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My Ten Most Interesting Photos on Flickr

By Tom | Published: August 23, 2010
Flickr is a fant­astic photo archiv­ing solu­tion, espe­cially for the trav­el­ler. But the real bene­fit of Flickr is the com­munity that’s shaped the net­work over the years since it was launched. Now, a whole Flickr cul­ture exists, with thriv­ing sub-communities for any sub­ject you might ima­gine. Par­ti­cip­a­tion is encour­aged, and the best shots tend to [...]
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My First Panorama — Lake Khovsgol, Mongolia

By Tom | Published: August 19, 2010
I’ve been exper­i­ment­ing again… But the small ver­sion doesn’t do it justice. Have a look at a slightly big­ger size.
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5 Top Reads From Last Year

By Tom | Published: August 16, 2010
I’ve been read­ing through some of the older posts I made while on the road in the Middle East and Africa. Let’s face it, they’re far more inter­est­ing than the prac­tical advice I’ve been try­ing to dish out recently — you can’t beat a bit of vicari­ous adven­ture! And this was one of the most [...]
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Four Spectacular Moments From Mongolia

By Tom | Published: July 16, 2010
These com­pos­ite shots are from moments dur­ing my time in Mon­go­lia when I made a spe­cial effort to cap­ture the essence of the land­scape and the atmosphere. You can be the judge of how suc­cess­ful I was!
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Mongolia: The Cream Of Adventure Cycle-Touring

By Tom | Published: July 3, 2010
In 2006, Andy and I took our mountain-bikes up to Inverness and spent a week rid­ing an off-road route to Fort Wil­liam, which we had put together from detailed Ordin­ance Sur­vey maps. We made a lot of mis­takes — car­ry­ing all of our kit in heavy back­packs, rely­ing for a good night’s sleep on a [...]
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