One week is not enough time to really get to know a place. After a too-short tour of Korea, ...
I'm really enjoying Honduras and there is no shortage of things to photograph. Peeling paint, decaying buildings, rusted iron and ...
Some photos take themselves. I was moping around, feeling guilty for staying the night at a $30 eco-hotel and wandered out to the deck to watch the sun set over the lake to find this scene. I had to step about five feet to the right to line up the horse and the reflection and I had the shot. All I had to do was crop it.
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I’m an idea man. No, really. I’ve been on the road for a couple of years and every now and then I come up with a good one. Here are a few thoughts and suggestions that might make the world just a tiny bit better.
If you and I happen to cross paths on a remote jungle trail and you’re carrying a machete, please don’t run towards me with a big smile on your face. I know that you were just excited to point out that lovely bird in the tree and it’s very nice of you but now I have to change my pants.
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If you’re looking for a fun adventure in SE Asia but don’t want to spend a fortune, consider a two-wheeled tour of Southern Laos. Flights from the the busy hub of Bangkok to the Laos capital, Vientiane, are plentiful and once you’re out of the city, the traffic is light and the scenery superb.
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One of the disadvantages of not speaking the local language is that you never quite know what’s going on. On second thought, I take that back. I can’t blame the language for everything — there have been plenty of times where I understood every word but still didn’t have a clue as to what was happening.
But I think we can place my confusion in this instance solely on the shoulders of my Tarzan-esque mastery of the Spanish language. On my first morning in Flores, I awoke to a massive mortar-style firework exploding so near and so loudly that it set off a neighbor’s car alarm. At 4:30 in the morning. Ten minutes later –and just as I was nodding off– it happened again. BOOM! *chirp chirp*
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