This was how I spent my fourth of July holiday – Sailing with some new friends. Today was spent splayed out on the sands of one of 28,000 islands in Stockholm’s archipelago. An island I also call home. Spending an entire day doing nothing can be quite refreshing……Wait! why am I online posting this?
Head over to Travel Channel’s World Hum to check out my latest photo essay – The Alpaca Weavers of Ccaccaccollo. Visited this tiny community last year while in Peru. A lot of our porters live in Ccaccaccollo and their wives weave some of the most stunningly vibrant cloaks out of alpaca fibers.
Shot in Warsaw, till this day, I wonder what the Polish officer on the right was thinking when his face took on that irritated look. Plain disgust at me [the pesky traveler] that I’d dare pull out my camera in front of him? Something much deeper? He wasn’t having any of it, but what makes …
Ha. Succulent Nigerian oranges. Stacked on trays and peeled on the spot just for you. Those of you who have traveled around Africa (or even South America and Asia) would recognize this familiar sight. Fruit vendors walk through markets and other public spaces balancing trays of fruit on their heads. I think her heartwarming smile …
Recently rounded up the stinkiest, smelliest foods on earth for Fodors.com. It was a fun piece to put together, and it took me from Southeast Asia – a prime breeding ground for retching foods – to the UK and South Pacific – for some foul smelling cheeses and fruits. Here’s an excerpt: Along with the …
900+ photographs later, here are just a few – about 120 photos for online viewing (low resolution versions). Choosing favorites was quite difficult as there are so many photo essays and stories in there that I’m still compiling – View 2009 Nigeria Gallery. I haven’t added captions at the moment but do let me know …