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The 2014 World Nomad Games

KYRGYZSTAN | Friday, 26 Sep 2014 | Views [4825]

A celebration of all things nomad. An analogue to the Olympics or FIFA World Cup. The greatest P.R. exercise in the history of Central Asia. The World Nomad Games in Kyrgyzstan was the object of much attention and even more fanciful descriptions in the ... Read more >

Tags: kyrgyzstan, nomad, travel, world nomad games


Greenland: Hiking on Top of the World

GREENLAND | Thursday, 6 Mar 2014 | Views [5859]

Greenland is an incredible country. It is cold, harsh and extreme. But for those who brave these conditions, it provides an unparalleled experience to be one with nature in its very raw and real form. Hiking on a blanket of Greenland’s white, 80% ... Read more >

Tags: greenland, hiking, photography, polar, travel


Photographing the Last Reindeer Herders

SWEDEN | Thursday, 20 Feb 2014 | Views [4151]

The Sami, indigenous people of northern Scandinavia, Finland and Russia, still mange their herds of semi-domesticated reindeer. Although some of the methods have changed (helicopters and quad bikes are not uncommon), much is still done in the manner ... Read more >

Tags: experiences, photography, sweden, travel


Video: Raw & Real in Chandni Chowk

INDIA | Thursday, 24 Oct 2013 | Views [2884] | Video

Spending a day in New Delhi's oldest marketplace feels more like a lifetime. Worn, weathered, and enriched with hundreds of years of active trade and commerce, it's like stepping onto a movie set, where everything seems almost too fantastical to be real.... Read more >

Tags: asia, chandi chowk, culture, delhi, food, getting lost, india, just go, markets, travel


Travel Namibia - Sandboarding in Swakopmund

NAMIBIA | Thursday, 10 Oct 2013 | Views [6864] | Video

The Challenge They say that you should do one thing each day that scares you. I couldn’t agree more. Or as I like to say, if not scares you, challenges you. I love putting myself out of my comfort zone. Often. I find that each time I do, ... Read more >

Tags: action, adventure, africa, crash, fun, namibia, sandboarding, sports, swakopmund, travel


Becoming Himba: From Traveller to Tribal Woman

NAMIBIA | Monday, 30 Sep 2013 | Views [13161] | Comments [3] | Video

Earlier this year, Sussan Mourad travelled to Namibia with the World Nomads film crew to explore Namibia. This is her story... My experience of meeting the beautiful people of the nomadic Namibian Himba Tribe definitely was one of the most extraordinary, ... Read more >

Tags: africa, beauty, culture, dancing, just go, namibia, transformation, travel, tribes


Travel Brazil - Rio Football Fever

BRAZIL | Wednesday, 28 Aug 2013 | Views [8389] | Video

  Gooooooooooooooooooaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaalllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllll! I've waited 40 years of my life to stand in a football arena in Rio, arms outstretched, with thousands of local supporters going beserk around me to scream ... Read more >

Tags: brazil, brazil football, brazil soccer, rio, rio travel, travel brazil, world cup brazil, world nomads


Photos: Logo

WORLDWIDE | Thursday, 22 Aug 2013 | Photo Gallery


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Rio - The Heart of Carnaval

BRAZIL | Thursday, 22 Aug 2013 | Views [6769] | Video

In February of 2013, I jumped on a plane with my talented cameraman/director Brian Rapsey and headed off to Rio for Carnaval. We were there mentoring the winners of the 2013 Travel Film Scholarship and ourselves looking to capture what the essense ... Read more >

Tags: carnivale, rio carnivale, rio samba, samba, samba schools, sambadromo, world nomads


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