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Inle Lake Jumping Cats

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Burma 2011 I’m trying to vary the photos although at present I’m fascinated with my photographs from Ethiopia. Here’s a photo to make you smile.  I saw a post saying that these cats at the monastery of Nga Phe Kyaung were being ill treated. … Continue reading

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Chinese Bird Fanciers

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China 2005 These men are sitting in front of what is left of the city wall. The deep red/brown color is unmistakable. Why have the Chinese authorities torn down so many city walls? They are beautiful.  I don’t recall the name … Continue reading

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Sunday Morning in Lalibela

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Lalibela, Ethiopia 2013… A priest, standing at the entrance to one of Lalibela’s famed stone churches, uses a microphone to preach the sermon. Worshipers filled the interior of the church and hundreds more spread down the stone bridges and walkways to cover the hillsides. … Continue reading

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Pushkar Camel Fair

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Pushkar Camel Fair, Rajasthan, India 2003 A young man checks his moustache before getting a shave at an outdoor barber shop. Pushkar Fair is similar to a County Fair here in America. Not only are animals, horses as well as camels, sold … Continue reading

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Visit to the Abore Tribe

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Ethiopia 2013 The Abore tribe was our first chance to shoot the Omo Valley people. We’d been told by our photographer/leader to choose a member of the tribe and take them to a background suitable for posing. I have told you that I … Continue reading

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Jeweler of Tinerhir

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Tinerhir, Morocco 1997 We ate a meatball tagine in a closet-sized restaurant. Our knees practically touched the knees of the other patrons. They were Berber men clothed in djellabla and chech.  Some, the older ones, wore a dagger hanging from a cord draped … Continue reading

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Romania As It Used to Be

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Romania 1989 A bus carrying Romanian villagers had broken down on a mountain road. The villagers piled out with their bundles containing homemade sausage, cheese and bread. They didn’t forget to bring the bottles of palinka, an apricot brandy distilled … Continue reading

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Ethiopian Finery

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Omo Valley, Ethiopia 2013 I’ve received some very important corrections from my Ethiopian friend, Osman Ahmed of Sora Tours…www.soratours.com Osman informs me that my blog of today was totally incorrect from the tribe’s name to the sex of the child … Continue reading

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Kyrgyz Costume

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Kyrgyzstan 2012: Barskoon village Torie and I visited the master yurt maker of Kyrgyzstan. Torie was planning to write a magazine article on him and she was a frenzy of note taking and photo shooting. I wasn’t as interested. It was high … Continue reading

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Mursi Beauty

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Ethiopia 2013:  In the Omo Valley Our group leaders saved the Mursi tribe for last. I had the idea that it was because their village was the most remote of all the tribes we visited. And because the Mursi women wear the … Continue reading

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