The story of two young men from opposite sides of the world who both appeared in the BBC’s Human Planet
Feb 10, 2011 | Categories:Photography, View the complete Archive | Tags: Africa, Altai Mountains, Asia, BBC, BBC Earth, BBC Human Planet, Discovery, eagle hunter, Ethiopia, Gelada Baboon, Human PLanet, Human Planet BBC, Kazakh, Mongolia, mountains life in thin air, Planeta Humano, Simien Mountains, Timothy Allen, Timothy Allen Photographer | 15 Comments »
Ethiopia …Traveling to remote places involves a certain degree of hardiness on the part of our film crews. Isolated communities rarely possess the means to support large groups of outsiders and consequently, on these journeys, all of us are spending quite a bit of time under canvas. The mountains of Northern Ethiopia were one such […]
Feb 24, 2009 | Categories:Comment, Travel, View the complete Archive | Tags: Africa, BBC, BBC Earth, BBC Human Planet, blogsherpa, camping, Ethiopia, Human PLanet, Human Planet BBC, Planeta Humano, remote, Simien Mountains, Timothy Allen | 1 Comment »
Ethiopia …This, my second trip to Ethiopia for Human Planet was my most memorable experience thus far. The simple reason for this was the lovely people we met there. Our time was spent with a family in a very remote settlement, a long way from the nearest road, high in the mountains. For the most […]
Feb 24, 2009 | Categories:Travel, View the complete Archive | Tags: Africa, BBC, BBC Earth, BBC Human Planet, blogsherpa, children, Ethiopia, girl, Human PLanet, Human Planet BBC, mountains, Planeta Humano, Simien Mountains, Timothy Allen, Zablon Beyene | Leave A Comment »
Ethiopia …It was September last year when we spent time filming with the Suri Tribe in Southern Ethiopia. Half a year on, and I still have one memory from my time there permanently imprinted in my mind. Well, on my body actually… and semi-permanently I think . Whilst we were there I had my shoulder […]
Feb 23, 2009 | Categories:Travel, View the complete Archive | Tags: Africa, BBC, BBC Earth, BBC Human Planet, blogsherpa, Ethiopia, Human PLanet, Human Planet BBC, Planeta Humano, scar, scar tattoo, Suri, Surma, tattoo, Timothy Allen | 2 Comments »
Ethiopia …In Southern Ethiopia, witnessing a Suri stick fight or ‘Donga’ was one of the most awe inspiring public displays of aggression I think I’ve ever seen. Stick fighting is a brutal sport there is no doubt, but when you see it in the flesh, you realize that it is a very fair and honest […]
Feb 22, 2009 | Categories:Travel, View the complete Archive | Tags: Africa, BBC, BBC Earth, BBC Human Planet, blogsherpa, Ethiopia, Human PLanet, Human Planet BBC, Phantom High Speed Camera, Planeta Humano, Stick fight, Stick fighting, Suri, Suri Tribe, Surma, Timothy Allen | Leave A Comment »
The Joys of Camping
Ethiopia …Traveling to remote places involves a certain degree of hardiness on the part of our film crews. Isolated communities rarely possess the means to support large groups of outsiders and consequently, on these journeys, all of us are spending quite a bit of time under canvas. The mountains of Northern Ethiopia were one such […]
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Feb 24, 2009 | Categories:Comment, Travel, View the complete Archive | Tags: Africa, BBC, BBC Earth, BBC Human Planet, blogsherpa, camping, Ethiopia, Human PLanet, Human Planet BBC, Planeta Humano, remote, Simien Mountains, Timothy Allen | 1 Comment »