The UK’s favourite bird is the Robin, which is Bowen’s bird of the day.
Our garden plays host to a variety of birds great and small. My favourite small bird is also the UK’s favourite bird, the Robin. With its bright red breast and brown feathers, this Robin loves…
Holiday in Costa Rica – Chachagua Rainforest Eco Lodge
Last year August we started planning our holiday to Costa Rica. It was to be a family holiday with Mom and Dad. They are huge bird photographers and Costa Rica was a bucket list destination…
2018 brought change and a fun filled crazy year – Happy new year 2019.
Our 2018 new years resolution were to redo the kitchen in our house and to holiday locally. We almost achieved these goals. Highlights of 2018. The London Classic Car show. New Bluetooth noise cancelling headphones….
Our holiday to Prague, the city of 100 spires.
Prague is a little over an hour from London City airport, which was so convenient as we were able to park nearby for free. The take-off was brief and we were in the air without…
Bucket List – Spend a day with friends in Washington D.C.
Jo and I crossed off a few bucket list items this past May, by spending a long weekend with our good friends Andrew and Keri in Washington D.C. On Friday the 25th of May, I…
Panoramas pulled from Google Photos with Photonic WordPress plugin.
Panoramas make for a lovely photograph, because one gets a lot more scenery in the photo. It takes a bit of practice taking a good panorama. In the old days one had to take a…
Photo of the day – Indy cat – Panasonic Lumix G80 review.
I bought a new camera & lens recently, the Panasonic Lumix G80 and the Panasonic G Vario 14-140mm f/3.5-5.6 ASPH. POWER O.I.S. lens. The camera has loads of great features and I am loving the fast auto-focus, 5-axis in-body image…
California Road Trip – Cambria, San Simeon, Ragged Point, Cayucos.
Day 4 – We left Scotts Valley for the last time. Our destination was Cayucos, a small coastal town near Cambria. We picked this town because it was on Route 1, on the beach, cheap…
California Road Trip – Carmel Highlands, Big Sur, Bixby Creek Bridge.
Day 3 – From Scotts Valley we drove via Santa Cruz, Monterey, Carmel-By-The-Sea to the Big Sur coastline. According to Wikipedia… Big Sur is one of the most beautiful coastlines anywhere in the world. The coast is…
California Road Trip – Scotts Valley, Santa Cruz, Monterey, Carmel-By-The-Sea.
Day 1 & 2 of our California road trip, we based ourselves in Scotts Valley, because on the map it looked like it was close to Santa Cruz, Monterey and Carmel-By-The-Sea. It wasn’t close enough…
Flying my DJI Mavic Pro over the River Thames and Greenhithe Quarry.
I have had my DJI Mavic Pro drone for a little over a month and have flown quite a few missions to date. It is an incredible quad-copter and the 4K video camera is amazing….
Lowepro ViewPoint BP 250 AW easily carries DJI Mavic Pro Fly more combo plus extra batteries propellers GoPro tripod landing pad surface pro 4 headphones.
When buying the DJI Mavic Pro one has a choice to either buy the standard Mavic Pro with controller or the Mavic Pro “Fly More Combo”. The latter, which I went for, has a bunch of…
We are Mike and Jo Bowen. Originally from South Africa, we now live & work in the United Kingdom. Mike is the blogger, beer drinker, gadget man, reviewer and Jo is the proofreader, wine drinker, cat lady, sanity checker and “don’t you dare put that on lookatbowen.com“. Together we travel the world and have fun wherever possible. If you are new to this website and want to know more about us, check out the the longer version.