• HAT QUEST

    HAT QUEST

    “Vestis virum faciit” – “Clothes make the man” as the Romans were fond of saying. And the focal point of any outfit is always the hat. I mentioned in one of my earlier posts that I’m a big fan of […]

     
  • RAJASTHAN - INDIA’S TURBAN CENTRAL

    RAJASTHAN – INDIA’S TURBAN CENTRAL

    We first touched down in India in December of 1975 as part of our initial around-the-world trip. We flew from Nairobi to the Seychelles, and then to Sri Lanka. In 1975, I found Sri Lanka to be the most exotic […]

     
  • PLANET PUG - A DOG'S ODYSSEY

    PLANET PUG – A DOG’S ODYSSEY

    I first met Watson in 1998, when my daughter insisted that we acquire a Pug. Watson was different. He couldn’t have been more different from our current Pug – Buddy. Buddy is the perfect Pug – beautiful wrinkles, perfect whiskers, […]

     
  • THE MASKED LADIES OF OMAN

    THE MASKED LADIES OF OMAN

    Our trip to Oman came about as sort of an after thought. We were planning a Tanzania Safari and decided to travel to Kilimanjaro Airport via the Persian Gulf. I had seen a couple of photos of Oman, and decided to add it […]

     
  • IS IT TOO LATE FOR YEMEN?

    IS IT TOO LATE FOR YEMEN?

    I’ll never forget the first photos I saw of Sana’a, Yemen. A magical, fairy tale sort of place that reminded me of a medieval Dubai. Situated in a mountain valley at an altitude of 6,600 feet and inhabited for more […]

     
  • THE WORLD'S STRANGEST COUNTRY

    THE WORLD’S STRANGEST COUNTRY

    I first learned of the Tolkuchka Bazaar about five years ago. I think it was from some photos I saw, possibly in one of those magazines that you find on an airplane in “the seat pocket in front of you”. It was […]