Travel

Human Planet
Look out for Human Planet from the BBC, "an awe-inspiring, jaw-dropping, heart-stopping landmark series that marvels at mankind's incredible relationship with nature in the world today."

Last Hippie Standing
A documentary on Goa, "the hippie paradise of the 60s", with interesting footage from that period, including their wild parties and the Anjuna flea market.

Ithaca by Cavafy
Sean Connery's marvelous reading of Ithaca, the gorgeous poem by CP Cavafy (translated from the Greek).

Amazon Rainforest, Ecuador
A journey into El Oriente, the rainforest region in the Upper Amazon Basin of Ecuador

The Art of Borobudur
The world's largest and 1200 years old Buddhist monument located near the city of Jogjakarta on the island of Java, Indonesia.

A Folk Singer from Himachal
He sings in a language called Pahari in the highlands of Khajjiar, Himachal Pradesh, India.

Numen Inest
"Divinity is Here", a slideshow of some of my best landscape photos set to music.

The Orangutans of Sumatra
A slideshow on the orangutan ("person of the forest"), the only great ape outside Africa

Kumbh Mela, India
The greatest of the Hindu pilgrimage festivals, the Kumbh Mela at Allahabad is a riverside religious fair held every 12 years at the confluence of the Ganga and the Yamuna.

White Desert, Egypt
Scenes from the hauntingly beautiful White Desert in the eastern Sahara, known for its otherworldly white chalk rock formations...

Ghost Town in the Levant
Quneitra was once a bustling town in the Golan Heights ... now it is a ghost town. Scenes from my visit to Quneitra, Syria, 2001. Music by Fairuz Wahdon.

Teotihuacan, Mexico City
In early first century CE, Teotihuacan was just a hamlet. Its population then grew as people from the Valley of Mexico began arriving there...

A Sunday in São Paulo
Wander the streets of the most energetic and cosmopolitan metropolis of Brazil.

Whirling Dervishes
Whirling dervishes performing at a restaurant in Damascus, Syria, 2001 (plus a titillating dinner buffet!)