Posts Tagged ‘travel photography’
Happy Chinese New Year, From Paris
Paris is a postcard city.
Even if you have never been to Paris, you have a vision of what the streets and people look like. From books and movies, you have garnered what the ambience in a bistro must feel like. From paintings you know that there are cobblestones. From history class you probably know a thing or two about the Bastille and maybe even the Eiffel Tower.
There are so many people that never come to Paris, and yet they have a view of it etched into their minds.
But while Paris is beautiful, romantic and all those other things you always want it to be, it’s also much more than that. In fact, it is so often completely different than the postcard view.
Traveling on The Ghan: Australia’s Transcontinental Railway
Last fall I spent a couple of months in Australia, and while I have had great intentions of sharing some photos from that trip, this has yet to happen. In the meantime though, I am excited about a piece I wrote for Roads & Kingdoms about taking The Ghan, a train that goes all the ay from Darwin in the north to Adelaide in the south, crossing through Australia’s Red Centre.
The Ghan is anything but fast. With an average speed of about 53 miles per hour, this is the definition of slow travel, but the train’s snail’s pace is perfect for taking in the desolate, unforgettable landscape outside the window: dusty red ground and dry desert foliage well adapted to the arid environment. We pass a pile of old timber, what looks to be a former cattle loading area. The pieces of wood are dark with age, left to bake under the Australian sun.
Read the whole article here. And check out some of my photos from the trip below.
Friday Photo: Colorful Kabul
The inside of Design Cafe in Kabul, Afghanistan, featuring the work of Rahim Walizada. A stark comparison to the dusty streets of the city outside.
My ten-part series on Afghanistan on Gadling kicks off today – learn more about traveling to Afghanistan here.
Friday Photo: Flickr Me
File this one under “graffiti that confuses me but that I still find intriguing.”
Taken near NDSM Wharf in Amsterdam.
Friday Photo: Baja Camping
An almost full moon, a beach full of surfers and a bonfire to welcome the sunset.
Friday Photo: Color
Turquoise walls, pink windows, bright filigree lights – a Mexican restaurant tucked into the streets of downtown Seattle.
Friday Photo: Big City
A busy subway station filled with improv music and a man dressed in a pink shirt and loafers dancing just because he feels like it. Ambulance and police car sirens as a constant drone. A riverside path that makes Saturday morning feel almost tropical.
Turns out the Midwest is more fun to explore than I thought.
