Unforgettable Places To See Before You Die

Local Description

2004. First edition. A near fine copy.

Description

International travel writer and photographer Steve Davey has selected 40 of his favourite places. Some, such as the Taj Mahal, are well known, but most, such as the sands dunes of Dead Vlei in the Namib desert are very much off the beaten track. All can be visited in a holiday of two weeks or less.

Author description

Since graduating with a BA in Photography in 1988 Steve Davey has travelled extensively researching and illustrating features about places most of us only ever dream about, which is why he is ideally suited to write this book. Steve has been published In magazines, books and newspapers all over the world, including Wanderlust, Footprint Guides, Rough Guides, the Independent, Geographical Magazine, Insight Guides and Global Adventure Magazine. In addition, Steve has co-written and illustrated two books on digital photography and has contributed to four anthologies of travel writing. He is also a regular contributor to Total Digital Photography Magazine.

Table of contents

Locations to be photographed for Unforgettable Places:; 1. The Alhambra, Granada; 2. Angkor Wat, Cambodia; 3. Havana, Cuba; 4. Iguassu Falls, Brazil and Argentina; 5. Taman Negara Jungle, Malaysia; 6. Venice, Italy; 7. College Fjord, Alaska; 8. The Amphitheatre, uKhalahlamba-Drakensburg National Park, South Africa; 9. Galapagos Islands, Ecuador; 10. Monet's Garden, Giverny, France; 11. The Grand Canyon, USA; 12. Wat Phra Kaew, Bangkok; 13. Karnak Temple, Luxor, Egypt; 14. The Pyramid of Kukulkan, Mexico; 15. Dead Vlei, Sossussvlei National Park, Namibia; 16. Manhattan Island, New York, USA. 17. Ngorongoro Crater, Tanzania; 18. Petra, Jordan; 19. Santorini, Greece; 20. St Petersburg, Russia; 21. Taj Mahal, India; 22. The Ghats, Varanasi, India; 23. Uluru, Australia; 24. Aitutaki, The Cook Islands; 25. Yangshou, Guilin, China; 26. Jaisalmer Fort, Rajasthan; 27. Amantani Island, Lake Titicaca; 28. Beta Girgios, Lalibela, Ethiopia; 29. Lhasa, Tibet; 30. Mount Makalu, Himalayas; 31. Rio de Janeiro, Brazil; 32. The Bund, Shanghai, China; 33. Zanzibar, Tanzania; 34. Machu Picchu, Peru; 35. Killery Harbour, Connemara, Ireland; 36. Eilean Donan Castle, Scotland; 37. Ephesus, Turkey; 38. Heron Island, Great Barrier Reef, Australia; 39. Dubrovnik, Croatia; 40. Samarkand, Uzbekistan.