Dead Vlei
Sossusvlei & Dead Vlei lie within the Namib Naukluft Park, in the middle of the Namib Desert. Having long been cut off from the Tsauchab River by a large sand dune, Dead Vlei i
The Lunar Calendar
There is an ancient lunar calendar between Gudara and Karakul in the Bartang Valley that lies high amongst the mountains at 3900 meters. Although there is not much info as to w
Sanatorium Metalurgi
The Sanatorium Metalurgi was completed in 1957 and was built for the steelworkers of the Soviet Union, offering them a break from their rather hectic schedules and a bit of a wallo
The Registan
The Registan was the main shopping area of Samarkand long before any buildings were constructed there. Back in the day, all travellers and merchants looking for a hot bath, somewh
Sauran, Kazakhstan
Every now and then you will arrive at an area that could have been designed around the question, WTF? When we were asked to scout the ancient city of Sauran ‘because we were in
Kolmanskop
Some 15 km from the Namibian coastal town of Lüderitz, Kolmanskop used to be a small railway station in 1908, when the railway between Lüderitz and Keetmanshoop was built. It w
The Faroe Islands
The Faroe Islands do get rather a lot of bad press and I was repeatedly asked why we would visit, given some of these. Freedom of choice and the ability to make one’s own mind up
Lamu
Founded in the 14th century, Lamu is the best-preserved Swahili settlement in East Africa. A UNESCO World Heritage site, this historic Swahili town is home to wandering donkeys and
Soviet Observatory, Tajikistan
An abandoned Soviet observatory on the top of a mountain in the middle of nowhere sounds exciting, right? Shorbulak Observatory, once the site of challenging astronomical observati
The Legend of Kópakonan
Every now and then (actually, most to the time), we are asked to look for something ‘different’ for a shoot, something that would take a bit of an adventure to reach &#