It’s no secret, we love to travel. Somewhere around 2006 or so we started to express our love of travel by literally jumping for joy in our photos. It all began in Egypt actually with a group jumping shot in front of the Great Pyramid. Since then, we’ve been jumping around the world. Sometimes it takes more than a few tries to get a perfect jumping shot but when it works there is really something special about it. Below is a collection of some of our favorites and most meaningful from all around the world. Do you ever take photos like this when traveling? I’d love to see them posted in the comments!
The original jump – me and three of the best people I know in mid-air with the Great Pyramids of Giza behind us
Blyde River Canyon along South Africa’s Panoramic Route in Mpumalanga
This one kinda goes without saying – the Taj Mahal in Agra, India
This one was done with a timer on the very first try at Bakyeon Waterfall Pavillion in North Korea
The unbelievably beautiful Anse Lazio beach in the Seychelles – it’s hard not to jump for joy there
Dove Lake and Cradle Mountain in Tasmania, Australia
We even jump at home – Chandra at the Brooklyn Bridge in New York City
Here I am fluttering through Carcassonne Castle in France
South Africa’s stunning coastline and the town of Hermanus
After you’ve run with the bulls in Pamplona, Spain, it’s pretty easy to jump like this
The stunning Grand Mosque of Muscat, Oman
The famous Uluru-Kata Tjuta National Park in Australia
I have a ton of photos of me jumping in Sydney with the Opera House, but none are nearly as good as this one of my Mom when she visited
Washington Monument and Reflecting Pool in Washington DC
Jumping in between two continents at the Continental Rift outside Reykjavik Iceland
Chandra and I jump in the immaculate Old City of Dubrovnik in Croatia
I couldn’t resist including another one from Egypt
Chandra looking statuesque in Prague, Czech Republic
Jumping outside my ancestral home in Sicily
A cautious jump at the eerie Reynisdiangur in Vik, Iceland
Sossusvlei dune jumping in Namibia
Tienenman Square during the 2008 Beijing Summer Olympic Games
One last jumping selfie taken by timer with Saint Basil’s Cathedral in Moscow’s Red Square
Have you ever taken photos like these while traveling? We’d love to see them in the comments.
Loved these jumping around the world!! Here is a fun one of my friend and I jumping on Jebel al-Madhbah in Jordan. About 5 min after we took this picture a Japanese tourist came over and asked us to take a jumping photo of her too. Just goes to show, jumping photos know no cultural boundaries! 🙂
Nice jump Hannah! Thanks for sharing with us. Jumping pics > normal pics any day of the week!