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China 2007 The wall or barrier as military strategy is ancient but it still works. Think of the Berlin Wall for starters. There is one Chinese woman carrying her umbrella trudging along the wall in the heat. I have no doubt … Continue reading
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Greece 1993 When the group leader announced that we would only have one day in Metsovo instead of the two days that were on the itinerary, I was furious. Metsovo was my highlight! Metsovo is a small village in the … Continue reading
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Cambodia 2011 These floating houses don’t look as if they can withstand the monsoon rains that last six months of the year. Maybe they are ‘summer cottages’.
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Mongolia 2014 The bond between eagle and hunter was obvious. The bird was on edge. She squawked constantly. She’d spread her wings as if to take flight only to fold them the next minute. We could see that she wanted … Continue reading
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Mandalay, Burma 2011 When our guide said that our next destination would be “Marble Street”. I got the idea that it would be a street paved with glistening, white marble flanked by smart shops and cafes. But no. Marble street … Continue reading
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Gujarat India 2009 A small Rabari girl wears the intricately embroidered clothing of her tribe while her grandmother hides herself in black with only her lac or maybe ivory bracelets showing. This is the patio area of a prosperous Rabari home occupied … Continue reading
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Brasov, Romania 2012 Brasov was the last city I visited before returning to Bucharest for that lonely Easter weekend. Like Sibiu, Brasov could be called a living museum for the Saxon peoples who settled here a thousand years ago. Quaint … Continue reading
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Yunnan Province China 2005 H’Mong men wait for work on the city streets of Dongchuan. They waited and smoked. The man in the middle had a version of a corn-cob pipe. The pipe stem seemed to be a piece of … Continue reading
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Near Leh, Ladakh Our young Ladakhi guide was a devout Buddhist. I’d see him murmuring his morning prayers in the car on days when he woke late and hadn’t had time to pray in private. We visited a monastery in … Continue reading
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Ethiopia-2013 We were invited to have an audience with the chief of the Ari. His home was on top of a fertile hill where his people farmed. The Ari wore western clothes but farmed with wooden plowshares and oxen. The chief … Continue reading
