As you can tell from my photos, I'm one lucky guy. I get paid to travel the world and capture remarkable images, to illustrate some remarkable stories. As a travel writer, I've been published in newspapers around the world, and now I'm a travel writer on TV too, as host of the OLN/National Geographic series Word Travels.

If you like these images, there are hundreds more from over 50 countries on my website, http://www.moderngonzo.com. To find out more about my TV show, visit www.wordtravels.tv.

I hope you enjoy these pics as much as I enjoyed taking them!