Wanderlust Magazine has to be the best travel magazine in the UK, and not just because I am their regular photography correspondent. It is a magazine for actual travellers, not a luxurious pseudo style guide for the sort of people who think that travel is a fashion statement and that the only locals they want to meet are wearing purple waistcoat, carry a tray of cocktails and calling them ‘baaas’.

In the latest issue they celebrate the 40th anniversary of the Summer of Love, writing about the overland trail from London to Katmandu. Other highlights include trekking in the Rif Mountains of Morocco, bear watching in Canada and an in-depth round up of Bolivia.

So why big up a UK magazine on an international blog? Well there is a great inducement for international subscribers to this great magazine. Wanderlust have just launched their Travel Photograph of the Year competition for 2007, and international subscribers are eligible. There are four amateur categories where you can win one of four trips to Australia, and a portfolio competition (which is open to both pros and amateurs) where the prize is a massize £5000. That is a colossal 10,000 American roubles! (Sorry - couldn’t resist), which is double the cash prize of any competing UK competition!

There are more details on the Wanderlust site. Good luck!

© Steve Davey 2007

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