Photography, stories, and experiences from traveling around the worldhttps://dev.pa-photo-web.pages.dev/en-ushttps://dev.pa-photo-web.pages.dev/en/blog/taiwan-2024/https://dev.pa-photo-web.pages.dev/en/blog/taiwan-2024/<p><img src="https://dev.pa-photo-web.pages.dev/media/galleries/taiwan-2024/w480/taiwan-tainan-street-food-urban-people.avif" alt="Taiwan 2024" /></p><p>A ten-day Czech–Swedish road trip around Taiwan, exploring its cities, landscapes, food, beer and natural wonders.</p>Tue, 26 Nov 2024 00:00:00 GMThttps://dev.pa-photo-web.pages.dev/en/blog/svalbard-2022/https://dev.pa-photo-web.pages.dev/en/blog/svalbard-2022/<p><img src="https://dev.pa-photo-web.pages.dev/media/galleries/svalbard-2022/w480/svalbard-pyramiden-lenin-statue-view.avif" alt="Svalbard 2022" /></p><p>A quest to find the world's northernmost Lenin in Svalbard, among polar bears, whales, breweries and Russian mining settlements.</p>Wed, 22 Feb 2023 00:00:00 GMThttps://dev.pa-photo-web.pages.dev/en/blog/northern-lights/https://dev.pa-photo-web.pages.dev/en/blog/northern-lights/<p><img src="https://dev.pa-photo-web.pages.dev/media/travels/norway-aurora-2023/w480/norway-lofoten-northern-lights-starry-sky.avif" alt="Northern Lights" /></p><p>Photo gallery from repeated expeditions to northern Norway chasing the aurora borealis during the polar night.</p>Wed, 01 Feb 2023 00:00:00 GMThttps://dev.pa-photo-web.pages.dev/en/blog/church-of-st-george-lukova/https://dev.pa-photo-web.pages.dev/en/blog/church-of-st-george-lukova/<p><img src="https://dev.pa-photo-web.pages.dev/media/travels/church-of-st-george-lukova/w480/lukova-ghost-church-st-george-interior.avif" alt="Church of St. George - Luková" /></p><p>The small village of Luková in CZE is home to the haunted church of St George, where the ghosts of the former inhabitants sit in silence.</p>Mon, 01 Oct 2018 16:00:00 GMThttps://dev.pa-photo-web.pages.dev/en/blog/greenland-expedition-1-trip-planning/https://dev.pa-photo-web.pages.dev/en/blog/greenland-expedition-1-trip-planning/<p><img src="https://dev.pa-photo-web.pages.dev/media/galleries/greenland-2018/w480/greenland-oqaatsut-mosquito-net-traveller.avif" alt="Planning the trip" /></p><p>Part one of the Greenland Expedition: practical notes for anyone considering a journey to the world's largest island.</p>Tue, 11 Sep 2018 08:47:17 GMThttps://dev.pa-photo-web.pages.dev/en/blog/greenland-expedition-2-getting-there/https://dev.pa-photo-web.pages.dev/en/blog/greenland-expedition-2-getting-there/<p><img src="https://dev.pa-photo-web.pages.dev/media/galleries/greenland-2018/w480/greenland-air-greenland-dash-8-200-moon.avif" alt="Getting there" /></p><p>Via Copenhagen and Kangerlussuaq to Ilulissat, with our first Arctic mosquitoes, icebergs and a sun that refused to go to bed.</p>Mon, 10 Sep 2018 14:16:56 GMThttps://dev.pa-photo-web.pages.dev/en/blog/greenland-expedition-3-ilulissat/https://dev.pa-photo-web.pages.dev/en/blog/greenland-expedition-3-ilulissat/<p><img src="https://dev.pa-photo-web.pages.dev/media/galleries/greenland-2018/w480/greenland-ilulissat-city-icebergs-view.avif" alt="Ilulissat" /></p><p>Part three from Ilulissat: its icefjord, hiking trails, brewery and a pathless march through the wilderness in pursuit of a geocache.</p>Sun, 09 Sep 2018 21:33:32 GMThttps://dev.pa-photo-web.pages.dev/en/blog/greenland-expedition-4-oqaatsut/https://dev.pa-photo-web.pages.dev/en/blog/greenland-expedition-4-oqaatsut/<p><img src="https://dev.pa-photo-web.pages.dev/media/galleries/greenland-2018/w480/greenland-oqaatsut-house-iceberg-view.avif" alt="Oqaatsut" /></p><p>A boat ride through the ice to a fishing settlement of fifty people, two hundred dogs and one exceptionally fresh seal lunch.</p>Sat, 08 Sep 2018 06:50:00 GMThttps://dev.pa-photo-web.pages.dev/en/blog/greenland-expedition-5-sailing-south/https://dev.pa-photo-web.pages.dev/en/blog/greenland-expedition-5-sailing-south/<p><img src="https://dev.pa-photo-web.pages.dev/media/galleries/greenland-2018/w480/greenland-ilulissat-ship-departure-iceberg.avif" alt="Sailing south" /></p><p>Thirty-eight hours and seven hundred kilometres by coastal ferry from Ilulissat to Nuuk, with stops in Sisimiut and Maniitsoq.</p>Fri, 07 Sep 2018 07:39:00 GMThttps://dev.pa-photo-web.pages.dev/en/blog/greenland-expedition-6-nuuk/https://dev.pa-photo-web.pages.dev/en/blog/greenland-expedition-6-nuuk/<p><img src="https://dev.pa-photo-web.pages.dev/media/galleries/greenland-2018/w480/greenland-nuuk-cathedral-annaassisitta-oqaluffia.avif" alt="Nuuk, the capital" /></p><p>The final Greenland chapter: Nuuk, a hike to Lake Qallussuaq, Czech diplomacy, Godthåb Bryghus and the slow journey home.</p>Thu, 06 Sep 2018 12:44:34 GMThttps://dev.pa-photo-web.pages.dev/en/blog/kyrgyzstan-2015/https://dev.pa-photo-web.pages.dev/en/blog/kyrgyzstan-2015/<p><img src="https://dev.pa-photo-web.pages.dev/media/galleries/kyrgyzstan-2015/w480/ala-archa-expedition-team.avif" alt="The Great Kyrgyzstan Expedition of 2015" /></p><p>Twelve days across Kyrgyzstan — over mountains, past lakes, through taxis and a statistically suspicious quantity of beer, all the way to Bishkek.</p>Sat, 06 Feb 2016 13:18:00 GMThttps://dev.pa-photo-web.pages.dev/en/blog/kingdom-of-tonga-2013/https://dev.pa-photo-web.pages.dev/en/blog/kingdom-of-tonga-2013/<p><img src="https://dev.pa-photo-web.pages.dev/media/galleries/tonga-2013/w480/tonga-kolovai-beach-white-sand-lagoon.avif" alt="The Kingdom of Tonga Retreat" /></p><p>A strong story about two blokes coexisting in the Kingdom of Tonga: tropical heat, beach lazing, bar crawls and lucky encounters.</p>Thu, 11 Sep 2014 17:00:17 GMT