COVERING themselves in ash and face paint, these are the holy men who live their lives away from everyday society. Known as sadhus, they shun all home comforts for a life spent inside caves, forests and temples and can be found across India and Nepal. German banker and photographer Mario Gerth decided to find and photograph the sadhu people. The 38-year-old of Erfurt, Germany, says: “I have been obsessed with the sadhus for many years and set off in 2013 to look for them.
SPLASHING around in a paddling pool, this little elephant soaks up the sunshine .
SAT with his arms folded and a cross look on his face, this Gorilla looks like he's had enough of the Christmas holidays already .
A BIKINI swim with jellyfish sounds like the most painful past-time on the planet .
COURAGEOUS climbers descend 400 metres as they manoeuvre their way through thick walls of ice .
A once bustling gold rush town in Mono County, California now stands completed deserted .
A project to create an underwater tribute to the stone Moai statues of Easter Island ended in disaster when 15 replica structures were destroyed after toppling from a boat and into the sea .
SPURTING water 20ft into the air, this is one well you wouldn't want to dip your bucket into .
SITTING in the middle of a vast desert, an abandoned cinema is still waiting for its first movie to be screened .
With one hand rested on his belly and the other propping his head up, this lazy lizard takes an afternoon break .
LEAPING through the air this determined little mouse is on a mission for food .
With an abandoned tricycle sitting in an empty corridor, this derelict but once grand mansion could be the setting for The Shining .
