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Travel Photo of the Day: Sunset at Isla del Sol, Bolivia

By on February 11, 2012 ]

The best of Bolivia After a full day of hiking from the north part of Isla del Sol island to the south, we took a rest at a restaurant with an amazing view of Lake Titicaca.  The hours passed and the sun began to hide behind the horizon.  The sunset slowly revealed some amazing colors [...]

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Travel Photo of the Day: Costa Rica Cloud Forest Millipede

By on January 24, 2012 ]

Can you help us identify what kind of millipede this is? We found it while walking through the Monteverde Cloud Forest in Costa Rica. We do our best to label our travel photos correctly.

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Travel Photo of the Day – Uganda Beetles Mating

By on January 20, 2012 ]

In this travel guest post for 2Backpackers.com, Andrea of the Butterflyist, shares a nature picture from Uganda in this travel photo of the day. It was quite incredible to spot these two beautiful beetles while doing a nature walk around the Bigodi Wetland Sanctuary, in Uganda’s Kibale National Park. Such an intimate look into the [...]

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Travel Photo of the Day – Foggy Morning Mountains in Chiapas, Mexico

By on January 4, 2012 ]

Jonathan is a regular travel photo contributor for 2Backpackers.com. For more information or to sign up for his newsletter visit LifePart2.com. In late December I had the privilege to spend the night with a charming indigenous family in the tiny village of Nichnamtic; high in the mountains of Mexico’s southern state of Chiapas. This family [...]

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Travel Photo of the Day – Oregon State Park Umpqua River

By on December 15, 2011 ]

In this travel guest post for 2Backpackers.com, Andrea of the Butterflyist, shares a nature picture from an Oregon State Park in this travel photo of the day. The more lichen that grows on a tree, the purer the air – and the trees around the beautiful Colliding Falls in Oregon’s historical Umpqua region were furry [...]

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Travel Photo of the Day – Bangkok Shopping Mall Shoe Stall

By on December 8, 2011 ]

In this travel guest post for 2Backpackers.com, Andrea of the Butterflyist, shares her experience at a Bangkok shopping mall in this travel photo of the day. This shoe stall in one of Bangkok’s indoor shopping malls unwittingly represents everything that Bangkok is, and why I adore the city! Brash, bright, cramped, colourful and eager to [...]

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Travel Photo of the Day – Great Wall of China

By on November 17, 2011 ]

In her first guest post for 2Backpackers.com, Unisse of Little Girl Travels, shares her trip to China with us in this travel photo of the day. Having gone to a Filipino-Chinese school, I have had history lessons about China and the ever famous Great Wall of China. However, history doesn’t tell you how hard it [...]

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Travel Photo of the Day – Tzotzil Chamulan Worship Service in Mexico

By on November 10, 2011 ]

Jonathan is a regular contributor for 2Backpackers.com. For more information or to sign up for his newsletter visit LifePart2.com. Recently the Indigenous Tzotzil people in the villages surrounding San Cristobal de las Casis, Chiapas, Mexico expelled the Catholic priests from their churches and now practice a religion that is a mixture of pagan ritual and [...]