Choosing my favorite travel photos of 2013 is a very difficult task. As you saw in my year in travel 2013 piece, I have done a lot of great trips this year and have a ton of great photos. But here are my favorite travel photos of 2013 from all 7 continents in no particular order. Enjoy!
![Medjumbe Private Island, Mozambique](https://www.leeabbamonte.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/IMG_1110-1024x768.jpg)
A small bird stealing my roll off of my plate at stunning, Medjumbe Private Island, in Mozambique
![Emperor Penguins, Antarctica, White Desert](https://www.leeabbamonte.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/DSC_0746-1024x678.jpg)
Emperor Penguins on Antarctica
![Sea Lion Island, Falkland Islands, elephant seals, fighting](https://www.leeabbamonte.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/IMG_4374-1024x768.jpg)
Bloodied and beaten elephant seals fighting to the death on the beaches on Sea Lion Island in the Falkland Islands
![Torres Del Paine, Chile](https://www.leeabbamonte.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/IMG_3334-1024x768.jpg)
The apex of Torres Del Paine National Park after a long hike in the gorgeous Chilean Patagonia
![San Pietro, St Peters, Pope, Rome, Italy, Vatican City, Vatican, Pope Francis](https://www.leeabbamonte.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/IMG_2875-1024x768.jpg)
Pope Francis up close and personal following a Sunday Mass at the Vatican in Rome
![Lee Abbamonte, cowboy, stampede, Calgary](https://www.leeabbamonte.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/IMG_1483-768x1024.jpg)
All dressed up for the Calgary Stampede just after terrible floods crippled the great Canadian city.
![Golf, Lanai, Challenge at Manele Bay, Four Seasons at Manele Bay, Four Seasons, Hawaii, Bill Gates wedding, Bill Gates, 12th hole at Manele Bay](https://www.leeabbamonte.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/IMG_0874-1024x768.jpg)
The amazing 12th hole at Manale Bay Golf Course at the Four Seasons in Lanai
![ILTM Asia Shanghai, ILTM Asia 2013, ILTM Asia, ILTM, Shanghai, China, luxury, Pudong, Four Seasons Pudong](https://www.leeabbamonte.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/IMG_1199-1024x768.jpg)
Really cool view of Pudong in Shanghai, China at night from a party at ILTM Asia
![African Four Corners, Zambia, Zimbabwe, Namibia, Botswana, travel, Africa, Chobe River, Chobe National Park](https://www.leeabbamonte.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/IMG_1043-1024x768.jpg)
Taken from a plane over the Chobe River where Botswana, Zambia, Zimbabwe and Namibia all meet
![Hermanus, South Africa, Birkenhead House, Western Cape, Whale Walk, Whale Watching, Africa, Southern Africa, luxury, luxury boutique hotels, sunset](https://www.leeabbamonte.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/IMG_1005-1024x768.jpg)
Stunning sunset over the pool at Birkenhead House in Hermanus, South Africa
![Tinian, Atomic Bomb Pits, Enola Gay, World War II, Hiroshima, Pacific](https://www.leeabbamonte.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/IMG_0835-1024x768.jpg)
The atomic bomb pits on Tinian Island where the Enola Gay took off from to bomb Hiroshima in WWII
![Pohnpei, Micronesia, FSM, Federated States of Micronesia, Nan Madol, kayak, archaeological site](https://www.leeabbamonte.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/IMG_0811-1024x768.jpg)
Mysterious Nan Madol on the Micronesian island of Pohnpei
![Majuro, Majuro Atoll, Marshall Islands, diving, Eneko, beach, boat](https://www.leeabbamonte.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/IMG_0776-1024x768.jpg)
Small boat on the small island of Eneko, Marshall Islands
![Stonehenge, England, Great Britain, World Heritage Site, Druids, Amesbury, Salisbury](https://www.leeabbamonte.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/IMG_0684-1024x768.jpg)
Stonehenge is always awesome
![Intercontinental Hotels, IHG Group, Intercontinental Fiji, sunset, pool, Fiji, Pacific, beach](https://www.leeabbamonte.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/IMG_4317-1024x681.jpg)
Gorgeous beach in Fiji
![BridgeClimb Sydney, Sydney, Sydney Harbour Bridge, Australia, Opera House at dawn](https://www.leeabbamonte.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/BridgeClimb-Dawn-Climb-Sydney-Opera-House-1024x682.jpg)
View of the Opera House climbing the Sydney Harbour Bridge at dawn
![Montmorency Falls, waterfall, ice climbing, Quebec, Quebec City, Canada](https://www.leeabbamonte.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/IMG_4197-1024x681.jpg)
Ice climbing the frozen Montmorency Falls outside Quebec City
![Kiritimati, Kiribati, Christmas Island, travel, Fiji, Air Pacific, beach](https://www.leeabbamonte.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/IMG_4523-1024x681.jpg)
Fabulous beach and water on Kiritimati, Kiribati
![UFC, UFC Training Center, Las Vegas, Vegas, Amir Sadollah, MMA](https://www.leeabbamonte.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/IMG_0213.jpg)
Sparring with UFC fighter Amir Sadollah at the UFC Training Center in Las Vegas
The pics are awesome! And that pink shirt really suits you! Haha…
I think you missed out one pic though – Rafting the Fraser River
underneath Mt.
Robson in the Canadian Rockies. That pic is magical. You should’ve added that too.
Thanks Kai, I do love that picture as well!
Very cool
Thanks CJ
You should have included the picture of you on the plane when the oxygen masks came down on your emergency landing flight. Either way, amazing pics.
Haha, Gary I almost did actually
Not many can say they’ve visited 7 continents in a lifetime let alone a year. Merry Christmas, Lee.
True story, Linda…thanks and Merry Christmas to you!
Those are some amazing and gorgeous photographs! That island in Mozambique (only if I can see it peeking out behind that little bird) looks gorgeous!
Thanks Chanel and yes it is great trust me!
Amazing pics Lee. Merry Christmas and Happy New Year from a huge fan in Oklahoma!
Thanks Debbie! Happy holidays to you as well in Sooner country!
Just the fact that you went to Guantanamo Bay should make it the top picture of 2013.
Thanks William!
I think the one of Prince Harry is your best of the year or at least most exciting!
Haha, well most newsworthy maybe!