Island | Michael Hoffman Photography

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April 14, 2019

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Canarias

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featured, fuerteventura, Island, nature, photography, Spain, Travel, Travelling

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Travelling Fuerteventura

Traveling Fuerteventura, you discover primarily barren and dry land, but still, there is a lot going on. The goats, for example, roam many parts of the island and provide milk for one of the culinary specialties here, goat cheese. Also, there are beautiful old windmills to find, and if you dig more deeply, nature becomes more and more diverse, with sandy beaches and more mountainous regions. It’s worth it to travel to the inner part of Fuerteventura as well, as enchanting as the coast often is.

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April 12, 2019

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Canarias

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featured, fuerteventura, Island, lighthouse, nature, photography, Spain, sunset, Travel

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The Lighthouse at the End of the Road

At the end of the road, there was a lighthouse in red and white. In the midst of nothing, it stood, withstanding all the island’s winds and sands and shining in the sunset when the time came.

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April 5, 2019

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Canarias

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featured, fuerteventura, Island, nature, photography, Spain, Travel, waves, wildlife

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Island of Strong Winds

The island of Fuerteventura is well known for the strong winds hitting it frequently and making for solid waves. These circumstances were not very favorable to seafarers but are very welcome today to many birds living on the island and to the surfers visiting it for the waves. In fact, the name of the land itself, Fuerteventura, points to this natural phenomenon as it means nothing else than solid wind.

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December 30, 2015

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Portugal

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acores, azores, Backpacking, exploring, featured, green, Island, life, nature, night, portugal, portuguese, saomiguel, Sky, sunset, Travel

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São Miguel

The island of São Miguel is part of the Azores archipelago in the Atlantic Ocean. In contrast to other islands situated west of Europe, like Madeira or the Canary Islands, the Azores are not tropical but look much more like Ireland. Cows and green grass everywhere! I had a chance to visit this beautiful piece of land back in early April and already posted some pictures in June. But there are more of them on my drive; some of them show off the beauty of the island quite well – so I thought I would give all of us (well, all of us who live in the Northern Hemisphere) a break from grim winter and put these on the internet. I wish you all a good Sylvester party and a happy New Year! See you again in January.

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May 29, 2015

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Cyprus

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Architecture, Backpacking, cat, Cathedral, church, cyprus, discover, featured, gothic, islam, Island, mosque, sea, streetphotography, Travel

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Discovering Cyprus

The last time Cyprus was featured was about a divided island. Though the political situation is complicated, I recommend visiting both parts of the island. So, I won’t differentiate between the Turkish and the Greek parts in the following gallery. Pictures 5, 6, and 7 need some background: After the Ottoman conquest of Cyprus, former Gothic Cathedrals were converted into Mosques. Interestingly, some were not destroyed, and only minor changes were made (like the destruction of angel figures due to the ban on images in Islam). The altar was displaced within the church so the believers could pray in the direction of Mekka. According to Ottoman traditions, the former Cathedrals had carpets, and the inner church was painted white. Though inside as well as outside, you still see the Christian heritage. The clean and bright style of Islamic religious decoration combined with the dark and gothic severe style makes for a thoroughly fascinating combination.

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January 14, 2014

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Greece

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Architecture, Backpacking, cat, cats, Colors, featured, Greece, griechenland, Island, life, Mykonos, nature, people, photography, pictures, sea, Ships, Sky, summer, sunset, Travel

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Greek Series: Mykonos Part I

This post is part of the so-called “Greek Series”, consisting of photographs shot while I was backpacking Greece in September 2013. You’ll find a basic introduction to the series here and a list of all previous posts over here.

So you may wonder how we got from Nauplia to Mykonos. The truth is we didn’t, at least not directly. Mykonos was actually one of the last destinations on our journey. Before we embarked on a ferry to the islands, we traveled around mainland Greece quite extensively. But for today, I skipped the Peloponnes because the weather there was not always perfect, and as much as I like archeological stuff and hilly landscapes, I think the blog and I myself needed a bit of summer island feeling in these (more or less) harsh and dark winter days. And that we definitively had on Mykonos. Still, there is a lot to cover on the Peloponnes, and many shots are left, so next time we come back to mainland Greece again. But for now, I hope you enjoy beautiful Mykonos as I saw it.