2011 Photo Contest for 2012 Calendar
2011 Photo Contest for 2012 Calendar
is Closed!
The next Calendar contest is on now - enter to win!
See the winners below:
The contest is an annual event for travellers to showcase their best photographs from their travels around the world, so get your entry in soon!
Check out last years fantastic prize below, donated by Progressive Suspension! This year's prizes in progress.
Grand Prize 2011 Winner - by Anna & Claus Possberg, Germany. Mount Everest Base Camp, Tibet; BMW F800.
Anna & Claus receive the Progressive Suspension Makeover prize.
Second Prize - November: by Naomi Tweddle, of Alberto Lara, Canada. 'I sure hope this bridge holds!' Near Angasmarca, Peru , on our Americas tour; F800GS.
Naomi wins the Horizons Unlimited fleece jacket + t-shirt!
Other Winners (all winners share in the 2012 calendar profits)
Cover: by Andy Woynarowski, Poland. Mother Nature knows how to throw a great spectacle. Riding through the Andes in northwest Argentina, on our RTW tour; DL650.
February: by Jacek Dubiel, Poland/Canada. Salar de Uyuni, Bolivia, during the rainy season on our Peru/Bolivia Tour; Honda Tornado XR250.
March: by Alberto Lara; of Naomi Tweddle, Canada. The road snakes down and then up in the Peruvian Highlands, on our Canada to Argentina tour; BMW F800GS
April: by Igor Djokovic, Thailand; of Lake Llanganuco in Cordillera Blanca of Peru, during my trip around South America; KLR 650.
May: by Katka Svozilova of Martin Hak, Czech Republic. Amazing morning close to Hasan Dagi, Turkey on our tour to Middle East; BMW R1150GS Adventure.
June: by George Guille, Sark, Channel Islands. Drawing a crowd on Flores, Indonesia - 'You are the first Westerner to stay in our village for 40 years!' Riding RTW; Honda XRV750 Africa Twin.
July: by Werner Steffens, Germany; of Claudia Sabel, Germany. Water crossing on the Oodnadatta Track/South Australia on our RTW; R80GS.
August: by Simon McCarthy, UK. The Americans blew the bridge, but the locals have an alternative. Near Salavan, Laos.
September: by Alberto Lara, Canada. Camping in the Chilean Andes at -6.5 Celsius, on our Canada to Argentina tour; BMW F800GS.
October: by Anna & Claus Possberg, Germany. Camel chase in West China on the border with Pakistan on the Karakoram Highway, Muztag Ata in the background; BMW F800.
December: by Matt Kinch, Australia; of Bob Craen (Belgium), riding in unexpected snow on Zoji La Pass, Kashmir India; Royal Enfield 500cc.
The next Calendar contest is on now - enter to win!
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