JANUARY 2008  |  TRAVEL PHOTOGRAPHY For me 2007 proved to be a very busy year with trips to Hong Kong, Spain and East Africa.  In June I spent a week in Hong Kong to cover some of the 10th Anniversary celebrations of the hand-over from Britain back to China. The last time I was in Hong Kong was in 1994, three years before the hand-over. This time the weather was fabulous and the city was free of smog when it mattered. Some of the views from Kowloon over to Hong Kong Island were spectacular and the light show in the evening is out of this world.   In August a trip to Spain took me to places such as Orba, Guadalest, a popular tourist destination, but also very photogenic.  In October and before the recent troubles in Kenya I travelled to the Rift Valley and the Masai Mara specifically to take photographs of the wildlife.  The Mara’s extensive grasslands opened up by fire and elephants attract huge herds of grazing animals including the migrant wildebeest and Zebra.  The Mara’s abundant herbivores make it a paradise for predators such as lion, cheetah and leopard. I wasn't disappointed!