Fjallfoss – known popularly as Dynjandi, meaning “thunderous” in Icelandic – is perhaps the most beautiful waterfall in Iceland and has been likened to a tiered wedding cake. It is located in the Westfjords region near Arnarfjörður. This photograph was taken tonight just before midnight here in Iceland.
These are photographs from the volcanic region of Mývatn in northern Iceland. In the first image, the peaks of Námafjall are circumscribed by a section of the Ring Road. Steam is seen rising from vents in the earth in this highly active geothermal area. One evening around sundown we stumbled into a dreamscape…
Krýsuvíkurbjarg, one of the great bird cliffs of Iceland in the Reykjanes Peninsula in the southwest, is seen here on a muted Autumn morning. Come summer and the cliff is transformed into a multistoried avian city teeming with bird life that has to be seen to be believed. My guide Börkur Hrólfsson (Iceland’s finest)…
Happy Easter to all! The Igreja de Nossa Senhora da Imaculada Conceição (1541) is among Panjim‘s signature sights, an obligatory photo stop for every visitor to the city. It was not long ago (when Panjim was still a world-class city) that the Church Square and its surrounds were a pedestrian’s delight, a vibrant evening hangout…
Azad Maidan is the square in the heart of Panjim, originally conceived by the Portuguese as the Largo Afonso de Albuquerque. A brass memorial to the great Goan freedom fighter Dr. Tristão de Braganza Cunha (1891-1958) now occupies its geometric centre. This window to the sky is one of the city’s vital organs, essential to…
