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 – 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.
#fridayfaces – the happy, cheeky kids of Magara, Tanzania
Is there something in the water of the rift valley? – not only are the kids in Magara adorable but they all seem to have big cheeky personalities and the smiles to go with it. Photos of the faces of people I come across in my travels take me right back to that time and [...]
#fridayfaces my daughter by another mother in Magara, Tanzania
I’m not one to come over all maternal very often, but it was hard not to form an immediate bond with this shy and charming young girl in Magara, Tanzania. Fortunately she had a happy family life with a father and mother who also befriended us, so I didn’t get to come over too Angelina. [...]