Not surprisingly, since most of the population of Egypt is on the west side of the Suez Canal, there are few crossing points along it’s length. I spent hours at the windows of my cabin on a container ship taking pictures of the…
Jeff Steiner, an American living in France, has a monthly newsletter in which, from time to time, he has a photo feature called Yesterday & Today in which old photos are merged with new ones of the same place and vantage point to create what to me feels a bit like time travel. I don’t find one link to them so I’ll give you the individual links. I especially like the first one with a group coming up a hill. They seem to be emerging from the past and looking directly at…
Bagan is not a single place but a string of settlements on a bend of the Irrawaddy River with a plain stretching eastward for many miles. It’s on the western edge of the tourist track, an oval-shaped circuit of the country with Yangon…
The earthquake should have been a clue. But having rather enjoyed the ride, as I have since childhood in an earthquake-prone part of the world, it didn’t occur to me that it might be a warning. I should have listened.
From time to time a single photograph of a striking place or building will be the irresistible impetus for a trip to see the thing in person. In surrendering to these urges I’ve found I really cannot go wrong.
Not surprisingly, since most of the population of Egypt is on the west side of the Suez Canal, there are few crossing points along it’s length. I spent hours at the windows of my cabin on a container ship taking pictures of the…
Jeff Steiner, an American living in France, has a monthly newsletter in which, from time to time, he has a photo feature called Yesterday & Today in which old photos are merged with new ones of the same place and vantage point to create what to me feels a bit like time travel. I don’t find one link to them so I’ll give you the individual links. I especially like the first one with a group coming up a hill. They seem to be emerging from the past and looking directly at…
Bagan is not a single place but a string of settlements on a bend of the Irrawaddy River with a plain stretching eastward for many miles. It’s on the western edge of the tourist track, an oval-shaped circuit of the country with Yangon…
The earthquake should have been a clue. But having rather enjoyed the ride, as I have since childhood in an earthquake-prone part of the world, it didn’t occur to me that it might be a warning. I should have listened.
From time to time a single photograph of a striking place or building will be the irresistible impetus for a trip to see the thing in person. In surrendering to these urges I’ve found I really cannot go wrong.