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Kazakhstan 2016 Our Turkistan guide lived in the village you can see in the background. He, like all the young men in the village, was an avid Kokpar rider. Kokpar is the name of the sport you see in the … Continue reading
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Mexico 2016 Marie and the Mayans… Jaguars prowled the trees. Poisonous snakes slithered along the ground, thick legless vampires waited to poison your bloodstream. Even the trees could kill with their sap, just a few drops and you’d be covered … Continue reading
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Burma 2011 Three novice monks pose in front of a temple door. We were at the monastery where they studied the tenets of Buddhism. The boys were full of energy and mischief…they chewed beetle nut and drooled red spittle, yet … Continue reading
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Oaxaca, Mexico 2016 Today’s blog post is from my daughter, Marie. I left for my Christmas vacation a few days early, to travel a bit on my own before meeting friends at a seaside resort. I’d been to Oaxaca before so I … Continue reading
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Turkistan 2016 Kazakh men enjoy the sport of Buzhkazi or Kokpar as it is called in this region. As the men rode to the playing field, the horses became animated. They knew what was coming. There didn’t seem to be teams. … Continue reading
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Caucasus Mountains, Georgia 2016 Only one Orthodox monk lives in the small house on the top of the rock pillar. He is old and perhaps he will be the last monk to spend his life praying and fasting in self-imposed … Continue reading
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Kazakhstan 2016 We visited a camel farm to watch a woman milk one of the cows or whatever female camels are called. But milk was not the prime harvest from these animals. Urine was. It seems that in Kazakhstan drinking … Continue reading
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Kazakhstan 2016 The locals said these stones were where Genghis Khan stopped to camp. I got the idea that his men set up a giant wok on these rocks and cooked something delicious. But Genghis didn’t take time for such fripperies, his men … Continue reading
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Near Almaty, Kazakhstan 2016 A Kazakh man and his son travel in the mountains near Almaty.
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Caucasus Mountains, Georgia 2016 As we entered the Enguri gorge where the village of Ushguli is located, we saw families raking hay and forking it onto old Soviet trucks. Men and women worked on the verdant, sloping hillsides. Children flew down the … Continue reading
