World Travel Zone: Natural Wonders travel photos (our July competition winners)

August photo competition: Urban Spaces

The Indie Travel Podcast photo competition for August is now live! The theme: Urban Spaces.

First prize: US$100 of Marriott Vouchers or 4x Rough Guide books, posted to you anywhere in the world. VoucherCodes.co.uk provided this prize – you can check out all their travel vouchers here.

Second prize: A copy of Ralph Velasco’s Ralph Velasco On Travel Photography: 101 Tips for Developing Your Photographic Eye & More.

Both winners will also get a copy of Travelling Europe and Art of Solo Travel.

You can read the full terms and enter on Facebook.

Winners for July! Natural Wonders

First place went to Troy Floyd for this stunning image of the Thermal Hot Springs in Santa Rosa, Colombia. He says, “One of the most beautiful waterfalls I have ever seen and the thermal pools are to die for!”

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Thermal Hot Springs in Santa Rosa, Colombia -- Winner of the Natural Wonders photo competition

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Second place went to Spencer Quong, with the Emerald Lake off of Kachemak Bay near Homer Alaska — a great place to meet bears. Spencer used a point-and-click to take this beauty, but he had to wait over two hours to take it as a plane took off and disturbed the water!

He writes:

If you’re visiting Homer Alaska, Kachemak Bay State Park is beautiful park where you can walk almost right up to a glacier. You can take a water taxi from Homer for the day or short backpack. However, you should keep an eye out for bears as I encountered a mother and her two cubs on my way back from Emerald Lake where I took this photo. Here’s a short story on that meeting.