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Rice terraces in artistic swirls cover the mountains of Longji, one of China’s many unique landscapes. Local tribes began planting rice here 400 years ago. They fashioned irrigation pipes using hollowed bamboo trunks. The people keep fit walking up and … Continue reading
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Our news media is always talking about “the Arab street”, so I thought I’d show you what the Arab street looks like. This is Deir e Zor, a good sized town in eastern Syria, south east of Aleppo. The Euphrates river … Continue reading
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We met this woman in a village market on our way to Bagan from Yangon (Rangoon). There were other tour groups at the market and she had developed a way of making some money by moseying about puffing at her … Continue reading
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A small boy plays with his toy, an old bicycle tire, on the salt flats of the Little Rann of Kutch in Gujarat India. His body language expresses his joy in keeping the tire upright and rolling across the dried … Continue reading
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I love to wander about on my own when I travel. I didn’t get to wander enough when I was on a waterway cruise between St. Petersburg and Moscow. We’d stop at cities or villages and have a tour, but … Continue reading
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One of my photography teachers used to tell us we had to see the light before we could become a photographer. It was hard for me. We used black and white film in those days and I couldn’t “see” in … Continue reading
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You can tell I’m old because I can still remember the Fullerbrush man. He used to come door to door carrying a small suitcase filled with brushes and dusters. In those days, there were lots of salesmen who came to … Continue reading
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It was our first day in Yangon, and we went out in late afternoon to find the western gate for a special shot of the golden pagoda of Shwedagon. It turned out to be a lot farther from our hotel than we … Continue reading
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We were visiting a monastery in Bagan when this man came up to us and spoke to us in perfect English. He’d received his schooling during the time when the English influence was still strong. When Win saw our photographs, … Continue reading
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Why is it that Shaman always seem a little shady? Is it the fact that silver must cross their palm? Is it the fact that sometimes they are inebriated? Or as this man is, puffing on a cheroot? I feel … Continue reading
