29 Photos That Will Awaken Your Inner Explorer

If you can't visit these places yourself, here's the next best thing!

The world is just awesome, and there are some photographers who are lucky enough to live in and travel to these astonishing places. If you can't visit these places yourself, here's the next best thing!

1. An ice cave in Iceland

2. Leshan Giant Buddha, Sichuan Province, China

3. The Wave in Paria Canyon-Vermillion Cliffs Wilderness

4. Vatna Glacier, Iceland

5. Yee Peng Lantern Festival in Chiang Mai, Thailand

6. Tham Lod Cave, Thailand

7. Painted Hills, Oregon

8. In the Bagan clouds

9. Toroweep Point, Grand Canyon

10. Tham Lod, Thailand

11. How about just camping under the stars in Sardinia?

12. Batu Caves, Malaysia

13. Heart Reef, Great Barrier Reef, Australia

14. Hot air balloon rides in Cappadocia, Turkey


16. The mystical salt flats of Salar de Uyuni in Bolivia

17. Cave exploring in Hang En, Vietnam

18. "Caminito del Rey" in El Chorro, Spain is the most dangerous hiking route in the world today due to its lack of solid infrastructure.

19. Hiking on Mount Mangart in Slovenia

20. Swim in a lake of stingless jellyfish in Micronesia

21. Sar Agh Syed village in Iran


23. Close calls in Bangkok, Thailand

24. Tiger Temple in Kanchanaburi, Thailand


26. Perhaps the world's most densely occupied island by infrastructure found in Lake Bled, Slovenia.

27. Witness the Kangtega Peak in Nepal

28. Go down under - way down.

