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Lome, Togo 2000 When I have a camera with me, I always “keep a lookout” (as we say down south) for a person, place or happening that is photo-worthy. We’d just finished eating a late lunch in Lome, Togo and had … Continue reading
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Morocco’s Guir Desert 2006 My guide, Ali Mouni, used to take his friends or family with us when we went to look for nomads near his home village of Merzouga. These men had no vehicle and would jump at the … Continue reading
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Delhi, India 2009 Chandni Chowk is one of the oldest markets in Delhi and maybe the largest. It is crowded. The streets are crowded with people and vehicles and the shops are crowded with people and merchandise. It isn’t the place … Continue reading
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Her name was Sitra. She was about 8 years old, a chunky, hoarse-voiced little girl who sang for her supper at Pushkar Fair in Rajasthan. That is her father standing behind her, playing a tanpura, a type of lute. Singers, dancers, … 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
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The souk in Fez Morocco 2009 My daughter and I stayed in what is called a ‘riad’ when we were in Fez. This is an old house, once owned by a prosperous Moroccan family, that has been converted to a … Continue reading
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The Mekong River between Chaing Rai and Luang Prabang 2007 I took a cruise down the Mekong from Chiang Rai Thailand to Luang Prabang Laos. The trip lasted two days with an overnight in a rather luxe village hotel on the … Continue reading
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Diligent Burma 2011 Somewhere near Mandalay There was something touching about these young men lying over their copybooks, concentrating with all their might on the dictation from the Master, or monk who is in charge of the monastery. As … Continue reading
Padaung Woman of Burma We were all eager to see (meet) the women of the Padaung tribe. Their habit of wearing heavy brass rings to elongate their neck intrigued us as it does everyone who hears of it. Our family … Continue reading
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Dogon Celebration A Village high in the Bandiagara Escarpment 2002 We hiked from the plains below to this small village hidden in the rocky outcroppings of the Bandiagara Escarpment. An escarpment is a cliff and the Bandiagara rises to about 500 … Continue reading
