chapter 03
The Goodfellas Travel Team
The Goodfellas Travel Team
The Goodfellas Travel Team
The Goodfellas Travel Team is a group of lifelong friends brought together by a shared passion for travel and solidarity. Together we drove an old van from Italy to Mongolia, raising funds for a local charity along the way. A few years later we travelled through India to visit and document the work of an NGO supporting communities living in the slums.
The Goodfellas Travel Team is a group of lifelong friends brought together by a shared passion for travel and solidarity. Together we drove an old van from Italy to Mongolia, raising funds for a local charity along the way. A few years later we travelled through India to visit and document the work of an NGO supporting communities living in the slums.
India, 2016 - The intense gaze of a young boy in the Sundarbans islands.
India, 2016 - The intense gaze of a young boy in the Sundarbans islands.
Turkmenistan, 2013 - The central park of the capital city, Ashgabat, nearly deserted but opulently built and filled with gold monuments.
Turkmenistan, 2013 - The central park of the capital city, Ashgabat, nearly deserted but opulently built and filled with gold monuments.
Uzbekistan, 2013 - Members of The Goodfellas Travel Team resting outside a historic mosque in Samarkand.
Uzbekistan, 2013 - Members of The Goodfellas Travel Team resting outside a historic mosque in Samarkand.
Mongolia, 2013 - Our van, Ariosto, crossing the rugged mountains of the Altai region.
Mongolia, 2013 - Our van, Ariosto, crossing the rugged mountains of the Altai region.
Mongolia, 2013 - After a freezing first night camping in the Altai mountains, we shared a pasta dinner with a nomadic family inside their traditional yurt.
Mongolia, 2013 - After a freezing first night camping in the Altai mountains, we shared a pasta dinner with a nomadic family inside their traditional yurt.
India, 2016 - A young girl carrying a bucket of water back to her home in a Kolkata slum where the NGO "L'Albero della Vita" operates.
India, 2016 - A young girl carrying a bucket of water back to her home in a Kolkata slum where the NGO "L'Albero della Vita" operates.
Mongolia, 2013 - Our van, Ariosto, wading through one of the many rivers during the first part of the journey across Mongolia.
Mongolia, 2013 - Our van, Ariosto, wading through one of the many rivers during the first part of the journey across Mongolia.
India, 2016 - A homeless person wandering along the platform at the Varanasi train station.
India, 2016 - A homeless person wandering along the platform at the Varanasi train station.
India, 2016 - A young girl carrying a water jar across the rice paddies in the Sundarbans.
India, 2016 - A young girl carrying a water jar across the rice paddies in the Sundarbans.
India, 2016 - An elderly man posing in front of his home in a Sundarbans community where the NGO "L'Albero della Vita" operates.
India, 2016 - An elderly man posing in front of his home in a Sundarbans community where the NGO "L'Albero della Vita" operates.
India, 2016 - A women's collective proudly showing the results of their microcredit initiative in a community where the NGO "L'Albero della Vita" operates.
India, 2016 - A women's collective proudly showing the results of their microcredit initiative in a community where the NGO "L'Albero della Vita" operates.
India, 2016 - The stark reality of deep social and economic inequalities in large cities like Kolkata.
India, 2016 - The stark reality of deep social and economic inequalities in large cities like Kolkata.
Iran, 2013 - A woman walking across an empty, sun-drenched public square.
Iran, 2013 - A woman walking across an empty, sun-drenched public square.
Kirghizstan, 2013 - Wild camping with the team in the high-altitude meadows near the Dolon Pass, at over 3,000 meters.
Kirghizstan, 2013 - Wild camping with the team in the high-altitude meadows near the Dolon Pass, at over 3,000 meters.
India, 2016 - Representatives of the NGO "L'Albero della Vita" introducing us to families living and working within the Kolkata slums.
India, 2016 - Representatives of the NGO "L'Albero della Vita" introducing us to families living and working within the Kolkata slums.
Kirghizstan, 2013 - A young boy wearing oversized glasses in a remote mountain village.
Kirghizstan, 2013 - A young boy wearing oversized glasses in a remote mountain village.
Turkmenistan, 2013 - The Goodfellas Travel Team posing at the edge of the Darvaza Gas Crater, a massive desert pit burning continuously since 1971.
Turkmenistan, 2013 - The Goodfellas Travel Team posing at the edge of the Darvaza Gas Crater, a massive desert pit burning continuously since 1971.
Iran, 2013 - The foam rubber merchants' quarter inside the sprawling, historic bazaar of Tabriz.
Iran, 2013 - The foam rubber merchants' quarter inside the sprawling, historic bazaar of Tabriz.
Mongolia, 2013 - A nomadic herder on horseback guiding his livestock through the vast grasslands.
Mongolia, 2013 - A nomadic herder on horseback guiding his livestock through the vast grasslands.
Kirghizstan, 2013 - Two young girls appearing from nowhere in one of the most remote mountain areas of the country.
Kirghizstan, 2013 - Two young girls appearing from nowhere in one of the most remote mountain areas of the country.
Uzbekistan, 2013 - A young boy splashing water on the pavement to cool down a narrow alleyway during the intense afternoon heat in Khiva.
Uzbekistan, 2013 - A young boy splashing water on the pavement to cool down a narrow alleyway during the intense afternoon heat in Khiva.
Kirghizstan, 2013 - The winding, serpentine switchbacks leading up toward the Dolon Pass.
Kirghizstan, 2013 - The winding, serpentine switchbacks leading up toward the Dolon Pass.
Mongolia, 2013 - The team celebrating our final arrival into the capital city of Ulaanbaatar.
Mongolia, 2013 - The team celebrating our final arrival into the capital city of Ulaanbaatar.
Mongolia, 2013 - Our van, Ariosto, carried us reliably across Europe and Asia without a single breakdown, successfully conquering the Gobi Desert with wild camels on the horizon.
Mongolia, 2013 - Our van, Ariosto, carried us reliably across Europe and Asia without a single breakdown, successfully conquering the Gobi Desert with wild camels on the horizon.
Mongolia, 2013 - Another wilderness camp set up under the endless skies of the Mongolian steppe.
Mongolia, 2013 - Another wilderness camp set up under the endless skies of the Mongolian steppe.