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12 tips to fake travel pics shot by a pro

We're drowning in images. Particularly – thanks, Instagram! – travel images. Here's how to keep your head above the water of photographic mediocrity and impress friends, family and – perhaps most importantly – yourself with creative shots of this incredible world. 1. Kill the clichés Memorable travel images are partly about what not to shoot. Do a quick mood check before you click the shutter. If you're feeling the slightest bit self-satisfied about the impending shot, you...
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Our Blue Planet: 7 Incredible Snorkeling Spots

Humans have long had a fascination with the mysteries of the underwater world. We've come a long way from fearing treacherous sirens and the beastly Kraken to listening to Sir David Attenborough narrate the adventures of sea creatures in the Blue Planet series. However, if watching documentaries is not enough to quench your curiosity, here are the world's best snorkeling destinations so you can experience the wonders of the sea first-hand. Ambergris Caye, Belize One...
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One Fine Day: 24 Hours in Reykjavik

With a population of around 123,000, Reykjavik may be the smallest capital city you'll ever visit. Think Gloucester or Slough in England for population level. It has the amenities of a big city, but you can walk across it in less than an hour, passing colorful houses and shops in historic buildings Reykjavik is the commercial and government center, so you can rub shoulders with people who live here if you pick the right spots....
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6 Incredible Road Trips that Should be on Everyone’s Bucket...

One of the most enchanting elements of a road trip is traveling light. With only what can fit in a vehicle, we learn what we can live without and to appreciate momentary pleasures. Road trips are also perfect for practicing autonomy. It's refreshing to set the “rules" and schedule, to move without expectation. Stunning locations around the world only heighten the sensation of being most alive. Once on the road, car windows rolled down, the breeze...
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11 of the most annoying things that people do on...

It's about the journey not the destination, they say. Clearly the author of this fuzzy maxim had never been on a red-eye Forida–Luton flight at the tail end of a school holiday. Let's try an alternative adage. Hell is other people. On a plane. At least it's a sentiment many of us apparently share if the meteoric success of the aviation-themed PassengerShaming Instagram feed, by a former flight attendant, is anything to go by. Feet, the site's...
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