I met a lovely Hmong woman in Yunnan who invited me into her home. She was embroidering traditional Chinese shoes. We sat together for a few moments in her doorway. Our chairs were stools the size of a shoebox.Be sure to see the Theyyam ceremonies if you visit the Malabar coast of India.The beautiful costumes, elaborate makeup and mysterious ceremony will be the highlight of your trip.Portrait of a woman of KutchHa Long Bay...Vietnam.Ships similar to the junks that once plied these waterways now take tourists to hidden caves and secret lagoons in Ha Long Bay.A Berber woman of southern Morocco carries fodder for animals. Behind her is a typical kasbah which normally houses many familes.Near Angkor Wat is a bridge that is lined with statues like this one.A Ribari man in Gujarat who was riding herd on his camels stopped to let me photograph him and to ask me for a cigarette.Marrakesh: the medina or old city. Here is a mosque and minaret near Marrakesh mellah, which is the old Jewish quarter.Women of a mountain Berber tribe, the Ait Ben Haddou gather at the Festival of Fiancees.My version of the boats on Ha Long BayAt the market in Sapa in the mountains of Viet Nam.Kasbahs in southern Morocco I made these Moroccan posters for a friend.A scene from the desert near Merzouga: MoroccoAn archway leading into a mosque in Fes.Flowers and incense sticks grace a Buddhist shrine in BangkokIn the sahara between Timbuktu and Taodenni.A woman sells her goods in one of the last remaining floating markets in BangkokHanoi, North VietNam.
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I met a lovely Hmong woman in Yunnan who invited me into her home. She was embroidering traditional Chinese shoes. We sat together for a few moments in her doorway. Our chairs were stools the size of a shoebox.