“One day we realized that of the literally hundreds of thousands of images we had, some were so outstanding they deserved to be in a book of their own. All of them reminded us what an amazingly rich and diverse place the world is, and, most importantly, why we started travelling in the first place.”
– Martin Dunford, Rough Guide co- founder

Showcasing over 25 years of the best in Rough Guides’ travel photography, Earthbound  is the definitive photographic guide to the experience of travel in all its guises. From a chance encounter with a trinket-seller in Cuba to stumbling upon a local festival in Peru or the vivid saris of a family relaxing on Chowpatty Beach, the moments captured within this book are each worth more than a thousand words.

Packed with over 250 striking images, Earthbound also reveals the story behind the pictures through personal insights from the photographers alongside selected photos. Read first-hand accounts how they came to capture these exceptional moments in time. Rough Guides writers capture the experience of travel in all its guises; colourful festivals & celebrations; resorts & remote paradises; people at work & at play; powerful art & amazing architecture, unveiling the essence of a place, its people, its sights and monuments, its heart and soul. Ideal for the armchair traveller, photography enthusiast or seasoned adventurer looking for inspiration- must-have unique world photography that no-one should miss.

Earthbound won’t just inspire you with unique world photography but uses QR Codes, an innovative new technology, to instantly transport readers to the geographical location of the image on Google Maps through their mobile phones. QR codes (a type of bar code) next to each photograph can be scanned onto a mobile phone, PDA, or laptop link straight through to the image location on Google Maps.

Cool feature:

A QR code (most commonly used by iPhones and Blackberries to quickly exchange contact info) alongside each image can be scanned by any Smartphone to show on Google Maps exactly where each photograph was taken.

Click here to select and download the right software for your device.

iPhone users can also download QR apps directly via iTunes for free.
Click here to find out more.

Click on the images below for an upclose look at Earthbound.