We recently took a trip to Poland as I wanted to photograph Auschwitz I and Auschwitz II Birkenau camps.

It is recommended when you go to visit and pay your respects in these places that you employ a guide so that you learn more whilst you’re there and obviously they know their way around.

We took their advice and went with a guide however being disabled, it was rather difficult to keep up and I missed a lot. The guide seemed to want to get the tour over and done with and was moving at pace and I personally believe missed a lot of the camp out.

I say this, as I have spoken to other people that I’ve taken the same tour and I’ve seen photographs of different areas of the camp, not included in our tour and facts that were given in the tour to others, not given to us.

Although the guide was informative, I have to say his ability as a guide, if that’s the right word, was found wanting. He clearly in my opinion, wanted to get away as quickly as possible.

I am not saying do not take a guide on these tours because I do believe it is required however I would suggest if you’re going to take a tour you return on a second day by yourself without a guide so that you can go around once again, looking at things that have probably been omitted from your tour for whatever reason that may be.