Glass Skywalk in Tianmen Mountain National Forest Park.
Certainly not for the faint of heart, this amazing transparent pathway is located on the side of Tianmen mountain in Zhangjiajie, China. The glass walkway stands 4,700 feet above sea level, making it one of the world’s highest observation platforms. Roughly 200 feet in length, the pathway enables an unobstructed view of the nearby scenery...
777: Mexican dining in the heart of Dublin
This past weekend I was in Dublin. I had not really been expecting much from the restaurant scene, a sentiment reflected by most of my friends when I told them I was heading there. The reality is since the recession, a new wave of restaurants taking cues from London and New York joints, have popped...
Pannier: For the travelling cyclist
Planning a cycling trip any time soon? You might want to check out this great new site called Pannier. The site provides travelling cyclists with a visual and location specific collection of cycle-friendly places to stay along major cycle routes. The site was first conceived in 2011, after three friends travelled the 1000 miles from...
An East London Companion
It seems most of the foreign press is full of guides promising tourists the authentic London experience while they visit during the olympics this summer. As a Londoner, I can guarantee you most of them are total crap. If you really want to see the city from a local perspective, I suggest picking up one of...
Lost In London
“Lost in London” is a beautifully shot film by Michael Smith and Wojciech Duczmal. The duo who have collaborated on many documentaries for the BBC over the years, teamed up this time to create a lyrical essay-film, or documentary-poem. Inspired by Baudelaire’s idea of the flâneur, the stroller whose epiphany is...
Snapshots on the Underground – Contextualizing the non-place
While I was attending Goldsmiths, I use to take the DLR through Greenwich on an almost daily basis. “This station is Cutty Sark, exit here for Maritime Greenwich.” I use to watch the excited tourists rush out with cameras in hand ready to explore the area. I myself, however, only ever joined them once. It...
The Marylebone ‘Art House’ project
Living in London it can be easy to take the cities hotels for granted. After all, are they not just places for overpriced cream teas, and crowds of tourists? We may rush past them, and leave them to the tourists to explore, but at the end of the day it is us Londoners who...
The National Tourist Routes of Norway
Its not everyday I get excited about roads. In fact as a kid there was nothing I hated more than being stuck in a cramped, stuffy car. However, a friend in Norway recently told me about this incredible initiative started by the government in 2005 called the National Tourist Routes in Norway, which already has...
The Glass Igloos
I recently came across The Igloo Village in Kakslauttanen, an absolutely incredible ice hotel in Finland. Each igloo is equipped with glass that allows you to gaze up at the northern lights and stars, all from the comfort of your warm room. The glass igloos took years of research and development to create; built from...
Outliers, Vol. I: Iceland
Kim Høltermand, Tim Navis, and composer Deru have teamed up to create a unique aural visual journey through the remote countryside of Iceland. The idea is simple, “a series of short films at various locations throughout the island, inspired by moments of discovery and chance occurrence.” They want to capture their experiences in the remote...