Beauuuuuuuuuutiful! Let’s click our heels together three times.
Some great photos of one of the most beautiful parts of Italy. Love.
The holy pilgrimage town of Dwarka, India
A man from a village in Papua New Guinea participates in the local tradition of painting their bodies with clay and sporting scary masks to ward off invaders from other clans. This picture is by photographer Jeremy Hunter, who spent 35 years documenting some of the world’s most ancient rituals and festivals. Find more fascinating photos at the Guardian.
Students in a religious class outside of Islamabad on the first day of Ramadan | Part of an essay featured on the Boston Globe’s great Big Picture photoblog about Pakistan one year after floods devastated the country.
Mirror | Izmaylovo, Moscow, Moskva, Russia
© tsnoom
“Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things you didn’t do than the ones you did do. So throw off the bowlines, sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover.”
- Mark Twain
Photo of Kyoto, Japan taken by Abroad View’s Katherine (kajola)
Staff Photo of the Day: A pleasant afternoon on the artisan filled streets of Granada, Nicaragua by Abroad View Director of Business, Marcella.
Lanterns at Yasukuni Shrine in Tokyo during the annual Mitama festival honoring the souls of the dead. One of the events featured in the Atlantic’s article on Summer Festivals. Click the link for more great photos.
Beach Umbrellas, Greece
photo by Dawid Władysław Cyprian
It’s been a gloomy week here in Chicago… would love to be on a beach in Greece right now.
left or right? | Piccadilly Circus, London, England
© Philipp Hilpert
