Travelling mood

27/06/2016

In snowy places across the globe, “watermelon snow” forms as the summer sun heats up and melts winter’s leftovers.

28/04/2016

Fisherman on Inle Lake, Myanmar (Burma). A leg rowing fisherman demonstrates his technique whilst balancing on one leg, an iconic sight on the lake.
Photo taken by Jeremy Flint
Grand Prize Winner of the National Geographic Traveller Photography Competition 2016

13/02/2016

Himba Tribe, Skeleton Coast, Namibia

03/11/2015

Flowers bloom in the Atacama desert, Chile

"The Atacama region was punished, but also blessed by the phenomenon of a flourishing desert, something that happens only after the rains, this time brought about by El Niño and climate change,"

Photograph: Mario Ruiz/EFE

08/09/2015

A humpback whale and her newborn calf swimming in the Revillagigedo Islands, Mexico

photo by Anuar Patjane Floriuk
2015 National Geographic Traveler Photo Contest grand prize.

31/07/2015

10 of the most exotic and unusual beaches in the world

25/07/2015

In 1945, the Incan ruins were still pristine and peaceful, not yet threatened by throngs of eager tourists.

Machu Picchu, Peru - 1945

Photo by Frank Scherschel

23/07/2015

12 of the world's most colorful natural wonders

Read more: http://www.mnn.com/lifestyle/eco-tourism/blogs/12-worlds-most-colorful-natural-wonders

The Earth is filled to the brim with color, but there are some places that take it to another level.

16/07/2015

"Mediterranean wave"

En el Mediterrani, no hi ha prou espai per deixar recórrer les ones molts quilòmetres més enllà de la zona en què són creades i, per tant, la majoria d'ones que trobem aquí acaben sent de mar de vent. Onda a Sabir Magazine núm. 1

Fotografia de Nacho Serrano — www.doopamine.com

05/07/2015

“Wonder is the beginning of wisdom.”
- Socrates

Paros, Greece

Flickr: 16932921@N08

22/06/2015

Situ Gunung lake, Sukabumi, West Java, Indonesia

13/05/2015

Surrounded by the Himalayas, the Kingdom of Bhutan is the only place in the world to measure Gross National Happiness.

11/05/2015

10 of the best European Islands that you have probably never heard of

https://www.facebook.com/TravelGuardian/posts/394381604019953

09/05/2015

Palmyra Atoll

Located almost due south of the Hawaiian Islands, roughly one-third of the way between Hawaii and American Samoa. The nearest continent is almost 5400km (3350 mi) to the northeast. The variable temporary population of 4–20 "non-occupants" are staff and scientists employed by various departments of the US government.

07/05/2015

The Nepal earthquake made Mount Everest a bit shorter.

Satellite data from the European Space Agency shows that the world’s tallest mountain subsided, making it about an inch (2.5cm) shorter than it was before.

04/05/2015

At more than 200m high, 150 m wide and 5km long, the Hang Son Doong cave in Vientam has its own river, jungle and climate.

03/05/2015

"If you take a picture of a human that does not make him noble, there is no reason to take the picture. That is my way of seeing things"
- Sebastiao Salgado

Sahel, Africa

02/05/2015

“The journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step.”
- Lao Tzu

Dharavi Slum, Mumbai, India
Photo by Jonas Bendiksen/National Geographic Stock

01/05/2015

Oymyakon, the coldest permanently inhabited place on the earth.

Located in Russia, Oymyakon’s average temperature in January reach -50ºC.

01/05/2015

“Perhaps the truth depends on a walk around the lake.”

Lake Tahoe, California/Nevada

29/04/2015

"Theatrum Orbis Terrarum"

Considered to be the first true modern atlas. Written by Abraham Ortelius and originally printed on May 20, 1570, in Antwerp.
It's great commercial success enabled it to make a great contribution to geographical culture throughout Europe.

28/04/2015

São Paulo in facts:

- The city consumes approximately 1 million pizzas per day.

- Approximately 1 percent of the nation's GDP is concentrated on a two-kilometer avenue know as the Paulista.

- The Santa Cecilia and Bras neighborhoods in downtown São Paulo have vegetation levels rivaling that of the Sahara desert.

- São Paulo is devoid of billboards. The Clean City law passed in 2006 outlaws any such "visual pollution."

- More people of Japanese descent live in São Paulo than in any other city outside of Japan.

- Sao Paulo is the largest city in Brazil, the largest city in the southern hemisphere and Americas, and the world’s seventh largest city by population.

- São Paulo is the 6th city with most billionaires in the world, drawn with Mumbai with 21 billionaires

- Due to the intense traffic jams on the roads, São Paulo has become the city with the highest number of helicopters in the world.

- The number one cause of death among youth from 15-24 is murder

- Sao Paulo state, there is one gun for every 74.5 people, with 95% of these guns being illegal.

27/04/2015

“He who climbs upon the highest mountains laughs at all tragedies, real or imaginary.”
- Friedrich Neitszche

Ordesa National Park, Spain

photo by Top-climb

26/04/2015

Myeik Archipelago, Myanmar

Located in southern most part of Myanmar, of the coast between Myeik (Mergui) and Kawthaung (Victoria Point), the Myeik (Mergui) Archipelago is an enormous area features more than 800 pristine islands

The Burmese government kept the area off-limits to foreigners until 1997. Since opened to a handful of tour operators, the 800 islands scattered off the southern coast of Myanmar, in the Andaman Sea, are so seldom visited that many of them are known only as numbers on navigation charts.

24/04/2015

"There was a huge kapok tree, that when it fell, all the Amazon was created and the Waorani people were born. That is why we are part of the forest and we live with it."

- Moi Emonega, Indigenous Leader

Yassuni National Park, Ecuador

22/04/2015

Ahu Tongariki,

Rapa Nui - Easter Island

28/02/2015

http://www.therussianabroad.com/the-16-least-visited-countries-in-the-world/

Do you want to know which are the least visited countries in the world? Here's a list of the 16 beautiful countries that aren't crowded with tourists!

06/02/2015

"Cavalo de cachaceiro conhece o caminho do boteco."

- brazilian proverb

Praia dos Carneiros, Pernambuco, Brazil

04/02/2015

"The jellyfish never dances with the shrimp"

- Japanese proverb

Swarm of Jellyfish - Sabah, Malaysian Borneo
Photo by James Morgan

03/02/2015

Mustang is linked by religion, culture and history to Tibet, but is politically part of Nepal. The ‘Land of Lo’, as it is known to its 7000 inhabitants, occupies a mere 2,000 square kilometres in the upper valley of the Kali Ghandaki River, which flows straight from north to south. Until 1991 no outsiders were allowed to enter Mustang.

Photo by Kennet Parker