The Best of the
Slow Road
Overwhelmed by the amount of information on this site? Here are some of our favorite photos and posts and “Top 6” lists of our favorite places.
Photo Essays
Favorite Posts
Best-of Lists
(in no particular order)
Favorite Festivals
Semana Santa processions, Andalusia, Spain
Tonle Sap water festival, Siem Riep, Cambodia
Artisan gelato festival, Palermo, Sicily
Hungry Ghost festival, Penang, Malaysia
Day of the Virgin of Guadalupe, Oaxaca, Mexico
Gay Pride anywhere!
Favorite Cities
Seville, Spain
Ghent, Belgium
Georgetown, Penang, Malaysia
Washington, DC, USA
Paris, France
Oaxaca, Mexico
Favorite Natural Wonders
Kuang Si waterfalls, near Luang Prabang, Laos
The Alps, central Europe
Phong Nha caves, Vietnam
Skocjan caves, Slovenia
Gran cenote, Tulum, Mexico
Giant redwood forests, California, USA
Favorite Animal Parks
Smithsonian National Zoo, Washington, DC, USA
Kuala Lumpur Bird Park, Malaysia
Bern Zoo, Switzerland
Cincinnati Zoo, USA
Favorite Snorkeling Spots
Apo Island, Philippines
Great Barrier Reef, Australia
Bunaken Island, Sulawesi, Indonesia
West Bay Wall, Roatan, Honduras
Jemeluk and Menjangan Island, Bali, Indonesia
Moalboal, Cebu, Philippines
Favorite Art Museums
Villa Borghese and Vatican Museums, Rome
Louvre and Musee d’Orsay, Paris
Uffizi, Florence
Islamic Arts Museum of Malaysia, Kuala Lumpur
National Gallery, Washington, DC, USA
Picasso Museum of Malaga, Spain
Favorite Cultural Museums
Estonian Open-Air Museum, Tallinn
Slovene Ethnographic Museum, Ljubljana
Vietnamese Women’s Museum and Vietnam Museum of Ethnology, Hanoi
Swiss Open-Air Museum, Ballenberg
National Museum and Orang Asli Crafts Museum, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Workshops at Museum Puri Lukisan, Ubud, Bali
Favorite Buildings
The Alhambra, Granada, Spain
St. Peter’s Basilica, Vatican City
Wat Phra Kaew, Bangkok, Thailand
Pisa Cathedral, Italy
Gardens by the Bay, Singapore
Bayon temple, Angkor complex, Cambodia
Favorite Beaches
Koh Ngai, Thailand
Sunrise Beach, Koh Lipe, Thailand
Sugar Beach, Sipalay, Negros, Philippines
Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore, Michigan, USA
Ruby Beach, Washington State, USA
West Bay Beach, Roatan, Honduras