Fashional Geographic

If you were to pick a place on the planet, it was like the day after creation, it would be Iceland. The first Explorer journey: discovering the black sand, the Diamond Beach, the Skógafoss waterfall, all the way to the heart of the largest glacier in Europe that is now melting.

In the 1830s Charles Darwin came to these remarkable islands and he started to understand the concept of evolution: it is not the strongest that survives, it is not the most intelligent either, it is the one that is most capable of adapting. A journey in the wilderness, between giant tortoises, sharks, sea lions and volcanic eruptions.

We came into this country to discover one of the largest empires in the world, the land of Genghis Khan, of the Altai Mountains, of the Gobi Desert and of the Kazakh Eagle Hunters in search of our roots. We were astonished by the Flaming Cliffs, where Roy Chapman Andrews found a nest containing 90 million-year-old eggs.

Where it all began in 2003, with a book called Luxor. Together with Dr. Zahi Hawass, the secrets from the sands reveal the suspended atmosphere of temples, statues and tombs with exclusive access to the Valley of the Queens in Nefertari's Tomb. An amazing experience paying tribute to the majestic legacy expressed by Hatshepsut Temple, a stone masterpiece.