Top 100 travel photos

With more than 5,000 reader entries, judging the Travel section's year-end photo issue presented quite a challenge. I viewed the photographs numerous times as I tried to whittle them down to the top 100 for LATimes.com.

Foremost, I was so impressed by how readers have traveled and visually captured the world in lovely and unique ways. Some photos simply took my breath away, and others made me smile. >> Read more

-- Kathy M.Y. Pyon, features photo editor

1. Costa Rica 2. Galapagos Islands 3. Datong, China 4. Jerusalem
5. Destin, Fla. 6. Santorini, Greece 7. Huntington Beach 8. Kurashiki, Japan
9. Pamukkale, Turkey 10. Ubud, Bali 11. Cinque Terre, Italy 12. India
13. Suzhou, China 14. Chicago 15. Cozumel, Mexico 16. South Georgia Island
17. Antarctica 18. San Francisco 19. Salt Lake City 20. Venice, Italy
21. Varanasi, India 22. Manaus, Brazil 23. Burano, Italy 24. Southern France
25. Dubrovnik, Croatia 26. Niagara Falls 27. Da Nang, Vietnam 28. Arlington, Vt.
29. Osaka, Japan 30. Germany 31. Mammoth Lakes 32. Zhu Jia Jiao, China
33. Pokhara, Nepal 34. Zimbabwe 35. Oaxaca, Mexico 36. Havana, Cuba
37. Berkshires, Mass. 38. Cheyenne, Wyo. 39. Antarctica 40. Tsuwano, Japan
41. Bali, Indonesia 42. India 43. San Pedro, Belize 44. Great Wall of China
45. Santa Cruz, Calif. 46. Rio Mamori, Brazil 47. Eastern Sierra 48. Havana, Cuba
49. San Francisco 50. Mauritius 51. Bahamas 52. Lake Titicaca
53. Alberta, Canada 54. Rockport, Mass. 55. Norway 56. Tillamook, Ore.
57. New Mexico 58. San Diego 59. Chicago 60. Antarctica
61. Southern Africa 62. Maldives 63. Mono Pass, Yosemite 64. Alaska
65. Lake Titicaca, Peru 66. Cairo 67. Taipei 68. India
69. Japan 70. Paris 71. Buenos Aires 72. South Africa
73. Tanzania 74. Kodiak Island, Alaska 75. Sydney, Australia 76. Sula, Montana
77. Nashville 78. Beijing 79. Sylhet, Bangladesh 80. Mexico
81. Thebes, Egypt 82. Otavalo, Ecuador 83. Katmandu, Nepal 84. Vietnam
85. Venice, Italy 86. Kerala, India 87. Maui 88. White Sands National Monument, N.M.
89. Costa Rica 90. Switzerland 91. Egypt 92. Varanasi, India
93. Vietnam 94. Ladakh, India 95. Barcelona, Spain 96. Ladakh, India
97. New Hampshire 98. Zanzibar, Tanzania 99. Kauai 100. India