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Experiencing Holi in India: Inside the Festival of Colors and Its Ancient Traditions

Last Wednesday marked the last full moon of the Hindu lunisolar calendar month of Phalguna, also known as the festival of colors, Holi. The...

Planning a Backpacking Trip to Laos? Start With These Essentials

Laos is a wonderful place to go backpacking in. Many people consider it to be the quintessential backpacking country, in fact, and with such...

Rock Tombs, Ruins, and St. Nicholas: Uncovering the Secrets of Myra, Türkiye

The ancient city of Myra, now known as Demre, Türkiye, is famous for its rock-cut tombs, well preserved large Roman theater, and Byzantine-Era Church...

Kayan Tribe in Myanmar

The Padaung Kayan people are a subgroup of the Red Karen (Karenni) people. The tribe is known to inhabit this area of Myanmar as...

Myanmar Sunrise

Our second stop on our Myanmar trip was to the ancient city of Bagan. Bagan is a city of temples that were built between...

Myanmar

This week I will focus the blog posts on my recent trip from the fall to Myanmar. Myanmar is a truly magical place for...

Temples of Thailand

The religion fascinates me and the beauty of the temples is breathtaking. Many of my favorite Buddhist temples are located in Thailand.  Over the...

The Great Wall

Started around 200 B.C. during the Qin Dynasty and stretching over 5500 miles long; the Great Wall is truly an engineering marvel. People always ask me...

Geisha- The Japanese Rockstar

The Geisha has always fascinated me. Maybe it is their extreme discipline to strive to be the perfect woman or their unwavering dedication to...

Sunshine in Shanghai

Over the past decade, I have traveled to China close to forty times staying for weeks at a time. While in China, I have only...

The Huli Tribe of Papua New Guinea

In October, I traveled to photograph the tribes of Papua New Guinea. Toward the end of our trip and we spent the day photographing the...

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