“The journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step”, Lao Tzu.

Magic and surreal visions. Stilt fishing is practiced by several families of fishermen of Sri Lanka (here in Ahangama).

“The real voyage of discovery consists not in seeking new landscapes, but in having new eyes”, Marcel Proust.

The blue covering the medina of Chefchaouen provides to the different parts of town this dazzling look of purity and freshness under a mountain sun. The medina seems like a huge, winding hall of mirrors. By focusing in these streets of blue and isolation, by penetrating the crystal near its shades of blue, there would even be water dripping onto the soil and roam freely in the streets. Shades of blue are endless. Each building has a different pigmentation from the neighbor.

In June 2014, I met the Tsaatan nomads in Mongolia, you can’t imagine how remote is the area they live in. They are one of the last groups of nomadic reindeer herders in the world.

“The world is a book and those who do not travel read only one page”, Augustine of Hippo.

Each year, thousands of Hindus celebrate Holi, the festival of colors. I attended Holi many times in India, it happens each year around March. If you are around in India at that time, don’t miss these incredible celebrations.

On the road again. It can be a simple wanderlust or become a severe travel addiction, but once you start to travel, the percentage chance is high that you’ll want to travel more and more. It’s about discovering people, places, and it can also be discovering parts of your inner self that you probably didn’t know before.

Travel, open your mind, and learn. Everyday! - Monks debate doctrines every afternoon at the Jokhang temple in Lhasa, Tibet.

Embedded within a dramatic landscape at the meeting point between the Peruvian Andes and the Amazon Basin, the Historic Sanctuary of Machu Picchu is among the greatest artistic, architectural and land use achievements anywhere and the most significant tangible legacy of the Inca civilization. Built in the fifteenth century Machu Picchu was abandoned when the Inca Empire was conquered by the Spaniards in the sixteenth century. It was not until 1911 that the archaeological complex was made known to the outside world.

“Not all those who wander are lost”, J.R.R. Tolkien.

Silhouettes and mysteries.

"When a man is bound with a rope, sooner or later, he breaks it." Fulani proverb.

Balloon overview of the Valley of the Kings at sunrise. The valley of the Kings is a region located on the Western bank of the Nile, at the height of Thebes (now the modern city of Luxor). It houses the tombs of many pharaohs of the New Kingdom.

The Monastery, or "Al-Deir", was probably a temple, originally, and was an important center of pilgrimage. During the Byzantine period it was used as a monastery, hence its current name. It is the largest monument in Petra: 47 meters wide, 45 meters high, 8 summit to the urn.

From the south of La Paz to the borders of Chile and Argentina, this limitless immensity invades its visitor to an overwhelming sense of loneliness. The barren mountains seem suspended in an unreal world. Most of the Altiplano was once covered with the prehistoric lakes Mirichi and Tauca. They have disappeared here about 10 000 years, leaving a desolate landscape, composed of arid pampas, deserts of salt and brackish water areas.

View of the Sugar Loaf and Rio.

Yaks wander in the Pamir mountains in Eastern Tajikistan, one of the most unexplored and isolated regions on Earth.

"Every river owns its source." African proverb

Amani village, one of the most important along the 150 km long cliff.

Largo do Pelourinho is a historic neighborhood located in the western zone of Salvador, Brazil. It was the city's center during the Portuguese Colonial Period, and was named for the whipping post (Pelourinho means Pillory) in its central plaza where African slaves received punishment for various infractions, as well as for disciplinary purposes.

Varanasi stands among my top 5 places. I can say that it is in Varanasi, when I was discovering this eternal and so inspiring city for the first time, that I realized I wanted to use my camera as a witness of all my experiences and discoveries. To share them later with the maximum people possible.

Djenné is undoubtedly the most beautiful city in Mali. Known around the world, its imposing mud mosque is classified by UNESCO as World Heritage of Humanity. Djenné has the appearance of a large village. People move around on foot, by scooter or on carts pulled by a donkey. Only a few tarps are allowed on the main square, for those arriving or leaving the city.

Always BE WELCOME – Here is a picture taken in a little restaurant near Pokhara, Nepal. Travelling the world is about, inter alia, breaking your own barriers and meeting people with your mind and heart wide open. And I must honestly say that in all the places I have visited, I have always felt at ease and warmly welcomed.

Blu mural on an old abandoned factory in Cuvrystraße in Kreuzberg, along the Spree. Blu is an urban artist originally from Bologna, Italy. He traveled the globe (Sao Paulo, Berlin, Rome, Madrid, Belfast, Malta, Gaza, Mexico, Guatemala City, Managua, Costa Rica ...) looking for walls to paint. He spreads his art wherever he goes.

“Life is a journey and not a destination”, Buddhist quote.

In the village, West Manhattan, NY.

Travelling the world is stepping out of your comfort zone, being ready to embrace the unknown.

Brazil.