Environmental Graffiti

The Buddhist Monastery that Rises 2,500ft from a Gigantic Lava Plug

Rising majestically out of the plains of central Burma, 2,417 feet up in the air atop an ancient, sheer-sided volcanic plug, the Buddhist monastery of Popa Taungkalat surveys the surrounding scene. An amazing example of a human construction merged organically with its natural setting, Taung Kalat also draws thousands of pilgrims each year because of its great spiritual significance.

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Precariously Loaded Trucks

If you have ever travelled in areas of the world where, how should we say, truck limits and loads are not taken that seriously, you might be familiar with the strange, gravity-defying sights that are to follow. We hope you've strapped yourself in properly as you're in for a bumpy ride. Here’s our Top 10 of precariously loaded trucks.

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The Sea Gypsies of the Andaman Sea

They may look like regular folks frolicking in the water on a hot summer's day, but they're really much more remarkable than that. They're the Moken, a people who are born, live and die traveling the Andaman Sea around Southern Thailand and Burma. They can dive up to an incredible depth of 75 feet with only a pair of goggles, and they know how to read the signs of the mighty ocean, enabling them to find higher ground before anyone else knew that the 2004 Tsunami would hit.

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