Category: Dan’s Blog
Capturing Liminal Spaces while Travelling
A liminal space is a place of transition, a place of waiting and not knowing. It’s a place that travellers are, no doubt, intimately familiar with! Check out our photos of liminal spaces!
The Whole Picture: Chile’s Cueca
The Cueca, a unique dance form native to Chile, is credited as being the country’s national dance.
Rick Mereki’s Move, Learn, Eat
Filmmaker Rick Mereki took three everyday concepts and turned them into incredible and compelling short films—with travel informing their beauty.
The Whole Picture: Machu Picchu Tilt Shift
This week’s photo incorporates tilt shifting. Tilt-shift style miniature photos are simply photos of real life scenes that are made to look like miniature scale models. This is done using either a special camera lens or with software, instead of a special lens.
Making the Most of a Morning in Buenos Aires
Buenos Aires is the ultimate cosmopolitan city. Almost 40 per cent of Argentina’s 33m citizens live in Greater Buenos Aires, and these ‘porteños’ are justifiably proud of their home.
Our 7 Links: Seven Blasts from the Past
We’ve learned so much since our very first blog post back in July of 2009. Although we never really know if a post will take off or or fade into obscurity, with a few years of experience we’re now better able to make a much more accurate guess.
The Whole Picture: Newfoundland Root Cellar
Important to many in rural Newfoundland, the root cellars kept vegetables cool, yet frost-free and edible during the long winter months.
How Many Countries Have You Visited?
Whether you’re eagerly waiting for your first passport to be delivered or you could give the most interesting man in the world a run for his money—it’s always a good time to beef up your obituary.
The Whole Picture: Caretaker’s Hut at Machu Picchu
On the funerary plain, overlooking Machu Picchu, stands the Caretaker’s Hut. The hut is one of the few structures in Machu Picchu that has a thatched roof. Open on one side—with three windows looking out to the Urubamba valley below—this is one of the best places in Machu Picchu to get the classic photo of the Lost City of the Incas—and Huayna Picchu looming above!
The Whole Picture: The Eaves of Wat Phra Kaew
This weeks’ ‘Whole Picture’ is doing double duty, serving also as our entry for ‘Travel Photography Roulette’.
Dining on Curanto in Chiloé
Although today it’s easily accessed by a short ferry ride, Chiloé’s history, customs, and language bear little resemblance to those of the mainland—or anywhere else in the world—because of its isolation.
What We’re Reading: May 12, 2011
Each Friday, we share those sites and articles—those interesting links—that we are currently reading or have recently read.
The Whole Picture: Garudas of the Grand Palace
Garuda is a national symbol of Thailand. In Thai mythology, the creature is known as the king of birds. With characteristics very much like an eagle, this ancient and enduring symbol embodies the Thai monarchy.
Beautiful Bariloche: Crossing into Argentina
Following a beautiful journey through the mountains of upper Patagonia, Kathryn and I crossed over into Argentina with our group and arrived at Bariloche—the entrance to northern Patagonia.
What We’re Reading: May 5, 2011
Each Friday, we share those sites and articles—those interesting links—that we are currently reading or have recently read.
The Whole Picture: Providencia’s Obelisk
The obelisk and statue located in Santiago’s Providencia neighbourhood honour Chilean President José Manuel Balmaceda Fernandez.
Exploring Chile’s Lake District
After a few days exploring Santiago, we flew south to Puerto Varas and Chile’s beautiful Lake District, the gateway to the Chilean Patagonia.
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What We’re Reading: April 29, 2011
Each Friday, we share those sites and articles—those interesting links—that we are currently reading or have recently read.
The Whole Picture: Osorno Volcano
With its classical blackish dark green color and ornamented with arms of eternal snow, Osorno Volcano noted for its resemblance to Mount Fuji of Japan.
