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Saturday Snapshot – Costa Rica

Kathryn Frengs — Sat, 31 Jul 2010 10:00:23 +0000

The rain forests of tiny Central American country Costa Rica are some of the most lush and biologically diverse in the world. From brightly coloured tree frogs to a variety of species of monkeys, Costa Rica is the place to visit for any nature-lover. If the forests aren’t your thing, head to the award-winning beaches for some fun in the sun.

Costa Rica has been high on my list of must-visit places for a long while but may have to wait until I head back to North America for good.

Photo credit: Armando Maynez

Exploring Destinations through Photography

Kathryn Frengs — Wed, 28 Jul 2010 10:17:50 +0000

It started with Prague but then quickly spread to other cities, each one outdoing the one before. Massive and detailed to a seemingly impossible level, the new trend in travel photography is the huge gigapixel photos that have been constructed for a handful of well-known cities around the globe. A super high-definition image, gigapixel photographs are the result of taking hundreds of still photos in a very short period of time and stitching them together to create a detailed panorama of a place.

I absolutely love these photos and the level of detail that they allow the viewer to experience from their home computer. I’ve enjoyed virtually strolling the streets of Paris and trying to spot my old haunts and stomping grounds there, and I’ve taken a look into the lives of people living in central Budapest by zooming in on neighbourhoods and building in that photo. Though nothing can compare with visiting a new city in person, these images offer a great substitute for travel daydreamers like myself!

At the rate that technology improves and changes, it seems as though each of these photos is better and bigger than its predecessor and I cannot wait to see what other types of images might be in store for us in the future!

Here are the links to the best of the best of these photos for you to explore and enjoy. See if you can spot places you’ve been before or take advantage of a break to virtually stroll the streets of these places to see what you can discover!

Prague – 18 gigapixels

Photo credit: 360 cities

Paris – 26 gigapixels

Photo credit: Paris 26 gigapixels

Dubai – 45 gigapixels

Photo credit: Gerald Donovan

Budapest – 70 gigapixels

Photo credit: 360 World

Colours of Travel – Blue and White

Kathryn Frengs — Tue, 27 Jul 2010 10:43:24 +0000

Back by popular demand, today’s post is the next in our Colours of Travel series after a few weeks of hiatus. After the last post that featured our first combination of red and blue, we’re back again with another combination – this time blue and white. Thinking of blue and white together surely conjures up images of fluffy clouds in the sky or white-capped waves on the sea, but here are a few less obvious choices of blue and white. Enjoy!

Old city against the blue sky – Peníscola, Spain

Photo credit: echiner1

Fantastically blue-eyed rabbit – Zurich, Switzerland

Photo credit: Tambako the Jaguar

A wonderfully inviting sailing scene on the seashore – Boracay beach, Philippines

Photo credit: The Wandering Angel

Bright and beautiful church painted in typical colours – Santorini, Greece

Photo credit: bongo vongo

Remote boat house – Perth, Australia

Photo credit: MΛЯK

Baby Blue Eye in the Botanic Gardens – New York, New York, United States

Photo credit: El Mariachi 94

Directional traffic sign – Barcelona, Spain

Photo credit: visualpanic