Pura Ulun Danu Bratan

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The Balinese jungle gives way to cloudy rocks as your driver propels you further into the sky. Your rapid ascent takes you along the ridge of a long extinct volcano that fills the heavenly void of Bali. The pressure builds in your ears as your car flies through the clouds. Below, the forests seem so […]

Ġgantija

Ggantija South Temple, Left Inner Apse

The ferry takes you past the small island of Comino in the pure azure Mediterranean Sea. A ferry port receives your vessel and you disembark onto the island of Gozo. Your bus takes you through winding dusty streets full of stone houses. The arid air has preserved the old buildings that have stood throughout the […]

Old Bagan

Shwegugyi Guphaya

Your tired workhorse trudges slowly along the bank of the Irrawaddy. To your left and right, spires peek out from behind trees that are somehow still green in the dry dusty heat of the Burmese plain. The road is flanked by zedis (stupas) and as you near an ancient tumbledown city wall, your driver stops […]

San Pedro de Atacama

Your plane from Santiago touches down on the dusty tarmac and the airbrakes begin to wrench you to a halt. The summery southern hemisphere January that you left in the blue-skied capital, is not quite so apparent here. From sea level, you have arrived at the high altiplano of the Atacama Desert. Stepping from the […]