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1. The world on polaroid

   Photo Feature by The Thorn Tree, June 2008

   

   Let's hear it for the polaroid! We ran a competition on the Thorn Tree to find your best instant travel moments. Here's the cream de la snap. View the photo feature ›

   Tags: Art, Architecture & Design • Culture • Global

2. 

   Backpacker cuisine in Thailand

   Photo Feature by Austin Bush, June 2008

   Ordering up some authentic Thai food proves tougher than ordering Pork Chop Hawaiian or fried chicken mayonnaise. View the photo feature ›

   Tags: Eating & Drinking • Thailand

3. 

   National parks of southern Utah

   Photo Feature by Lisa Dunford, May 2008

   Start in Arches, end in Zion - and on the way have your mind blown by a landscape that's part geology lesson, part hallucinatory wonderland. View the photo feature ›

   Tags: National Parks • Outdoors • USA • Utah

4. 

   The other Iraq

   Photo Feature by Cesar Soriano, May 2008

   Leave your preconceptions behind and discover the happening cities, soaring mountains and new museums of Iraq's Kurdish region. View the photo feature ›

   Tags: Iraq • Tough Travel

5. 

   Commuting in Bangkok

   Photo Feature by Austin Bush, March 2008

   Long-tailed boat, metro, trishaw…elephant? This city's got ways to get you through its crowded streets. View the photo feature ›

   Tags: Bangkok • Cities • Culture

6. 

   Grand Cayman Dives

   Photo Feature by Tim Rock, February 2008

   What makes Grand Cayman dive sites so perfect? Tame rays, mermaid statues and queen angels, for a start. View the photo feature ›

   Tags: Caribbean • Cayman Islands • Water Sports

7. 

   Signspotting

   Photo Feature by Doug Lansky, January 2008

   Free babies, fried pimple and tasteless coffee - some of the many treats you'll find if you follow the signs. View the photo feature ›

   Tags: Global • Weird

8. 

   May the Best Santa Win

   Photo Feature by Lisa Burns, December 2007

   Switzerland's Santa Claus World Championships - or the Clau Wau - is as much go-go-go as ho-ho-ho. View the photo feature ›

   Tags: Festivals & Events • Switzerland

9. 

   Bali's Underwater Wonderland

   Photo Feature by Tim Rock, November 2007

   Mantas soar overhead, parrotfish and sweetlips shimmy in the cotton candy coral: it's a whole other world down there. View the photo feature ›

   Tags: Bali • Water Sports

10. 

    Theatre in the Streets

    Photo Feature by Bridget Gleeson, November 2007

    The skirts swirl, the sparks fly: Buenos Aires' outdoor performers know how to tango, parade and party. View the photo feature ›

    Tags: Buenos Aires

11. 

    Day of the Dead

    Photo Feature by Lonely Planet Images, October 2007

    Death isn't usually a laugh-fest, but in Mexico the dearly departed become the dearly de-partied. View the photo feature ›

    Tags: Festivals & Events • Mexico

12. 

    Japan's Visual Onslaught

    Photo Feature by Amy Gray, October 2007

    A trip to Tokyo, Kyoto and Osaka produces all the colour and kitsch you can imagine, and more. View the photo feature ›

    Tags: Japan

13. 

    The Maldhari

    Photo Feature by Michael Benanav, October 2007

    Get an insight into the lives of the Maldhari, whose traditional herding culture is just beginning to change. View the photo feature ›

    Tags: Culture • India

14. 

    On Thin Ice

    Photo Feature by Lonely Planet Images, October 2007

    Get close up with the bears and learn more about their vulnerability in a rapidly changing environment. View the photo feature ›

    Tags: Canada • Wildlife

15. 

    Picturing the Khyber Pass

    Photo Feature by Sam Phelps, October 2007

    Find out how to travel the Khyber Pass - just make sure you've got a strong stomach for paperwork. View the photo feature ›

    Tags: Afghanistan • Great Journeys • Pakistan

16. 

    Running of the Bulls

    Photo Feature by Lisa Burns, September 2007

    Want to know what it feels like to have 1000lbs of angry beef breathing down your neck? Let us put you in the picture. View the photo feature ›

    Tags: Festivals & Events • Spain

17. 

    Saudi Arabia

    Photo Feature by Frances Linzee Gordon, September 2007

    Peek into the glowing sand, glistening modernity and working falcons of real deal Saudi Arabia. View the photo feature ›

    Tags: Saudi Arabia • Tough Travel

18. 

    Bhutan

    Photo Feature by Bradley Mayhew, June 2007

    Yearning to catch a glimpse of this hidden kingdom? Come on in. Warning: snowlions and flying phalluses. View the photo feature ›

    Tags: Bhutan

19. 

    Voodoo in Benin

    Photo Feature by Stuart Butler, June 2007

    Forget B-grade schlock cliches. Voodoo is a complex religion that recognises the soul in every living thing. View the photo feature ›

    Tags: Benin • Culture • Weird

20. 

    Thai New Year

    Photo Feature by Tim Bewer, May 2007

    Get out your Super-Soakers - Thailand's Songkran festivities are as soggy as they are spiritual. View the photo feature ›

    Tags: Thailand

21. 

    Tristan da Cunha

    Photo Feature by Rob Crossan, May 2007

    Be beguiled by the intriguing lilt of voices from the world's most remote island. View the photo feature ›

    Tags: Island & Beaches • South Georgia

22. 

    Food For Life

    Photo Feature by Austin Bush, March 2007

    Ponce de León had it all wrong: the real Fountain of Youth is the Hunza Valley. View the photo feature ›

    Tags: Eating & Drinking • Pakistan

23. 

    Hidden Vanuatu

    Photo Feature by Jocelyn Harewood, March 2007

    Impenetrable forests, smoking volcanoes and a crystal blue sea - explore Vanuatu’s 83 islands of the unexpected. View the photo feature ›

    Tags: Island & Beaches • Vanuatu

24. 

    Fit for a king

    Photo Feature by Austin Bush, February 2007

    Fish from the Mekong and game from the jungle - the food of Luang Prabang is good enough for rock royalty. View the photo feature ›

    Tags: Eating & Drinking • Luang Prabang

25. 

    The Way of the Green Dragon

    Photo Feature by David Atkinson, February 2007

    Wales is more than just green valleys - it's the UK's number one spot for green tourism too. View the photo feature ›

    Tags: Responsible Travel • Wales

26. 

    High on The Dog's Back

    Photo Feature by Emilio Bañuelos, November 2006

    Characters, landscapes and the never-ending road from the window of a Greyhound bus. View the photo feature ›

    Tags: Great Journeys • USA

27. 

    Our Man in Havana

    Photo Feature by Sam Phelps, November 2006

    Our man in Havana captures the sunshine and shadows of a laidback afternoon in Cuba's capital. View the photo feature ›

    Tags: Havana

28. 

    Tibet Outside Tibet

    Photo Feature by Bradley Mayhew, October 2006

    Wander through a deliciously kaleidoscopic landscape of mountainside monasteries and grinning karaoke champs. View the photo feature ›

    Tags: Tibet

29. 

    Cold & Wild

    Photo Feature by Dorothy Dhaeze, September 2006

    Get down and icy as king penguins and their associates turn on the Southern charm. View the photo feature ›

    Tags: Antarctica

30. 

    Enduro India

    Photo Feature by Ben Curtis, August 2006

    120 Royal Enfield Bullets, 2000km of southern Indian roads, two weeks, two broken bones. View the photo feature ›

    Tags: India

31. 

    Plymouth - Dakar Rally

    Photo Feature by Clare Mercer, August 2006

    When the going gets sandy the Pink Ladies get a tow. Pictures from the Plymouth-Banjul rally. View the photo feature ›

    Tags: Africa • Great Journeys

32. 

    If Walls Could Talk

    Photo Feature by Amelia Thomas, July 2006

    Walk along the dividing wall between Israel and the Palestinian Territories and see the lands speak. View the photo feature ›

    Tags: Art, Architecture & Design • Israel • The Palestinian Territories • Tough Travel

33. 

    First 24 Hours in Mexico City

    Photo Feature by Robert Reid, June 2006

    First impressions make quite an impact. Mexico City impressed Robert Reid so much he threw up. View the photo feature ›

    Tags: Mexico City

34. 

    Exposed

    Photo Feature by Lonely Planet Images, May 2006

    The sights, the smells, the tastes of this rich stew of nations. Well, just the sights really. View the photo feature ›

    Tags: Eating & Drinking • Europe

35. 

    Cities

    Photo Feature by Lonely Planet Images, March 2006

    A tempting cocktail for the urban adventurer, The Cities Book captures the hypnotic, chaotic and exotic. This photo feature is a sneak peak. View the photo feature ›

    Tags: Cities • Global

36. 

    Carnival

    Photo Feature by Lonely Planet Images, February 2006

    Dancing, parades, head dresses, sequins and bare breasts? A good old Mardi Gras will put the rattle back in your maraca. View the photo feature ›

    Tags: Festivals & Events • Global

37. 

    Off Season

    Photo Feature by Adrian Lander, February 2006

    Adrian Lander aims his lens at London's artistic little sister, Brighton, highlighting the dusky light and surreal melancholy of the sea front. View the photo feature ›

    Tags: Brighton

38. 

    Pan-African adventure

    Photo Feature by Tony Wheeler, January 2006

    Get some high-octane inspiration from Tony and Maureen Wheeler's pictures of Africa. The colourful, the calm and the crazy are all in front of you. View the photo feature ›

    Tags: Africa

39. 

    Best of Blogs 2005

    Photo Feature by Lonely Planet authors, December 2005

    Over the year our authors have been sharing the delights and downers of destinations from Siberia to Nigeria, Kaua'i to Cambodia, in their blogs. View the photo feature ›

    Tags: Global

40. 

    Buzkashi

    Photo Feature by Rodney Cocks, December 2005

    Feel the heat on your neck and the dust in your eyes as you watch men on speeding horses jostle over a headless goat. View the photo feature ›

    Tags: Afghanistan • Sports • Tough Travel

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