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Bamako, Mali 2002 Mali was once a French Colony. Leafy trees line the boulevards shading the old yellow and white colonial buildings . Our hotel in Bamako was on a street like that. The grounds were lush with palm trees and flowering shrubs. … Continue reading
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Kyrgyzstan 2012 You might call him an ‘eagle whisperer’. He is looked up to by younger Kyrgyz men who want to learn the skill of hunting with an eagle. We could see that he and his bird were a team. He talked … Continue reading
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Uzbekistan 2012 Between Bokhara and Samarkand We saw many donkey carts and we were dying for a chance to photograph them. The best shots were of the carts in hayfields. Men and women would fork hay into the cart while the … Continue reading
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Kyrgyzstan, south of Issyk Kul Lake 2012 It was October. Maybe the Ala Too Mountains south of Issyk Kul Lake are always covered in snow, but it had snowed on the peaks several times as we toured the area. I think the temperature where … Continue reading
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Kyrgyzstan 2012: Bokonbaevo village: An eagle hunter holds his Golden Eagle aloft to demonstrate her wingspan. The eagle is female and young. Now I can’t remember her age, but I think around 10 years old. Eagles don’t live as long in … Continue reading
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Yaroslavl, Russia 2009 A woman rests on the wall of an Orthodox Church. Our boat docked in Yaroslavl for several hours. We had a short tour and were then free to shop. I noticed some onion domes and started down … Continue reading
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Xining, China 2007: A young girl waits with her mother outside the Dongguan Mosque in Xining. It was prayer time at the mosque and it seemed that only men were entering. The girl and her mother waited on the sidewalk … Continue reading
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California, U.S.A. 2012: A Monarch Butterfly samples the nectar of a Bottlebrush plant. I recently bought a new camera. One with enough megapixels for the advertisers to boast that it is a replacement for a medium format camera. Medium format cameras … Continue reading
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Chaing Mai Thailand 2007 I was taken to an elephant camp where elephants, formerly used for logging, are trained for shows to the public. There is no teak logging in Thailand now. The trees have been overcut and the government forbids cutting … Continue reading
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I first read about the Barb Horse and Morocco when I was about 8 or 9 years old. I loved to read then, as I still do today, and I checked out Marguerite Henry’s book King of the Wind from … Continue reading
