Alastair Humphreys Adventurer | Author | Motivational Speaker

Photo Friday – old man in Vietnam

This week’s photo comes from world-renowned photographer, Jim Shannon.

Audio book and travel photography (2)

I’ve added photographs from my ride round the world to short audio excerpts from Moods of Future Joys.
You can listen to them all here.
(apologies: the audio begins about 15s in)

Audio Excerpts from ‘Moods of Future Joys’ – 2 from alastair Humphreys on Vimeo.

Photo Friday – Magic Boots in Antarctica

Olly Hicks testing his magic boots in Antarctica.

Photo Friday – Forest Path

Some beautiful, atmospheric light painting in a forest this week. Such a lovely photo!
Isaac is a pretty interesting guy – I’ve just been reading this post about truisms on his website:
A SENSE OF TIMING IS THE MARK OF GENIUS
A SINCERE EFFORT IS ALL YOU CAN ASK
ABSOLUTE SUBMISSION CAN BE A FORM OF FREEDOM
ANY SURPLUS IS [...]

Photo Friday – Christmas Morning in Nepal

Merry Christmas everybody!
A perfect Photo Friday today: Peter Gostelow watching the sunrise on Christmas morning high in the Himalayas. Follow Peter’s latest journey into Africa here.
Right, I’m off runnin’, swimmin’ and then lots of eatin’!

Photo Friday – Magic moments above Anzere, Switzerland

Magic moments for Rob Thomson above Anzere, Switzerland…

Photo Friday – Patagonian iceberg

18-year old Quin Murray shot this iceberg off the side of a Catamaran whilst sailing through the Chilean Fjords towards Santiago, having just witnessed bus-sized chunks of the San Rafael glacier fall into the sea only a hundred meters from the boat.

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Photo Friday (bonus edition!) – The Lake District needs some Love…

In the aftermath to the terrible flooding in the Lake District one of the most important things for the region is to let people know that it is Open for Business.
The Lake District is the most beautiful part of England (I spent last New Year there and am returning to the same valley this year [...]

Photo Friday: Jordan. “The dreamers of the day are dangerous men…”

Today’s Photo Friday comes from the wonderful Wadi Rum in Jordan.
I slept out on the sands for three nights, reading the Seven Pillars of Wisdom and dreaming of passing through by camel one day.
“All men dream: but not equally. Those who dream by night in the dusty recesses of their minds wake in the day [...]

Photo Friday – the joy of the Mekong

Today’s Photo Friday comes from a river trip in Laos. Ben explains that the “photo was taken during our longtail boat trip 25km to the Pak Ou Caves down the Mekong River. The boy is jumping from a tree into the Mekong while our boat was passing by. I took multiple shots to capture his [...]