HomeTravel BlogsLooking Down From The Top of The World: In Photos Micki Kosman February 21, 2014 Travel Blogs, Travel Photos 18 000131261 “The world is full of magic things, patiently waiting for our senses to grow sharper.” ― W.B. Yeats Travel, by its very nature, is all about a switch in perspective. When we’re in unfamiliar territory, things that seemed incredibly important in our everyday lives can suddenly seem trivial. And things that were trivial to us in our day-to-day lives (like a comfortable bed, or a good meal) are suddenly cherished. So I was thrilled when our fellow travel bloggers (and genuinely awesome people) Heidi and Alan at Wagoner’s Abroad tagged us in an Across The Rooftops photo challenge, first started by Marianne from the East of Málaga blog. From the post The Best of Lisbon 10 Things You Shouldn’t Miss Looking down over the Tagus River Searching out a great vantage point, and gazing out over the rooftops is one of my favorite ways to play with perspective when we go somewhere new. It’s always a bit disorienting to see a city from up high, but that’s the joy of it, I think. Here are a few of my favorite places in the world to look down across the rooftops. From our article Falling in Love with Porto: In Photos Looking down from the hills above the Duoro river Porto’s Ribeira district from the Dom Luis Bridge Taken from Walking the Cold Walls of Avila and Enjoying the Sunshine Looking down on the newer section of Avila, Spain From our post This Should Be On Your Bucket List: A Hot Air Balloon Ride Over The Cave Houses Of Cappadocia Taken from our hot air balloon basket: Ortahisar Castle and abandoned Cave Houses From the article VIDEO: Hot Air Ballooning with Butterfly Balloons in Goreme Turkey Photo taken in Toronto, Canada, in early 2013. Skyline in Toronto, Canada From our post Petronas Towers in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia View of KLCC Park from Petronas Towers Skybridge, Kuala Lumpur From our article A Tour of Morocco Through our iPhone Lens Looking down on the valley at Ait Benhaddou Morocco We hope you enjoyed! 000131261 18 Responses Jen February 21, 2014 Great post! The first thing I do whenever I arriving in a new city, town or region is find out if there is a good vantage point to view the city from. This has given me some pretty awesome views In my time. Jen recently posted..Amsterdam in Pictures Reply Heidi @WagonersAbroad February 21, 2014 Love it! I knew you would have incredible photos and of course you delivered. The hot air balloon ride view is great. Heidi @WagonersAbroad recently posted..Ahhhhh! At The Spa In Almuñécar Spain Reply Micki Kosman February 27, 2014 🙂 Thanks, Heidi. I have to admit it took some serious scouring through our files to dig these up. Ah, someday I’ll have my photos all organized … Reply lyn barden February 22, 2014 I was amazed to see so many hot air balloons in the air in one place. Talk about a crowded sky? The terrain was really interesting. The hilly peaks looked like our giant ant hills in the northern territory of Australia. I’m fascinated by the castle and caves, great photo. I also have a passion for places and rooftops. Nothing like a view over rooftops. thanks found your post really interesting. lyn barden recently posted..Port of Shanghai – Jin Mao Skywalk Reply Micki Kosman February 27, 2014 lyn, yes, it was pretty crowded in the sky over Göreme. We counted around 80 balloons in the air that day! Reply Marianne February 22, 2014 Wow! You’ve captured some fabulous rooftops, haven’t you? I was amazed how colourful the rooftops and buildings were in Portugal when we visited last October. It must be AMAZING to take a hot air balloon over the cave houses of Cappadocia. That’s definitely on MY Bucket List! Marianne recently posted..Bicycle, Bicycle, Bicycle …. I want to ride my bicycle Reply Carmen February 23, 2014 Love this post! We´re in Copacabana in Bolivia at the moment and our hostel is on a hill that overlooks the city – it reminds me of these photos! Carmen recently posted..Australian travel – why’s it sometimes in a bubble? Reply Micki Kosman February 27, 2014 Oh, interesting, I’d never even heard of Copacabana – in Bolivia – before. What a lovely city! Though now I have Barry Manilow’s Copacabana going through my head 🙂 Reply Mary @ Green Global Travel February 23, 2014 These photos are absolutely stunning! I’m glad you enjoyed your hot air balloon ride! Thanks for sharing. Mary @ Green Global Travel recently posted..Pitch Your Park! Rangers Plug Six of the Best US National Parks Reply Pawel February 24, 2014 A hot air balloon flight over Cappadocia? How cool is that!!!! Great post! Pawel recently posted..Weekly featured photo – February 12, 2014 Reply Turner February 24, 2014 Great aerials. I am thinking about buying one of those new drones to get these kind of shots. But then again, I suck with photos regardless, so it would probably turn out looking like a blurred pic of a dumpster. Oh well – I will leave it yo you guys. Turner recently posted..What the F*ck am I going to do after college? 14 ideas to help you escape dying in a cubicle Reply Micki Kosman February 27, 2014 Yeah, I have to admit that it’s been a long, hard struggle with photography over here, too. It’s taken quite a few years and a lot of sweat and I still have a lot to learn. Love the drone idea… I’d probably use mine to fly over to the local donair place for takeout. Reply Elena February 24, 2014 Lovely- I especially love the photo of the cave houses from the hot air balloon! Elena recently posted..How to Travel Better: Take a Walk and Eat in Strip Malls Reply Hitch-Hikers Handbook February 25, 2014 Lovely photos! Especially those from Porto, it’s such a stunning city! We would like to invite you to participate in the next edition of our Travel Photography competition. Every week we publish 3 winning shots on our website and write a nice bio with a link to the photographers’ websites/FB/Flickr pages. Happy travels! Hitch-Hikers Handbook recently posted..14 Stunning destinations to visit on our Long Way Home trip Reply william March 17, 2014 Really Nice Pictures, very well taken, I like Kuala Lampur photo from the top. Reply Wandering Educators July 8, 2014 Very cool photos!! Wandering Educators recently posted..Empress of the Night Author Eva Stachniak on Writing, Travel, and Inspiration Reply Ann July 9, 2014 Wow! Great photos. I especially love the ones from Porto. Ann recently posted..Airport Code Journaling Cards Reply Shelly July 9, 2014 What a cool post! Love the photos 😉 Shelly recently posted..Jurassic Pilgrimage: Visiting Dinosaur National Monument with Kids Reply Leave a Reply Cancel Reply Your email address will not be published.CommentName* Email* Website you MUST enable javascript to be able to comment
Jen February 21, 2014 Great post! The first thing I do whenever I arriving in a new city, town or region is find out if there is a good vantage point to view the city from. This has given me some pretty awesome views In my time. Jen recently posted..Amsterdam in Pictures Reply
Heidi @WagonersAbroad February 21, 2014 Love it! I knew you would have incredible photos and of course you delivered. The hot air balloon ride view is great. Heidi @WagonersAbroad recently posted..Ahhhhh! At The Spa In Almuñécar Spain Reply
Micki Kosman February 27, 2014 🙂 Thanks, Heidi. I have to admit it took some serious scouring through our files to dig these up. Ah, someday I’ll have my photos all organized … Reply
lyn barden February 22, 2014 I was amazed to see so many hot air balloons in the air in one place. Talk about a crowded sky? The terrain was really interesting. The hilly peaks looked like our giant ant hills in the northern territory of Australia. I’m fascinated by the castle and caves, great photo. I also have a passion for places and rooftops. Nothing like a view over rooftops. thanks found your post really interesting. lyn barden recently posted..Port of Shanghai – Jin Mao Skywalk Reply
Micki Kosman February 27, 2014 lyn, yes, it was pretty crowded in the sky over Göreme. We counted around 80 balloons in the air that day! Reply
Marianne February 22, 2014 Wow! You’ve captured some fabulous rooftops, haven’t you? I was amazed how colourful the rooftops and buildings were in Portugal when we visited last October. It must be AMAZING to take a hot air balloon over the cave houses of Cappadocia. That’s definitely on MY Bucket List! Marianne recently posted..Bicycle, Bicycle, Bicycle …. I want to ride my bicycle Reply
Carmen February 23, 2014 Love this post! We´re in Copacabana in Bolivia at the moment and our hostel is on a hill that overlooks the city – it reminds me of these photos! Carmen recently posted..Australian travel – why’s it sometimes in a bubble? Reply
Micki Kosman February 27, 2014 Oh, interesting, I’d never even heard of Copacabana – in Bolivia – before. What a lovely city! Though now I have Barry Manilow’s Copacabana going through my head 🙂 Reply
Mary @ Green Global Travel February 23, 2014 These photos are absolutely stunning! I’m glad you enjoyed your hot air balloon ride! Thanks for sharing. Mary @ Green Global Travel recently posted..Pitch Your Park! Rangers Plug Six of the Best US National Parks Reply
Pawel February 24, 2014 A hot air balloon flight over Cappadocia? How cool is that!!!! Great post! Pawel recently posted..Weekly featured photo – February 12, 2014 Reply
Turner February 24, 2014 Great aerials. I am thinking about buying one of those new drones to get these kind of shots. But then again, I suck with photos regardless, so it would probably turn out looking like a blurred pic of a dumpster. Oh well – I will leave it yo you guys. Turner recently posted..What the F*ck am I going to do after college? 14 ideas to help you escape dying in a cubicle Reply
Micki Kosman February 27, 2014 Yeah, I have to admit that it’s been a long, hard struggle with photography over here, too. It’s taken quite a few years and a lot of sweat and I still have a lot to learn. Love the drone idea… I’d probably use mine to fly over to the local donair place for takeout. Reply
Elena February 24, 2014 Lovely- I especially love the photo of the cave houses from the hot air balloon! Elena recently posted..How to Travel Better: Take a Walk and Eat in Strip Malls Reply
Hitch-Hikers Handbook February 25, 2014 Lovely photos! Especially those from Porto, it’s such a stunning city! We would like to invite you to participate in the next edition of our Travel Photography competition. Every week we publish 3 winning shots on our website and write a nice bio with a link to the photographers’ websites/FB/Flickr pages. Happy travels! Hitch-Hikers Handbook recently posted..14 Stunning destinations to visit on our Long Way Home trip Reply
william March 17, 2014 Really Nice Pictures, very well taken, I like Kuala Lampur photo from the top. Reply
Wandering Educators July 8, 2014 Very cool photos!! Wandering Educators recently posted..Empress of the Night Author Eva Stachniak on Writing, Travel, and Inspiration Reply
Ann July 9, 2014 Wow! Great photos. I especially love the ones from Porto. Ann recently posted..Airport Code Journaling Cards Reply
Shelly July 9, 2014 What a cool post! Love the photos 😉 Shelly recently posted..Jurassic Pilgrimage: Visiting Dinosaur National Monument with Kids Reply
