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“As family, friends, some readers of my blog and anyone within earshot for Baton Rouge’s Ryan Airport are aware, I was supposed to travel to Mexico this week. My destination was Oaxaca, considered by many to be the birthplace … Continue reading
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“George Herbert Mallory, a British mountaineer from the early 1920’s, when asked why he wanted to climb Everest responded that he was doing it “because it’s there.” Mallory was probably wryly praising the adventurous nature of the human spirit rather … Continue reading
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My friend Luca and I made a huge loop through the deep south last week. It was a great trip and I got a lot of material for articles and book chapters. However, these photos document the more absurd … Continue reading
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Photoburst is a website dedicated to showcasing travel photographs. They pick a daily travel photo, weekly winners and have a monthly prize as well. I am flattered to report that one of my shots from my recent trip to Nicaragua … Continue reading
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You can drive pretty close to the rim of one of Nicaragua’s active volcanos, Masaya. There is a short hike to the south that brings you to a now inactive and forested caldera. There is also a stairway that … Continue reading
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It comes as no surprise that I love markets. I particularly love Central American markets an among those markets I dearly love the ones where the locals shop. I’m not too interested in stalls filled with handy crafts designed … Continue reading
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Our first full day in Granada started early. The heat there gets pretty intense as the day goes on. So, if you want to get anything done and avoid heat stroke, the you better do it in the morning … Continue reading
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We arrived on the noon plane from Miami and were greeted by a miasma of tropical heat and humidity. And I know my miasmas. But, I was dressed for the 30F of Baton Rouge at 3AM so it was … Continue reading
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I, like everyone else in south Louisiana, have been suffering under some pretty intense allergies. But after two days of laying around on daytime and nighttime and all around time anti-histamines, I decided it was time for a long … Continue reading
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While digging around for the shade to a Voitglander lens I came across a jade bracelet I had bought in Xian, China a few years ago. It was a beautiful thing—pale greenish-blue with a shock of emerald stone running … Continue reading
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My trip to Mexico in June seems to be the gift that keeps on giving. Another shot from that trip won a travel photo contest over at Photoburst (check out the other winners; you wont be disappointed). I submitted … Continue reading
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[click images to see them in their larger, degraded glory] Basically, I am bored. Bored with the pristine images that come out of my camera. Not to suggest that I always get the shot that I want or that I … Continue reading