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light trail
Vehicle travels across an arid plain in the region of Damaraland, Namibia
while the kid rubs his eye
Young gatha dancers, taking a break from a bartaman or kayta puja ritual, a spiritual exit from dependent life. Bakhtapur, Nepal
Sulfur slaves
Workers try to control the toxic smoke emission of the Ijen volcano crater, in Java, Indonesia
Warm Hug
Berber elders greet in a ksar (sand fortress) in the Tataouine region, Tunisia
holy discussion
Buddhist monks during a lively discussion session on the principles of Tibetan Buddhism, Sera Monastery, Lhasa, Tibet
Above the Floating Peaks
Visitor admires the misty scenery of Huang Shan, a cliff-ridden region of Anhui Province, China
Kigurumi welcome
Kigurumi Satoko from the series "Higurashi no naku koro ni" ("When they Cry") interacts with the photographer at the Hachiman temple, Ogimashi, Japan
A Soaked Herd
Cows travel in a relentless rain along a road on top of the island of São Miguel,
Lighted Shopping
Tamil Singaporeans pick vegetables at a street market in Little India, Singapore
Naghol jump
Teenager dives from a log tower during a Naghol teen initiation ritual on the island of Pentecost, Vanuatu
A Solemn Procession
Orthodox priests on their way to a mass, in Suzdal, Russia.
Disengagement
Worker cuts a tree fallen on a road in the north of the island of Mahé, Seychelles.
Light of life
Cormorant silhouetted against an exuberant sun, Vermelho River, Miranda, Pantanal, Brazil
on the path of the shadow
Passersby cross an underground passage in Yerevan, Armenia
just because yes
Girls exchange a spontaneous kiss close to central mosque of Ilha de Moçambique
Furious speed
Jockeys drive camels on Sam Sam Dunes during the main race of the Jaisalmer Desert Festival, Rajasthan, India
Furious Speed ​​II
Spectators observe the riders during a skill test of the Pirenópolis' Cavalhadas, Goiás, Brazil
Vision of the Great Water
Visitors gathered on a panoramic platform of Garganta do Diabo, Iguaçu Falls, Brazil
morning fishing
Couple collaborates in an ice fishing on the island of Hailuoto, northwestern Finland.
Vegetable Coziness
Female sloth and cub rest under a tree in Tortuguero, Costa Rica
Troubled Exit
"Sampo" icebreaker passengers wrestle to get out of the icy-water, after a short swimming experience in the Gulf of Bothnia, Finland.
Post-Beach Landing
Passengers plane about to land at Princess Juliana Airport, Sint Maarten Island
A Suffered Hang out
Antipos self-mutilate during Holy Week in Gazan, Marinduque Island, Philippines
Medieval coziness
Guardian of Gyeongbokgung Palace huddled against the freezing winter of Seoul, South Korea
Geometric Works
Workers make up a crucial framework for the renovation of the Mérida cable car, Venezuela
End of Another Day
Native drives a wheelbarrow among the baobabs on Avenue des Baobas in Madagascar
Riverside passion
Couple in love next to one of the many boats moored in St. Petersburg during Russian Navy Day.
Mussiro Fashion
Women protected from the sun with natural mussiro masks, Ibo island, Mozambique
bridge to another day
Passersby walk the u-Bein, the longest wooden bridge in the world, over the Lake Taunghtaman, Myanmar
Divine Ride
Cavaleiros do Divino traverse a country road in Pirenópolis, state of Goiás, Brazil
Day Chat
Girl friends in traditional dresses chat at the entrance to an Orthodox church, in Suzdal, Russia
Aussie sunset
Man holds an australian flag during the Australia Day celebrations
Mars Bound
Vehicle crosses a landscape full of small plateaus of the White Desert, a section of the Sahara, Egypt
Maternity
Grizzly bear and cub on a Katmai coastal meadow, Alaska
Sulfuric Clouds
Worker carries two baskets of sulfur on a crest of the Ijen volcano crater, Java, Indonesia
Pastoralism
Shepherd above his flock in the Malealea highlands, Lesotho
First Marriage Troubles
Japanese bride in traditional dress is helped to get into a car.
Balinese sunset
Sun sets behind the Agung volcano, with the Batu Bolong temple in silhouette, Lombok island, Indonesia.




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life outside

savuti, botswana, elephant-eating lions
Safari
Savuti, Botswana

Savuti's Elephant-Eating Lions

A patch of the Kalahari Desert dries up or is irrigated depending on the region's tectonic whims. In Savuti, lions have become used to depending on themselves and prey on the largest animals in the savannah.
Braga or Braka or Brakra in Nepal
Annapurna (circuit)
Annapurna Circuit: 6th – Braga, Nepal

The Ancient Nepal of Braga

Four days of walking later, we slept at 3.519 meters from Braga (Braka). Upon arrival, only the name is familiar to us. Faced with the mystical charm of the town, arranged around one of the oldest and most revered Buddhist monasteries on the Annapurna circuit, we continued our journey there. acclimatization with ascent to Ice Lake (4620m).
Alaskan Lumberjack Show Competition, Ketchikan, Alaska, USA
Architecture & Design
Ketchikan, Alaska

Here begins Alaska

The reality goes unnoticed in most of the world, but there are two Alaskas. In urban terms, the state is inaugurated in the south of its hidden frying pan handle, a strip of land separated from the contiguous USA along the west coast of Canada. Ketchikan, is the southernmost of Alaskan cities, its Rain Capital and the Salmon Capital of the World.
Salto Angel, Rio that falls from the sky, Angel Falls, PN Canaima, Venezuela
Adventure
PN Canaima, Venezuela

Kerepakupai, Salto Angel: The River that Falls from Heaven

In 1937, Jimmy Angel landed a light aircraft on a plateau lost in the Venezuelan jungle. The American adventurer did not find gold but he conquered the baptism of the longest waterfall on the face of the Earth
Balinese Hinduism, Lombok, Indonesia, Batu Bolong temple, Agung volcano in background
Ceremonies and Festivities
Lombok, Indonesia

Lombok: Balinese Hinduism on an Island of Islam

The foundation of Indonesia was based on the belief in one God. This ambiguous principle has always generated controversy between nationalists and Islamists, but in Lombok, the Balinese take freedom of worship to heart
Fort São Filipe, Cidade Velha, Santiago Island, Cape Verde
Cities
Cidade Velha, Cape Verde

Cidade Velha: the Ancient of the Tropico-Colonial Cities

It was the first settlement founded by Europeans below the Tropic of Cancer. In crucial times for Portuguese expansion to Africa and South America and for the slave trade that accompanied it, Cidade Velha became a poignant but unavoidable legacy of Cape Verdean origins.

Meal
World Food

Gastronomy Without Borders or Prejudice

Each people, their recipes and delicacies. In certain cases, the same ones that delight entire nations repel many others. For those who travel the world, the most important ingredient is a very open mind.
Obese resident of Tupola Tapaau, a small island in Western Samoa.
Culture
Tonga, Western Samoa, Polynesia

XXL Pacific

For centuries, the natives of the Polynesian islands subsisted on land and sea. Until the intrusion of colonial powers and the subsequent introduction of fatty pieces of meat, fast food and sugary drinks have spawned a plague of diabetes and obesity. Today, while much of Tonga's national GDP, Western Samoa and neighbors is wasted on these “western poisons”, fishermen barely manage to sell their fish.
Swimming, Western Australia, Aussie Style, Sun rising in the eyes
Sport
Busselton, Australia

2000 meters in Aussie Style

In 1853, Busselton was equipped with one of the longest pontoons in the world. World. When the structure collapsed, the residents decided to turn the problem around. Since 1996 they have been doing it every year. Swimming.
Fruit sellers, Swarm, Mozambique
Traveling
Enxame Mozambique

Mozambican Fashion Service Area

It is repeated at almost all stops in towns of Mozambique worthy of appearing on maps. The machimbombo (bus) stops and is surrounded by a crowd of eager "businessmen". The products offered can be universal such as water or biscuits or typical of the area. In this region, a few kilometers from Nampula, fruit sales suceeded, in each and every case, quite intense.
shadow of success
Ethnic
Champoton, Mexico

Rodeo Under Sombreros

Champoton, in Campeche, hosts a fair honored by the Virgén de La Concepción. O rodeo Mexican under local sombreros reveals the elegance and skill of the region's cowboys.
sunlight photography, sun, lights
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Natural Light (Part 2)

One Sun, So Many Lights

Most travel photos are taken in sunlight. Sunlight and weather form a capricious interaction. Learn how to predict, detect and use at its best.
Dark day
History

Lake Cocibolca, Nicaragua

sea, sweet sea

Indigenous Nicaraguans treated the largest lake in Central America as Cocibolca. On the volcanic island of Ometepe, we realized why the term the Spaniards converted to Mar Dulce made perfect sense.

PN Timanfaya, Mountains of Fire, Lanzarote, Caldera del Corazoncillo
Islands
PN Timanfaya, Lanzarote, Canary Islands

PN Timanfaya and the Fire Mountains of Lanzarote

Between 1730 and 1736, out of nowhere, dozens of volcanoes in Lanzarote erupted successively. The massive amount of lava they released buried several villages and forced almost half of the inhabitants to emigrate. The legacy of this cataclysm is the current Martian setting of the exuberant PN Timanfaya.
Passengers on the frozen surface of the Gulf of Bothnia, at the base of the "Sampo" icebreaker, Finland
Winter White
Kemi, Finland

It's No "Love Boat". Breaks the Ice since 1961

Built to maintain waterways through the most extreme arctic winter, the icebreaker Sampo” fulfilled its mission between Finland and Sweden for 30 years. In 1988, he reformed and dedicated himself to shorter trips that allow passengers to float in a newly opened channel in the Gulf of Bothnia, in clothes that, more than special, seem spacey.
On the Crime and Punishment trail, St. Petersburg, Russia, Vladimirskaya
Literature
Saint Petersburg, Russia

On the Trail of "Crime and Punishment"

In St. Petersburg, we cannot resist investigating the inspiration for the base characters in Fyodor Dostoevsky's most famous novel: his own pities and the miseries of certain fellow citizens.
Atacama woman, Life on the edge, Atacama Desert, Chile
Nature
Atacama Desert, Chile

Life on the Edges of the Atacama Desert

When you least expect it, the driest place in the world reveals new extraterrestrial scenarios on a frontier between the inhospitable and the welcoming, the sterile and the fertile that the natives are used to crossing.
Mother Armenia Statue, Yerevan, Armenia
Autumn
Yerevan, Armenia

A Capital between East and West

Heiress of the Soviet civilization, aligned with the great Russia, Armenia allows itself to be seduced by the most democratic and sophisticated ways of Western Europe. In recent times, the two worlds have collided in the streets of your capital. From popular and political dispute, Yerevan will dictate the new course of the nation.
Glass Bottom Boats, Kabira Bay, Ishigaki
Natural Parks
Ishigaki, Japan

The Exotic Japanese Tropics

Ishigaki is one of the last islands in the stepping stone that stretches between Honshu and Taiwan. Ishigakijima is home to some of the most amazing beaches and coastal scenery in these parts of the Pacific Ocean. More and more Japanese who visit them enjoy them with little or no bathing.
Ruins, Port Arthur, Tasmania, Australia
UNESCO World Heritage
Discovering Tassie, Part 2 - Hobart to Port Arthur, Australia

An Island Doomed to Crime

The prison complex at Port Arthur has always frightened the British outcasts. 90 years after its closure, a heinous crime committed there forced Tasmania to return to its darkest times.
female and cub, grizzly footsteps, katmai national park, alaska
Characters
PN Katmai, Alaska

In the Footsteps of the Grizzly Man

Timothy Treadwell spent summers on end with the bears of Katmai. Traveling through Alaska, we followed some of its trails, but unlike the species' crazy protector, we never went too far.
Promise?
Beaches
Goa, India

To Goa, Quickly and in Strength

A sudden longing for Indo-Portuguese tropical heritage makes us travel in various transports but almost non-stop, from Lisbon to the famous Anjuna beach. Only there, at great cost, were we able to rest.
Tawang Monastery, Arunachal Pradesh, India
Religion
Tawang, India

The Mystic Valley of Deep Discord

On the northern edge of the Indian province of Arunachal Pradesh, Tawang is home to dramatic mountain scenery, ethnic Mompa villages and majestic Buddhist monasteries. Even if Chinese rivals have not passed him since 1962, Beijing look at this domain as part of your Tibet. Accordingly, religiosity and spiritualism there have long shared with a strong militarism.
The Toy Train story
On Rails
Siliguri a Darjeeling, India

The Himalayan Toy Train Still Running

Neither the steep slope of some stretches nor the modernity stop it. From Siliguri, in the tropical foothills of the great Asian mountain range, the Darjeeling, with its peaks in sight, the most famous of the Indian Toy Trains has ensured for 117 years, day after day, an arduous dream journey. Traveling through the area, we climb aboard and let ourselves be enchanted.
patpong, go go bar, bangkok, one thousand and one nights, thailand
Society
Bangkok, Thailand

One Thousand and One Lost Nights

In 1984, Murray Head sang the nighttime magic and bipolarity of the Thai capital in "One night in bangkok". Several years, coups d'etat, and demonstrations later, Bangkok remains sleepless.
Daily life
Arduous Professions

the bread the devil kneaded

Work is essential to most lives. But, certain jobs impose a degree of effort, monotony or danger that only a few chosen ones can measure up to.
Masai Mara Reservation, Masai Land Travel, Kenya, Masai Convivial
Wildlife
Masai Mara, Kenya

A Journey Through the Masai Lands

The Mara savannah became famous for the confrontation between millions of herbivores and their predators. But, in a reckless communion with wildlife, it is the Masai humans who stand out there.
Napali Coast and Waimea Canyon, Kauai, Hawaii Wrinkles
Scenic Flights
napali coast, Hawaii

Hawaii's Dazzling Wrinkles

Kauai is the greenest and rainiest island in the Hawaiian archipelago. It is also the oldest. As we explore its Napalo Coast by land, sea and air, we are amazed to see how the passage of millennia has only favored it.
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