Travel Photos

Tbilisi, Georgia 2019

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New Zealand 2018

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Island of Madeira, Portugal 2016

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Portuguese Street Scenes, 2016

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Market Day in Haarlem, 2007

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St. Petersburg, Russia, 2015

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Saimaa Canal & Vyborg, Russia, 2015

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Cartagena Scenes, 2014

$Life on the long, winding Plaza de la Aduana often feels as it it\'s happening on a stage set.$

$The foreground statue of \"la India Catalina\" honors the interpreter who helped the Spanish during their first arrival. Soon enough they built the impregnable Castillo San Felipe de Barajas and heavy manners were laid on the local populace.$

$Many of Cartagena\'s streets are vibrant splashes of color.$

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Street Art of Cartagena, Colombia 2014

$Cartagena has long had intriguing public art. Despite his wooden leg, this commander seems to still believe he\'s in charge of the imposing Castillo San Felipe de Barajas.$ $Most street signs are still made of azulejo tiles. This one honors \"writers.\"$

$Outside the Convento de Pedro Claver sit examples of Edgardo Carmona\'s public sculptures,$ $Carmona\'s work seems to hold a special fascination for many of its younger viewers.$ $Carmona\'s chess players remain ever-intent on their game.$

$Locals barely recognize how they complete Carmona\'s work.$

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Andean Markets 2: Bolivia 2012

$The cathedral in Copacabana, Bolivia (on the shores of Lake Titicaca) draws car and bus owners from 2 countries as a place to have one\'s vehicle blessed.$ $The days can get long waiting for customers outside Copacabana\'s cathedral.$

$Aymara Indian women dominate Copacabana\'s market.$

$The vast, sprawling market of El Alto (on the rim above La Paz) is Bolivia\'s most famous and most extensive.$

$Many \"cholitas\" (country women living in the city) set up shop right on the pavement in La Paz.$ $Women run so much of Bolivia\'s street economy that the men are left at loose ends.$ $These ornately carved walls are steps away from La Paz\'s Coca Museum.$ $In the La Paz Witches\' Market, these offerings for Pachamama are set to go.$ $Dried llama fetuses are highly prized as offerings in La Paz\'s Witches\' Market.$ $More llama fetuses await an eager buyer in La Paz\'s Witches\' Market.$ $On the pavement in the Witches\' Market, this fortuneteller uses coca leaves to divine a path forward for an inquiring couple.$

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New Year’s in Salzburg, 2010/11

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Krakow at Christmas, 2010

$It\'s nice to see that the now defunct Polish Communist regime didn\'t spoil the nation\'s appetite for traditional Christmas imagery.$ $Krakow\'s extensive medieval old city (Stare Miasto) is ringed by the Planty parklands.$ $The nearby suburb of Nowa Huta gained worldwide prominence when it was built in the 1950s at Stalin\'s decree to serve as a Potemkin \"workers\' paradise.\"$

$Poland\'s glory days live on in much of its architecture, all of which is finely set off by Christmas decorations.$

$Like any good Kristkindl Market, Krakow\'s features liberal offerings of mulled wine.$

$The clopping of horses\' hooves ring out across the cobbles; these drivers wait for their next fare.$

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Mummies of the Atacama Desert, Chile 2012

$South America\'s Atacama Desert--which covers much of the coast of southern Peru and northern Chile--is the driest in the world$ $Because of the desert\'s aridity, Chinchero Indians were able to preserve mummies from earliest times--even before the Egyptians.$

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Faces of Jamaica 2006-07

$Jamaica\'s Coat of Arms. A reminder of the many streams of cultural backgrounds that contribute to the modern fabric of the nation.$

$Cooper\'s Pen, Jamaica$ $Port Antonio\'s Titchfield Peninsula offers some of the most relaxed urban life on the island. Complete with friendly locals.$ $Friendly neighbor on Port Antonio\'s Titchfield Peninsula.$

$This river once took the bulk of the world\'s bananas from plantation to boat. Even today, rafters find young entrepreneurs working the river.$

$Today\'s Maroon communities find it hard to keep their youth focused on traditional ways.$

$Future politician? This guy attends Cedella Booker School in Nine Mile. Named after Bob Marley\'s mother, the school is near Bob\'s childhood home & current mausoleum.$ $These young lasses attend a school named after Bob Marley\'s mother. Why? Because this is where he grew up, and is buried.$ $Maybe the ganja/rasta thing is overplayed, but examples abound. This plantation is in the lee of Bob Marley\'s childhood home.$

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Faces of the Andes 2012

$Tomorrow\'s market vendors plot their takeover$ $Another joyful day on Ollantaytambo\'s side streets.$

$\"You looking at me, hombre?\"$

$Tile paintings appear throughout Cuzco, though it\'s a rare one that celebrates inebriation quite so thoroughly.$ $You\'ve never seen the Virgin Mary quite like this. Maybe we can justify the wee babe finding succor, but why St. Thomas?$