Stopping in the middle of the hills between and Trinidad, Cuba to buy a roadside lunch from a local house, we end up at a local party to celebrate National Honour Teachers Day – teachers, parents, children, food, wine, music, dancing – it was a pretty cool afternoon with some warm and welcoming people. [...]
#fridayfaces – young monks not studying in Laos
During the same lazy days in Luang Prabang one Christmas, I also came to learn that not all young monks were always studying hard, some were just enjoying themselves and being teenagers. looking back at photos of the faces of people I come across in my travels take me right back to that [...]
#fridayfaces – young monk studies in Laos
Spending lazy days in Luang Prabang one Christmas, I come across this young monk studying hard. Photos of the faces of people I come across in my travels take me right back to that time and place.
#fridayfaces – the jewels of jaisalmer
The beautifully bright jewel colours worn by the people of Jaisalmer, India, brighten up any day, through any amount of desert dust. Photos of the faces of people I come across in my travels take me right back to that time and place.
#fridayfaces – coconut seller in Nepal
This young coconut seller with a piercing gaze was not going to blink until I bought a lovely piece of coconut. So I did. We were passing through a small town in the southern part of Nepal, near the border to India, in 1990. Photos of the faces of people I come across in [...]
#fridayfaces – serenity in Cambodia
the calming gaze of a monk in a temple inside Angkor Thom, Cambodia. On a sticky hot day, it was very pleasant indeed to shelter under his roof and relax for a few minutes. Photos of the faces of people I come across in my travels take me right back to that time and place.