robino’s favorites
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View from the Top
Photo by Karen Kindler, 23 July 2008
The Harschbichl overlook at 1700 meters rises above the St Johann valley in Austria. Trails continue on up to the Kitzbuehler Horn at 2000 meters where a cable car connects to the next valley.
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Antelope Canyon
Photo by Audrey Kanekoa-Madrid, 9 November 2007
Sandstone walls in upper Antelope slot Canyon. Northern Arizona.
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Top of the world!
Photo by Audrey Kanekoa-Madrid, 9 November 2007
When visiting Maui, you cannot pass up a trip to Haleakala. A nice hike and you are here.
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Tubing in Vang Viang
Photo by Julien Simery, 6 February 2008
Tubing in Vang Viang is one of the most popular activities for backpackers in Laos. The rules are simple.
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View of the mountains in Cervantes
Photo by Jasper Espejo, 15 May 2008
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Bhandardhara
Photo by Jit Ray, 25 March 2008
Testing the waters of Bhandardhara (Arthur) Lake before taking a dip to wash off the tiredness of the long and not very comfortable journey up.
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Extended lunch
Photo by Jit Ray, 11 July 2008
These high altitude alpine meadows or bugyals provide the best grazing ground for horses, mules and the livestock of shepherds
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Not a window left unbroken.
Photo by Frans & Claire van der Lee, 6 July 2008
Years of neglect and Khmer Rouge occupation has left not one window intact in the old casino at Bokor.
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Atlas
Photo by Amylin Loglisci, 15 June 2008
Weary from waking early, 16 days of steadfast stomachaches and diarrhea, trekking in twice-repaired second-hand Swedish city boots up a narrow road through the Atlas mountains for an indeterminate amount of time, distance, and elevation; with everything I own on my shoulders and fierce cold wind pushing against each step; and, at last, hitching a lift with an antiquated van used for transporting Berber shepherds, groceries, and goats: from behind the windshield, as we trickle down into a slow, puttering descent, my swollen eyes that can barely stay open see this as the view.
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TIERRA DEL FUEGO. CHILE.
Photo by christian demarco, 12 March 2008
Crossing the Magallanes strait, 3 hours in a ship and then 3 more hours in a little compact car of the 80´s, I arrived to Russfin (180 kms from "Porvenir", the main city of Tierra del Fuego), a little village with no more of 20 inhabitants, mostly shepherds, no women and 3000 sheeps.
