collections
Borneo – Indonesia
Borneo Indonesia Orangutans are a species of great ape found only in South East Asia on the islands of Borneo and Sumatra. The gentle red ape demonstrates significant intelligence, with an ability to reason and think and is one of our closest relatives, sharing 97% of the same DNA as humans. Indigenous peoples of Indonesia [...]
Land of the Gauchos
Land of the Gauchos The term gaucho comes from the word ‘huacho’ meaning ‘orphan’ or ‘vagabond’. It was coined in the 18th century to refer to the errant horsemen of the pampa – the Argentine plain – who were often (but not always) wandering vagrants and petty thieves. During the Argentine wars of Independence these men were enlisted [...]
Jawa (Java)
Jawa(Java) Indonesia Java is the most populous island in Indonesia providing many contrasts of scenery, people, religions and cultures. With 120 million people crammed into an area half the size of Great Britain, Java is THE most densely populated island in the world. Java lies between Sumatra to the west and Bali to the east. Borneo lies to the north and Christmas Island to [...]
Vida Na Favela
VidaNaFavela Rio de Janiro, Brazil A ‘fevela’ is the generally accepted term for a shanty town in Brazil. Its approximated that almost 1.3 million people live in the approximately 750 favelas in Rio de Janeiro. The favelas are ultimately run and ruled by the barons of Brazil, and each establish a strict regime within their [...]
Mujeres Bolivianas
MujeresBolivianas La Paz, Bolivia In January 2010, Bolivia’s President Evo Morales began his second term by appointing a new cabinet in which women are equally represented for the first time. Morales, Bolivia’s first president from the nation’s long-oppressed indigenous majority, is leading a revolutionary process of transformation. However, despite such progressive reforms, many of Bolivia’s [...]
Fiberglass Salvation
FiberglassSalvation Tierra Santa, Buenos Aires Parque Tierra Santa was built in 2000 as the world’s first religiously themed amusement park. Amid controversy and spectacle the sets were designed, the costumes sewn and the vaguely middle-eastern theme music composed. Tierra Santa, literally Holy Land, is now a tourist attraction drawing the religiously pious and the cynically intrigued [...]
Amazonia (Iquitos)
Amazonia Iquitos, Peru Nearly 2,000 miles up-river from the mouth of the Amazon lies the jungle-locked city of Iquitos. Accessible only by boat or plane, Iquitos holds the title of being the world’s largest city that cannot be reached by road. Iquitos was known for its rubber industry through the rubber boom of the first decade [...]
