be at the time. I climbed a castle wall in Czesky Krumlov, abseiled down cliffs to go caving in the west of Ireland, slept on the beach in Paros, got chased by a swarm of bees in Vourvourou (ok that wasn’t fun, but it was exciting), learned flower arranging in Tokyo, found myself in the middle of a riot in Seoul, learned to snowboard in Salzburg, got lost in a labyrinth in Budapest and had my ice cream stolen by a gull in Cornwall.
And I’m just getting started.
If you’ve enjoyed what you’ve read so far, I’d love you to follow my travelogue. Remember, anyone who tries to tell you it’s a small world hasn’t tried to see it all.
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Ditto the ice cream stealing gull in Cornwall, experience. You have to be so careful around those birds! I moved to Cornwall from the US after marrying a Brit over four years ago and love being able to be so close to the sea despite those flying rodents.
Your travels are really inspiring!
Hey there Ailsa! I just checked out your blog and wanted to say, “Hi.” Your about page is awesome! What a fun, exciting life you live – I’m jealous! I’ve done a little traveling, but not much. I like the idea of traveling but… Anyway, great blog here!
Hi, I have nominated you for the Beautiful Blogger Award. I think you deserve it, but just like the person who nominated me said, no pressure to accept. 🙂 The link to the article: http://petalsandraindrops.wordpress.com/2013/04/10/846/
Great blog and inspirational too.
Looking forward to travel with you through your posts:):
Hi!! I’ve nominated you for Very Inspiring Blogger award. I love to read your lovely posts.If you are interested,
Check out my blog post: http://pravinavinu.wordpress.com/2013/04/24/very-inspiring-blogger-award/
Good luck with your travels!:)
I love what I see here!
Reading your recent Travel Theme: Light, I followed your link to Howth Head, a post from way back when you began you blog. The quality of your posts appears to have remained consistently high and I really enjoyed the Howth one, but comments now seem to be off so I came here.
My Dad was born just outside Dublin, but spent most his adult life in England. He often spoke of childhood adventures near Howth, back in the 1930/40s. In the 1980’s we backpacked together and camped on Bray Head, just down from the summit, with the farmer’s permission. Your photos of Howth brought back memories of the landscape, as Bray is just the other side of Dublin Bay really and even nearer to Sugarloaf mountain. Thanks for the lovely reminder.
Oh GrowlTigger, thank you so much for sharing that wonderful memory, I’m glad my post on Howth reminded you of it. I know Bray Head and the Sugarloaf well and will make a point of going for a wander there with my camera next time I’m back home. Oh, and sorry about the horribly late response, this year has been a whirl of activity (and a liberal dash of travel too!) xxx Ailsa
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Hi Alisa, I really enjoy your blog. You always take the time to comment on my posts and make me feel welcome, so I nominated you for the WordPress family Award.
http://scsurfbutler.com/2013/05/06/the-wordpress-family-award/ . My way of saying thank you. You can do what you want with it, no pressure to comply. have a great day
Yikes, I’ve been falling behind with my comments, I love that you nominated me for this award! xxx Ailsa
Ah, I see you already have a few awards and – guess what? – now you’ve got another. I’ve just been given my first award, a Versatile Blogger, and you’re one of the 15 I chose to pass it on to: http://pomsawaydownunder.wordpress.com/2013/05/24/the-versatile-blogger-award/
Those pesky gulls in Cornwall. They had part of my pasty once when I was sat on the harbour wall at St Michael’s Mount.
Haha, what a great visual, Ray, those gulls have got food snatching down to a fine art! 🙂
I’ve got to say I really enjoyed your blog. When I visit most blogs I’m gone within a few minutes. But yours, well I got lost enjoying the pictures and content. Will be back.
Yaay, what a lovely thing to say, archecotech, so glad you enjoyed your visit – sorry it’s taken me so long to respond, I’ve been on the road an awful lot this year… On the positive side, it means I have an awful lot to write about too. 🙂
Cute avatar 😉
Thanks Global, I see we’re kindred spirits 😉
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I too have been to Czesky Krumlov! What a lovely set of reflections.
I do believe it’s one of the most magical places I’ve visited. I’m sure it was a combination of the people I went with and the circumstances under which we traveled, but it is such a wonderful memory I almost don’t want to revisit for fear that it won’t live up to my memory of it. xxx
Just stumbled across your blog! You have so many tales! I think I’ll be back to read plenty more… 🙂
Thanks Carl, hope you find your way back sometime soon – sorry for the late response, I’ve been working my way through a serious backlog of comments, it can get pretty busy round here! 🙂
Hello Ailsa, I’ve just nominated you in the Versatile Blogger Award in my post http://wp.me/p31nSm-lI. You may have received this award many times before but still, I do find your blog interesting and you deserve this. Looking forward for more! 🙂
Hello Alisa. I have nominated you for the very inspiring blogger award, you can see the details here http://alwaystravelicious.com/2013/07/13/the-very-inspiring-blogger-award/ love your travel stories, keep blogging 🙂
you got a great blog going here!!!! no wonder i had to scroll down for soo looong to get to leave a comment here 😀 your title “romancing the planet: a love affair with travel” touches a cord in me and makes me want to read your posts…..and i was elated !….looking forward to getting glimpses of places through your eyes of which i can only dream of, or not!
Hurrah, so glad you enjoyed my posts, hope you find your way back soon – sorry it’s taken me so long to respond, it gets pretty busy round here! 🙂
I love the title of your blog & completely agree with your final statement above. It’s a great big world & I’m determined to see a lot more of it!
Now that’s what I like to hear! Keep on travelling! ❤ Ailsa
Hello Ailsa. You have a wonderful blog and stunning photographs. I love the way you work on a theme – and you sure are well travelled! Garrulous Gwendoline, The Reluctant Retiree
Haha, very pleased to make your acquaintance, Garrulous Gwendoline – what a fabulous name! Just catching up on comments, it gets pretty busy round here – hope you find your way back soon. ❤ Ailsa
I’m the same with the comments. I have just set aside a couple of hours to catch up. WordPress seems to have changed their layout recently also, so am still not sure if I have missed any. Gwen
Just came across your page. Sounds like one hell of an adventure you’ve got going on here. Looking forward to reading more!
Thanks Will – glad you’ve enjoyed my adventures so far, just playing catch up on comments, it gets pretty busy round here! 🙂 Ailsa
Thanks so much for following my blog, Oh the Places We See. It’s exciting when someone you admire for their writing actually takes the time to read what I’m writing. So, welcome aboard and thanks again! http://ohtheplaceswesee.com
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Ailsa, you’ve been an inspiration! I am awarding you the Versatile Blogger Award for the quality of your work. I realize that it is a tremendous amount of work to accept this award and of course do understand if you do not have the time to do so! Jejeje, it’s taken me months to getting around to accepting this myself!
Congratulations! Keep up the good work. I enjoy your work immensely and the fact that you kick my butt to get me motivated to write!
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Ailsa…how about a super late nomination? I got it a couple of days ago and barely made it…Here’s your nomination if you find the time for it!
http://lagottocattleya.wordpress.com/2013/10/08/my-world-in-five-colours-2013/
Whoop, I did a super-quick entry, it was so much fun trying to choose which shots to use. Thanks so much for the nomination, I missed it last year because I was travelling, so I’m thrilled you reminded me just in time! xxx
😉 Glad you liked it! Short of time though…hopefully better next year if there is one!
Wow you blog is amazing you travel to so many different places. That’s one of the many dreams we wish to achieve. We are from Guatemala so when I saw Guatemala on your blog I had to read it. 🙂 Keep it up. 🙂
Oh wow, what an amazing country you come from, I fell in love with the people there and the country is majestic. So glad to have connected! 🙂 Ailsa
I am awarding you the Inner Peace and Sunshine Award for the inspiring quality of your work. I realize that it is a tremendous amount of work to accept this award and of course do understand if you do not have the time to do so!
Congratulations! Keep up the good work. I enjoy your work immensely! Thank you for helping to provide me with pure sunshine and inner peace!
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Thank you for liking one of my posts! You have an amazing blog. I hope to one day reach your travel success and then some =] Please keep in touch!
Thanks onlyinthecinema, here’s to many happy travels in your future!
Hi Ailsa! I have granted you the Versatile Blogger Award. I hope you enjoy it. I can totally understand if you do not wish to participate. I think your blog is wonderful and wanted you to know that.
Hello fellow adventurer! I love travelling (who doesn’t, eh?). You have a cool blog and great pics to complement it. Am in awe going through your adventures. Thanks for sharing!
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Great blog! Can’t wait to read more about your adventures
Sounds like you have a lot of fun times in your life, Exciting:)
I try to keep busy, that’s for sure! 😉
Looking forward to traveling through your blog! 😀
gosh, love your blog and your pictures… !!! just the right place to learn more about the world and enjoy amazing images… I hope I’ll have more time this year to be travelling (cause otherwise it’s just work, work, work.. work…:))) So I’ll be following you for inspiration..
thank you for liking my ‘object’ photo. Much appreciated. Your blog is most interesting; I know I will enjoy following your travels. What do they call people like me….armchair travelers? It is still fun!
Your blog is beautiful 🙂 Really enjoying it! All the best and happy traveling. Irene
Your travel themes are brilliant! Love your blog and thank you so much for liking my post To Cambodia with Love. Words can’t express how much it means to me. I wish you the best with everything. 🙂
Thanks for the “like” on my post. 🙂 Happy travels!
You too! 🙂
So happy I discovered this blog!
I couldn’t agree more about your comment that it is NOT a small world. The more of it I see, the more places I want to discover. Then of course there are the places I want to go back to and re-experience again. So much to see and do, so little time and money 🙂
Thanks for sharing such a good thinking, post is good,
thats why i have read it completely