Words and photos by Christopher Weigl Ao Phang Nga is one of the most beautiful and exotic landscapes in Thailand, a bay crowded with enormous limestone spires soaring above the Andaman Sea’s surface. A large section of the bay is part of Ao Phang Nga National Park, and attractions include cave drawings, the famed James [...]
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Photo Story: Neon Lights of Nash-Vegas
Words and photos by Chris Osburn Bright neon lights, fat American tourists and lots and lots of booze? Are we in Vegas? Not quite: welcome to downtown Nashville, y’all, where southern hospitality is alive and well. Beyond the neon glow and the cheap-ass souvenir shops, downtown Nashville offers a hyped-up hillbilly paradise of day/all night [...]
Photo Story: Angkor Wat
Words and photos by Christopher Weigl. Most well-known for the immense Angkor Wat, the Angkor region of Cambodia is dotted with over a thousand ancient temples. Once the seat of the Khmer Empire, it was recently determined that Angkor was the largest pre-industrial city in the world. Temples are the only visible remains from that [...]
Photo Story: Inside Fez’s Medina (Old Town)
Designated a World Heritage site since 1981, the ramshackle and enchanting Medina of Fez (or Fes) charts its origins back to the 9th century soon after the founding of the city. Later, under the rule of the Marinids (13th–14th century), many of the Medina’s most impressive buildings were constructed and still remain intact today, forming [...]
Photo Story: Leith Docks
Words and photos Chris Osburn. Edinburgh’s port, Leith, offers visitors to this little slice of waterfront Scotland a microcosm of 21st century Britain. Post-industrial, mixed use, but largely residential with lots and lots of restaurants, pubs and bars and easily accessible from the city centre (just a short, cheap cab or very straightforward bus ride [...]
