My friend Rodrigo’s doorman lives in Vidigal favela in Rio de Janeiro. He told us it was safe to traverse the favela, with drone and SLR camera equipment, enroute to the climb up Dois Irmãos mountain, which overlooks Leblon and Ipanema beaches. This is the story of our morning including drone footage and sick photos.
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Towering outside Berlin in the Grunerwald forest is Teufelsberg, a 120m manmade mountain built from the rubble of World War 2. To understand how it got there, and its subsequent role as a US spy station in the Cold War, you need to understand some of Berlin’s uniquely messed-up history.
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I haven’t been snowboarding in a while, because I’m Australian and the snow here is pretty expensive and not that great. Of course, things get more tempting when a) there’s a big powder dump and b) I have a new Phantom 4 drone which needs to be flown. This video showcases some of the awesome scenery you can see and ski in the Australian Snowy Mountains, in and around Jindabyne and Thredbo resort. Enjoy.
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I visited the fairytale Neuschwanstein Castle in Bavaria, Germany, and got some sweet views of the stunning scenery. Some info about the history of the Palace, why it was built, how you can visit, and why its builder was mysteriously found dead.
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I visited the fairytale Neuschwanstein Castle in Bavaria, Germany with my Canon 6D, tripod and Phantom 4 drone. It was midsummer, sunny and stormy, and I captured the castle and surrounds from quite a few interesting angles you mightn’t have seen before.
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There’s something funny about me and cruises. They should suck, but somehow I always end up having a good time.
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Koreans love to party! I often rave about Korea and have been there about 4 or 5 times but hardly ever written about it. That changes now! Here’s a list of reasons why I think you should totally go.
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2016 marks 15 years since I went on my first backpacking trip to the US, Europe and Asia at 21. To celebrate, I put together a little compilation of experiences caught on camera from all of those years.
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As it turns out, I became a dad a couple weeks earlier than expected.
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Bassinets. Bouncers. Ladies walking with prams. Big tacky cars with baby signs. Baby formula in supermarket aisles. Debates about breastfeeding in public and government paid parental leave. These were all things that I previously filtered out of my everyday conscious as background noise. Now another world has opened up before me.
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