Dabbling in Delhi Returning from the excursion to Agra and nearby areas, back to New Delhi, I did have a couple of days to start to explore the Capital. I was staying in the Pahar Ganj or Main Bazaar area…
Into the Deep End of India – Part Three – Abort on the South, Back to Delhi
My initial plan for touring the south by gradually moving northward, came to an abrupt halt when the city of Chenni experienced extremely heavy flooding. I had planned to cross over from the southern west coast to the east coast…
Into the Deep End of India – Part Two – South, Kerala Province
After a two week side trip to Sri Lanka, that also included a few days of R&R in the Maldives (mostly scuba diving), I was back into India for more adventures, but this time I was entering in the far…
Into the Deep End of India – Part One, A Rough Crowd at Pushkar
Pushkar What was supposed to be a CALM three day visit to New Delhi, i.e. take it easy, get my bearings, figure out the main systems in place for India, get sorted out with an Indian SIM card for voice…
Into the Deep End of India – Introduction
Having toured around South East Asia fairly extensively over the last decade (Thailand, Cambodia, Myanmar, Vietnam, Malaysia, Singapore and Bali in Indonesia), I was looking to explore a bit farther afield, and India was looming in my sights as both…
Images from Sri Lanka
Please follow this link to portfolio page of images from Sri Lanka, taken over the course of a 12 day visit.
Thailand Survival & Travel Tips
Ahhh Thailand, that wonderfully exotic location full of mystery, adventure, and good times… Here is what you really need to know about going to Thailand.. Caveat, these my own opinions – based on 13 years of visiting Thailand over eighteen…
“Thy Mother Mated With A Scorpion”
I was lamenting to a friend recently about how I trained as a professional photographer in my 20’s, but never made any money directly from working behind a camera… my career was managing other peoples photos.. e.g. records, archives, digitization…
The Mayan Treadmill Tests
I really hate uphill climbing, I am in my fifties now, and getting lazier I guess. In contrast, if an activity is water based, then I am normally game for almost anything.. big waves, fast current, biting marine life –…
Go Ahead, Bite Me or at Least Try To!
I am most certainly have never hoped or planned to “go out” in a glory of false bravado with wildlife, but I think perhaps I have had more than my fair share of interactions with them. I consider myself lucky…
Images from Myanmar
A link to a portfolio page of images from Myanmar, taken only with my mobile phone, but they inspired me enough to get back into serious photography after a 30 year lapse.
Our Thai Food Creations
I did the photography for all these shots, and jointly did the styling with the other two chefs, Chef S. Prongthong, and Chef P. Thinnakorn, and I actually prepared a number of the dishes below as well.
The Luckiest Guy In Thailand
One Saturday at least, I think that “I” was the luckiest guy in the Land of Smiles (LOS) aka known as “Thailand”. I was driving out in one of the provinces near Bangkok that day with my Thai friend Y.…
Being Inside a Washing Machine on Spin Cycle
I was in New Zealand, Christchurch to be specific, and white water rafting was being advertised as one of the local specialities.. so I was game, and so was my lady friend based on the description of it that I…
A Month On A Slave Ship in the “South-ish” Pacific
I was just about at my wits end! The situation at my place of employment had deteriorated drastically into a cesspool of petty politics, spite and pure meanness. It was like getting a sharp stick poked in my eye on…
Passages
Circumnavigation of Vancouver Island – 1990 San Diego to Cabo San Lucas – 1996 Dodecanese Islands, Greece – 2001 Marshall Islands – Various Atolls – 2003 Galapagos Islands – 2016 more details coming soon
How I Spent My Summer Vacation Vacuuming up Orca Poop, and a Murder Mystery
This happened a “few” years back, when I was a young lad.. I had been working for a local aquarium who had rescued a wild baby killer whale that had been shot in the back – likely by a fisherman,…