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Featured image for 'What to Pack for Trekking in Nepal', featuring trekkers, guides and porters crossing a suspension bridge on the Everest Base Camp route

What To Pack For Trekking In Nepal

May 19, 2023Resources

The Essential Guide To Salalah And Dhofar

Feb 10, 2023Guides

A woman hiking with backpack and poles in front of a glacier wall

Our Complete Hiking Gear: What We Use and Why

Jan 12, 2023Resources

Backpacking Camping Gear Featured Image

Our Backpacking Camping Gear: What We Use and Why

Dec 12, 2022Resources

A Guide To The Moray Coast Trail

Dec 10, 2022Guides

Golden sunrise light hits the wall of the Omani Grand Canyon below Jebel Shams. A 4WD and tent sits on the rim of the canyon.

10 Day Off-Road Oman 4×4 Itinerary

Dec 4, 2022Guides

A magenta tuk tuk carries passengers on the road past the ruined walls in front of Wat Mahatat in Ayutthaya, Thailand

The Essential Ayutthaya Guide

Nov 15, 2022Guides

Best Things To Do On Lewis And Harris

Oct 16, 2022Guides

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Best Things To Do On Uist

Sep 24, 2022Guides

LATEST TRAVEL GUIDES

The Essential Guide To Salalah And Dhofar

Feb 10, 2023Guides

A magenta tuk tuk carries passengers on the road past the ruined walls in front of Wat Mahatat in Ayutthaya, Thailand

The Essential Ayutthaya Guide

Nov 15, 2022Guides

Best Things To Do On Lewis And Harris

Oct 16, 2022Guides

LATEST HIKING GUIDES

Featured image for 'What to Pack for Trekking in Nepal', featuring trekkers, guides and porters crossing a suspension bridge on the Everest Base Camp route

What To Pack For Trekking In Nepal

May 19, 2023Resources

A woman hiking with backpack and poles in front of a glacier wall

Our Complete Hiking Gear: What We Use and Why

Jan 12, 2023Resources

Backpacking Camping Gear Featured Image

Our Backpacking Camping Gear: What We Use and Why

Dec 12, 2022Resources

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LATEST ROAD TRIP ITINERARIES

Golden sunrise light hits the wall of the Omani Grand Canyon below Jebel Shams. A 4WD and tent sits on the rim of the canyon.

10 Day Off-Road Oman 4×4 Itinerary

Dec 4, 2022Guides

A man emerges onto a pebble beach from the calm Black Sea in early summer after taking a refreshing dip while on a Western Georgia road trip

7 Day Western Georgia Road Trip Itinerary: Canyons, Coast And Waterfalls

Jul 29, 2022Guides

A UAZ 4x4 and a wooden house with mountain views behind in a summer settlement in the Lesser Caucasus Mountains

Lesser Caucasus Mountains 4×4 Road Trip (4 Day Kutaisi Loop Itinerary)

Jul 21, 2022Guides

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GEAR LISTS & REVIEWS

Featured image for 'What to Pack for Trekking in Nepal', featuring trekkers, guides and porters crossing a suspension bridge on the Everest Base Camp route

What To Pack For Trekking In Nepal

May 19, 2023Resources

A woman hiking with backpack and poles in front of a glacier wall

Our Complete Hiking Gear: What We Use and Why

Jan 12, 2023Resources

Backpacking Camping Gear Featured Image

Our Backpacking Camping Gear: What We Use and Why

Dec 12, 2022Resources

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TRAVEL ESSENTIALS

How To Find The Best Value Flights: A small plane lands on Barra Beach

How To Find The Best Value Flights (By An Ex-Travel Agent)

Mar 6, 2019Resources

9 Backpacking Gamechangers To Pack For Your Next Trip

9 Backpacking Game Changers To Pack For Your Next Trip

Sep 26, 2018Resources

Things You Should Know About Travel Insurance: Trekking to Annapurna Base Camp in the snow, Nepal

9 Things You Should Know About Travel Insurance (or How Not To Get Screwed Over)

Mar 11, 2018Resources

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SOVIET ERA

A Lada in front of Soviet bus stop with red stars and Marco Polo Sheep, on the Western Pamir Highway in Tajikistan

The Curious Case of the Soviet Bus Stop

Jan 24, 2020Tales

Finding Frunze: Soviet-era Art & Architecture In Bishkek

Nov 13, 2019Guides

Soviet-era art and architecture in Almaty

Hidden Alma-Ata: Soviet-era Art and Architecture in Almaty

Feb 20, 2019Guides

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PHOTOGRAPHY & VIDEOGRAPHY

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Gear Review: All-New Wandrd PRVKE Travel Camera Bag

Oct 18, 2021Resources

A hiker with camera bag stands looking out over the hills from the Sgurr a' Chaorachain Viewpoint above the Bealach Na Ba in Western Scotland

What’s In Our Camera Bag? Our Complete Travel Photography Gear

May 15, 2020Resources

A house front in the village of Karakul in Tajikistan, shining in the early morning sun.

Images Of Tajikistan

Feb 4, 2020Other

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TRAVEL TALES

Two people watch something in the distance from outside a parked 4x4 vehicle in the hills of Racha, Georgia.

Adventures In Racha With Family Hotel Gallery, Oni

Oct 16, 2020Tales

A Lada in front of Soviet bus stop with red stars and Marco Polo Sheep, on the Western Pamir Highway in Tajikistan

The Curious Case of the Soviet Bus Stop

Jan 24, 2020Tales

Veniks & Hot Pots: A Morning at Almaty's Arasan Baths

Veniks and Hot Pots: A Morning at Almaty’s Arasan Baths

Mar 27, 2019Tales

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A rare moment of quiet on the 125 metre high Hilla

A rare moment of quiet on the 125 metre high Hillary Bridge, as a lone porter crosses enroute to Namche Bazaar. During peak season, thousands of people and animals cross this bridge each day, and it’s not unusual for queues to form, making the often windy crossing even more daunting for some. You can see the old bridge below, no longer safe and now completely unused. Out of sight 125 metres below, the grey blue Dudh Koshi rushes by, draining snow and glacier melt from the highest mountains in the world.

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A moody morning at Gokyo Lake, the mighty forms of

A moody morning at Gokyo Lake, the mighty forms of Arakam Tse (6423 m) and Cholatse (6335 m) rising behind. We had a cold time at Gokyo (4790 m), with a fair bit of snow and temperatures well below zero, but the conditions made the already stunning scenery even more stunning.

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So many enjoyable forest sections at lower altitud

So many enjoyable forest sections at lower altitudes in the Langtang Valley. We really enjoyed trekking here. There’s a lot of variety to the landscape as you climb through the valley, and once you clear the treeline, impressive mountains are your constant companion.

We are currently busy working on the first film from our recent Nepal trip, and seeing as we like to work in chronological order, it’s from the first trek - the Langtang Valley. It’ll be a while yet but we’re looking forward to sharing it with you in the not too distant future 😃

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The Himalayan Tahr Effectively a wild goat, the H

The Himalayan Tahr

Effectively a wild goat, the Himalayan tahr is an even-toed ungulate (a large mammal with hooves) native to the Himalayas in southern Tibet, northern India, western Bhutan and Nepal. It is listed as Near Threatened on the IUCN Red List, as the population is declining due to hunting and habitat loss.

Despite its threatened status, these tahr were noticeably unskittish, allowing me to approach within a few metres while Kim and our guide (@govindarai69) looked on from the trail below. Thanks to eagle-eyed Govinda for making these pictures possible - he’s the one who spotted them up on the hillside as we climbed the trail towards Pangboche, on the Everest Base Camp/Three Passes route.

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Lhotse (8516 m), the world’s 4th highest mountai

Lhotse (8516 m), the world’s 4th highest mountain. Which one do you prefer?

1 // Blue toned Lhotse

2 // Black and white Lhotse

3 // Unedited Lhotse

When I started working on this one I was struggling to decide how to approach it and took the notion to try black and white, something I never really do. I have to say though, I really like the dramatic effect and am pretty pleased with the results.

I took this image from the hills around Chukhung (4730 m), the last place you stay on the Everest Three Passes trek before crossing the first pass, Kongma La, if going anti-clockwise. The sun had just appeared from behind the clouds before setting, with only Lhotse’s peak illuminated. I could no longer feel my feet and this was just about the last shot of the day, as my camera battery died rapidly in the subzero temperatures and the spare gave up almost instantaneously. Kim, along with everyone else, was sensibly keeping warm next to the fire inside the cosy dining room of our guesthouse, Hotel Yak Land.

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