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Telouet Village, Morocco 2009. The village is damp from recent rains. It can be cold in the High Atlas even in September. The houses have no chimney just a hole in the roof to let the smoke escape. Mountain families spend … Continue reading
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Bokhara Uzbekistan 2012 He may look as old as Father Time, but he was still spry as he carried his rather worn rubab to a ‘jam session’ with his friends. He was shuffling along at a good pace and Torie and … Continue reading
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Mali, Araouane 2002 A Touareg man leads his caravan loaded with salt toward Tombouctou (Timbuktu). You might wonder where the Touareg’s indigo robes are. He is wearing a short tunic of indigo dyed fabric under the khaki colored gown. He … Continue reading
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Kyrgyzstan 2012: On the way to Issyk Kul Lake Torie saw the scene first and kept saying, “It looks like a painting.” I tried to see the painting but wasn’t sure if I saw it or not. The black dots which … Continue reading
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Romania 2012 Voronetz Monastery is one of Romania’s famed painted monasteries. Both inside and out are covered with folk art depictions of Bible stories as well as stories of the lives of the saints. The paintings are more than 400 years old … Continue reading
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Uzbekistan 2012 A side street in Bokhara A pretty Japanese woman demonstrates Japanese Style. Her clothing looked comfortable and stylish…and expensive, I might add. I loved her shoes! We all wore them back in the day. Of course, we all … Continue reading
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Morocco 1998 Imilchil, a village in the High Atlas Mountains Every fall, there is a marriage festival in Imilchil. It’s sort of a Sadie Hawkins Day affair; women of the Ait Haddou tribe can ask men to marry them. Normally the women who … Continue reading
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Ouarzazate, Morocco 2009 A kasbah is a something like a fortified apartment house. It is a rabbit warren of rooms and apartments connected by dark hallways. The only light is from shafts of harsh sun where the structure is open to the … Continue reading
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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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Longji China 2005 These beautiful swirled terraces are more than 400 years old and are still being worked in the same manner as the first farmers who settled here. In many places in China, the rice terraces have caused the … Continue reading
