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Photo Galleries Archive
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Photo Gallery: The Bone Church – Sedlec Ossuary
Posted on May 6, 2013 | 2 CommentsI first visited this little church in Sedlec (next to Kutna Hora) on a Czech Republic trip back in 1999. I had a Pentax K-1000 and a limited amount of... -
Photo Gallery: Melk Abbey, Austria
Posted on April 25, 2013 | 3 CommentsMelk Abbey in the Town of Melk in Austria, sits on a hill overlooking the town and the Danube River nearby. This Benedictine Abbey has been on this site since... -
Photo Gallery: Children of Syria
Posted on March 8, 2013 | 1 CommentBack in 1998, I traveled through Syria — Aleppo, Homs, Damascus, Palmyra, Maaloula — with a couple friends also living in Ankara, Turkey at the time. It was an amazing... -
The Ruins of Pergamon in Turkey
Posted on January 12, 2013 | 7 CommentsTurkey has more than its fair share of Greek ruins, many of which get overlooked in favor of the famous Ephesus. Pergamon is one such site. It’s about 16 miles... -
Photo Gallery: Vietnamese Water Puppets in Ho Chi Minh City
Posted on June 6, 2012 | 1 CommentI’ve gathered a few photos to go along with my article about Vietnamese water puppets. Read the story that goes with the photos Puppets with movable arms perform a synchronized... -
Photo Gallery: Petra, Jordan
Posted on May 24, 2012 | 5 CommentsI’d rate Petra as one of those top ten must-sees in the archaeological world category. Here are just a “few” of the crazy number of photos I took when I... -
Photo Gallery: Koh Libong, Thailand
Posted on April 25, 2012 | 2 CommentsKoh Libong isn’t like a lot of the other little tropical paradise islands in the Andaman Sea. Thanks to good fishing and rubber-tree plantations there are a few villages on... -
Photos from Venice
Posted on April 20, 2012 | 3 CommentsAfter a year in Reggio Calabria soaking up the culture of southern Italy, I had become a fan of the deep south. Nevertheless, Italy’s “beaten track” was beaten for a... -
Cherry Blossoms at Osaka Castle
Posted on April 16, 2012 | 4 CommentsAfter a week of drizzling rain and low-hanging gray skies, the sun managed to break through just when I had some time to sneak over to Osaka Castle. The cherry... -
Images from Independence Street: Istanbul’s Istiklal Cadessi
Posted on February 8, 2012 | 8 CommentsOn the European side of Istanbul lies the district of Beyoğlu and right up the middle of what was once a very Eurpean neighborhood is Istiklal Caddesi (Independence Street). It’s... -
Photo Gallery: Pamukkale, Turkey – The Cotton Castle
Posted on January 30, 2012 | 3 CommentsPamukkale means cotton castle in Turkish and the name is fitting for this geological wonder where mineral rich waters tumble down the hillside leaving a gleaming white terrain that looks... -
Photo Gallery: Cappadocia, Turkey
Posted on December 7, 2011 | 5 CommentsI’m certainly not the first to say Cappadocia blew my mind. I’ve been there twice, the first time in 1998, the second just a couple years ago, and both times... -
Birds of Kenya: Photo Gallery – Page 2
Posted on July 31, 2011 | 6 CommentsSome will say Lake Nakuru National Park is one of the best for birding, but much of that praise is from the abundance of flamingos. Life-list birders should have better... -
Birds of Kenya: More Safari Photos (page 1)
Posted on July 31, 2011 | 5 CommentsObviously, there is much more to the wildlife of Kenya than just the Big Five (Lion, Elephant, Cape Buffalo, Leopard and Rhino), and for those who don’t get obsessive about... -
Hornbills of Kenya (Photos)
Posted on July 11, 2011 | 3 CommentsA great addition to the life list of any birder and just a fascinating bird to watch for any wildlife enthusiast, the hornbill was thankfully abundant on our safari trip...
