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I try to have some variety in the photos I choose for you. After I showed my cheetahs a few months ago, I have been looking for another photo from those animal safari days. When I look at my negatives, … Continue reading
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This portrait of a Berber man from the Tafilalet region of Morocco didn’t need any special software to make it dramatic. The blood of the tribes who conquered Spain and reached to Tours, France (A.D. 711) runs in his veins. His … Continue reading
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Traditional Burmese puppets hang forlornly in a shop, waiting for someone to take them home. Puppet shows are not as popular as they once were. Television, videos, etc. have taken their place. I overheard one guide say that “Puppet shows are … Continue reading
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A group of Khampa in downtown Yushou. The man in the fedora looks rather dashing, doesn’t he? The Khampa are Buddhist and a Tibetan group. They are a warrior tribe. The men and women are tall and muscular. Traditionally men wear … Continue reading
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We stopped for lunch in a small town in western China on our way to Tibet. Tibetan people live here as well. It is common to see monks in their scarlet robes. They might also be wearing a cowboy hat … Continue reading
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A village woman showed us how they paint their homes. They mixed the paint themselves from the red earth. Nearby is a calabash full of adobe for patching purposes. This woman was an elder and seemed to be looked up … Continue reading
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Labor Intensive The lines of yellow are shocks of cut rice waiting to be threshed in the field or bundled into bales and carried to the farmer’s home. I was standing on the adjacent hill when I took this photo. I … Continue reading
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This monastery, located at the northern end of Inle Lake, is built entirely of teak. Large teak logs are used as pillars as a defense against the floodwaters of the lake. The monastery is small and weather beaten and you might be … Continue reading
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We didn’t see any elephants when we were in Burma. Most likely they are all in Thailand carting tourists through the jungle. That’s what I was told when I was carted through the jungle on top of an elephant. The … Continue reading
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Yunnan Province, China. Golden rice terraces, yellow canola fields and freshly plowed red earth cover steep mountains and deep valleys in China’s Yunnan Province. It is a beautiful area and is inhabited by tribal minorities who still wear their traditional … Continue reading
