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China 2007 Aboard the Lhasa Beijing Express Our guide, who shall be nameless, had a problem getting return train tickets to Beijing for our tour. His contact in Lhasa kept telling him that he’d have them any minute, but it was … Continue reading
Near St. Petersburg, Russia 2009 Russia has several huge fresh water lakes north of St.Petersburg. This one, Lake Ladoga, and another, Lake Onega. As our ship made its way to Moscow from St. Petersburg, I felt as if I were on … Continue reading
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Bokhara Uzbekistan 2013 Geometry. It’s “key” as Cartier-Bresson might have said. Here we have those difficult to photograph towers (cylinders), plus square shapes, arches and triangles. A surfeit of geometry. Did I think all that when I shot this photo? … Continue reading
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Oualata, Mauritania 2005 Oualata was known in the 14th century as one of the ‘seven sacred cities of Islam’. Its reputation as a holy city with well stocked libraries attracted scholars and future imams. As an oasis deep in the Sahara, it was a … Continue reading
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Yunnan Province, China 2005 It rained, causing the mysterious, beautiful karst hills to fade into a dull blue gray. The rice paddies were a brownish yellow. I remember our leader, Keren, remarking about the unusual circular rice paddy. My eye kept … Continue reading
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Ireland 1996 My husband was realizing a dream by playing golf at Ballybunion and I walked along a narrow path a foot or two from the edge of the Cliffs of Moher. A strong, cold wind blew off the ocean. The … Continue reading
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Essaouira, Morocco 1995 White is the color of the haik worn by women of Essaouira. In Taroudant, a hundred or so miles to the south, the color is a medium blue and in the desert, it is black. The haik is worn … Continue reading
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Africa: A Somba Village in Ghana 2001 A young man holds his mother’s head so that I can photograph her lip plug. The tradition of lip plugs is said to have originated in the days when slavers hunted this tribe. Lip plugs were … Continue reading
Kyrgyzstan 2012 The Burana tower isn’t as tall as it was back in the day, but it was tall enough for Torie and me to refuse to climb to the top. I’m not keen on narrow winding stairs going up … Continue reading
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Tjeka, Mauritania 2005 After days of nothing but sand and sky, I was happy to see the “bustling metropolis” of Tjeka. It was market day and the locals sat under makeshift awnings to sell their produce…mainly onions and a few … Continue reading
