Travel | New Zealand, the Middle-Earth
New Zealand’s North Island thoroughly engages the body and the spirit, often at the same time. This island is known as Te Ika-a-Maui, or “the fish of Maui”, gaining this traditional Maori name from the story of the landmass’ formation. It’s the 14th largest island in the world. The North Island spans ~830 km from […]
Travel | Raiatea, the sacred island of Polynesia
Raiatea, which translates to “faraway heaven,” was once the cultural and religious center of the Society Islands. Known in legends as Hawaiki, “the homeland,” many cultures believe that this is where the great Polynesian migration began, from which large double-hulled sailing canoes set out to colonize Hawaii and New Zealand. Believed to also be the final resting […]
Travel | Iceland, A land like Nowhere else
“It’s a photographers paradise”. You might have heard this before about Iceland. Well, I certainly have. But is it really? And if it is, what exactly is it that people are referring to, when they say that there is no place better to take a landscape photo than here, in Iceland. One thing is sure though. No way you […]
