How do you Say your Surname?
This week’s Camino a Ítaca looks back to my childhood and then turns to the deadly present. A look at War. Click over to read the originally published version in…
The Great Silence
…clothes, he must be told…even if he is from your political party. And if they are guilty of crimes…let them pay. Click over to read the originally published version in…
Sacred Earth
…on a pilgrimage photographing and exploring more than 1,000 sacred sites in 80 countries. What follows is a selection from his new book, Sacred Earth, published by Sterling.” I’ve always…
Hash Assassins in Alamut, Iran
…hiker but the stunning views make the effort worthwhile. #adventure #hiking #history #mountains #camping #views #getaway #castles #fortress #adventuretravel #remote #11thcentury #warriors #crusade #crusades #fortresses #freyastarke #assassin Originally published in Trazzler…
Finding Shade in a Palace on the Caspian in Baku, Azerbaijan
…a reminder that for centuries Baku was a vital stop on the Silk Road before becoming the Oil Capital of the world in the early 1900s. Also published on Trazzler….
Friday Foto 2
Keeping in mind the article I published at the beginning of the month in the Toronto Star, I thought I would continue highlighting some of the sites of my adopted…
The Iran We Think We Know — and the Iran We Don’t See
…the strange paradox of revolutions everywhere — systems that promise (some) dignity and deliver it, but at the price of freedom. The column was published in Spanish in HOY as…
WOMAD, Caceres
…#festival #party #concerts #dance #historic #dancing #getaway #musicfestival #livemusic #unescoworldheritagesite #drumming #unesco #free #diverse #old #diversity #oldcity #global #15thcentury #worldmusic #10thcentury # #fest #womad #worldofmusic #artsanddance Originally published in Trazzler…
Crowding in with Cars Sailing from Fushiki, Japan to Vladivostok
…later, stuffed to the brim with the included onboard meals and with an inevitable vodka hangover, you disembark in Vladivostok ready for the Trans-Siberian. Also published on the Trazzler site…
De Perdidos al Río
…The Tagus, its affluents and the prehistoric art that is splattered around it. The third in my six-part series on travel throughout the province of Caceres published by el HOY….