Hallsands: The Village That Fell Into The Sea
Kaushik Patowary
Jul 9, 2018
The island of Great Britain is shrinking. Every year several feet of land is washed away by the pounding waves of the Atlantic Ocean. Every ...
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Ko Panyi: Thailand’s Floating Village
Kaushik Patowary
May 23, 2018
Aerial view of Ko Panyi, fishing village in Phang Nga Province, Thailand. Photo credit: roadlessandy/instagram In a sheltered bay in south...
The Fortified Villages of Khevsureti
Kaushik Patowary
Dec 28, 2017
Tucked away in the Caucasus Mountains in the north of Georgia, is the historic province of Khevsureti. Its men were once renowned in martial...
The Water Village of Kampong Ayer
Kaushik Patowary
Mar 14, 2016
On the banks of Brunei River, which flows through Brunei's capital city Bandar Seri Begawan, is a settlement consisting of 42 contiguous...
The Urban Villages of China
Kaushik Patowary
Feb 25, 2016
Over the last four decades, China has experienced rapid urban growth and massive rural to urban migration. Between the late seventies to the...
The Fortified Towns of M'Zab Valley
Kaushik Patowary
Jul 24, 2015
MʾZab is a deep, narrow oasis valley located within the Sahara, consisting of five walled towns, about 600 km south of Algiers, the capital ...
The Mud Brick Villages of Wadi Hadramaut and Wadi Dawan
Kaushik Patowary
May 2, 2015
Yemen in a desert country located on the southern tip of the Arabian Peninsula, bordered by the Red Sea and the Bab-el-Mandeb Strait in the ...
Furore: An Italian Village Hidden in a Fjord
Kaushik Patowary
Apr 21, 2015
Furore is a small village located in the Coast of Amalfi, in the province of Salerno in the Campania region of south-western Italy. A long t...
Cabo Polonio: An Idyllic Tourist Village Without Electricity, Running Water or TV
Kaushik Patowary
Apr 15, 2015
Cabo Polonio is a small beach village located at the tip of a sliver of sand jutting out into the Atlantic Ocean in the eastern coast of Uru...
The Recursive Model Villages of Bourton-on-the-Water
Kaushik Patowary
Apr 15, 2015
Bourton-on-the-Water is a village and civil parish in Gloucestershire, England that lies on a wide flat vale within the “Cotswolds Area of O...
Supai: An Isolated Indian Village Inside the Grand Canyon
Kaushik Patowary
Mar 30, 2015
Despite being one of the most visited places in the United States, the Grand Canyon area in Arizona, still holds secrets. One of these is th...
The Eroding Alaskan Village of Shishmaref
Kaushik Patowary
Jan 28, 2015
Shishmaref is a small village of about 600 people located on Sarichef Island in the Chukchi Sea, just north of the Bering Strait and five mi...
The Fishing Village of Al Max, Alexandria
Kaushik Patowary
Dec 15, 2014
Al Max (also spelled El Max) is one of the neighbourhoods of the city of Alexandria in Egypt, located in the Department of Amriya district i...
Castellfollit de la Roca, The Hanging Town
Kaushik Patowary
Nov 4, 2014
Castellfollit de la Roca is one of the most picturesque villages in the autonomous community of Catalonia, in Spain. The village is situated...
Darra Adam Khel: The Village of Illegal Gun Manufacturers
Kaushik Patowary
Sep 25, 2014
Darra Adam Khel is a small village in the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province of Pakistan, located between the city of Peshawar and Kohat. An unkemp...
The Historic Village of Masouleh
Kaushik Patowary
Aug 2, 2014
The village of Masouleh is located in Gilan Province, in Iran, perched high on a densely forested mountainside about 60 kilometers inland fr...
