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Located in south-western China, Yunnan Province offers mountain scenery as spectacular as Nepal and an interesting mix of a dozen ethnic minorities. We travel to the north-western part of the province to explore the Tibetan borderlands and high mountains. [MORE...]
I have been asked many times what locations are my favourite to explore. The answer is “the world”. If I could only get into space, I would add that also. I was very jealous of William Shatner! Narrowing it down, I would say three regions stand out for me—Alaska, Patagonia and Namibia. I have spent over a year and a half of my life in each location touring. I can’t wait to return! They are such exciting destinations, with each trip offering new images and memories. I feel at home in each place. [MORE...]
Norfolk Island’s combination of a language spoken nowhere else, a local fusion cuisine, a varied four-phase history of settlement, and spectacular natural attractions had put it high on traveller's wish lists. [MORE...]
In the southern-central area of the Balkans, sitting midway between the Black Sea and the Adriatic Sea, lies the Bulgarian capital of Sofia. With a population of almost 1.3 million, Sofia is the 14th-largest city in the European Union. The city is surrounded by a vista of mountains with Vitosha to the south, Lyulin to the west, and the Balkan Mountains standing tall to the north. [MORE...]
By Marion Halliday –Bizarrely shaped trees lift their twisted fingers against the perfect, vivid blue dome of the sky. Semi-submerged crocodiles snooze in the sun on sandbanks and gravel bars beneath towering cliffs. Unusual beehive-shaped formations bedded in ancient Precambrian rock dot the landscape, and fragments of a Devonian reef, once the ocean floor, rise from plains and riverbanks. The waters of a massive lake stretch almost to infinity, scattered with islands formed by the peaks of a drowned mountain range. In the subterranean depths of a sunken waterhole, goannas laze on the [MORE...]
MEET THE PHOTOGRAPHER: Pongtharin Tanthasindhu. Also known as Pong, GlobeRovers Magazine talks with him about his photography and a recent journey he made to photograph the Yanomami people in the Venezuelan state of Amazonas. He is a fearless intrepid traveller and passionate photographer. Pong was born in Thailand but grew up in India, Canada and Switzerland. In 2010, he decided to take a gap year from university to explore the world. Since then he has explored and photographed over 180 countries. ALL PHOTOS BY PONG READ THE FULL ARTICLE IN GlobeRovers Magazine December 2021 THIS ARTICLE [MORE...]
Words by Steve Kennedy & Photography by Peter Steyn — Lying deep behind where the former Iron Curtain once cast its oppressive shadow, the city of Vilnius probably remains the least visited capital city of any of the Baltic countries. Yet, slowly, it is starting to appear more and more on the itineraries of intrepid travellers. What a city full of surprises it is! With a chequered past, it is probably one of the last places you’d expect to find such a cosmopolitan mix of Soviet and religious history alongside a brimming artistic cauldron of life and culture. Located in south-eastern [MORE...]
Words by Keith Lyons & Photography by Peter Steyn — Sichuan Province in China’s south-west is isolated from the rest of the Middle Kingdom by mountain ranges, with the fertile and densely-populated Red Basin providing something distinctly different for the intrepid traveller. Sichuan’s long history and culture are evoked in teahouses, temples and lantern-lit streets found around easy-going Chengdu, Sichuan’s capital and home to China’s unique spicy cuisine and another national treasure: giant pandas. A serene Buddha statue carved into a cliff face is close enough to Chengdu for [MORE...]
Words by Steve Kennedy & Photography by Peter Steyn — The Republic of Malta is located in the Mediterranean Sea just south of Italy and east of Tunisia in North Africa. At just 316 square kilometres (122 sq mi), and with 493,000 residents calling its islands home, Malta is both the tenth smallest country by area and the fourth-most densely populated sovereign state. The country itself is made up of three islands—Comino, Gozo, and the largest of them, its namesake, Malta. Each year, thousands of visitors flock to the country to enjoy its warm climate and easy access to the sea. Yet, [MORE...]
David Van Driessche —also known as David Dennis—is a professional photographer specialising in travel, with passionate eye-catching photographs of places and people. Combining his profession with a love of travel and a background in tourism and hospitality, he offers photography services and tours throughout Asia. Originally from Belgium, he studied photography and film in Europe, and worked as a tourism product manager in the 1990s, venturing out around the world and photographing many of the world’s finest hotels and resorts, before finally settling in Thailand. READ THE FULL ARTICLE [MORE...]
