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A Postcard From India A journey from Delhi to the ancient cities of Jaipur, Johdpur, Udaipur and Jalesmere in Rajasthan. Wide selection of images available. If you would like to purchase this story or similar, submit via the form.

AN ELEPHANT SANCTUARY Karen Halabi reports from an elephant sanctuary in the remote hills north of Chiang Mai, Thailand, where an Elephant Nature Park and the woman who runs it, are attracting international attention.

Big Golden Mountain In the Victorian gold rush city of Bendigo, Russell Jack, Chinese Australian community leader, has never let the lack of a few million stand between him and his vision. The museum that Jack built is home to the world's oldest and longest Chinese imperial dragons.

Birching in the banya Some time after midnight. Three naked males, the others virtual strangers to me, are sweating profusely in the 80-degree heat of a Russian banya or bathhouse. One grabs a swatch of aromatic birch branches and starts systematically beating another. This is male bonding, Russian style.

Byron Bay - a town from another planet? Visitors to Byron Bay, the most easterly town on the world's most easterly continent, sometimes wonder if they are still on planet earth.

Cambodia: Confronting the demons… Phnom Penh tour guide Bun Nguon knows every step of the bone-shaking road journey from the capital up Route 5 to Battambang: from the Khmer Rouge labour camps of the Cardamom Mountains he trudged 400 kilometres home and pick up the pieces of his life.

Coober Pedy - River of Illusions The deserts of northern South Australia produce most of the world's precious opal, gouged out of the ground by ruggedly-independent miners.

Don’t worry, be happy in Havana, Cuba As Fidel Castro fades from the Cuban stage, now is the best time to visit

Finding Dylan Thomas in Old South Wales You don't have to go searching for Dylan Thomas in Old South Wales. Quite the contrary - Dylan Thomas will come looking for YOU.

From JJJ to AAA: Dundee re-invents itself Scotland's waterfront city of Dundee used to be known as “the city of jute, jam and journalism”. Now. all this has changed

Ghana takes its music to the world Ghanaian drumming and dancing are the biggest things on the world music stage

H.C. Who? Odense - the birthplace of famous Danish writer Hans Christian Andersen

Harpers Ferry: soul of a Nation Harpers Ferry village, today so peaceful, was in the 1800s the touch-stone for events that launched the American Civil War.

Horsing around at the Ballinasloe Horse Fair The Ballinasloe Horse Fair in central Ireland is the oldest in Europe

In Kutch's clutches The human fabric of the remote Kutch region of Gujarat provides a dazzling spectacle.

In Search of Sir Hubert Australia’s “other” polar hero still remains something of a mystery to his hero-worshipping countrymen.

In the Footsteps of Harry Nanya Australia's legendary "Black Outlaw"

Killing time in Savusavu: Savusavu, on Fiji’s second biggest island Vanua Levu, is dressed to kill.

Lust for Dust - An Outback Gem Rummage through the rocks and pebbles around Rubyvale and you might just turn up a small fortune. Here in outback Queensland, the streets are paved, not with gold, but with emeralds, rubies and sapphires. Share a yarn with the drifters and fossickers who came for a weekend and stayed for life.

Luxury, Majesty and Tragedy - The Great German Airships Relive the romance and grandeur of the mighty German airships - and their spectacular fall from grace.

Making a difference The efforts of one extraordinary teacher are bringing hope to one of Australia's most disadvantaged communities

Making The Cut No customer is too picky for this boutique butcher in an unlikely corner of London's East End

Making trails through the Aube Art and nature make for a heady mix in eastern France

Meeting the Maharajah Maharao Sri Pragmal Sinhji III is the 19th in a lineage of maharajas who have governed the remote Rann of Kutch for the last four hundred years. He makes some pithy remarks on current world problems, including terrorism.

Melbourne - from the Bizarre to the Surreal Melbourne's street art sometimes has visitors wondering whether it's their eyes or Melbourne itself that is playing tricks on them.

New views from Koh Samui Tourist Police or policing the tourists?

On Basque Time A gourmet tour through France's Basque Country reveals more than just sensory delights

Rishikesh, yoga capital of the earthly firmament 1968: 'Fab Four' seek eastern wisdom at Rishikesh, joined by a young Canadian photographer

Seeing the Landscape The art of Australian Aboriginal artist Albert Namatjira

Soweto Uplifting Although much has changed in South Africa since the breakdown of apartheid, I'll wager most of Soweto is pretty much as it's always been - a hot, motley, dusty settlement for struggling black Africans.

The case of the disappearing hotel The west coast village of Tiendanique, in New Caledonia, is the birthplace and home village of Jean-Marie Tjibaou, architect of Kanak independence.

The Chieftain of Skull Island The chieftain of Kundu Hite (Skull Island) in the Solomon Islands is last in a long line of headhunters

The Gardens of Monaco This tiny principality, home to the rich and infamous, seems determined to show that it still has plenty of "green space"

The Mushrooming of Africa The son of Zambia’s first President Kenneth Kaunda reminisces about his days growing up at "The Mushroom House", where Africa's history was shaped

Tito and me A "meeting" with the ex-President of Yugoslavia

Turtle Island: A man and his dream Fiji’s exclusive Turtle Island hideaway came into being through one man’s journey of self-discovery.

Wal's Place Tableland retreat of an Australian artist still bears his unmistakeable imprint

Walhalla's Golden Glories What is it about this remote Victorian community with its handful of residents?

Wrangel Island: isolation, desolation and tragedy Wrangel Island is an enigmatic landmass trapped in the fringes of the permanent Arctic ice pack. Born out of legend and maintained by tales of hardship, endurance and tragedy its apparently austere appearance hides a UNESCO World Heritage-listed, self-contained island ecosystem.