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You can hear the Falls before you’re even close to seeing them. A gentle murmur slowly transitioning to a deafening roar as a fine mist generated from the world’s largest…

Monstrous tree trunks rise 50 meters in to the sky, giant luminescent insects cling to sprawling vegetation and skeletal branches pulsate light in ever-changing shades of red, blue and green.…

With over 12,000 temples registered across the country, it’s fair to say that religion plays a vital role in everyday life in Taiwan, China. In terms of pure numbers, Taiwan…

It’s a strange time to be a travel writer. With most of us having cancelled travel plans, our focus has turned to things much closer to home, including the financial…

Having been to Benin on more occasions then I’d care to count, over the last couple of years I’ve started to explore regional travel options from which Cotonou, Benin’s commercial…

It happens to the best of us: you spend months researching holiday destinations and tourist attractions. You sit at your computer fawning over photos you see online of picture-perfect vistas…

The ancient Phoenician city of Carthage is arguably the first thing on most people’s list of things to do in Tunisia, North Africa. Although today’s Carthage is the retreat of…

Although I’ll make the occasional trip to the zoo, from a photography perspective I’m not much of a fan. There’s just no thrill in photographing a ‘wild’ animal in an…

For most, the thought of visiting Chicago between November and April is enough to send a shiver down the spine, both figuratively and literally. And it’s true, Chicago in the…

In case you missed it, last month was a milestone for Take Photos Leave Footprints as we expanded our online content into hard copy with our Friends at the Old…