Featured photographs from around the world displayed in this category for travel photography
The Wieliczka Salt Mine in Poland is a fascinating place to see what can happen to a mine after it has closed. Miners from its rock salt era carved out depictions of their everyday lives there. From a giant underground cathedral to day to day workers pulling carts.
Bhaktapur street view. It’s like walking in another world, or in another time. Easy to walk, Bhaktapur‘s streets are surprisingly well kept. At least in the old part of town.
Skipping Bhaktapur when visiting Nepal would be a huge mistake!
This photograph was taken at the chapel of bones in Evora Portugal. Here hundreds of monks bones were used to build the inner walls of the church as a reminder to the monks that physical life will one day end.
Barcelona is one of the most beautiful cities in the world. From a nearby hillside the characteristics of this city stand out as being a city of art and character.
How old are you going to be when you retire? This man is past retirement age, but still for 24 hours a day, he guards a small tower overlooking the Ganges. It’s his home, he lives in a small hut beside it. Loyal, dedicated, a different life.
There’s probably few other places on earth with rock formations like Goreme in Turkey. With valleys upon valleys of soft rock craved out into shapes by years of weather beating.
This particular valley is named love valley due to the phallic shapes that have formed all along its side.
Travel Photography from India
The cow is sacred in India, as is the most sacred river in all of India. It’s not unusual to see people bathing their cows in the Ganges in the morning and at night. To have the life of a cow in India, is pretty relaxing at times!
One of the more striking things about traveling in Tibet is how the people look. In many countries we travel “local” people are often dresses in modern clothes. Even in far off mountains you might see a great scene, only to see a corporate brand emblazoned across a tshirt.
The one place you don’t, is Tibet. Even with a mass producing cheap clothes country like China, Tibetans in the countryside are still dressed in thick, woolen clothes. Almost as if from another age, this Tibetan boy shows the red cheeks people from this region are known for. A thick peaked hat, and a heavy coat.
The sun is shining, but the wind is cold. Clothes like this are purely for practical reasons.
When many people visit the Ganges in Varanasi, they stick to the river itself. But high up above is a long line of wonderful old buildings.
Amongst them, ancient old watch towers. Uses centuries ago to spot invaders from across the shore line.
It’s like another world. A snapshot taken from a movie set. But, Patan is a living and breathing city in Nepal. Not all of the rooftops look like this, but this is a prime example of what should be protected and preserved today.
A living and breathing historical city accessible to all.